In essence, the healthcare system in the United States is sick. The high cost of care has increasingly created numerous barriers and resulted in poor patient outcomes. It is, therefore, fundamental for policymakers to transform the current American healthcare system, thus preventing it from collapsing due the existing economic burden. Key players should also lobby […]
Healthy People 2020 identify objectives related to nutrition and food safety. What are your thoughts on MyPlate? How do you think it compares to other versions of daily requirements? Do you think MyPlate would work in your population? Why? Or why not? The Healthy 2020 initiative recently identified nutrition and food safety as health-related spheres
The Healthy People Consortium is one of the most renowned organizational conglomerates whose primary goal is the full implementation of the Healthy People 2020 campaign. The objective of this initiative is health promotion by enabling individuals to attain high-quality lives, ultimately allowing them to live longer disease-free lives. As part of this bold initiative, Healthy
Medication Safety Standards Medication safety is one of the most prominent health service standards seeking to introduce aspects of safety and quality in health service standards. This is because the use of medication is the most prevalent type of treatment intervention globally. Adherence to directions on how to use medications safely promotes significant improvements to
Over the past century, technological innovations have occurred rapidly and at an unprecedented rate. Futurist Ray Kurzweil now proposes that Moore’s principles of exponential doubling are applicable to technological advance since it is bound to continue experiencing progress in the future (Kurzweil, 2019, p. 45). The United States faces numerous challenges of varying degrees which is
Exploration of a Change Initiative – Final Paper Instructions We have determined that change is inevitable and subject to a number of variables attributing to the success or failure of the change process. The Final Paper is an exploration of a change initiative that you have personally experienced or researched. The paper should demonstrate your
Design a 700- to 1,050-word proposal for a process improvement or cultural change that would affect all levels of staff in the organization. It should be for a health care facility or service (e.g., hospital, physician practice, long-term care facility, ambulance service, pharmacy, or skilled nursing facility). Process Improvement at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
Knowledge management has defined, and will continue to define, an organization’s sustainable competitive advantage. In its broadest definition, knowledge management encompasses the many ways organizations may collect and disseminate an organization’s knowledge, insights, and experiences. The most effective knowledge management practices have the ability to promote both workforce cohesiveness and the achievement of strategic goals.
Change is an unavoidable reality that organizations now have to contend with in contemporary times. Acclimatizing to this new environment requires organizations to follow a series of crucial steps to ultimately achieve success. Nevertheless, managers still have to prepare for resistance to change. Identifying dissenting voices is, therefore, essential when seeking to ascertain key issues
Over the past decade, policymakers have painstakingly worked to improve the prison environment by clamoring for the creation of an effective penal system to manage offenders. Their efforts were primarily occasioned by the high recidivism rate observed particularly in the United States and overcrowding experienced in federal penitentiaries. This was further exacerbated by the fact