Category: Health Care

Determinants of Behavioral Health Outcomes: A Comprehensive Review

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Write a 6–7 page (excluding references, double-spaced) paper summarizing, with appropriate references, current peer-reviewed research papers that explain determinates of a behavioral health outcome
Your paper should include an examination of causes/factors/determinants that contribute to a particular behavioral health outcome (from the list above) to help better understand the determinants that contribute to behavioral health.

Breach Response and Prevention in Healthcare Settings

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Assume the role of a chief privacy officer (CPO) in a healthcare setting who has experienced a breach. You will determine how many patients were affected in the breach, develop a focused risk analysis of the breach, identify software that should be implemented, and create a breach notification letter using the “Breach Notification Letter” template provided in the Supporting Documents section below.
The purpose of this task is to (1) examine the role of different types of healthcare information systems in health information management (HIM), (2) examine the structure, function, and security associated in an HIM setting, and (3) evaluate privacy and security concerns involved in the use of technology in a healthcare setting.
SCENARIO
You are the chief privacy officer (CPO) at WGU Hospital, a large teaching facility. A doctor brought a mobile device when going on break, during which the device was stolen from the doctor’s car. The mobile device has access to the hospital’s electronic health record (EHR).
As the CPO, you must determine how many patients’ information was breached. Additionally, you must conduct a focused risk analysis of the breach to see which safeguards should be implemented to prevent future breaches, as well as identify which software should be implemented to ensure all regulatory concerns are appropriately addressed. Furthermore, you must craft a letter notifying all the patients affected in the breach.
REQUIREMENTS
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect.
A. Using the scenario above, complete the following:
1. Develop a plan to determine the number of patients whose information was breached.
2. Describe the steps that should be taken to perform the focused risk analysis of the breach.
3. Recommend an administrative safeguard that should be reviewed and updated to prevent future breaches from occurring.
4. Recommend a technical safeguard that should be reviewed and updated to prevent future breaches from occurring.
5. Recommend a physical safeguard that should be reviewed and updated to prevent future breaches from occurring.
6. Discuss two safekeeping practices the physician in the scenario should follow to prevent a future breach.
7. Discuss the applicable fines and penalties that could be imposed on the facility for this disclosure.
8. Describe a software the hospital should implement to make accessing mobile devices safer in the future.
B. Create a breach notification letter using the attached “Breach Notification Letter” template for all the patients affected in the breach that includes the following:
• a description of what happened
• a description of the type(s) of protected health information (PHI) involved in the breach
• steps the patient should take
• a description of the organization’s breach mitigation plan
C. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

 

 

Quality Improvement Plan for Clinical Problem

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Health information management professionals will be given opportunities to be members of quality improvement (QI) teams. Because of their expertise in health information management, they are often asked to gather data, analyze it, and present it for quality improvement activities. Understanding the quality improvement models used in healthcare administration and clinical practice from the perspectives of all types of healthcare professionals facilitates team building and achieving success in QI initiatives.
SCENARIO
Read the attached “Quality and Performance Management and Methods Scenario” to complete this task.
REQUIREMENTS
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Develop a quality improvement plan that is based on the scenario by doing the following:
A. Discuss how to initiate a quality improvement project for this clinical problem.
1. Identify three areas of focus for quality improvement in the scenario.
a. Describe the types of quantitative and qualitative data gathered for part A1, including an example of each type of data.
b. Explain your process for gathering the data.
2. Identify a quality improvement model that can be implemented.
a. Describe the steps of the quality improvement model you chose.
3. Discuss the influence external agencies have on the quality improvement process.
a. Describe the focus of one organization that helps to drive quality standards for the department.
4. Discuss one example of how you will use benchmarking and performance measures to monitor the progress made toward quality improvement goals.
B. Identify the team members from the scenario who would contribute to the quality improvement team.
1. Describe the professional roles and responsibilities of each team member identified in part B.
2. Explain how each team member contributes to the project.
3. Discuss the qualities the team needs in order to facilitate project success.
C. Summarize why a quality improvement project is needed for the given scenario.
D. Create a professional memo to communicate your ideas for quality improvement project implementation to organizational leaders.
1. Describe the steps you will take to implement the quality improvement project in the organization.
E. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
F. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.