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NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare Week 1 Discussion Organizations Influencing Health Policy Read over the list of Key Organizations on the NICHSR website. Using the website above, select an organization from each of the three categories: Federal Agencies, Association and Organizations, International Organizations, Associations that has a role in influencing health policy. For each of your three chosen sites, describe the organization’s chief purpose and give one example of a policy it has influenced. (Hint: visit the organization’s website.)

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HSRIC. (n.d.). Key organizations. NIH, National Library of Medicine. NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare Week 2 Discussion Value-based Healthcare Consider the information from your readings and videos about incentives for improving quality while lowering healthcare costs. What are the potential benefits and risks of a value-based system? Consider this discussion with regard to patient care, provider incentives, and the overall financial impact of our healthcare system. Give at least one example of how a patient may be helped or harmed under a value-based system. NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare Week 3 Discussion Evidence-Based Healthcare Select two of the High-Burden Health Conditions targeted by the CDC in the 6/18 Initiative, and discuss the Evidence-Based Interventions for each. For one of the interventions, identify at least two stakeholders you would partner with to implement the strategy in your community.

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CDC.org. (October 4, 2018). CDC’s 6/18 Initiative. CDC NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare Week 4 Discussion Stakeholders and Policy

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Stakeholders are individuals or groups who have an interest in health policy based on their positions, circumstances, beliefs, and values. To prepare for this semester’s graded assignments, Discussions, Legislative Testimony, Fact Sheet, and Health Policy Paper, reflect on which health policy issue is of greatest interest to you and what you may want to focus your work on for this semester. Some broad examples (not all-inclusive) include Transitional care Wellness/health promotion Women’s health Health/disease screening Comfort care/end of life Long-term care Disaster preparedness Nutrition/obesity Physical fitness Aging in place Reproductive health Advanced practice professional issues (e.g., safe staffing, scope of practice/reimbursement) Disease prevention Palliative care Nursing and other healthcare professional’s workforce issues Disease management Nurse-managed or school-based health centers Health literacy Immunizations Workplace safety Mental health/substance abuse Patient centered medical home Care coordination Team-based care Neonatal issues (NICU) Pediatric and adolescent issues (access to care, obesity, physical activity, nutrition, school, etc.) Title VIII funding—Nursing workforce development Issues specific to the PPACA: health insurance marketplace/exchanges, value-based care, accountable care organizations, workforce issues, etc. Meaningful use Health information technologies (EHR, etc.) Health disparities Death with dignity Healthcare quality Healthcare safety TeleHealth Acute and chronic pain prevention and management; opioids Is health care a right? For this discussion, select a topic from the above health policy issues (or another one of your interest) and provide an example of an interest group with a stake in the issue you selected. In your initial post, briefly state (200 words) their mission or primary goals related to a health policy matter. Then select another health policy issue from the list above (or another one of your interest); identify an individual stakeholder in the interest, and briefly describe what you would expect from their position. Your post should include one APA-referenced, peer-reviewed source. NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare Week 6 Discussion Cost-control Strategies In your initial post , give one example of a cost-control strategy and describe how that strategy may affect access or quality in healthcare service. Discuss the different examples posted by your cohorts. NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare Week 7 Discussion Advanced Practice Select one advanced practice nursing policy (federal or state) and describe how the policy improves or creates a barrier to healthcare access. Support the policy (with evidence) or describe what you would change (with evidence). NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare Week 8 Discussion DQ1 Health care and Disabilities After reviewing the website from the WHO about disabilities, including the infographic Better health for people with disabilities: Discuss why the “Why is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Important" actually important. Suggest a health policy to address one of the WHO-identified disabilities in health care. Visit your state’s website on long-term care: Describe one long-term service available and how individuals can access help. (See Vermont page as an example: Green Mountain Care.) DQ2 Testimony Part 1 - Peer-Reviewed Articles

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Each team member will post their chosen Policy/Issue and identify their stakeholder. Each team member will provide full citations and links to the their peer reviewed article that addresses the topics/arguments on the policy issue. Classmates should review the articles, before viewing the testimony video in next weeks discussion, to be informed and able to engage in the online discussion next week. When looking for a posted article, review Kreitzberg Libraries Breaking Down an Article Citation to help with searching out peer reviewed articles. Students can use the Chat in the library link for help in linking to articles. NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare Week 9 Discussion Testimony Part 2 – Presentation

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Post the testimony videos prepared by you to this discussion board. Refer to instructions on How To Record a Video Discussion. Each student should independently prepare and post a three minute video testimony addressing the topic and articulating the stakeholder view he or she is representing. The student presenter should be clearly visible in the video. Please dress appropriately for recording the video, and choose a background that is not distracting. Classmates should review testimony and ask a question of the stakeholder about his or her position or the health policy issue. Each stakeholder should select four questions and respond with evidence and citations. Remember that the team presented its research articles last week in Week 08 Discussion: Testimony Part 1 - Peer-Reviewed Articles. Refer to those articles and the Testimony when developing your questions and responses. When looking for a posted article, review Kreitzberg Libraries Breaking Down an Article Citation to help with searching out peer reviewed articles. Students can use the Chat in the library link for help in linking to articles. NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare Week 10 Discussion Global Perspectives For this week’s discussion, choose one of the following options for your initial post: Select one of countries in the video "Sick around the world". Briefly describe one key element of that country's healthcare system, and state why you believe it would or would not be beneficial in improving access and quality or lowering costs in the United States healthcare system. Discuss how access to education affects health outcomes. NR524 Health Policy, Advocacy and Economics in Healthcare Week 11 Discussion Health Care Quality Visit the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Select one of the achievable measures from Diseases and Conditions.

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one area where nationally we are at benchmark. one area where we are close to benchmark. one area where we are far from benchmark. On the area where we are far from benchmark, suggest a policy to move us closer to Quality.