Your health care organization has had several small compliance incidents in the past two years, and the organization is now motivated to update their compliance program. Your executive leadership team asked you to review two health care compliance programs from similar organizations to determine how they constructed their compliance program and what aspects your organization should adopt.

Select the type of health care organization you want represented in this assignment (e.g., family practice, hospital, urgent care, or nursing home).

Locate two compliance program documents from comparable health care organizations using your Internet search engine.

Read both compliance program documents and examine the similarities and differences between the two.

Create a matrix that compares how both organizations execute the following compliance components:

• How internal monitoring and auditing is conducted
• How compliance and practice standards are implemented
• The designated compliance officer (or person designated to be the contact for compliance matters), who that person reports to, and their relationship to the organization’s governing board
• How employees are trained and educated to model compliant behaviors
• How violations or offenses are detected, reported, and corrected
• How lines of communication with employees is developed
• How disciplinary standards are enforced

Write a 525- to 700-word executive summary that informs your executive leadership about the matrix you created and offer your opinion as to which best practices the organization should adopt for its own compliance program.

Cite the 2 compliance program documents and any additional references that support your opinion (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

  

In a 5- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation, address the following:

• Provide      an overview of the article you selected, including answers to the      following questions:

• What       type of group was discussed?
• Who       were the participants in the group? Why were they selected?
• What       was the setting of the group?
• How       often did the group meet?
• What       was the duration of the group therapy?
• What       curative factors might be important       for this group and why?
• What       “exclusion criteria” did the authors mention?
• Explain      the findings/outcomes of the study in the article. Include whether this      will translate into practice with your own      client groups. If so, how? If not, why?
• Explain      whether the limitations of the study might impact your ability to use the      findings/outcomes presented in the article.
• lease use attached article.

Chapter 1  Opening the Door to Health Care in the Community  

Chapter 2  Community and Population Health: Assessment and Intervention  

Read chapter 1 and 2 of the class textbook and review the attached Power Point presentations, once done answer the following questions:  

1.  In your own words and using the proper evidence-based references please define the following terms;       

a.  Community health nursing       

b.  Community based nursing       

c.  Population focus care       

d.  Public Health nursing  

2.  Discuss any relationship between Community health nursing and Public Health Nursing and mention and discuss any relationship between both terms.  

3.  Discuss the concept of community assessment and why is the purpose of it and how  beneficial it is for the community health nurse.  

4.  Mention and discuss at least 2 community health frameworks/models.  

– Assignments must be presented in an APA format, word document, Arial 12 font attach the forum in the discussion board call “week 1 discussion questions”.  

– A minimum of 2 evidence-based references must be cited according to APA and  two replies to any of your peers posting sustained with the proper references are required.    

– A minimum of 500 words excluding the first and references page are required. 

  

Assignment: Application:
Design Considerations and Workarounds

When nurse informaticists are tasked with identifying the most appropriate technology to meet a specific need within a health care setting, there are many questions that must be asked.

Consider the following scenario:

Riverdale Hospital has come under recent scrutiny for their medication procedures. Many times, paper medication records are not up to date or have been misplaced. As a result, patients have increasingly received their medications at the wrong times. Though each nurse is performing to the best of his or her ability, the fast pace of the hospital has caused some to ineffectively manage patient records. 

The lead nurse informaticist, Nancy, has decided that a bar code scanner could help streamline the documentation process while also improving patient quality and safety. Nancy knows that when selecting a bar coding system she must not only examine the hardware and software of the system but also consider the various human factors that can positively and/or negatively affect the outcomes of the system implementation. As such, Nancy asked three of the most reputable bar code vendors to bring sample systems to Riverdale Hospital. 

In evaluating each system, Nancy role plays the process of scanning a patient’s bar code. She rolls the coding cart into the room to begin her mock demonstration. First, Nancy scans her identification card to gain access to the medication screen. To scan the patient’s bar code identifier, Nancy then pulls the medication cart to the patient so that the attached scanner reaches the bar code on the patient’s wristband. When the scan is complete, the computer displays a screen that houses the patient’s personal information. By navigating the screens, Nancy finds that she can use the computer to track medication administration. In addition, Nancy is able to view applicable vitals and medication history. As Nancy continues to examine this system, she reflects on the other hardware and software facets she should be sure to consider. She also thinks about how human factors will affect this and other vendor systems.

In this Assignment, you consider how hardware, software, and human factors can impact the implementation of an informatics system.

To prepare:

· Review Chapter 30, “The Role of Technology in the Medication-Use Process,” in the course text, Essentials of Nursing Informatics. When examining computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) systems and bar code-enabled technologies, what hardware, software, and human factors did the authors identify?

· Consider how each of these factors can negatively impact patient safety and quality of care.

· How might these factors translate to the usability, implementation, and outcomes of other informatics technologies?

· Review the media presentation Selecting New Technologies in this week’s Learning Resources. How did presenter Dr. Patricia Button take the above factors into consideration when selecting an informatics technology for her health care setting?

· When planning and selecting a new informatics system, what steps should informaticists take to ensure the system will address the needs of their health care setting? In addition, how can informatics leaders encourage all nurses to commit to using a new technology?

To complete:

Submit a 4- to 5-page paper that addresses each part of this Assignment:

· Part 1: Design Considerations

 Identify two (2) major design considerations associated with each of the following: hardware, software, human factors. (6 considerations in total).

 Describe why informaticists should play close attention to each of these 6 considerations when evaluating an informatics technology. In your description, include the potential dangers each of these pose to patient safety and quality of care.

· Part 2: Employee Workarounds

Even with a carefully thought out design and implementation, nurses and other health care employees may adopt workarounds. With this reality in mind:

What benefits and/or consequences do you associate with workarounds?

When selecting an informatics technology, would you opt to purchase a system that mitigates the opportunity for workarounds; or do you believe that workarounds are sometimes necessary? Justify your response.

Note: Your responses should focus on informatics technologies in general, not just bar code scanners as portrayed in the scenario. You may, however, use specific examples such as bar code scanners and other informatics technologies to justify your responses.

***Important: APA Style, 4 to 5 pages of information, Reference apart. *** DUE DATE 4/7/18 UNTIL 10:00PM E.T.

  

Assignment Question to Case Study

• What strategies would you employ to assess the patient for abuse? Explain why      you selected these strategies.
• How  might exposure to the media and/or social media affect the patient?
• What   type of mandatory reporting (if any) is required in this case? Why?
• See attachment for case study and details.