Category: Health Care

The Impact and Future Direction of Health Information Privacy Laws

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The privacy of personal information and of health information in particular, continues to be a dynamic issue in the United States. As more and more health information is computerized, healthcare consumers express concern about their privacy and that they are losing control over their personal health information.

(https://cdt.org/about/#issues) Click here to access the section of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) website devoted to health privacy. CDT is, by the way, a champion of online civil liberties and human rights and is dedicated to keeping the Internet open and free. Review the insights, posts, and press releases posted in CDT’s health privacy section and respond to the following:

How has the law protecting health information impacted access to healthcare information?
Is there more work left to be done or are there other areas of concern, now that the law is in place? If so, what are these?
In your opinion, what direction should future efforts to protect health information take?
To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Evaluating Marketing Opportunities: Mature Healthcare Consumers vs. International Consumers

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The CEO of your firm has just announced that the organization is considering two diverse strategies to increase business: marketing healthcare services to the mature healthcare consumer, or marketing healthcare services to international consumers.
Read the following two articles:
Fell, D. (2002). Taking the U.S. health services overseas. Marketing Health Services, 22(2), 21-23.
Click here to read the article.
Marsh, D. (2010). Marketing to the mature marketplace. Marketing Health Services, 30(1), 12–17.
Click here to read the article.
NOTE: You will draft two separate marketing proposals for the organization. Each proposal should be based on a marketing strategy covered in the course.
Explain which proposal best supports the marketing opportunities outlined by the firm’s CEO. In other words, does targeting one or the other group make sense in light of either of the proposals you have just drafted?
Decide which (if either) of the strategies should be a part of your marketing proposal. Explain why and be sure to address each of the following: The opportunities available to the organization by marketing healthcare services to the mature marketplace and the opportunities available to the organization by marketing healthcare services to the international consumer. How either or both of the opportunities compliment or conflict with the organization’s current marketing strategy. What recommendations you would make to the CEO concerning the two proposals.
To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

 

 

The Three Macronutrients: Carbohydrates, Lipids, and Proteins

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Reflects your understanding of the three macronutrients, carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins.be creative. each slide should include information about each macronutrient. definition of the macronutrients inclusive of its function and structure, where they are digested and absorbed. types and their purposes, special characteristics and function. clinical applications as they relate to health and diets

 

Implementing Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Dr. Smith’s Practice

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After watching the vignette the toothache for your Week 9 assignment, I want to pose the question listed at the end of the transcript for this video. This vignette and additional training videos was created by the Department of Health and Human Services and more training can be found at “Think Cultural Health.”

Dr. Smith has begun to implement practices that will move his office to become more culturally competent and more linguistically appropriate in provide oral health care. He also recognized that the community he works in has become more diverse and a lot of his population speaks Spanish, so he hired Dr. Rodriguez to help reach more members of the community.

Question: What else do you think Dr. Smith can do to start implementing culturally and linguistically appropriate services in his practice?

Video: https://youtu.be/CFTd4mZPXYc?si=6YiO_NKA0EtTW1Cq

 

The Evolution and Future of Telemedicine: Pre and Post-Covid-19

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Though the technology certainly existed prior to Covid-19, and was utilized by some, for the most part tele-medicine was not widely used until March 2020.
In an APA formatted paper (7th edition), please discuss the following:
-How was telemedicine utilized prior to the novel Coronavirus?
-What were the barriers to use? What concerns existed that prevented it’s use?
-What allowed for telemedicine’s widespread use once the pandemic began?
-How were the concerns of prior addressed?
-What is the future outlook of telemedicine now?

Personal Philosophy of Health Promotion/Education

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Philosophy of Health Promotion/Education
Create paper that details your personal philosophy of health promotion/eduction, To develop
your philosophy, include all of the following components in your paper:
Your personal definition of health
• A rationale supporting the need for health promotion/education (i.e the role of health education and health educators, why you wnat to be a health educator)
• A statement of the mission(s( of health promotion/education
• A discussion of the general approaches needed to accomplish the mission(s) of health Promotion/Education
• A statement of your personal philosophy concerning health promotion/education,
• A discussion of the general approaches needed to accomplish the mission(s) of health promotion /education.
• A discription of limitation health Promotion/Education faces
• Provide references and cite current litrature.

 

Exploring the Field of Human Services: History, Trends, Roles, and Career Paths

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Human services professionals work in a variety of settings such as hospitals, mental health centers, addiction treatment programs, child welfare, courts, probation, schools, and food banks. This course serves as your introduction to the field. In the final assignment. you will apply what you learned about the history of the human services field and about current trends, theory, ethics, the helping process, roles, and the variety of settings in which human services professionals are employed.
The project is supported by four formative milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Two, Four, Five, and Six. The final submission will be due in Module Seven.
This assessment addresses the following course outcomes:
• Analyze the history of the field of human services for its relationship to current trends in the field
• Describe theories, values, and ethics for guiding work as a human services professional
• Differentiate between the various roles human services professioills employ facilitating the helping process
• Research human services employment opportunities for informing career paths