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Healthcare researchers are continually looking for ways of improving the quality of healthcare services that patients receive. For instance, if a researcher posits that a new procedure will lead to more patient recoveries, the alternative hypothesis testing process will aim to find evidence that backs this statement. The null hypothesis here will be that the new procedure does not lead to many patient recoveries. Once the data is collected, analyzed, and presented, the conclusions are made on whether the hypothesis is correct.

In order for organizations to receive the incentives offered through the HITECH legislation, they must be able to demonstrate that they are using the technology in meaningful ways. The following criteria for meaningful use must be evident to qualify for EHR incentives (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2012). The technology must:

• Improve quality, safety, and efficiency, and reduce      health disparities
• Engage patients and families
• Improve care coordination
• Improve population and public health
• Ensure adequate privacy and security protections for      personal health information

For this Discussion you consider the impact of the meaningful use criteria of the HITECH legislation on the adoption of health information technology.

To prepare:

• Review the Learning Resources on the HITECH legislation      and its primary goals.
• Reflect on the positive and negative impact this      legislation has had on your organization or one with which you are      familiar.
• Consider the incentives to encourage the use of EHRs.      Focus on the definition of meaningful use and how it is measured.
• Reflect on how the incentives and meaningful use impact      the quality of patient care.
• Find an article in the Walden Library dealing with one      of the criteria to qualify for meaningful use and how it has been      successfully met.

Post a description of how HITECH legislation has positively or negatively impacted your organization. Address how its related incentives influence the adoption of health information technology in health care and impact the quality of patient care. Provide a summary of the article you identified and explain how it demonstrates the ability of health information technology to meet the requirements of meaningful use.

Field: Nursing 

Length: 600 words 

Sources: Use 6 sources from the school library on ProQuest.

Here are the steps to access it:

1. Click www.unitekcollege.edu

2. Click on student portal 

3. login now: username; [email protected]

                        Password: LOVEquan!

4. Click on student library 

5. Select program: Medical assistant 

                                  Campus: Fremont 

6. Click on the link to access programme resources

7. Select ProQuest

Required: Topic; Professionalism at workplace 

My major is: Medical Assisting 

Globalization has implications for leaders that reach beyond sensitivity. For example, globalization may require leaders to interact with other leaders from various countries to set procedural guidelines on matters such as establishing safety standards for distributing medical supplies or facilitating health communication. Therefore, within local and/or global leadership organizations, health care administration leaders must be aware of multicultural issues and challenges. As a result, multicultural awareness and competency, important elements of multicultural leadership, play a crucial role in determining appropriate actions, attitudes, and expectations. Furthermore, values and value systems that may differ across multicultural populations also contribute to leadership philosophies for informing how leaders interact, engage, and execute leadership strategies.

For this Discussion, select two challenges associated with multicultural leadership. As a scholar-practitioner in the field of health care administration, think about strategies you may use to address these challenges. Consider how your health care administration leadership philosophy may contribute to these strategies for multicultural leadership challenges.