Capella HIM4670 2022 July Discussions Latest (Full)

HIM4670 Health Information Systems and Management

Unit 1 Discussion

DQ1 Health Care System

In your own words, describe the U.S. health care system. Then explain three historical U.S. health care system events and the way these events have shaped the current U.S. health care system.

Use evidence from resources beyond the required course materials to support your explanation of historical events and your rationale as to how these events shaped the current U.S. health system. Consult the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide, linked in the Resources, for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Examine the history of the U.S. health care system.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

DQ2 Health System Strategic Plan

In this unit's studies, you read the strategic plan of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. After reviewing the plan and the five goals outlined in it, explain how two of these goals affect current U.S. health systems and patients.

Use evidence from resources beyond the required course materials to support your explanation of the HRSA's strategic plan goals. Consult Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide, linked in the Resources, for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Describe HIM roles in the health care system.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references

 

HIM4670 Health Information Systems and Management

Unit 2 Discussion

Triple Aim and HIM

Define the Triple Aim model within the context of the U.S. health care system. Explain the purposes of the Triple Aim model and HIM's role in the Triple Aim model.Use evidence from resources beyond the required course materials to support your posting. Consult the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide, linked in the Resources, for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

Include at least one source in your post. Be sure to follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.

This discussion post and the responses will help you prepare for the assignment due in this unit.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Define the Triple Aim model.

Define HIM roles.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

 

HIM4670 Health Information Systems and Management

Unit 3 Discussion

 DQ1 Health Services

After reviewing pages 13–28 in the Health Information Management text and other resources, compare and contrast two specific types of health services in U.S. health systems.

Support your analysis with evidence from resources beyond the required course materials. Consult the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide, linked in the Resources, for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

Include at least one APA-formatted in-text citation and accompanying reference in your post.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Describe U.S. health care organizations and professionals.

Describe HIM roles in the health care system.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

DQ2 Health and Allied Health: Training, Work, and Settings

What are the primary differences between health professionals and allied health care workers? Offer a response to this prompt based on the unit readings. Support your response with examples of related but different health services occupations.

Next, choose one health professional and one allied health care worker. Research the following for each occupation: education, training, health care roles, and practice settings. Include these findings in your initial post.

Support your analysis with evidence from resources beyond the required course materials. Consult the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide, linked in the Resources, for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

Include at least one APA-formatted citation and accompanying reference to support your response.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Describe U.S. health care organizations and professionals.

Describe HIM roles in the health care system.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

 

HIM4670 Health Information Systems and Management

Unit 4 Discussion

Hospital Departments and HIM

For this discussion, attach the concept map you created for the unit assignment. Your map needs to show the connections between HIM and other health care departments. 

Explain in your discussion post:

How your concept map of a hospital or other health care setting fits into the U.S. health system.

How other departments in the hospital or health care setting relate to the HIM department.

How your concept map demonstrates the workforce within the departments in a health care setting.

Support your analysis with evidence from resources beyond the required course materials. Consult the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide, linked in the Resources, for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

Include at least one APA-formatted citation and accompanying reference for any source you use.

Consider your post and the feedback in this discussion as an opportunity to improve your concept map assignment due during this unit.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Describe HIM roles in the health care system.

Describe U.S. health care organizations and professionals.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

 

 

 

HIM4670 Health Information Systems and Management

Unit 5 Discussion

DQ1 Compare and Contrast Licensure and Certification

In this post, you will be examining licensure, certification, and accreditation requirements. Select ONE of the following:

One health care profession.

One allied health occupation.

One health care organization, such as a hospital or nursing home.

For your selected item:

Determine whether licensure, certification, and/or accreditation is required.

Explain why this is required.

Support your analysis with evidence from resources beyond the required course materials. Consult the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide, linked in the Resources, for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

Include at least one APA-formatted in-text citation and an accompanying reference.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Describe U.S. health care organizations and professionals.

Describe HIM roles in the health care system.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

DQ2 Medical Education

In this unit's studies, you read the following:

American Medical Education 100 Years After the Flexner Report.

Allopathic, Osteopathic Graduate Training Programs to Unify Accreditation.

Using those resources, describe medical education's historical context. Explain current and future potential challenges and opportunities for medical education and graduate medical education accreditation.

Support your analysis with evidence from resources beyond the required course materials. Consult the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide, linked in the Resources, for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

Include at least one APA-formatted in-text citation and accompanying reference.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Examine the history of the U.S. health care system.

Describe U.S. health care organizations and professionals.

Describe HIM roles in the health care system.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

 

HIM4670 Health Information Systems and Management

Unit 6 Discussion

Market Forces in Hospitals

Select one of the market forces affecting hospitals mentioned in your Health Information Management text (pages 28–31). Search the Capella library, Google Scholar, or other credible, peer-reviewed sources for literature about the market force you selected. Consult the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide, linked in the Resources, for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

Write an initial post that addresses all these questions:

Which market force affecting hospitals did you select? Why?

How does this market force affect hospitals?

What HIM roles are affected by this market force? In turn, how can HIM affect this market force?

Which other health care team members' roles are affected by your selected market force?

How does the market force you selected affect hospital patients?

Include at least one current APA-formatted citation and accompanying reference to support the explanation included in your post.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Examine market forces in the U.S. health care system.

Describe HIM roles in the health care system.

Describe U.S. health care organizations and professionals.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

 

 

 

HIM4670 Health Information Systems and Management

Unit 7 Discussion

Health Care Costs

After careful review and study of this unit's assigned resources and other resources you have researched, reflect on the continued rise in health care costs. In your initial post, analyze market forces that likely cause increasing health care expenditures in the U.S. health system.

Include at least one APA-formatted citation and accompanying reference to support the points you make in your post.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Examine market forces in the U.S. health care system.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

DQ2 Reimbursement

In your own words, describe three reimbursement methods for health services in U.S. health systems. Explain potential strategies to help decrease health care expenditures. Use evidence from resources beyond the required course materials to support your strategies. Consult the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide, linked in the Resources, for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

Include at least one APA-formatted citation and accompanying reference to support the points you make in your post.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Examine market forces in the U.S. health care system.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

 

HIM4670 Health Information Systems and Management

Unit 8 Discussion

Leadership and Management

After reviewing this unit's assigned resources and other credible resources you've identified, compare and contrast leadership and management. Next, explain how HIM leadership and management roles support health care teams in the U.S. health care delivery system.

Include at least one APA-formatted citation and accompanying reference to support the points you make in your post.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Review management and leadership theories that apply to HIM.

Recognize effective leadership strategies.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

 

HIM4670 Health Information Systems and Management

Unit 9 Discussion

Ethics, Values, Leadership, and Management

Review, study, and reflect on the following:

Kouzes's and Posner's 5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership.

The readings about ethics in your Health Information Management text, pages 910–919.

Pay particular attention to the AHIMA's Code of Ethics on page 916.

Your own moral values and ethical principles.

In your discussion post, describe three specific instances in which the AHIMA Code of Ethics and your moral values and ethical principles align with your personal leadership and management philosophies.

Include at least one APA-formatted citation and accompanying reference to support the points you make in your post.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Review management and leadership theories that apply to HIM.

Recognize the impact of leadership on the business, others, and the leader.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

 

HIM4670 Health Information Systems and Management

Unit 10 Discussion

DQ1 Lessons and the AHIMA Core Model

After reviewing the Health Information Management text's foreword and introduction, reflect on lessons learned throughout the course. Chose two or three of the most important lessons you learned and write a post about why you chose them.

Also, explain how these lessons align with the AHIMA Core Model:

Health Information Management, Introduction, page xxxviii.

A New View of HIM: Introducing the Core Model [Review draft].

Support your post with evidence from resources beyond the assigned course materials. Consult the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide, linked in the Resources, for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

Include at least one APA-formatted citation and accompanying reference in your post.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Describe HIM roles in the health care system.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

DQ2 Careers

Review some of the entry- and mid-level careers on the AHIMA Career Map (linked in the Resources). Hover over various roles to see definitions and  promotional and transitional career pathways. Click on the role to learn more specifics, such as responsibilities, skills required, and related jobs.

In your discussion post, describe a few HIM career roles you may be interested in pursuing or may consider for further research. Explain all of the following in your post:

Why did you choose these career roles?

What education and training do they require?

How do these careers fit into the U.S. health care system?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Define HIM roles.

Describe HIM roles in the health care system.

Follow the principles of effective composition.

Review APA formatting guidelines for citations and references.

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