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Assignment - Impacts of a Health Issue on a Care Provider
Overview
In your Health Care Issue Impacts activity, you investigated where health care issues can have an impact on a provider type. In this assignment, you will take a deeper dive into these areas of impact to consider actions that providers must take to effectively address the issue.
Scenario
Imagine that you work for a provider who is currently ill-prepared to or unable to serve the population associated with your identified issue. A senior leader in your organization has asked you to prepare a brief for management that highlights the 4 biggest areas of impact to consider as they weigh the options of expanded operations to serve this population.
Areas you might consider, but are not limited to, are:
- Policies.
- Staffing.
- Safety.
- Staff Training.
- Facilities.
- Compliance or Licensing.
- Community Stakeholders.
- Others...
Instructions
Consider the scenario above and create a 3-4-page brief for the provider's leadership in which you do the following:
Question 1. Justify the priority of your four chosen areas of significant impact. Why are they the most critical?
Question 2: Describe specific items within each impact area that exemplify the changes or actions that may need to be made. Include support from a credible source. For example: If the issue was epidemic or contagion preparedness, areas of concern for facilities might be sanitation, disinfection, quarantine, decontamination, personal protection equipment (PPE), et cetera.
Question 3. Analyze one of the 4 areas of consideration and provide the following:
Description of the primary stake holders (both internal and external if applicable - regulatory or government entities should be considered).
Description of a cultural aspect that should be considered.
Recommendation, with justification, for prudent initial management action that should be taken to address the challenge(s) presented.
Support assertions with credible sources.