Question for HLTH 325 (Quality in Healthcare)
For this Discussion Board assignment, complete the following:
- Definehealth care quality,and discuss why health care quality in the United States is important.
- Provide a brief analysis on how quality in health care has changed in the United States in the last 20 years.
- Explain how the federal government has attempted to improve health care quality.
Question for HLTH 330
1) discuss the role of Human Resources in health care settings. Describe 2 or 3 ways in which human resources can help improve employee performance and support health managers. Make sure your response is specific to health care work environments.
Human Resource departments in health care settings have evolved over the years to be more comprehensive. Human resources play a role in employee recruiting, training, compliance, compensation and mediation among others. Given that a typical health care work environment can be demanding and fast paced, consider how human resources can support health care manager in managing their staff.
2) Discuss with your peers how human resources can help improve staffing needs at a health care organization.
- What role does human resources play?
- What communication is needed between managers and human resources?
Consider the following in your response.
Over the last several decades, the healthcare field has changed significantly. Technology, advancements in medicine and new innovative approaches to treatment has created new opportunities in the healthcare field. Add to that changes in healthcare finance and business are now requiring more personnel to staff healthcare organizations. Because the field has expanded so has healthcare professions. There’s currently a wide array of specializations in the healthcare field. From clinical technicians, to nurse specializations and healthcare business professionals, healthcare organizations are struggling to maintain staffing needs.
3) Discuss with some of your peers the ways in which modern healthcare companies along with their human resource departments motivate employees, track employee performance and complete performance appraisal. For this discussion research best practices for performance evaluation in healthcare. Your response of 300 04 more words should include the following areas:
- in-service hours
- continuing education courses
- technology such as online learning
4) For this discussion, research 2 current human resource trends in healthcare that are new and you believe will shape or change healthcare delivery in the future. share your thoughts on these trends and how you believe they will shape or change health care delivery in the future.
Consider the following areas from which to choose the topics for your discussion:
- Research
- Systematic changes
- Advancements in medicine
- Technology
Health care is always changing. New technology and advancements in medicine are constantly improving the health care system and the way care is delivered. It is important for today’s managers to stay on top of current trends in health care.
5) For this discussion, in 300 or more words, discuss how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changed the staffing needs of health care organizations. Give specific attention to hospitals and primary care services. Also include human resources concepts related to fulfilling those staffing needs.
The health care industry is constantly changing. Recently,theACAcreated new opportunities in health care. Although the ACA is still being debated and contested, many believe that it has forever changed the shape of the health care system. One important component in the ACAis how it opened doors for new opportunities. Many health care organizations found themselves needing more staff to meet the needs of their community due to anincrease in the number of citizens covered under health insurance.