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Week 1

Leadership and Management in Health Care
Compare and contrast leadership roles and management responsibilities in a non-health care setting with that of a health care organization.  In addition, present an overview of key leadership traits fundamental for health care organizational effectiveness, and discuss the essential functions of health care managers. Provide a substantive 150 to 250 word initial post that fully answers the following questions: 

o    What does it take to be a “good” leader or manager?

o    What are the primary barriers and challenges associated with health care leadership?

Utilize at least one scholarly source, cited in correct APA format that supports factual statements and conclusions about the topic.  Review several of your classmates’ posts. Provide a substantive response to at least two of your peers by Day 7. 

Management and Motivation 
Discuss the overall importance of motivation as it relates to management. Provide a substantive 150 to 250 word initial post that fully answers the following questions: 

o    What are the benefits of having a fully motivated staff, and what are the potential consequences of not having motivated staff?

o    What do contemporary theories tell us about the significance of motivation as a function of employee needs, extrinsic and intrinsic factors?

o    How do we motivate across generations? In your response, please be sure to identify and address at least two theories.

Utilize at least one scholarly source, cited in correct APA format that supports factual statements and conclusions about the topic. Review several of your classmates’ posts. Provide a substantive response to at least two of your peers by Day 7.

Week 2

Strategic Planning
Strategic planning is essential in the sustainability of all healthcare organizations.  Outline the processes, or steps, involved in the strategic planning process and continual monitoring of the internal and external environment. Provide a substantive 150 to 250 word initial post that fully answers the following questions: 

o    Discuss how strategic planning is a dynamic, verses linear, process.  Why is this important?

o    What roles, if any, do quality and information technology play in an organization's strategic direction? 

Utilize at least one scholarly source, cited in correct APA format that supports factual statements and conclusions about the topic.  Review several of your classmates’ posts. Provide a substantive response to at least two of your peers by Day 7.

Week 3

Health Insurance Benefits 
Managers need to understand the impact on the financial viability of a health service organization for providing care to the uninsured or underinsured. Review the following case scenario and provide a substantive 150 to 200 word response that thoroughly answers each of the following questions: 
Joe Smith is a 27- year-old Caucasian male who works two part-time jobs for two different construction companies. Joe has been having dizzy spells off and on for the past two months. While driving to work one day, he loses consciousness and is involved in a motor vehicle accident. Joe is admitted to your not-for-profit hospital with a broken leg and multiple lacerations. 

o    Does Mr. Smith fit the typical profile for an uninsured person in the United States? Justify your answer.

o    How will your hospital most likely be reimbursed for Mr. Smith’s medical care?

o    During the recent economic downturn, your community has experienced unemployment rates of approximately 9%.  What can be done to mitigate the effects of the financial impact to your organization?

Utilize at least one scholarly source, cited in correct APA format that supports factual statements and conclusions about the topic.  Review several of your classmates’ posts. Provide a substantive response to at least two of your peers by Day 7.

Managing Financial Budgets

Health care financial management is complex and an effective health care administrator must understand what makes up the foundation to financial operations.  This includes: health insurance (private and social) and reimbursements, private vs. not-for profit entities, costs and expenditures, capital, materials management, and budgeting.   Provide a substantive 150 to 250 word initial post that fully answers the following questions:

o    Outline and discuss the major categories of reimbursements and costs in a health care organization.  How do they influence each other?

o    In addition, how do expenses and revenues affect the specific types of budgets outlined?     

Utilize at least one scholarly source, cited in correct APA format that supports factual statements and conclusions about the topic.  Review several of your classmates’ posts. Provide a substantive response to at least two of your peers by Day 7.

Week 5

Cultural Diversity in Healthcare
Read over the information in The Provider’s Guide to Quality & Culture website and Chapter 3 of your course text. Provide a substantive 150 to 250 word initial post that fully answers the following questions:

o    How have the changing definitions of diversity affected healthcare management and the delivery of healthcare services?  

o    What is the value of a culturally competent healthcare organization and its staff?  How would you measure cultural competence in your organization? 

o    If you were in charge of an organization with low cultural competency and a highly diverse workforce, what programs would you implement for your organization and why?

Utilize at least one scholarly source, cited in correct APA format that supports factual statements and conclusions about the topic.  Review several of your classmates’ posts. Provide a substantive response to at least two of your peers by Day 7. 

Healthcare Ethics and Law
A woman arrives at a suburban emergency room in active labor. Both she and her husband speak very little English. The staff determines that the mother (and baby) is uninsured and unable to pay for healthcare services out-of-pocket. The baby is showing signs of distress and needs to be delivered. The on-call OB-GYN physician refuses to come to the hospital. He recommends that the patient be transferred to another facility.  Provide a substantive 150 to 250 word initial post that fully answers the following questions:  

o    What ethical principles relate to this case scenario? 

o    What legal principles relate to this scenario? 

o    What might the legal consequences be to the health care organization if there is a delay in treatment?

Utilize at least one scholarly source, cited in correct APA format that supports factual statements and conclusions about the topic.  Review several of your classmates’ posts. Provide a substantive response to at least two of your peers by Day 7. 

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