Assignment Task:
Instructions:
- In this individual assignment, read the following case study and answer the questions that follow.
- Using the case study, the ministerial order and information covered in this unit, discuss how governance may have shaped this health-care policy.
- Write your answers in an essay format of 3-5 pages. Use APA format for credit and citations.
Case Study:
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. A laboratory test needed to confirm the diagnosis of COVID-19 is done by a nasopharyngeal swab. On October 29, 2020, Alberta's minister of health signed Ministerial Order 645/2020 authorizing certain regulated health professionals to perform nasopharyngeal swabbing for the purposes of testing for COVID-19.
Here is the link to Ministerial Order 645/2020 [Health] - Open Government (Alberta dot ca)
Questions:
1. Why did the health minister authorize this ministerial order? What was the problem? What piece of legislation gave the health minister the ability to enact this ministerial order?
2. What are the benefits of Ministerial Order 645/2020? Think of the patient, the health-care provider and the health system. What are the potential risks? Need Assignment Help?
3. What influence do you think the health service organization may have had on this decision? What impact would this ministerial order have on health-care organization implementing this directive?