What organizations safeguard health policies? List at least two organizations and a policy they safeguard.

1)Technology has proven effectiveness in speed of information transmission, which leads to prompt healthcare service delivery, prompt treatment of illnesses and better health outcomes. Policies drive the success of health technology through practice standardization. However, cost, safety and security, ethics, and legality have all been target areas of health technology policies.

Define health technology policy.
What are some key terms in health information technology? List and define two.
What organizations safeguard health policies? List at least two organizations and a policy they safeguard.
Provide a brief description of the U.S. Food Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) role in health policy.

2)Analyzing Political Feasibility
For a healthcare organization to be politically viable they must have influential stakeholders. In that, the stakeholders must understand limitations and be able to adopt accordingly.

Highlight and present one key player/stakeholder (i.e., federal, state, or local) in political health policy in your state.
Choose two state/local/federal healthcare organizations. Then, compare and contrast their political viability in terms of one/more of their health polic(ies).
Apply the “method for analyzing political feasibility” as defined in Chapter 10 of your textbook to define your key player’s viability.

Explain the process of evidence-based analysis.

Evidence-based medicine (EBM), previously translational medicine, can be defined as improving care based on empirical research and/or hands-on practice. The EBM’s approach is based on either direct patient care (bottom-up) or an experiment translated into guidelines (top-down). EBM is used in either in conjunction or as quality assessment tool(s) for continuous quality improvement (CQI). The healthcare leader must utilize the evidence to promote healthcare quality.

Explain the process of evidence-based analysis.
Highlight the major players and their roles in EBM policy (i.e., government, providers, patients, etc.).
Explain the EBM “Levels of Evidence” as defined in your course text.
Review the case “Constraints of the ACA on Evidence-Based Medicine.”
Provide a written analysis of the case “Constraints of the ACA on Evidence-Based Medicine” in Chapter 9 of your textbook. (Utilize the “Levels of Evidence and Grades of Recommendations” as defined by the University of Minnesota) Clearinghouse.
Summarize the policy of EBM in your conclusion.

Consider also how during the 19th and 20th centuries, outbreaks of tuberculosis led to many states and communities in the US requiring people to be quarantined in sanatoriums.

It is learned that epidemiologists can be thought of as medical detectives who determine the origins of disease by examining the earliest known human who was infected and the agent causing the infection. Consider the case of Gaetan Dugas, “Patient Zero” who was identified as a key figure initiating the spread of the HIV virus in the gay community in the US. In 1982, the CDC tracked down Dugas, who was a French-Canadian flight attendant. His travel patterns and multiple partners allowed him to spread the virus to a large number of people very quickly. By the time he learned he was contagious, he had been carrying the HIV virus for two years. After interviewing Dugas and obtaining the names of his sexual partners, CDC researchers were able to track the spread of a large number of cases of HIV in the San Francisco and New York City gay communities. Dugas died in 1984, after having AIDS for 4 years. He did not stop having sex, even after knowing he was contagious with a deadly disease.

(Source: Shiltz, R. (1987) And the band played on: Politics, people, and the AIDS epidemic. NY: St. Martin’s Press.)

Once an individual is identified as carrying an infectious disease that seems to be rapidly spreading and life-threatening, how does one balance individual freedom with the protection of the community? Compare this example to other recent outbreaks, such as the H1N1 virus (“swine flu”) and the case of Andrew Speaker who had drug-resistant tuberculosis and traveled internationally by plane in 2007 before being detained. Consider also how during the 19th and 20th centuries, outbreaks of tuberculosis led to many states and communities in the US requiring people to be quarantined in sanatoriums. When it is unclear how dangerous an illness may be, how quickly should health officials step in with preventive measures (e.g., mandatory vaccines, quarantines)?

What reasons might explain why someone would prefer the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution?

Submissions that are more comprehensive and detailed will earn a higher point total. This exercise is to show that you have read the material and that you have thought about the issues.

Topic: Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? What reasons might explain why someone would prefer the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution? What were the biggest benefits of the Constitution over the Articles of Confederation?

Process the information from your own values, experiences, or any religious, cultural, or traditions that you hold important to you.

Choose one article, or find your own article, based on a subculture, and write a two to three-page reflection of your idea concepts and thoughts. Process the information from your own values, experiences, or any religious, cultural, or traditions that you hold important to you. How does this subculture differ or relate to from your own personal experiences? What do you understand from your chosen article? This should be written in the first person.

Describe your tool, including such items as the age range, presentation/symptoms, ease of use, provider- or self-report, and so on.

Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE) Create an informational resource about your chosen screening tool, a PPT presentation , with 6 SLIDES .Make it easy to read and understand. You are strongly encouraged to use images and graphics. You and your classmates can save these as study tools. In your resource, address the following and include two evidence-based sources. 1-Describe your tool, including such items as the age range, presentation/symptoms, ease of use, provider- or self-report, and so on. 2-What is the reliability and validity of the tool? 3-How is the tool scored? 4-What constitutes a positive or negative finding or result? Attach are two examples