To develop the content for your presentation, record detailed notes as you complete the following steps:
- Review the information about the continuum of care and coordination among various health services organizations in the Resources, including the HIMSS resource, Continuum of Care, and the tables in Chapter 1 of the course text.
- Read the Patient Information (See Below), and select one hypothetical patient on which to focus for this Assignment. Assume your selected patient lives in your local area. If you are an international student, you may choose a geographic area in the United States or use your own location.
- Use the pertinent information in Chapters 7, 8, 9, and/or 10 of the Shi and Singh course text and conduct additional research of your own to analyze specific services your hypothetical patient might need, beginning with the onset or diagnosis of an illness or injury and concluding with an end-point of your choosing (i.e., recovery, symptom management, end of life). Also research the types of organizations that provide those services.
- Investigate the healthcare organizations in your local area. Based on the services your hypothetical patient needs, select three or four actual settings in which he/she would receive care.
- Next, gather information related to the types of insurance each organization accepts. Typically, this would include Medicare, Medicaid, and various types of insurance programs. What challenges related to payment for services do you anticipate your selected patient may experience?
- Review the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (2014) resource and consider what it means for healthcare to be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. Based on your hypothetical patient's needs, analyze why professionals in healthcare settings need to be aware of the six Institute of Medicine Aims.
Next, prepare to create your presentation using PowerPoint.
The Assignment-
Describe the patient you have selected (including his or her health problem/injury) and identify the geographic area where this patient is located.
Analyze the continuum of care, including specific services the patient may require from three or four actual settings.
Describe a potential challenge related to payment for services this patient may encounter.
Explain why professionals in your selected settings need to be aware of the six Institute of Medicine Aims.
Patient Information-
Select one patient described in this document on which to focus for your Assignment PowerPoint presentation.
Maria Grace
Age 49
Experienced a stroke; has uncontrolled high blood pressure.
Teddy Chin
Age 32
Involved in a car accident that fractured his clavicle (collarbone); also appears to have a head injury; suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Desiree Hart
Age 19
Life-threatening case of bacterial meningitis; originally misdiagnosed with the flu.