Reflect on this week’s activity.
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What are some things you
wrote that you believe can help your peers learn?
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What are some things your
peer(s) wrote that sparked knowledge or, further your critical thinking or gave
you another perspective on learning? Be specific – discuss which classmate(s)
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What did you learn this week
and can apply it in the workplace?
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What would you like to
improve on?
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What actions will you take to
improve it?
This posting should
be substantial in length [minimum of 300 words], meet APA guidelines
and graduate standards in writing.
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Week 4 Discussion for Reflection
Indeed, the healthcare industry has revolutionized over the years. The result is various compliance and
regulatory issues that has made healthcare managers to stay up all night (Choi, Capitan, Krause & Streeper,
2006). Here are some of the issues:
Shifting from volume- to value-based reimbursement
The movement from volume to value based reimbursement is quite inevitable in the healthcare
industry. It is about how quick the provider is. Currently, moving too fast can result into a hospital losing
revenue and implementing the wrong strategies that are not acceptable in the market. On the other hand,
moving too slow, leads to lose of opportunities, time and experience. This is why the healthcare industry
has figured a strategy to be in the middle; working overtime. The nurses and healthcare professionals now
work overtime to provide value driven services and also to ensure that they are updated with the current
technological trends and possible treatments to notorious illnesses. A study conducted in 2014, McKesson
found out that most of the healthcare providers would rather adjust their working conditions and even work
overtime to provide value based services that are long term.
Regulatory demands
The healthcare providers must follow the regulations set to ensure quality healthcare delivery most of
which have been designed to improve efficiency and care (Delgado, 2011). There has been allocation of
extensive money, time, and staff for the effective implementation of the objectives thereto. Currently, many
people are falling sick, new diseases have emerged and continue to emerge, drugs are being developed that
requires scrutiny and testing. The healthcare providers have to provide services to the in-patients including
out-patients. In addition, there are situations where patients require additional attention such as the ICU
patients including the cancer patients. The healthcare industry is indeed, developing and new technologies
are being developed which makes the healthcare managers to stay up all night to figure out the right way to
go. On the other hand, during emergencies, it is important that the healthcare managers be available to
ensure that the staff provides the best attention to the clients and that everything goes as planned.
Infection control, especially in light of Ebola
The infection control is the role of the healthcare managers to plan, control, organize and implement.
For instance, there are diseases that are airborne like the Ebola which requires extra attention and care
otherwise a global disaster is the result. If the healthcare managers seize the opportunity to yield positive
results in infection control, I am confident the problem will be mitigated (Delgado, 2011).
Working extra hours.
It is very common in the healthcare industry for managers to work in more than
one facility. People want to earn an extra coin that results into them resorting to work
overtime. This has resulted into managers being up all night to do night shifts at another
healthcare facility. However, this can also be attributed to few professionals in the field
as a result of increased healthcare problems and challenges.
References
Choi, Y. B., Capitan, K. E., Krause, J. S., & Streeper, M. M. (2006). Challenges
associated with privacy in health care industry: implementation of HIPAA and the
security rules. Journal of medical systems, 30(1), 57-64.
Delgado, M. (2011, July). The evolution of health care it: Are current us privacy
policies ready for the clouds?. In 2011 IEEE World Congress on Services (pp.
371-378). IEEE.
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