Category: Healthcare

As individuals grow older, they experience biological changes, but how they experience these changes varies considerably. Senescence, or the process of aging, “affects different people, and various parts of the body, at different rates” (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2016, p. 658). What factors affect the aging process? Why do some individuals appear to age faster than […]

 Product Development Health services continue to affect the gross domestic product, and this dramatic transformation has great demands on each dollar spent to deliver patient-centered products. Health care marketing must be repeatedly applied and practiced strategically to include environmental dimensions, such as technology, socioeconomics, competition, and regulatory. That being said, in today’s global economy, investors […]

Question #1 What role do smoking, drinking alcohol, and nutrition play in adult development? Create some possible combinations of these and then respond based on them. For example, how might a person who smokes but eats well develop in adulthood?

“Improving Access to Care in the United States”  Please respond to the following:  •Read the article titled, “Equitable Access to Care — How the United States Ranks Internationally” located in Week 1 of the online course. You may also view the article at http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMp1406707. Next, construct an argument to defend or refute claims suggesting a […]

“Healthcare Financial Management” Please respond to the following: •According to the textbook, consumer-driven health plans often rely on large deductibles funded via a health savings account framework. Suggest two (2) scenarios that depict the potential effect(s) of a large deductible on price elasticity for health services. Theorize one (1) possible outcome of your proposed scenarios. […]

· Assignment 1: Medicaid Expansion Due Week 3 and worth 300 points Imagine that you are a health policy analyst for a state that has not elected to expand Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). You have just been notified that the state leaders have agreed to reconsider their decision during an […]

“Current Trends in Health Care”  Please respond to the following: Determine two aspects of global economic, demographic, and diversity trends that have affected health care human resources management. Provide examples to support your rationale. Analyze key trends in health care, and determine two factors that cause these trends to affect human resource managers and employees. […]

Student 3 Reply must be at least 500 words and must also include a biblical integration and at least 2 peer-reviewed source citations in current APA format. Productivity and quality of care should go hand-in-hand, but with higher demands there are times that quality is affected from the increase in productivity standards.  However, there are […]

You will choose a topic of your choice and begin the weekly debates. The debate topic should be centered on the content for this week but will include current issues that are happening in politics and government. It is essential to follow the debate guidelines set up in Week 1 and participate fully in the […]

Assignment 3: Task Force Project—Identifying the Determinants of Health Scenario: You have been hired as head of the Maternal, Infant, and Reproductive Health Task Force in Centervale. The mission of the task force is to reduce the growing rate of adolescent pregnancy in Centervale using a multicomponent, ecological approach. The task force includes representatives from […]