HCA 305 Week 3 Discussion Questions

 In this paperwork of HCA 305 Week 3 Discussion Questions you will find the answers on the next questions:


 The chapters assigned this week focused on hospitals and ambulatory (outpatient) healthcare organizations. Each has their own unique administrative and clinical requirements due to shifts in utilization. Choose one of situations presented below and discuss the implications for healthcare organizations, consumers, and the health care delivery system as a whole. Fully state and explain your position while providing at least two references (one may be the text).

 Situation 1: Overnight hospitalization has significantly declined as services have shifted to ambulatory care (care completed within a 24-hour period).
-What are some of the root causes for these shifts?

 - What are the implications of this shift for hospitals, consumers, and the health care delivery system as a whole?

 Situation 2: More than half of all surgical procedures are now performed in ambulatory surgery facilities with the shift of surgery from the inpatient setting to outpatient. Explain the implications for hospitals, physicians and consumers.
- What are some of the root causes for these shifts?

 - What are the implications of this shift for hospitals, consumers, and the health care delivery system as a whole?


 According to Sultz and Young (2011),

Health Care - General Health Care
 Cost, Quality, and Access . Sultz and Young (2011) note that there is currently a strong movement within the U.S. health care system to address “the seemingly unresolvable need to correct problems of access and cost without compromising the quality of care” (pg. 1). After viewing the required video Reinventing Healthcare-A Fred Friendly Seminar , discuss how one of the cases presented during the seminar is an example of the tension between cost, access, and quality. Highlight what you consider to be the biggest problem inherent in the system.

 Stakeholders . Sultz and Young (2011) describe the various stakeholders in the U.S. health care system. Choose one of these stakeholders and describe their role, concerns, interests, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of their influence in the system. In what ways has this group contributed to rendering the current health care system as too complex and unmanageable? Discuss what you think this group could do to improve the current health care system.

 Hospital System Quality Improvement . Imagine that you have recently been appointed as the head of a large hospital system. You’ve been hired into this role by the Board of Trustees for your vast knowledge on how to improve the quality of services. Over the last few years, the hospital system has had a number of issues arise related to the quality of care it provides, including numerous medical malpractice cases, low patient satisfaction ratings, and a warning from the national organization that accredits the hospital, to improve the quality or risk losing its accreditation.

 Based on this week’s reading:

 What are some of the issues that you would want to explore to help improve the quality?

 What information/data would you ask for to help analyze the problem?

 What are some of the areas that you would want to focus on to help improve the quality of the hospital?

 Suggest at least one solution to improving poor quality of care in a hospital system.

 Choosing a Health Care Provider . Numerous resources now exist that

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