Norwich NR524 2021 January Week 4 Discussion Latest

NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare

Week 4 Discussion

Stakeholders and Policy

Question:

Stakeholders are individuals or groups who have an interest in health policy based on their positions, circumstances, beliefs, and values.

To prepare for this semester’s graded assignments, Discussions, Legislative Testimony, Fact Sheet, and Health Policy Paper, reflect on which health policy issue is of greatest interest to you and what you may want to focus your work on for this semester. Some broad examples (not all-inclusive) include

Transitional care

Wellness/health promotion

Women’s health

Health/disease screening

Comfort care/end of life

Long-term care

Disaster preparedness

Nutrition/obesity

Physical fitness

Aging in place

Reproductive health

Advanced practice professional issues (e.g., safe staffing, scope of practice/reimbursement)

Disease prevention

Palliative care

Nursing and other healthcare professional’s workforce issues

Disease management

Nurse-managed or school-based health centers

Health literacy

Immunizations

Workplace safety

Mental health/substance abuse

Patient centered medical home

Care coordination

Team-based care

Neonatal issues (NICU)

Pediatric and adolescent issues (access to care, obesity, physical activity, nutrition, school, etc.)

Title VIII funding—Nursing workforce development

Issues specific to the PPACA: health insurance marketplace/exchanges, value-based care, accountable care organizations, workforce issues, etc.

Meaningful use

Health information technologies (EHR, etc.)

Health disparities

Death with dignity

Healthcare quality

Healthcare safety

TeleHealth

Acute and chronic pain prevention and management; opioids

Is health care a right?

For this discussion, select a topic from the above health policy issues (or another one of your interest) and provide an example of an interest group with a stake in the issue you selected. In your initial post, briefly state (200 words) their mission or primary goals related to a health policy matter.

Then select another health policy issue from the list above (or another one of your interest); identify an individual stakeholder in the interest, and briefly describe what you would expect from their position.

Your post should include one APA-referenced, peer-reviewed source.