Strategic Health Care Topics and Government Regulations and Reforms
|
Note:For this discussion you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleague’s postings. Begin by clicking on the “Post to Discussion Question” link and then select “Create Thread” to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click submit, you cannot delete or edit your own posts, and cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking Submit! |
Discussions are a key element of learning and sharing experiences throughout the course. This week you are asked to research the literature related to regulations such as the HITECH Act and the Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act (PPACA). This legislation has been in place for a period of time and has generated many peer-reviewed studies on the efficacy and issues of the legislation. This first Discussion also asks you to critically evaluate how these regulations affect your perceptions as a consumer of health services. You are encouraged to think about these perceptions in terms of some of the major concerns that a consumer may have in the industry today such as accessing health care, financing health care, compliance with health regimes and motivating behavior change, to name a few.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review at least one peer reviewed, profession journal article or detailed news article discussing government mandates for health care such as the 2009 HITECH Act, the Patient Privacy and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Accountable Care Organizations (ACO), or value-based purchasing. Consider topics discussed in your previous courses in the Master of Healthcare Administration program such as:
- Transition from volume-based to value-based healthcare
- Population health
- Data analytics
- Healthcare consumerism
Choose one of these topics to use as the basis of your Discussion.
Note: This Discussion will be graded using this rubric: Discussion Rubric (Word document)
Post by Day 3:
Explain how the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 impacts your topic. Describe how your organization is impacted by your topic and the HITECH Act of 2009. As a consumer of health care, how do you perceive the use of health information technology (HIT) to address these topics affecting your personal health care delivery?
Support your response with references to the Learning Resources or other academic sources.
Respond by Day 5 and continue the Discussion through Day 7:
Expand the Discussion by analyzing your colleagues’ responses and discussing how you understand the HITECH Act having affected the delivery of health care services to consumers in the organizations.
