Data Visualization This week you will explore the healthcare payor models in your state. This assignment will provide you with some insight into this important public policy topic and how your state manages it. Also, it is essential to consider how healthcare payment impacts the state’s economy and well-being of the population. This assignment also […]

Slide Presentation In this assignment, you will choose one of the topics below from this week’s reading and describe it in a slide presentation. Slide presentations are a standard way professionals communicate and a common assignment in this graduate program. This week’s assignment will help you to develop the skill needed to present information in […]

How have American cultural values and beliefs affected the development of the US healthcare system? Why has universal national healthcare never become a reality in the United States? Can you give an example of another country that has national healthcare? What do you believe are the key strengths and weaknesses of a national healthcare system, […]

This week we will look at how healthcare in the US has evolved into the system that exists today. We will consider the resources and processes that make up the current system and take a look forward to the future of healthcare delivery.   Using the chart on how to tell the difference between Scholarly […]

Data Flow Through the Patient Healthcare Journey The purpose of this assignment is to make you aware of how patient data travels with the patient and/or is generated based on events such as getting an x-ray or having surgery.   It’s a major holiday.  Your family member is complaining of pain on their left side. […]

Troubleshooting Screencast Presentation The troubleshooting process can be distilled into four steps:   Step 1: The system malfunctions and symptoms are identified.   Step 2: A list of possible causes is generated based on existing knowledge, research, and/or previous experience.   Step 3: Additional data is collected and, based on a process of elimination, the […]

Research Activity Many organizations support healthcare quality in the United States. In this activity, investigate one quality-focused organization such as The Joint Commission, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Leapfrog Group, National Committee for Quality Assurance, National Quality Forum, or Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, etc. Analyze the following components as they might apply to healthcare […]

Reflection Paper Provide a response of about 350-500 words that reflects on what we have covered in this class and your experience. Address the following key areas:   What are the top three things you learned in this class and why? Make sure to address both healthcare quality and informatics in your response.   How […]

Applying a Performance Improvement Methodology In this assignment, you will be stepping through a full cycle of performance improvement. Your work on this research paper will provide you an opportunity to take a deep dive into a performance improvement methodology and apply it to an authentic value-based care performance problem.   For this research paper, […]

This assignment provides practical experience with thinking through how analytics could be applied in a specific situation. A use case is simply a structured scenario. Below are two examples of use cases. While the scenarios are different, the websites provide examples of what a use case is and how used.   Use Cases   Defining […]