HLT 308V Week 5 DQ 1 Health care organizations are facing many challenges from various regulatory and government agencies. For insight, to the challenges of health care reform, view the video “College of Nursing and Health Care Professions: Do we know what our future is?” http://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/nur508_healthcare-reform-video-series-v1.1.php Based on this video, explain two key factors that […]

HLT 308V Week 3 DQ 2 In 2011, the Center for Medicine and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a list of health care-acquired conditions (HACs). What actions has your health care organization (or health care organizations in general) implemented to manage or prevent these “never events” from happening within their health care facilities? Support your response […]

HLT 308V Week 4 DQ 1 The Joint Commission introduced the National Patient Safety Goals to address patient safety issues within health care organizations. Determine three patient safety issues that are being addressed by your health care organization. Identify the actions the organization is taking or identify three issues that you think need to be […]

HLT 308V Week 2 DQ 2 Describe the purpose of a root-cause analysis. Discuss an example of any issue that would necessitate a root-cause analysis. You may use an incident from a referenced article, textbook, or personal experience. Support your analysis with one peer-reviewed reference. Identify the actions that would need to be taken to […]

HLT 308V Week 3 DQ 1 The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was implemented to allow patients to state “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNS), or to assign a surrogate decision maker in the event the individual is unable to make the decision. What relationship does an ethics committee have in enforcing the advance directives of the patients […]

HLT 308V Week 1 DQ 2 Briefly describe how your organization’s risk management program (or a health care organization) could addresses social media and patient information privacy. Provide three examples and support your analysis with one peer-reviewed reference.   MORE NFO  Social media and patient information privacy Introduction Social media is a part of our […]

HLT308V HLT 308V Week 1 DQ 1 The American Society of Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) has outlined the minimal components of a risk management program. Describe a minimum of three of those elements and evaluate if the elements are present in your organization’s risk management program, or describe how they can be included in a […]

HLT 307V Grand Canyon Week 5 DQ 1 Why must health care providers must grow as professionals? What benefits does this give to all interested parties (the organization, the patients, and the health care providers themselves)? Make a list of at least five benefits and then pick two from among the list that you most […]

HLT 307V Grand Canyon Week 1 DQ 2 The following is an excerpt from the textbook reading Professionalism in Health Care: “If you want to be viewed as a health care professional, you need to be aware of what’s going on in your industry… you need to be keep up with current trends and issues and […]

HLT 306V Topic 5 Homework GCU Write a short (50-100-word) paragraph response for each question posed below. Submit this assignment as a Microsoft Word document. Define CAM. Describe the patient who uses CAM the most. List some common misconceptions about CAM. Identify methods of including the use of CAM in patient education. Discuss the safe […]