Describe how the knowledge and skills that you will learn throughout this course will help you in your Project One and Project Two submissions. Course Proj

Competency

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:

Determine the influence of legal risks and liability issues on policy and decision making

Overview

Telemedicine is an emerging medical technology that allows pa!ents to connect directly with medical providers via video

conferencing without having to leave their own home. However, as with any medical tool or prac!ce, there are legal risks and

liability issues that need to be considered. Understanding these risks and liabili!es, as well as how stakeholders both

influence and are impacted by decisions rela!ng to them, is crucial for success within the healthcare field.

Imagine you are a consultant for a healthcare provider considering implemen!ng a new telemedicine applica!on. Your

supervisor has asked you and two other consultants to write an analysis report for each of the three types of telemedicine

they are considering to help the healthcare provider determine the key legal risks and liability issues they may encounter if

they choose to implement this applica!on. You will select which type you want to focus on from the list of scenarios below:

An obstetrician-gynecologist’s office is considering adding a remote monitoring applica!on to help track fetal

monitoring for expectant mothers with high-risk pregnancies or who have experienced previous trauma. The remote

monitoring applica!on would allow pa!ents to remain in their local hospital without having to transfer to a larger

ter!ary care facility to be monitored.

A small doctor’s office in a rural area is considering adding a store-and-forward telemedicine system to allow the

doctor !me to evaluate a pa!ent’s concerns and determine whether they should come to the doctor’s office for

further evalua!on or make the lengthy trip out to the hospital located in the nearest city.

An emergency department is considering a real-!me interac!ve teleneurology service to determine the administra!on

of thromboly!cs to a suspected stroke pa!ent.

Before wri!ng your report, you will need to research the telemedicine applica!on you chose, as well as the legal risks and

liability issues related to that system.

Direc!ons

Write an analysis report discussing the legal risks and liability issues regarding your chosen telemedicine type.

You must cite at least three sources to support your claims. For addi!onal help comple!ng this assignment, refer to the

Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing – Graduate item in the Start Here module. You may also use the Online Wri!ng Center,

located in the Academic Support module.

Specifically, you must include the following:

1. Defini!ons: Provide a clear, concise descrip!on of the differences between legal risks and liability issues. Consider the

following guiding ques!on in your response:

A. How might you explain the differences between legal risks and liability issues to someone who has never

heard of these terms before?

2. Legal Risks and Liabili!es: Summarize the key legal risks and liability issues regarding your chosen telemedicine

applica!on scenario. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:

A. What legal risks and liabili!es are essen!al for those working in the healthcare industry to be aware of?

B. What are some of the consequences for medical professionals if laws are broken or liabili!es are incurred in

the workplace?

3. Stakeholder Influence: Describe how legal risks, medical claims, and tort reform can influence stakeholders with

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respect to telemedicine. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:

A. What are healthcare providers responsible for when caring for pa!ents via telemedicine versus caring for

them in person?

B. How can medical professionals maintain pa!ent confiden!ality while caring for pa!ents via telemedicine?

C. How are underserved areas and vulnerable popula!ons able to access telemedicine services?

4. Differing Needs and Interests: Analyze how differing stakeholder needs and interests can impact decisions regarding

telemedicine. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:

A. What rights and needs do pa!ents have when using telemedicine?

B. What rights and needs do healthcare providers and medical professionals have when using telemedicine?

C. What rights and needs do insurance providers have when using telemedicine?

D. What other stakeholders’ needs should also be considered when using telemedicine?

E. What is the impact of telemedicine on underserved areas and vulnerable popula!ons?

5. Technology Risks: Discuss the addi!onal legal risks and liability issues technology can have in telemedicine. Consider

the following guiding ques!ons in your response:

A. How does HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) apply to so$ware developers

and applica!on managers who create and maintain the technology related to telemedicine?

B. What measures are taken to ensure the confiden!ality of pa!ent informa!on?

C. How reliable is the technology related to telemedicine, par!cularly for those in underserved areas or members

of vulnerable popula!ons?

6. Evalua!on: Evaluate the impact that the iden!fied legal risks and liability issues could have on stakeholders if your

chosen telemedicine applica!on is implemented. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:

A. Do the legal risks and liability issues outweigh the benefits to stakeholders of using telemedicine?

B. Are vulnerable popula!ons and underserved areas able to benefit equitably from access to telemedicine

services?

C. What might healthcare providers need to do in order to minimize the amount of legal risk and liability while

providing telemedicine services?

7. Policy and Decision Making: Analyze how understanding legal risks and liability issues can impact overall health policy

and decision making, both posi!vely and nega!vely. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:

A. How might vulnerable popula!ons and underserved areas be affected as healthcare laws and policies are

generally wri%en?

B. How might the legal risks and liabili!es of telemedicine relate to other legal risks and liabili!es with using

other medical technologies?

C. How might health policy and decision making be affected by not understanding the relevant legal risks and

liabili!es?

What to Submit

To complete this project, you must submit the following:

Analysis Report

Your submission should be a 4- to 5-page Word document. You must also include an APA-style !tle page. Use 12-point Times

New Roman font, double spacing, and 1-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs

Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Defini!ons Exceeds proficiency Provides a clear, Shows progress Does not a%empt 10

Project One Rubric

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in an excep!onally clear and insigh&ul manner, using industry-specific language

concise descrip!on of the differences between legal risks and liability issues

toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

criterion

Legal Risks and Liabili!es

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh&ul manner, using industry-specific language

Summarizes the key legal risks and liability issues regarding telemedicine

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a%empt criterion

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Stakeholder Influence

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh&ul manner, using industry-specific language

Describes how legal risks, medical claims, and tort reform can influence stakeholders with respect to telemedicine

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a%empt criterion

13

Differing Needs and Interests

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh&ul manner, using industry-specific language

Analyzes how differing stakeholder needs and interests can impact decisions regarding telemedicine

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a%empt criterion

13

Technology Risks Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh&ul manner, using industry-specific language

Discusses the addi!onal legal risks and liability issues technology can have in telemedicine

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a%empt criterion

13

Evalua!ons Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh&ul manner, using industry-specific language

Evaluates the impact the iden!fied legal risks and liability issues could have on stakeholders if the chosen telemedicine applica!on is implemented

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a%empt criterion

12

Policy and Decision Making

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh&ul manner, using industry-specific language

Analyzes how understanding legal risks and liability issues can impact overall health policy and decision

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a%empt criterion

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making, both posi!vely and nega!vely

Ar!cula!on of Response

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh&ul manner

Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstra!ng an understanding of audience and purpose

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, nega!vely impac!ng readability

Submission has cri!cal errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preven!ng understanding of ideas

5

Scholarly Sources Incorporates more than three scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or use of sources is excep!onally insigh&ul

Incorporates three scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources that support claims

Incorporates fewer than three scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or not all sources support claims

Does not incorporate sources

5

APA Style Formats in-text cita!ons and reference list according to APA style with no errors

Formats in-text cita!ons and reference list according to APA style with fewer than five errors

Formats in-text cita!ons and reference list according to APA style with five or more errors

Does not format in- text cita!ons and reference list according to APA style

5

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Competencies

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:

Assess how stakeholders and interest groups influence decision making

Assess how stakeholders influence health law, policies, and financial prac!ces

Overview

Imagine that you are a legisla!ve consultant hired to assess the influence of stakeholders and interest groups on the health

policy issue you chose in your Project Two Prepara!on assignment from Module Three. Your supervisor has asked that you

present your assessment findings to the senior leadership of your organiza!on to inform their decisions on how best to

approach their intended organiza!on-wide posi!on statement regarding this issue.

Direc!ons

Create a PowerPoint presenta!on summarizing your assessment findings and recommenda!ons on your chosen health policy

issue. You will need to provide a wri"en transcript of your presenta!on; if you choose, you may also record voiceover

narra!on to go with your PowerPoint presenta!on. Use the work you completed in your Module Three and Module Seven

Project Two Prepara!on assignments, ensuring you have implemented all feedback for these assignments from your

instructor, to help you complete this presenta!on.

You must cite at least five sources to support your claims. For addi!onal help with comple!ng this assignment, refer to the

Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing – Graduate item in the Start Here module. You may also use the Online Wri!ng Center,

located in the Academic Support module.

Specifically, you must include the following:

1. Introduc!on

A. Health Policy Issue: Describe your chosen health policy issue in a clear, concise manner. Consider the

following guiding ques!on in your response:

How might this health policy issue be explained to someone who has never heard of it before?

B. Key Stakeholders and Interest Groups: Iden!fy key stakeholders impacted by your chosen issue, as well as any

interest groups that may also be affected. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:

Who are the people and/or groups who will be primarily affected by this issue, either posi!vely or

nega!vely?

How might vulnerable popula!ons and underserved areas be affected by this issue?

2. Influence on Decision Making

A. Stakeholder Needs: Summarize the needs of key stakeholders and interest groups with respect to your chosen

issue. Do not include financially related needs. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:

What nonfinancial needs of the people and/or groups affected by the issue need to be considered,

par!cularly for those in vulnerable popula!ons or underserved areas?

Why is it important to consider these needs when making decisions regarding this issue?

B. Health Policy Influence: Discuss the kinds of influence stakeholders and interest groups can have on health

policies. Do not include any financially related influences. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your

response:

Which stakeholders have significant or obvious nonfinancial influences on health policies?

Which stakeholders have subtle or covert nonfinancial influences on health policies?

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Why is it important to be aware of these influences when making decisions related to health policies

for this issue?

C. Benefits and Disadvantages: Explain which stakeholders and/or interest groups might benefit or be

disadvantaged by your chosen issue. Do not include any financially related benefits and disadvantages.

Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:

How might stakeholders and/or interest groups benefit from this issue?

How might stakeholders and/or interest groups be disadvantaged by this issue?

How might those in vulnerable popula!ons or underserved areas be benefited or disadvantaged by this

issue, not including financial benefits or disadvantages?

D. Value Conflict Analysis: Analyze the poten!al value conflicts between different stakeholders and/or interest

groups rela!ng to your chosen issue. Do not include any financially related value conflicts. Consider the

following guiding ques!ons in your response:

What nonfinancial value conflicts might pa!ents have with respect to this issue?

What nonfinancial value conflicts might healthcare providers have with respect to this issue?

What nonfinancial value conflicts might insurance companies have with respect to this issue?

What nonfinancial value conflicts might other stakeholders have with respect to this issue?

Why is it important to understand these value conflicts when making decisions related to health

policy?

E. General Decision Making: Explain the overall impact stakeholders and interest groups can have on decision

making regarding your chosen issue. Do not include any financially related impacts. Consider the following

guiding ques!on in your response:

Why is it important to consider nonfinancial stakeholder and/or interest group impacts when it comes

to making health policy decisions, par!cularly rela!ng to this issue?

3. Influence on Financial Prac!ces

A. Stakeholder Needs: Summarize the financial needs of key stakeholders and interest groups with respect to

your chosen issue. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:

What financial needs for the people and/or groups affected by the issue need to be considered,

par!cularly for those in vulnerable popula!ons or underserved areas?

Why is it important to consider these needs when making decisions regarding this issue?

B. Financial Influence: Analyze how stakeholders and interest groups influence current financial prac!ces

regarding your chosen issue. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:

Which stakeholders have significant or obvious financial influences on health policies?

Which stakeholders have subtle or covert financial influences on health policies?

Why is it important to be aware of these influences when making decisions related to health policies

for this issue?

C. Benefits and Disadvantages: Explain which stakeholders and/or interest groups might financially benefit or be

disadvantaged by your chosen issue. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:

How might stakeholders and/or interest groups benefit from this issue?

How might stakeholders and/or interest groups be disadvantaged by this issue?

How might those in vulnerable popula!ons or underserved areas be financially benefited or

disadvantaged by this issue?

D. Compe!ng Value Conflicts: Describe how compe!ng financial value conflicts between stakeholders could be

addressed with respect to your chosen issue. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:

What financial value conflicts might pa!ents have with respect to this issue?

What financial value conflicts might healthcare providers have with respect to this issue?

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What financial value conflicts might insurance companies have with respect to this issue?

What financial value conflicts might other stakeholders have with respect to this issue?

Why is it important to understand these value conflicts when making decisions related to health

policy?

How might the compe!!on between these financial value conflicts affect both stakeholders’ influence

on the issue and how stakeholders are impacted by the issue itself?

E. Financial Decision Making: Explain the financial impact stakeholders and interest groups can have on decision

making regarding your chosen issue. Consider the following guiding ques!on in your response:

Why is it important to consider financial stakeholder and/or interest group impacts when it comes to

making health policy decisions, par!cularly rela!ng to this issue?

4. Recommenda!on

A. Posi!on Statement: Recommend a strategic approach to decision making for your chosen health policy issue

based on your assessment findings. Consider the following guiding ques!ons in your response:

Based on your findings, would you suggest the organiza!on move forward with pursuing changes to

their current policies?

If so, how might they be able to move forward with these changes?

If not, what other strategies or recommenda!ons would you make instead, given the

informa!on you currently have available?

What to Submit

To complete this project, you must submit the following:

Assessment Findings Presenta!on

Submit your presenta!on slide deck (or MP4 file with the slide deck and audio if you choose to include voiceover narra!on).

Your submission should be a 12- to 15-slide PowerPoint presenta!on (including the !tle and reference slides) and should be

no longer than 15 minutes long. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Assessment Findings Presenta!on Transcript

Submit your completed presenta!on transcript with in-text cita!ons and a reference sheet. Your submission should be a

Word document that is no more than 15 pages long. You must also include an APA-style !tle page. Use 12-point Times New

Roman font, double spacing, and 1-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Suppor!ng Materials

The following resource supports your work on the project:

Resource: Project Two Health Policy Issue Scenarios Word Document

Refer to this document containing your chosen health policy issue scenario to help you complete this project.

Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs

Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Introduc!on: Health Policy

Issue

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language

Describes the chosen health policy issue in a clear, concise manner

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a"empt criterion

5

Introduc!on: Key Exceeds proficiency Iden!fies key Shows progress Does not a"empt 5

Project Two Rubric

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Stakeholders and Interest Groups

in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language

stakeholders impacted by the chosen issue, as well as any interest groups that may also be affected

toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

criterion

Influence on Decision Making:

Stakeholder Needs

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language

Summarizes the needs of key stakeholders and interest groups with respect to the chosen issue, not including financially related needs

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a"empt criterion

6

Influence on Decision Making:

Health Policy Influence

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language

Discusses the kinds of influence stakeholders and interest groups can have on health policies, not including financially related influences

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a"empt criterion

8

Influence on Decision Making:

Benefits and Disadvantages

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language

Explains which stakeholders and/or interest groups might benefit or be disadvantaged by the chosen issue, not including financially related benefits and disadvantages

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a"empt criterion

5

Influence on Decision Making:

Value Conflict Analysis

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language

Analyzes the poten!al value conflicts between different stakeholders and/or interest groups rela!ng to the chosen issue, not including financially related value conflicts

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a"empt criterion

8

Influence on Decision Making: General Decision

Making

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language

Explains the overall impact stakeholders and interest groups can have on decision making regarding the

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a"empt criterion

7

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chosen issue, not including financially related impacts

Influence on Financial Prac!ces:

Stakeholder Needs

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language

Summarizes the financial needs of key stakeholders and interest groups with respect to the chosen issue

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a"empt criterion

7

Influence on Financial Prac!ces: Financial Influence

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language

Analyzes how stakeholders and interest groups influence current financial prac!ces regarding the chosen issue

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a"empt criterion

8

Influence on Financial Prac!ces:

Benefits and Disadvantages

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language

Explains which stakeholders and/or interest groups might financially benefit or be disadvantaged by the chosen issue

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a"empt criterion

5

Influence on Financial Prac!ces:

Compe!ng Value Conflicts

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language

Describes how compe!ng financial value conflicts between stakeholders could be addressed with respect to the chosen issue

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a"empt criterion

6

Influence on Financial Prac!ces:

Financial Decision Making

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language

Explains the financial impact stakeholders and interest groups can have on decision making regarding the chosen issue

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a"empt criterion

7

Recommenda!on: Posi!on

Statement

Exceeds proficiency in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner, using industry-specific language

Recommends a strategic approach to decision making regarding the chosen health policy issue based on the assessment findings

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions

Does not a"empt criterion

8

Ar!cula!on of Exceeds proficiency Clearly conveys Shows progress Submission has 5

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Response in an excep!onally clear and insigh$ul manner

meaning with well- designed presenta!on slides, correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstra!ng an understanding of audience and purpose

toward proficiency, but with errors in presenta!on slide design, grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, nega!vely impac!ng readability

cri!cal errors in presenta!on slide design, grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preven!ng understanding of ideas

Scholarly Sources Incorporates more than five scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or use of sources is excep!onally insigh$ul

Incorporates five scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources that support claims

Incorporates fewer than five scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or not all sources support claims

Does not incorporate sources

5

APA Style Formats in-text cita!ons and reference list according to APA style with no errors

Formats in-text cita!ons and reference list according to APA style with fewer than five errors

Formats in-text cita!ons and reference list according to APA style with five or more errors

Does not format in- text cita!ons and reference list according to APA style

5

Total: 100%

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