Locate and review a hospital or health system’s Community Benefit Report.  Based on this week’s readings and other research, briefly define and analyze Community Benefit”, differentiating between federal and state requirements.  Based on the assessment, is Community Benefit a valid construct,  or does it measure what health services organizations already do?

What inferences can you draw from the descriptive epidemiology presented Flint water crisis http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/20/465545378/lead-laced-water-in-flint-a-step-by-step-look-at-the-makings-of-a-crisis

What inferences can you draw from the descriptive epidemiology presented Flint water crisis http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/20/465545378/lead-laced-water-in-flint-a-step-by-step-look-at-the-makings-of-a-crisis

In 2010, the state of Illinois revoked the real estate tax exemption of Provena Health. How would to measure whether a community benefit strategy is working? Be specific. Please include citations.

In Trinidad and Tobago, the problem of high health staff shortage among nurses in public hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago has been published (Onuoha et al., 2014). In December 29, 2014, Dr. Anand Chattergoon, the Medical Director of one of the major hospitals in south Trinidad lamented on the continued shortage of nurses in the […]

Did you learn anything new about vaccines? What do you feel are the most important points of the article? What is your opinion of vaccines for children?  Should people have a choice to vaccinate their children or not, when sending them to public schools etc…? https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/why-vaccinate/vaccine-decision.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fvaccines%2Fparents%2Fvaccine-decision%2

Summary about diabetes, and why it is an important issue? and interesting fact about it and why?

It is the late 1940s, Erwin Chargaff and his colleagues have just published a paper describing novel rules about DNA, called Chargaff’s Rules. Answer the following questions regarding this event. 16 points total.  A colleague comes up to you and asks you to explain what these new rules are, what do you tell them?  What […]

The social determinants of health include which of the following areas? a. genetics b. environmental conditions c. health behavior d. social and community context

How has the Indian government enhanced healthcare delivery in rural and remote areas of the country? Describe the infrastructure of the Indian healthcare sector in regards to rural and underserved populations, traditional medical practice, closed-panel providers and for older persons. Discuss the challenges to the Jordanian healthcare system identified in a 2002 Ministry of Health/World […]