Visit the American Health Care Association’s website at www.ahcancal.org. This organization provides information and advocacy for people needing long-term care. Medicare’s website also has valuable information regarding long-term care. You may also wish to visit other websites related to long-term care to help you with this assignment. Scenario Imagine that you are faced with finding a […]

discuss Alcohol Abuse in about 1500 words

This assignment will help you understand diseases that affect an aging senior’s memory or cognitive ability. Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, identify and choose a disease that affects an aging person’s memory or cognitive ability. Based on your research and understanding, create a 4- to 5-page Microsoft Word document that includes […]

Of the Medicare and Medicaid program, which one do you think has had a greater impact on the evolution of managed care and why?   Please explain the reason why!!

Consider the scenarios given below and answer the questions listed after each scenario. Justify your answers with appropriate research and reasoning. Scenario 1 In the past, paternalism among healthcare providers was an accepted way of practicing medicine. Patients sought care from physicians and accepted their opinions and treatment choices without question. However, in today’s healthcare […]

Your portfolio assignment focuses on a specific sector of healthcare and its relation to the current U.S. healthcare system. Choose one of the healthcare sectors listed below for your portfolio assignment:   Hospitals Long-term Care Mental and Behavioral Health Ambulatory Care For-Profit/Public Health Care.   Write a ten to twelve page paper where you address […]

For the wrap-up of this course, it’s time to weave together the knowledge that you have gained; the goal of this project is to integrate the previous Critical Thinking assignments into an interconnected exploration of a specific healthcare policy.   For the Portfolio Project, you will complete a two-part assignment (further explained below).   Create the […]

In the healthcare field, different groups of healthcare professionals adhere to their own codes of ethics. All healthcare professionals are duty-bound to follow a strict code of ethics. This has been true since the fourth or fifth century, when the Hippocratic Oath was penned. While the code has changed with the times, the code of […]

On pages 202-205 of your text, Cockerham discusses the “New Genetics.” He points out the distinction between “therapeutic” and “reproductive” cloning. Therapeutic cloning is the cloning of human organs for the purpose of replacing the diseased organs of sick people. Reproductive cloning is the asexual reproduction of a person.   You are asked to address […]

In a Word document, (500 – 800 words) submit a Report style regarding a method used in health informatics evaluation. Select one of the below topics (regarding a method used in health informatics evaluation.): 1.User satisfaction surveys. 2.Culture surveys. 3.Analysis of clinical indicators (eg. medication error rates, test ordering patterns, patient outcomes). 4.Qualitative interviews. 5.Quantitative […]