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• Autonomy: To honor the patient’s right to make their own decisions.
• Beneficence: To help the patient advance their own good.
• Nonmaleficence: To do no harm.
• Justice: To be fair and treat like cases alike, which will be used to inform your work.

WK2 DISCUSSION HP-114

Using Medical Terminology

It is very helpful to use the new words you are learning in the context they will be used. It helps you relate the terms to their meaning. The technique allows you to build upon what you already know. Each week you will practice using the new words. Add as much as you can to your discussion posts so you can obtain feedback from faculty and peers on whether you have it correctly.

Exemplar: A 6-year-old male presented with likely gastroenteritis. C/o nausea without emesis, diarrhea, flatulence, and eructating. Denies rebound tenderness, r/o appendicitis. No pyrexia, but anorexia for two days.

Definitions:

Gastroenteritis:

Nausea:

Emesis:

Diarrhea:

Flatulence:

Eructating:

Appendicitis:

Pyrexia:

Use medical terms in a short paragraph of your creation.

Include the following aspects in the discussion:

• Choose three medical terms.
• Each paragraph should be long enough to ensure the term is used with as many other medical terms as possible (see exemplar)
• Each term should pertain to anatomy and physiology
• Underline each term and place definitions for each at the end of the initial discussion post (see exemplar)
• Discuss peers’ posts, were the terms used correctly?
• Cite any references. At all times proper grammar, sentence structure, and spelling. Copying and pasting are not allowed. Always use your own words. 75-150 words

WK2 ASSIGNMENT HP-111

What Are Your Community Healthcare Resources?

If you are like most, you are likely more familiar with the traditional acute inpatient hospital. Yet, with the renewed emphasis on community healthcare, it is just as likely you will need services as an outpatient. The optional text has a nice visual of this.

Provide a review of local community healthcare resources.

Include the following aspects in the assignment:

• Use several resources (phone book, Windshield survey, internet, etc.) to create a thorough list of non-hospital healthcare facilities in your community.
• Provide the town/city name, name of the facility, type of the facility, and specifics about what services the facility provides.
• Were you surprised at what you found? If so, why?
• Do you think there are sufficient services for your community? Why or why not?
• Did you find an underrepresented area (without mental health, walk-in, low-income/free clinic, women’s health, Planned Parenthood, Senior Citizen Center).
• Why do you think these facilities are not represented in your area?
• Make a simple chart with columns for each required section. Answer the final questions under the chart as Q& A.
• Cite any references. Proper grammar, sentence structure, and spelling are required. Use your own words. Copying and pasting are not allowed.

WK2 DISCUSSION2 HP-114

Layperson Paragraph

You will need to turn a layperson’s paragraph into a medical professional paragraph. Learning is increased when students practice going in both directions; formal to informal, and informal to formal. 

Example

Casual: I fell off my motorcycle and broke my arm. It hurt something terrible and the bones were sticking right through my arm. The medic said it was cutting off my blood flow and my fingers were numb and purply. I was really worried the doctors would have to cut them right off. But when I got to the hospital, I saw a special bone doctor and he fixed me right up.

Formal: The patient sustained an open compound fracture of the radius. He was complaining of severe 10/10 pain. Circulation distal to the injury was decreased. Fingers were pale with paresthesia. The patient asked if his fingers would have to be amputated. The patient was referred to an orthopedic specialist.

Produce a casual and formal paragraph describing the terminology for a pathology.

Include the following aspects in the discussion:

• The response should be long enough to ensure the chosen terms are used.
• The terms can be from chapters 1 through 5.
• Underline the terms and supporting terms, and place definitions for each at the end of the initial discussion post.
• Discuss peers’ posts, were the terms used correctly?
• Cite any references. At all times proper grammar, sentence structure, and spelling. Copying and pasting are not allowed. Always use your own words.75-150 words

 Deliverable Length: 4-5 pages

Based on your prior research of healthcare objectives, complete the following: 

• Select 1 of the following and identify 1 healthcare objective.
  • Meaningful use regulations
  • Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 
  • Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)
  • Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) 
  • Value-Based Payment Modifier (VBM). 
• Then identify 1 type of information system that could be implemented to adhere to the healthcare objective. 
• After identifying a specific type of healthcare system, identify criteria that would be used to select a vendor for implementing the system or determining if your organization could build the system internally. 
• Make sure you consider the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the selected systems development life cycle (SDLC) for your organization, and the security attributes previously covered in this course.
• Include any costs that may be associated where appropriate. 

Note that this assignment will be part of your final deliverable due in Week 5.

 Note: Use APA style 7th edition to cite at least 2 scholarly sources from the last 5 years.  All sources on the Reference Page are required to have a URL or DOI if you do not physically possess the journal or book.  

 Note: Use APA style 7th edition to cite at least 2 scholarly sources from the last 5 years.  All sources on the Reference Page are required to have a URL or DOI if you do not physically possess the journal or book.  

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

The Health Information Data Exchange is an emerging topic within healthcare systems. Discuss the following:

• Explain what use the health information data exchange could provide for a healthcare organization.
• How could an organization use standardized data from other organizations?
• Explain why a major organization would be interested in integrating its systems with the exchange.
• Consider how the health information data exchange can lead to the availability of Big Data, and suggest 1 additional use of the data collected by a healthcare organization when integrating a health information data exchange.