December 21, 2022

Identify the U.S. federal agency you researched, and briefly summarize its role.

The Current State of the Agency

In the second study in this unit, you used the Wall Street Journal, newsletters you subscribed to in Unit 1, IHI Triple Aim framework, and the Internet to research current information regarding changes, concerns or issues, legislative actions, or proposals related to a particular U.S. government healthcare agency. Use the information you found to complete this discussion.

For your main post:

Describe the information you discovered regarding current changes, concerns or issues, legislative actions, or proposals related to this U.S. healthcare agency.

Share your personal insights about this agency, relating your findings to the overall U.S. healthcare system and your healthcare management career.

Include references in current APA style and format for all your sources.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

In your responses, address the following questions:

What did you find interesting or helpful in your peers’ discussion post?

How do you think the agency issues your peers discussed impact the sector of the healthcare system in which you currently work or plan to work?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify valuable learning experiences related to unit content.

Record knowledge, awareness or skills that may be applicable to career path.

Select ideas, material, research, and topics of interest to revisit in the future.

Record information about valuable resources for future reference.

Use the Internet to explore U.S. Government resources related to global health care.

Compare political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting U.S. and selected international healthcare systems.

Identify political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting the selected healthcare systems.

Recognize similarities and differences in structures, approaches, and concepts of the selected international healthcare systems.

Use the study resources provided to identify structures, approaches, and concepts of the U.S. Healthcare System.

Compare the political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting the U.S. Healthcare system and the selected international healthcare systems.

Examine current online resources for what works and what doesn’t work in the U.S. healthcare system.

Identify political, economic, and consumer driven forces impacting the U.S. Healthcare system and the selected international healthcare systems.

DQ2 Population Health and Population Health Management

To complete this discussion, refer to the following:

Caron (2017) text readings in the first study in this unit, discussing the concepts of population health and population health management.

Research you completed in the second study in this unit, in which you identified an initiative in the U.S. healthcare system that is implementing the principles of population health management, using the Wall Street Journal, newsletters you subscribed to in Unit 1, resources on IHI Web site, or other current and credible sources.

Information you reviewed on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Web site about the Triple Aim framework.

For your main post, prepare a short essay (use a minimum of 400 words), addressing the following:

Evaluate an example of a current initiative implemented in the U.S. healthcare system based on the principles of population health management (PHM).

Identify Institute of Medicine (IOM) Core Measures and the PHM approaches involved.

Discuss the barriers involved in PHM planning and implementation.

Share the outcome or current state of the implementation and success of the initiative.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the main posts of at least two peers as early in the week as possible to ensure the development of quality conversation and depth of learning.

Comment on the connections your peers made to population health management (PHM) principles, barriers to PHM, and its outcomes. How do you think the initiative they discussed might impact the sector of the healthcare system in which you currently work or plan to work?