Review the readings for week 3. Answer the following questions and include citations from this week’s resources to support your answer. Describe the age-related changes and disease-related processes that occur in the cardiovascular system. What are some ways that sensory changes associated with aging affect older adults’ health? What are some policy implications of the aging of the population in terms of the prevalence of chronic diseases? Reply to at least two of your classmates’ po...

Review the readings for week 2. Answer the following questions and include citations from this week’s resources to support your answer. What is the difference between cross-sectional research design and longitudinal research design? Provide an example of a topic that could be studied using cross-sectional research design and a topic that could be studied using longitudinal research design. Reply to at least two of your classmates’ posts. Solution: The study methodology is determin...

Review the readings for week 1. Answer the following questions and include citations from this week's resources to support your answers. What factors are causing the population to shift towards a much older age structure? What are the social and economic implications of these demographic changes? Solution: What factors are causing the population to shift towards a much older age structure? There is a plethora of factors that have caused the population to shift toward a much older ...

Explore the technology systems offered by Nanthealth, a provider of "telehealth" and health management services via the following link: http://nanthealth.com/ Prepare a brief (8-10 slides) PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following: Identify at least two technology innovations to connect patients, providers, and insurers across the care continuum. Describe how the technologies work to provide patients and providers with data necessary for health care decision making. ...

Envision what the health care system of 2030 might look like? Describe at least two technological advancements that would be available to patients. How would technology help providers make health care decisions? How would patients and families interact with providers from their homes or in their communities? What would health care systems be able to do "in real time?” Solution: Following the intensive technological advancements, I envision a healthcare system full of extensive advancements...

The authors of the assigned article, "A Patient-Driven Adaptive Prediction Technique to Improve Personalized Risk Estimation for Clinical Decision Support (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3392846/) have found that using patient-driven, adaptive technologies to guide clinical decision making are influencing the quality of patient care. How might these technologies minimize risk, promote health, and encourage patient engagement in their own care? Solution: Patient-driven, adaptiv...

View the scenario called "Critical Decision Making for Providers" found in the Allied Health Community media (http://lc.gcumedia.com/hlt307v/allied-health-community/allied-health-community-v1.1.html) In a 750-1,200 word paper, describe the scenario involving Mike, the lab technician, and answer the following questions: What were the consequences of a failure to report? What impact did his decision have on patient safety, on the risk for litigation, on the organization's quality metric...

How can a crisis situation make collaboration and trust stronger in a group? Why does this happen? How can staff development improve rapport among colleagues and build trust across departments? Solution: As defined by Cheng, Yin, Azadegan, and Kolfschoten (2016), collaboration entails teamwork, cohesion and trust among different individuals or organizations to develop and deliver something in oneness through joint resources, efforts, share ownership and decision. In collaborations, crisis,...

The author of the assigned article, "Shattuck Lecture: A Successful and Sustainable Health System -- How to Get There From Here" https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/docview/92915971176qaccountid=7374) maintains that a sustainable health system has three key attributes. What are these three key attributes and what recommendations are offered to ensure efficiency, sustainability, and optimal functioning? Solution: According Fineberg (2012), a s...

Attend a committee meeting in your health care organization. If you are not currently employed in a health care setting, you may elect to attend a committee meeting at another company, a community center, a local school, local chamber of commerce or other professional organization. Observe the interactions between committee members and the process used by the committee to arrive at decisions. In 500-750 words, describe the function of the committee and the roles of those in attendance. Des...