HCA 680 Week 1 to 8, Assignemnt, Discussion Question - Complete

HCA 680 Leadership in Health Care

HCA 680 Benchmark Case Study, Teamwork

HCA 680 Communication Leadership in Healthcare

HCA 680 Health Care and the Homeless

HCA 680 Health Care Organization Assessment

HCA 680 Strategic Plan Development Part 1

HCA 680 Strategic Plan Development Final

HCA 680 Topic 1 DQ 1

The role of an executive-level leader differs from that of a department leader. Identify the characteristics and behaviors of an effective leader at each level. Compare the two, providing at least two examples for leadership style and leadership characteristics.

HCA 680 Topic 1 DQ 2

Describe how and when an executive leader’s style may need to change at times, within the same team and also with other teams. Provide a scenario to support your rationale.

HCA 680 Topic 2 DQ 1

Think about the leaders of two different informatics teams, one with excellent executive presence and one with poor presence. Compare the impact of each team.

HCA 680 Topic 2 DQ 2

Describe how good and poor communication can impact a team. Provide examples of a communication tool that creates synergy within the team.

HCA 680 Topic 3 DQ 1

Describe how poor employee satisfaction in a health care organization can also impact patient care and patient satisfaction. What steps could be taken to improve employee satisfaction? What tools or activities would you use?

HCA 680 Topic 4 DQ 1

In the topic Resources, read "Culturally-Linked Leadership Styles," on power distance and cultural dimensions. Use a scenario from the workplace to explain how cultural competence affected the quality of care within a health care organization. Discuss how the leader's cultural background affected his/her leadership style. Include a description of the personal impact on employees as well as the organizational impact of compliance and day-to-day operations. Describe how ethics, integrity, and diversity impacted team dynamics in this scenario.

HCA 680 Topic 4 DQ 2

Research social determinants of health. Select one that you can apply from your work experience. Explain how this determinant affected the cultural challenges at your workplace.

HCA 680 Topic 5 DQ 1

Write a brief overview of your strategic plan that includes the first three criterion of the Topic 5 assignment. Then, write a peer review for at least two of your peers to help them improve their strategic plan development. Use the peer-review feedback to refine this section in your final strategic plan due in Topic 7.

HCA 680 Topic 5 DQ 2

Identify the key components of an organizational strategic plan and the corresponding departmental plan. What effect does each plan have on the other in regard to the implementation and goals?

HCA 680 Topic 6 DQ 1

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) enacted Meaningful Use/Promoting Interoperability in 2009. Describe how this impacts innovation and quality in health care.

Describe associated quality reporting requirements and the corresponding quality improvement process.

HCA 680 Topic 6 DQ 2

How do data governance and information governance differ? What are the components of an information governance program in health care? Is one component more important than another? Describe why or why not?

HCA 680 Topic 7 DQ 1

Describe why it is necessary to cultivate openness to change with a team and within an organization. Describe different types of change that may occur and be needed within and organization. Describe various strategies that can be used to overcome barriers to change and achieve desired outcomes.

HCA 680 Topic 7 DQ 2

Describe a significant change that you experienced at work and provide detail regarding if it was handled well and if the stated results were achieved. If not, what would you have done differently if you had been in charge of implementing the change? Describe the steps that you would include in your change management plan? Summarize the importance of outside agency measurement to effective health care delivery.

HCA 680 Topic 8 DQ 1

Describe two types of health care organizations and the key steps of health care organization assessments. Then compare different accreditation or CMS guidelines that are used to assess health care organizations. Include in which setting(s) the guidelines are applicable.

HCA 680 Topic 8 DQ 2

Summarize the importance of outside agency measurement to effective health care delivery. Provide two or three examples of other data that may be assessed in a health care organization and describe the importance of measuring and assessing each.