wk3 peer

Wk 3 peer response

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HMGT 400

· Week 3 Discussion

Abigail posted Sep 8, 2016 9:08 AM

1) What should be done in response to the concerns?

The research assistants did the right thing by voicing their concerns to the professor. Because they did not recieve a fair resolution to the problem they need to seek assistance from a higher figure of authority. The head of the medical program should be contacted and made aware of the situation. If the head of the medical program is not willing to help then I would advise the research assistants to seek the advice of a lawyer.

2) If what the research assistants say is true, do you agree with the professor’s decision and the reason for it?

I agree with the research assistants in this matter. Any contribution to a project should be acknowledged, regardless of if they were compensated. The professor's reason for his decision is invalid because there would be other people who were compensated for their work that recieve acknowledgement. 

3) Are there any other issues to consider?

Without the acknowledgement of contributors, plagerism would be an issue to consider. Any information not properly acknowledged is plagerism. According to Lesley Pocock in the article Plagiarism and Self plagiarism from the perspective of academic authors, if a person is concerned that their work is being stolen, they can argue it with the author and publisher and the publishing houses can withdrawl that publication.

References Pocock, L., & Rezaeian, M. (2016). Plagiarism and Self plagiarism from the perspective of academic authors. Middle East Journal Of Family Medicine, 14(4), 28

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· Sarah posted Sep 7, 2016 11:17 PM

1) What should be done in response to the concerns?

             The article from this class explaining how to conduct a case study has a page after the title page known as the “Acknowledgements” that gives credit to such participants. (Neale, Thapa, & Boyce, 2006). This easily could be added to the research project. Also, as explained in Celia Elliot, Department of Physics from the University of Illinois, “contributions to the research should be acknowledged.” (Elliot, 2014). In the article it also shows the proper way of adding researchers to the article who contributed but not enough to be considered authors. 

2) If what the research assistants say is true, do you agree with the professor’s decision and the reason for it?

            No, I do not agree with the professor’s decision. It clearly says that the research participants provided technical support, conducted literature research, gathered and organized data, and prepared data for publication. These actions are of great value and added to the quality of the project. These students were working for the research team for almost two years. Therefore, not to have any credit given would be wrong.

3) Are there any other issues to consider?

            There should have been some written agreement before the project even started. If this medical school had previous experience with research projects, there should have been some forms that the medical students to sign before the team began working. That way the team participants would know the outcome of whether they would receive any acknowledgement at all. In the future, the medical school should definitely have in place an agreement that is fair to both the authors and the research assistants.

References:

Elliott, Celia. (2014). Acknowledgements in scientific publications and presentations. The Board of Trusteees of the University of Illinois. Retrieved from http://people.physics.illinois.edu/Celia/Lectures/Acknowledgments.pdf

Neale, P. Thapa, S. Boyce, C. (2006). Preparing for a case study: A guide to designing and conducting a case study for evaluation input. Retrieved from http://www.pathfinder.org/publications-tools/pdfs/Preparing-a-Case-Study-A-Guide-for-Designing-and-Conducting-a-Case-Study-for-Evaluation-Input.pdf

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· week 3

Sallie posted Sep 8, 2016 9:49 AM

Question 2) What challenges might you face in a health care organization in regard to financial planning?

There are several challenges that healthcare organizations face in the financial planning. First of all, medical cost continue to be on the rise and keeping up with the newest trends can be costly. The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services are financially pinching physicians and facilities for reporting penalties. Meaningful Use is a requirement for certified EHR users and the CMS are cracking down on the penalties of companies that do not provide sufficient MU within the report period. Technical advancements put a strain on organizations as well. New machines are costly and making up that in profit challenges the cost to rise for medical treatments using these machines. Because costs are on the rise, collaborations have been in progress. Companies such as Trinity Health Systems and Heritage Provider Network have merged together to split costs and stay up to date with the population of health management (Brown, 2016).

Brown. (2016). Top 7 Healthcare Trends and Challenges from Our Financial Expert. Retrieved September 8, 2016, from https://www.healthcatalyst.com/top-healthcare-trends-challenges.

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· Week 3

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Sean posted Sep 7, 2016 3:01 PM

I believe that one of the major challenges of financial planning in health care is dealing with insurance companies and government regulations. In many business, the process of the company getting paid is very simply in comparison to that of a hospital. In normal businesses, the buyers gives the seller money and the seller gives the buyer the product. In health care, the process can be very complicated, often involving insurance reimbursements and government reimbursements. With that in mind, it can be difficult to gauge exact financial planning as the payments are worked through insurance and government entities. Also, proper coding is a very important tool that needs to be implemented efficiently to guarantee that the hospital is in fact being reimbursed for all services provided. A good coder can truly make a big impact in the financial success and planning of a hospital.

- Sean

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