What issues are affecting healthcare? How do these issues affect you, your practice, and/or your organization? How do these issues affect your patients? Throughout this course you have identified and supported an advocacy priority, focusing specifically on how best to move the agenda forward. Now is your opportunity to explore a specific issue affecting the…

Your personal decisions regarding purchases are likely made, in no small part, based on your financial position. You will likely consult your bank statements and checkbook before buying. But the extent that you will go beyond current resources—including loans and financing—will depend on factors such as need for the good or service and potential it…

A policy brief is a concise summary of a particular issue, the policy options to deal with it, and recommendations on the best option. Policy briefs must deliver critical information to the stakeholders who can influence a specific policy. For assignment 3 you will develop a policy brief building on your policy issues and theory…

Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you’d said something differently? Perhaps in a job interview when asked to tell the interviewer about yourself, or maybe on a first date, or when questioned during an academic or professional presentation. Any of these scenarios can leave you thinking afterward about your reply, wondering…

Once an idea has matured to the point that there is a clear understanding about the organizational and financial impact, there is typically a need to request resources to bring the idea to reality. This is typically done by submitting a budget request in the hopes of getting the idea on the budget, meaning there…

How do you make difficult decisions? Do you carefully consider the repercussions of each choice? Perhaps you discuss possible outcomes with others. Maybe you rely on tools for help, even if the tool is a coin that can help you reach a conclusion with a simple flip. Healthcare organizations generally don’t have an unlimited stack…

How well do you know your organization? Many of us spend a great deal of time at our workplace, and this often leads us to feel that we know the organization very well. But when it comes to organizational familiarity, there are several levels of understanding. Leaders faced with decisions about investing resources often use…

Introduction The delivery of healthcare services has undergone profound transformation over the past several decades. Rising costs, technological innovation, demographic shifts, and policy reforms have driven healthcare organizations to seek new models of integration that improve efficiency, enhance patient outcomes, and reduce fragmentation. Two prominent models—vertical integration and virtual integration—represent distinct approaches to organizing healthcare…

Evaluating the socioeconomic impact of healthcare across our diverse communities: Educating our clients regarding accessibility and affordability. Introduction Healthcare is a fundamental human need and a cornerstone of social and economic development. The ability of individuals and communities to access affordable, high-quality healthcare services directly influences not only health outcomes but also educational attainment, workforce…

When conducting a literature review, what are the steps you should you take to successfully search the evidence? Once you have generated your results, how do you properly appraise the evidence, grade them, and select the ones you want to use? When conducting a literature review, the goal is to produce a set of results…