Assignment:Healthcare Policy and Law class

Healthcare Policy and Law class. Must be 300 words must cite work.

“Healthcare Quality” Please respond to the following:

Specify at least two (2) examples of quality initiatives that could potentially reduce healthcare cost. Illustrate, with real-world examples, the capacity to which healthcare cost affects healthcare quality in the United States.
Determine the importance of generic drug availability in relationship to healthcare quality and cost. Provide at least two (2) examples to illustrate the degree to which generic drug availability is significant to the uninsured.

Assignment:Healthcare Policy and Law class

REPLY TO JAIMECultural competence is just one strategy when it comes to health disparities. This one strategycannot solve the health disparity problems alone there are other factors that have to be looked atas well. Evaluation is necessary to make sure that the office or organization is ready toimplement the program to insure success. (Buchbinder & Shanks p. 320)The benefits of implementing cultural competence initiatives and or programs in healthcarefocuses on improving quality, language barriers, refugee health, and racism.. A course wasdesigned to give hypothetical recommendations on cultural competence. Columbia Universitydeveloped a 12 week course that was based on Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI). Studieslike these are important because educators in the healthcare field need to be able to providecompetent cultural competency programs across the world to make this successful. (Aggarwal, &DeSilva, (2013) Knowing about cultural problems in the healthcare field, being able to findspecific situations, and to increase awareness by stressing the cultural problems that is faced inthe healthcare settings is what is needed to find solutions. (Jackson, Veronica, (2010)Galatians 3:28 “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no maleand female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”ReferencesBuchbinder, S. B., & Shanks, N. H. (2012). Introduction to health care management. Burlington,MA: Jones & Bartlett LearningAggarwal, N. K. and DeSilva, R. (2013), Developing cultural competence in health careprofessionals: a fresh approach. Med Educ, 47: 1143–1144.

Assignment: Cultural Competence

Assignment: Cultural Competence

doi:10.1111/medu.12323Jackson, Veronica,P.T., D.P.T. (2010). Cultural competence in health care: A guide forprofessionals. Journal of Allied Health, 39(1), E35-E36. Retrieved fromhttp://ezproxy.liberty.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/704995359?accountid=12085REPLY TOHealth care reform and current efforts in payment reform signal the beginning of asignificanttransformation of the US health care system. As our health care system rapidlyundergoes dramatictransformation, several truths and challenges remain. Racial and ethnic disparities inhealth care persistand are a clear sign of inequality in quality. Secondly, as part of the care redesign,prepare to meet theethical challenges ahead and reassert the importance of equity, fairness, and caring askey building blocksof a new care delivery system. It is important to make sure that the health care systemis culturallycompetent and has the capacity to deliver high quality care for all, while eliminatingdisparities andassuring equity. Disparities are unjust, unethical,costly, and unacceptable andintergrating strategies toachieve equity as part of our health care system’s transformation will give an inincredible opportunity tocomprehensively address them.Mental health practices that lack cultural competence prevent diverse clients fromrecieving the care theydeserve. As providers and programs administrations, psychologists currently have aresponsibility toensure high quality of care for diverse clients at the clinic level. Cultural competence ina hospital or caresystem produces numerous benefits for the organization, patients and community.Organizations that areculturally competent have improved health outcomes, increased respect and mutualunderstanding frompatients, and increased participation from the local area. The benefits of becoming aculturally competenthealth care is social, health, and business benefits. Social benefits increases mutualrespect andunderstanding between patient and organization. Health benefits increases costssavings from a reductionin medical errors, numbers of treatments and legal costs. Business benefitsincorporates differentperspective, idea and strategies into the decision making process.Hebrews 11:6 – But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that comethto God must believethat he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.ReferencesJeffreys, M. R. (2015). Teaching cultural competence in nursing and health care:Inquiry, action, and innovation. Springer Publishing Company

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

 

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.