Category: Public Health

Healthcare Quality Improvement Trends in Saudi Arabia (125 points)
Under the National Transformation Program within Saudi Vision 2030 goals of healthcare quality improvement in Saudi Arabia, substantial progress was made related to quality and efficiency of healthcare in KSA. For this assignment, you will conduct a review on the accomplishments regarding digitizing the healthcare sector to better facilitate access to quality and efficient healthcare services in KSA. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation detailing the following:
Discuss in detail the quality improvement outcomes that have been achieved with digitization in the healthcare sector in KSA.
Identify and examine the health sectors that are most impacted by these initiatives.
Discuss any major opportunities that are still present in working towards the continuous improvement of these initiatives. Discuss what tools would be most useful in the quality improvement process of these initiatives.
Discuss the next steps within the Healthcare Transformation Program related to expanding the provision of e-health services.
Your PowerPoint presentation should meet the following requirements:
Include seven to eight slides, not including your title and reference slides.
Each slide must provide detailed speakers notes, with a minimum of 100 words per slide. Notes must draw from and cite relevant reference materials.
Provide support for your statements with citations from a minimum of six scholarly articles. These citations should be stated in the Notes section of the slide in which they appear. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but four must be external.
Formatted per APA 7th edition and Saudi Arabia Electronic University formatting guidelines.
Utilize headings to organize the content of your work.
Professional design and transitions.
You are strongly encouraged to submit all assignments to the Turnitin Originality Check prior to submitting them to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment to the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin Originality Check Student Guide.

Please reflect on 4 of the 8 course outcomes listed below by providing a reflection on how you met 4 of the 8 course learning outcomes. Use a heading for each objective you discuss in your main post. The weekly discussion requirements apply to this discussion.
Choose appropriate methods for planning and evaluation in health services management.
Analyze policy models in health services.
Evaluate the health of populations and communities in order to execute good health care decisions and planning.
Select appropriate rates and ratios to use for populations at risk for the planning process in health services management.
Examine and demonstrate the patterns of health, morbidity, and mortality utilizing demographic, social, and lifestyle variables.
Apply evidence-based study results to health services management.
Adapt small area analysis and geographic information systems to epidemiological management.
Analyze printed epidemiological articles and internet postings for validity and relevance in order to apply their results to health care management.

Healthcare Quality Improvement Trends in Saudi Arabia (125 points)
Under the National Transformation Program within Saudi Vision 2030 goals of healthcare quality improvement in Saudi Arabia, substantial progress was made related to quality and efficiency of healthcare in KSA.
For this assignment, you will conduct a review on the accomplishments regarding digitizing the healthcare sector to better facilitate access to quality and efficient healthcare services in KSA.
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation detailing the following:
Discuss in detail the quality improvement outcomes that have been achieved with digitization in the healthcare sector in KSA.
Identify and examine the health sectors that are most impacted by these initiatives.
Discuss any major opportunities that are still present in working towards the continuous improvement of these initiatives.
Discuss what tools would be most useful in the quality improvement process of these initiatives.
Discuss the next steps within the Healthcare Transformation Program related to expanding the provision of e-health services.
Your PowerPoint presentation should meet the following requirements:
Include seven to eight slides, not including your title and reference slides.
Each slide must provide detailed speakers notes, with a minimum of 100 words per slide. Notes must draw from and cite relevant reference materials.
Provide support for your statements with citations from a minimum of six scholarly articles. These citations should be stated in the Notes section of the slide in which they appear. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but four must be external.
Formatted per APA 7th edition and Saudi Arabia Electronic University formatting guidelines.
Utilize headings to organize the content of your work.
Professional design and transitions.

Medicaid Discussion
MEDICAID-DESIGN, EXPANSION & STATUS QUO
For this discussion, I would like to explore the states that have attempted to use new ideas to reform and redesign Medicaid in their state AND the outcome/impact of Medicaid expansion when added by a state AND impact felt if a state did not chose to expand Medicaid with the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Please read about the topics, select two pertinent articles and share the URL of the article you have selected. The first article selection is about a state that has improved/redesigned their Medicaid program and the other article discusses a state who did/did not expand Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act and the outcome.
Please summarize the key points of each article in three sentence for each article.
Let’s center our discussion on the questions below. Please answer questions and share with the class (at least 4-5 sentences each) comments, information, opinions to the discussion. Please reply to TWO others students on their posts (at least 4 meaningful sentences or more-each question does not need coverage, an overall review/comment on their replies to the questions/articles they have selected)post
What impact on outcomes, coverage occurred in the states that expanded Medicaid
What occurred in the states that opted not to expand Medicaid (to their enrollees)
Which state(s) have successfully worked to redesign Medicaid? What are their outcomes?
What are the issues with Medicaid? Should the states bear the cost for Medicaid?
Many states have moved to a managed care model for Medicaid? Is this cost effective? Is it better for the health of the recipient?
The following articles may give you some insight into Medicaid and its challenges to serve a defined population, offer preventive care and save/reduce cost of Medicaid expenditures for both physical and mental health.
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/opinion-blog/2015/10/09/north-carolina-embraces-real-medicaid-reform
https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/redesign/
https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/redesign/
https://www.heartland.org/policy-documents/leaflet-states-consider-medicaid-reform
I’m going to need you to do two replies later.

Discussion Board Assignment 3 is due on or before Wednesday 7/26, 2023 @ 11:59 pm and reply posts due on or before Friday 7/28, 2023 11:59 pm
General Instructions: This assignment is an interactive posting-based discussion activity created to encourage interaction between students as well as student and instructor. Each discussion board activity is focused on a central theme with corresponding questions. Your participation will be graded based on the completion of required tasks (listed below), and the depth of analysis and engagement in your posts- See grading rubric for Discussion Board Assignments.
For each discussion board activity, you are required to complete two elements:
1) Submit an original post, in your own words citing at least 1 published source- our textbook counts, that answers the question or questions listed for the assignment (at least 250 words long- prepared in advance) posted by the deadline. Write your post as if it were a written assignment that you would turn in. Many people have points deducted because they submit their posts using slang language, e-mail, or text message formats. Note: Do not forget to capitalize the letter “I”. Points are also deducted if you do not cite your information with references (usually our textbook author, or from our textbook). If you need help using proper grammar click on the Writing resources in Modules and use the Purdue Owl Writing center.
AND
2) Respond to at least 2 other student’s posts. Note: Responding posts can be posted up to 2 days after the deadline for your original post.
Remember the assignment is to get you talking about what you have discovered. Use specific examples both in your answers to the questions and to your response to other students’ postings. You should also use at least 1 cited source in your reply posts. Check out the Grading Rubric for Discussions posted in the Discussions Module before you post your answers.
Specific Instructions for Discussion Assignment 3 – Week 5
Right to Universal Health Care debate 2023
The Argument:
Should All Americans Be Entitled (have the right) to Universal Health Care?
“Proponents of the right to health care say that no one in the richest nation on earth should go without health care. They argue that a right to health care would stop medical bankruptcies, improve public health, reduce overall health care spending, help small businesses, and that health care should be an essential government service.” (pro/con.org)
“Opponents argue that a right to health care amounts to socialism and that it should be an individual’s responsibility, not the government’s role, to secure health care. They say that government provision of health care would decrease the quality and availability of health care, and would lead to larger government debt and deficits.” (pro/con.org)
Research 3 Key Pro or Con points about the Right to Health Care debate. You will only represent either the Pro side or the Con side.
Make sure you indicate whether you are representing the Pro position or Con position then:
List/describe your 3 key points. Make sure you include why you believe these points (you must back up your opinion with at least one reference for each point!).
When you respond to other students’ posts make sure you also back up your thoughts/opinions with referenced material.
Use the following website as your first source – http://healthcare.procon.org/
Other helpful websites to look at are:
http://www.debate.org/opinions/is-health-care-a-ba…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-bernie-sanders/h…
http://thefederalist.com/2017/03/10/nobody-right-h…
When you use these or any other sources you must include the URL address/ newspaper name or other sources; as if you were writing a citation. (check out Easybib.com)Discussion Board Assignment 3 is due on or before Wednesday 7/26, 2023 @ 11:59 pm and reply posts due on or before Friday 7/28, 2023 11:59 pm
General Instructions: This assignment is an interactive posting-based discussion activity created to encourage interaction between students as well as student and instructor. Each discussion board activity is focused on a central theme with corresponding questions. Your participation will be graded based on the completion of required tasks (listed below), and the depth of analysis and engagement in your posts- See grading rubric for Discussion Board Assignments.
For each discussion board activity, you are required to complete two elements:
1) Submit an original post, in your own words citing at least 1 published source- our textbook counts, that answers the question or questions listed for the assignment (at least 250 words long- prepared in advance) posted by the deadline. Write your post as if it were a written assignment that you would turn in. Many people have points deducted because they submit their posts using slang language, e-mail, or text message formats. Note: Do not forget to capitalize the letter “I”. Points are also deducted if you do not cite your information with references (usually our textbook author, or from our textbook). If you need help using proper grammar click on the Writing resources in Modules and use the Purdue Owl Writing center.
AND
2) Respond to at least 2 other student’s posts. Note: Responding posts can be posted up to 2 days after the deadline for your original post.
Remember the assignment is to get you talking about what you have discovered. Use specific examples both in your answers to the questions and to your response to other students’ postings. You should also use at least 1 cited source in your reply posts. Check out the Grading Rubric for Discussions posted in the Discussions Module before you post your answers.
Specific Instructions for Discussion Assignment 3 – Week 5
Right to Universal Health Care debate 2023
The Argument:
Should All Americans Be Entitled (have the right) to Universal Health Care?
“Proponents of the right to health care say that no one in the richest nation on earth should go without health care. They argue that a right to health care would stop medical bankruptcies, improve public health, reduce overall health care spending, help small businesses, and that health care should be an essential government service.” (pro/con.org)
“Opponents argue that a right to health care amounts to socialism and that it should be an individual’s responsibility, not the government’s role, to secure health care. They say that government provision of health care would decrease the quality and availability of health care, and would lead to larger government debt and deficits.” (pro/con.org)
Research 3 Key Pro or Con points about the Right to Health Care debate. You will only represent either the Pro side or the Con side.
Make sure you indicate whether you are representing the Pro position or Con position then:
List/describe your 3 key points. Make sure you include why you believe these points (you must back up your opinion with at least one reference for each point!).
When you respond to other students’ posts make sure you also back up your thoughts/opinions with referenced material.
Use the following website as your first source – http://healthcare.procon.org/
Other helpful websites to look at are:
http://www.debate.org/opinions/is-health-care-a-ba…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-bernie-sanders/h…
http://thefederalist.com/2017/03/10/nobody-right-h…
When you use these or any other sources you must include the URL address/ newspaper name or other sources; as if you were writing a citation. (check out Easybib.com)

Read about Emotional Intelligence (EQ) – https://www.helpguide.org/articles/mental-health/emotional-intelligence-eq.htm (Links to an external site.)
Take a shortened version of the EQ test – https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/ei-quiz.htm (Links to an external site.)
Reflect on what you learned about EQ and your EQ test results.
The reflection assignment should be one page.

To successfully complete this assignment, first read the following exercise from the Laboratory Manual: Exercise 12: Microscopic Anatomy and Organization of Skeletal Muscle.
Student Discussion Assignment
Describe the banding pattern of a myofibril, including the Z-disc, H-zone, I-band, A-band, and M-line.
Describe the structure of a neuromuscular junction and explain its role in the control of muscle function.
Write your responses in a minimum of 250 words in APA format.
As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Support your work, using your course lectures and textbook readings.

The table below contains fasting glucose levels in mg/dL measured prior to and again 12
months after bariatric surgery for a sample of 12 obese subjects with type 2 diabetes.
The data for this exercise is in the SPSS dataset, PRE POST BARIATRIC SURGERY
GLUCOSE, on the course Canvas site.
SUBJECT
PRE_OP
GLUCOSE
12 MONTHS
GLUCOSE
1 108 92
2 97 93
3 77 74
4 92 81
5 97 76
6 94 71
7 76 76
8 100 89
9 82 93
10 104 81
11 86 83
12 75 8

HCM 515
Standards for Medical Credentialing Providers (125 points)
This week we examined accreditation of facilities to help improve the quality of care. As part of this process, it is important that the healthcare providers in these facilities have the proper requirements to treat patients. For this assignment, review the Law of Practicing Healthcare Professions in the required reading section. You are tasked with publishing a paper to explain the processes and procedures required to ensure that a provider has the requisite training and education to treat patients. Be sure to include:
1Education and training requirements for licensure.
2Any testing or procedures to obtain licensure.
3How your facility should verify the healthcare providers’ qualifications.
4Any additional training a provider should receive and how the facility will ensure the provider is maintaining this.
5How credentialing relates to the accreditation process; and
6The impact of credentialing and accreditation on patient safety and facility well-being.
Your paper should meet the following structural requirements:
Four-to-five pages in length, not including the cover sheet and reference page.
Formatted according to APA 7th edition and Saudi Electronic University writing standards.
Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of four scholarly articles. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but the other two must be external. The Saudi Digital Library is a good place to find these references.
You are strongly encouraged to submit all assignments to the Turnitin Originality Check prior to submitting them to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment to the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin Originality Check Student Guide .

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The Patient Experience Measurement Program is one of the national transformation initiatives in Saudi Arabia.
Discuss the history, aims, and progress thus far of the Patient Experience Measurement Program.
Locate a recent patient experience study in Saudi Arabia from the Saudi Digital Library and summarize the study.
Report on the methods and measurements utilized in the study design related to the content of this module.