Critical Thinking Assignment – Big Data

Research a minimum of four articles on big data, its usefulness in healthcare, and achieving the goal of improving patient outcomes. Do a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis on the use of health data and the potential to improve patient outcomes based on these articles. Summarize the benefits to the patients, healthcare organizations, and providers.

 

Your paper should include the following:

  • 3-5 pages in length, not including the title and reference pages.
  • 3-5 references cited in the assignment. Remember, you must support your thinking/opinions and prior knowledge with references; all facts must be supported; and in-text references used throughout the assignment must be included in an APA-formatted reference list.
  • Review the grading rubric, which can be accessed from the module folder.
  • Formatted according to the SEU Guide to Writing and APA.
  • Reach out to your instructor if you have questions about the assignment.

Healthcare Information Systems

Assignment 1 Module 2

 

Critical Thinking Assignment – Patient Safety and Care Quality (105 points)

 

Create a Power Point Presentation that reviews four articles written in the last five years on patient safety and the quality of patient care. Be sure to demonstrate how health information systems help healthcare organizations meet the patient safety and quality goals. Your presentation should meet the following structural requirements:

 

  • Be 8-12 slides in length, not including the cover or reference slides.
  • Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of four (4) scholarly articles. Two (2) of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but two (2) must be external. The CSU-Global Library is a good place to find these references.
  • Presentation notes are required for each slide and should be put in the notes section to support the slide content. These can be part of the presentation or delivered as a separate document. If you opt for the former, be aware that the presentation cannot be submitted in PDF format, which does not make notes visible to the instructor.
  • Utilize the following headings to organize the content in your work.
    • Introduction
    • Assessment
    • Recommendations
    • Conclusion

 

Exercise and Fitness motivational psychology

Provide Motivation to Positively Influence Exercise Behaviour

Describe each of the following arousal control techniques and discuss how you would implement these when working with clients as a PERSONAL TRAINER:

(a) Progressive relaxation

b) Stress management

(c) Visualisation

 

(d) Self-talk

Specifically, you are required to submit an essay that describes how you would use current research about motivation and behaviour change in your role as a PERSONAL TRAINER

In additional to this, your research paper should also include information about the different strategies that you would use to IMPROVE YOUR CLIENT’S EXERCISE ADHERENCE once they have committed to a behavior change.

This may include things such as:

*Discussing their belief systems and values

*Working with them to develop coping techniques

*Encouraging social support systems

*Discussing stage of readiness for change / behaviour change models

*Identifying perceived barriers to exercise participation and adherence

*Using technology to assist in motivating clients

 

In the paper, you are required to access information from at least 3 different reputable resources. Examples of reputable sources may include the following:

 

1.Clinical research studies

2.Exercise science or sports medicine journals

3.Appropriate conferences or presentations

4.Popular media, such as endorsed fitness magazines, newsletters, books

5.Internet sites (ACSM, Fitness Australia etc.)

Effectiveness & Efficiency

 

Efficiency and effectiveness is essential to control costs and quality in healthcare organizations. Research global and national accreditation bodies working to accredit facilities in Saudi Arabia. Write a 6-7-page paper evaluating the agency and its effect on healthcare organizations using the readings and research.

Your paper should address the following substantive requirements:

  • description of the agency and the facilities it accredits,
  • assess the agencies impact on efficiency and effectiveness of organizations in Saudi Arabia,
  • evaluate accreditation from the aspect of involved stakeholders, and
  • compare and contrast facilities with and without the accreditation.

Your paper should meet the following structural requirements:

  • Be 6-7 pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages.
  • Be formatted according to Saudi Electronic University and APA writing guidelines.
  • Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of six scholarly articles. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but four must be external.
  • Utilize headings to organize the content in your work.

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.

Clarity and Communication in Saudi Arabian Healthcare Organizations

Review the following case study:

Alaboudi, A., Atkins, A., Sharp, B., Balkhair, A., Alzahrani, M., & Sunbul, T. (2016). Barriers and challenges in adopting Saudi telemedicine network: The perceptions of decision makers of healthcare facilities in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Infection and Public Health9(6), 725-733.

You have been asked by the Board of Directors to write a report evaluating this case study, as they are interested in adding a telemedicine department to your healthcare facility in Saudi Arabia. Be sure to include the following substantive information in your report:

  • description of the goals of your organization;
  • evaluation of the barriers to the goals of implementing telemedicine;
  • how communication of your goals to stakeholders can impact achieving your goals; and
  • recommendations to successfully implementing a telemedicine department in your facility.

Your report should meet the following structural requirements:

  • Be 5-6 pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages.
  • Be formatted according to Saudi Electronic University and APA writing guidelines.
  • 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 two must be external.
  • Utilize headings to organize the content in your work.

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.

Strategic Assessment and Planning in Saudi Arabia

In this assignment, you will have the opportunity to use a project planning tool to show who will be in charge of project components, so that a daycare facility will be developed on time to meet the needs of the healthcare workers at a facility.

Review the Decisions, Decisions case on page 326 of your textbook. “Assume the HCO Decides to Develop a New Day-Care Center.” (Pozgar, 2016, p. 55). Create a Gantt chart (as in Exhibit 3.3) for that project.

Your Gantt chart should have at least ten items in place, working to achieve the goal of instituting a daycare facility over a nine-month period.

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

Marketing and Consumerism in Saudi Arabia

Marketing is essential to the healthcare industry for branding and growing health systems. In this assignment, you will compare and contrast marketing data and information for a dental healthcare facility in Jeddah. Review the following article.

Ahmad, A. E. M. K. (2016). Factors influencing consumer choice of private dental care provider in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Management Research8(4), 68-81.

Write a 5-6-page paper using the readings, research, and your knowledge of consumerism influencing marketing.

Your paper should analyze the following substantive requirements:

  • Description of what consumers are looking for in a dental facility in Jeddah.
  • Evaluate the data presented and any information that would be valuable that is not present in the study.
  • Assess how consumerism plays (or should play) a role in the marketing strategy of dental facilities in Jeddah.
  • Provide two recommendations on how to market the dental facility in Jeddah.
  • Recommend how to monitor the data to ensure your marketing approach is working.

Your report should meet the following structural requirements:

  • Be 5-6 pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages.
  • Be formatted according to Saudi Electronic University and APA writing guidelines.
  • Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of six scholarly articles. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but four must be external.
  • Utilize headings to organize the content in your work.

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.

Corporate Internal Compliance for Healthcare Facilities

 

Locate a healthcare law issued by the Ministry of Health or another governmental agency in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Create a PowerPoint presentation describing the law as a healthcare administrator to your staff. Be sure to include:

  • internal policies that are required due to this law,
  • the underlying purpose of the law, and
  • an assessment of the importance of compliance with this regulation for healthcare facilities in Saudi Arabia.

Your presentation should meet the following structural requirements:

  • Be 7-8 slides in length, not including the cover or reference slides.
  • Be formatted according to Saudi Electronic University and APA writing guidelines.
  • Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of six scholarly articles. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but four must be external.
  • Presentation notes are required for each slide to support the slide content. These must be a part of the presentation, and so the presentation cannot be submitted in PDF format, which does not make notes visible to the instructor.
  • Utilize headings to organize the content in your work.
    • Introduction
    • Internal Policies
    • Underlying Purpose
    • The Importance of Compliance
    • Conclusion
    • 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.

Equity and Justice

 

For this critical thinking assignment, compare the main healthcare-related components of the Rio Policy Statement (as found in the article, For a Global Agenda or Post Millennium Development Goals) to the health components of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030. In your analysis, highlight those components that are in agreement. Also, be sure to include the components where there may be disagreement.

You will develop a written paper including the following sections to organize your writing:

  • Rio Policy Statement,
  • Saudi Vision 2030,
  • Compare and Contrast, and
  • Discussion.

Your paper should meet the following structural requirements:

  • The paper should be 4-6 pages in length, not including the cover sheet and reference page.
  • Formatted according to APA 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 two must be external. The Saudi Digital Library is a good place to find these references

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Module 12: Economic Evaluation in Healthcare

Module 12: Critical Thinking

Due date: 11/04/2018

 

Critical Thinking (100 points)

The director of the healthcare facility where you work has just received notice from the Ministry of Health (MOH) that they will be conducting economic evaluations on a multitude of facilities and specializations. Your organization was chosen as part of this initiative. The MOH has indicated that the ministry will be conducting training sessions related to economic expectations, however, your manager wants to be proactive and has asked you for assistance in addressing the problem in advance.

You have decided to develop a PowerPoint presentation explaining the entire economic evaluation process. This presentation will include the types of economic evaluations, the methodology and steps behind conducting evaluations, and the main issues related to the process.

Be sure to discuss the following in your presentation:

  • The economic evaluation process
  • Types of economic evaluations
  • Methodology
  • Steps in conducting evaluations
  • Main issues related to the evaluation process

Your presentation should meet the following structural requirements. Your presentation must:

  • Be organized, using professional themes and transitions.
  • Consist of eight slides, plus the title and reference slides (ten total).
  • Each slide must provide detailed speakers notes—at a minimum of 100 words. Notes must draw from, and cite relevant reference materials.
  • Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of six scholarly articles. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but the others must be external. The Saudi Digital Library is a good place to find these references.
  • Follow APA and Saudi Electronic University writing standards

 

 

 

 

 

 

Module 14: Saudi Arabia’s Future Healthcare Challenges, Vision 2030, and Beyond

Module 14: Critical Thinking

Due date: 25/04/2018

Critical Thinking (130 points)

You have been asked to create a handout to educate new healthcare employees as to the current and future challenges of healthcare economics within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Use Vision 2030 as a guide.

Be sure to include the following economic components:

  • Access,
  • Quality, and
  • Costs.

Your handout should meet the following structural requirements, and must:

  • Be two pages in length, not including the cover sheet and reference page (four pages total).
  • Include headings titled:
  • Introduction
  • Economic Components
  • Access
  • Quality
  • Costs
  • Conclusion
  • Include an informational paragraph under each heading and a citation to the resource utilized.
  • Be formatted according to APA 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 two must be external. The Saudi Digital Library is a good place to find these references.

The Profit Motive in Healthcare

In this critical thinking assignment, examine both sides of the ethical debate related to profit in healthcare. Does profit in healthcare encourage providers to do more than what is necessary? Do providers focus on money more than focusing on patient care? As you are examining and arguing competing viewpoints for this assignment remember, there is no right or wrong answer.

Develop a PowerPoint presentation meeting the following structural requirements. Your presentation must:

  • Be organized, using professional themes and transitions.
  • Consist of four slides, not including the title and reference slides (six total).
  • Provide in each slide detailed speakers notes—a minimum of 100 words in length. Notes must draw from, and cite relevant reference materials.
  • 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 others must be external. The Saudi Digital Library is a good place to find these references.
  • Follow APA and Saudi Electronic University writing standards.

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.