If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption? Social Determinant such as environment/community, education, access/quality to healthcare?
These and many other topics are worthy of discussion. Not surprisingly, much has been said in the research, within the profession, and in the news about these topics. Whether they are issues of finance, quality, workload, or outcomes, there is no shortage of changes to be addressed.
In this Discussion, you examine a national healthcare issue and consider how that issue may impact your work setting. You also analyze how your organization has responded to this issue.
RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To Prepare:
Review the Resources and select one current national healthcare issue/stressor to focus on.
Reflect on the current national healthcare issue/stressor you selected and think about how this issue/stressor may be addressed in your work setting.
BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 1
Post a description of the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for analysis, and explain how the healthcare issue/stressor may impact your work setting. Which social determinant(s) most affects this health issue? Then, describe how your health system work setting has responded to the healthcare issue/stressor, including a description of what changes may have been implemented. Be specific and provide examples.
BY DAY 6 OF WEEK 1
Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days who chose a different national healthcare issue/stressor than you selected. Explain how their chosen national healthcare issue/stressor may also impact your work setting and what (if anything) is being done to address the national healthcare issue/stressor.

LEARNING RESOURCES
Required Readings
Broome, M., & Marshall, E. S. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.
oChapter 2, “Transformational Leadership: Complexity, Change, and Strategic Planning” (pp. 34–62)
oChapter 3, “Current Challenges in Complex Health Care Organizations and the Quadruple Aim” (pp. 66–97)
Read any TWO of the following (plus TWO additional readings on your selected issue):
Amalberti, R., Vincent, C., Nicklin, W., & Braithwaite, J. (2019). Coping with more people with more illness Part 1: The nature of the challenge and the implications for safety and quality.Links to an external site. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 31(2), 154–158.
Bangani, R. G., Menon, V., & Jovanov, E. (2021). Personalized stress monitoring AI system for healthcare workersLinks to an external site.. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2021 IEEE International Conference On, 2992–2997.
Carter, M. W., & Busby, C. R. (2023). How can operational research make a real difference in healthcare? Challenges of implementationLinks to an external site.. European Journal of Operational Research, 306(3), 1059–1068.
Dixon-Woods, M., McNicol, S., & Martin, G. (2012, October 1). Ten challenges in improving quality in healthcare: lessons from the Health Foundation’s programme evaluations and relevant literatureLinks to an external site.. BMJ Quality & Safety, 21(10), 876.
Gjellebæk, C., Svensson, A., Bjørkquist, C., Fladeby, N., & Grundén, K. (2020). Management challenges for future digitalization of healthcare servicesLinks to an external site.. Futures, 124.
Greco, E., Graziano, E. A., Stella, G. P., Mastrodascio, M., & Cedrone, F. (2022). The impact of leadership on perceived work-related stress in healthcare facilities organisationsLinks to an external site.. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 35(4/5), 734-748.
Hale, K. (2021). Benefits and challenges of social media in health careLinks to an external site.. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 44(3), 309–315.
Navaz, A. N., Serhani, M. A., El Kassabi, H. T., Al-Qirim, N., & Ismail, H. (2021). Trends, technologies, and key challenges in smart and connected healthcareLinks to an external site.. IEEE Access, Access, IEEE, 9, 74044–74067.
Slonim, A. (2023). Top challenges facing healthcare: Back to basicsLinks to an external site.. Physician Leadership Journal, 10(2), 12–14. https://doi.org/10.55834/plj.2064149664
Academic Support Resources
Respond to the Assignment PromptLinks to an external site.
Navigate OASIS ResourcesLinks to an external site.
Paraphrase and Summarize InformationLinks to an external site.
Locate, Cite, and Reference Journal ArticlesLinks to an external site.
Organize and Develop ParagraphsLinks to an external site.
Cite and Reference Learning ResourcesLinks to an external site.

Required Media
Walden University, LLC. (Producer). (2015). Leading in Healthcare Organizations of the Future [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Required Media will be attached.

Instructor Comments: 
oDo not post before the start of the course, Monday, May 27.
oPost only during the week each discussion is due.
oPostings Start on Mondays and end on Saturday day 6.
oAny posting submitted after Saturday, day 6, will not be considered in the grading for that discussion.
oBe sure to use course-specific readings from your weekly course learning sources.
oWith your course-specific readings use outside sources, need a minimum of 3 sources for the main posting.
oReview the rubric for that requirement!
oI provided examples of a national healthcare issue/stressors in the Week 1 Announcement, the suggested topics in that announcement are only examples not topics you are required to choose.
BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 1
Post a description of the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for analysis, and explain how the healthcare issue/stressor may impact your work setting. Which social determinant(s) most affects this health issue? Then, describe how your health system work setting has responded to the healthcare issue/stressor, including a description of what changes may have been implemented. Be specific and provide examples.
BY DAY 6 OF WEEK 1
Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days who chose a different national healthcare issue/stressor than you selected. Explain how their chosen national healthcare issue/stressor may also impact your work setting and what (if anything) is being done to address the national healthcare issue/stressor.
 
oNOTE: Walden University currently uses the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) as the accepted standard for citations, references, and writing style guidelines. This course was developed when APA’s sixth edition was the standard, and we are in the process of making any necessary updates to the course content. Please consult the seventh edition of the APA manual and the Walden Writing Center’s APA resources Links to an external site., for all your written assignments.
oFYI a response to the instructor in your discussion board inquiry will be accepted as a peer response if you post it on a different day from your first peer response and your main posting. You need to use two sources to support your answer to my question for it to be counted as a peer response. Let me know if you have any questions.