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2. HCA 305 Course Tutorial HCA 305 Entire Course (Ash) HCA 305 Week 1 DQ 1 Cost, Quality. • HCA 305 Week 1 DQ 1 Cost, Quality, and Access • HCA 305 Week 1 DQ 2 Stakeholders • HCA 305 Week 2 DQ 1 Hospital System Quality Improvement • HCA 305 Week 2 DQ 2 Choosing a Health Care Provider • Cost, Quality, and Access. Sultz and Young (2011) note that there is currently a strong movement within the U.S. health care system to address “the seemingly unresolvable need to correct problems of access and cost without compromising the quality of care” (pg. 1).

3. HCA 305 Course Tutorial HCA 305 Week 1 DQ 2 Stakeholders (Ash) HCA 305 Week 2 DQ 1 Hospital System • Stakeholders. Sultz and Young (2011) describe the various stakeholders in the U.S. health care system. Choose one of these stakeholders and describe their role, concerns, interests, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of their influence in the system • Hospital System Quality Improvement. Imagine that you have recently been appointed as the head of a large hospital system. You’ve been hired into this role by the Board of Trustees for your vast knowledge on how to improve the quality of services.

4. HCA 305 Course Tutorial HCA 305 Week 2 DQ 2 Choosing a Health Care HCA 305 Week 2 The Patient Protection • Choosing a Health Care Provider. • Numerous resources now exist that allow individuals to make an informed choice of who will provide their medical care. Unfortunately, the average health care consumer is unaware of where to find information about hospitals, medical providers, and insurance coverage. • Diversity in the Health Care Workforce. • Review the “Executive Summary” article. The report provides six sets of recommendations for increasing the number of under-represented minorities working in the health care field. Choose one of the recommendations that you believe could have the biggest impact if implemented

5. HCA 305 Course Tutorial HCA 305 Week 3 DQ 2 Supply and Demand HCA 305 Week 4 DQ 1 Health Care Systems • Supply and Demand of Health Care Professionals. Mounting research suggests that the demand for health care professionals is growing while supply is starting to decrease. However, the rates of supply and demand vary greatly depending on region of the country • Health Care Systems around the World. Health care systems around the world provide different levels and types of care, and are paid for in dramatically different ways. Choose a country other than the U.S. and research its health care system.

6. HCA 305 Course Tutorial HCA 305 Week 4 DQ 2 Medicare Debate (Ash) HCA 305 Week 5 DQ 1 Health • Medicare Debate. The Medicare system is currently undergoing a dramatic shift, as the number of people participating is increasing, which in turn has enormous consequences for how it is funded. Some argue that Medicare spending is out of control and will result in a collapse of the system • Health and Medical Technologies. Health and medical technologies available to both health care providers and administrators continue to advance rapidly

7. HCA 305 Course Tutorial HCA 305 Week 5 DQ 2 The Future of the U.S HCA 305 Week 5 Final Paper (Ash) • The Future of the Health Care System. We have spent the last five weeks reviewing the major developments in the evolution of health care delivery in the United States and analyzing the system in terms of cost, quality, access, and the provision of services • The U.S. health care system has numerous known issues that affect the overall quality, access, and cost of services available. For your Final Paper, you will create an eight- to ten-page proposal (excluding the title and reference pages) on your solution to one of these issues

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