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Topic 1 DQ 1

In the health care sector, self-regulation has been developed and implemented to increase efficiency and improve operations. At what point, if any, does self-regulation become unethical for health care practitioners or health care leaders?

Topic 1 DQ 2

Can stringent self-regulation by health care leaders and practitioners prevent the imposition of additional and regulations laws on these leaders and practitioners? Why or why not?

Topic 2 DQ 1

After reviewing the article by Orient (2018), what is your understanding of how professional boards and organizations protect the health and wellness of the public? What recommendations would you offer to these professional boards and organizations to increase the safety of the public? Why?

Topic 2 DQ 2

Professional boards are lobbying for freedoms for health care professionals. As a health care administrator, how do you ethically balance board-granted freedom with quality of care concerns to create a sustainable model for your organization? Support your view.

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Topic 3 DQ 1

Professional health care providers in direct contact with patients are required to be licensed and credentialed demonstrating current competencies of both quality care and safe healthcare practice. Should similar licensing and credentialing requirements be imposed on health care leaders and other collaborative workers in the health care industry (e.g., business office personnel, CEOs, CFOs, or other administrators) who may not be directly serving patients? Why or why not?

Topic 3 DQ 2

Over the decades, credential requirements have gradually increased in all sectors of the health care arena. If this trend continues, for how long will health care organizations remain sustainable? Why? What steps should health care administrators take to absorb or mitigate the rising credentialing requirements? Why?

Topic 4 DQ 1

Professional standards and codes of practice change as technology, health care laws, and practice advance. Have changing professional standards and codes of practice had a positive or negative influence on quality of care and organizational sustainability? Support your position.

Topic 4 DQ 2

Over the last few weeks, you have encountered several ideas that concern health care leaders through your study of professionalism, governance, and self-regulation; the role of professional boards; and the influence of credentialing and licensing. Reflecting on these ideas, how will you as a health care leader navigate the fluid nature of these ideas and the resulting ever-changing health care standards, guidelines, and codes of practice? Support your answer with relevant research. What other valuable lessons or challenging concepts have you encountered in this course to date? What strategies have you employed to process these lessons or concepts? Explain.

Topic 5 DQ 1

The health care industry is influenced by multiple accrediting bodies that are stakeholders in the operation of health care organizations. Periodically, the missions and roles of these accrediting bodies may be in conflict with one another. How should health care administrators navigate among the conflicting missions and roles of accreditors in order to assure that the health care organization remains accredited and has an increased opportunity for sustainability? Support your view with relevant research. Include documentation of the mission, role, and responsibilities of a specific accrediting agency (e.g., Joint Commission, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services [CMS]; the Center in Improvement in Healthcare Quality [CIHQ], etc.) as needed.

Topic 5 DQ 2

Does accreditation improve organizational sustainability in health care organizations? Why or why not?

Topic 6 DQ 1

Through its collective effort, public policy and health care have been embedded together for decades. There are organizations such as National Health Council (NHC) that has been advocating for patient quality care, policy change, and so much more. Should public policy be used to drive changes in health care and organizations? Why or why not? Support your view.

Topic 6 DQ 2

Public policy exerts significant influence on health care through regulations that address nearly every aspect of health care. These regulations are based on the health care needs of the community stakeholders. In the absence of public policy and regulation of the health care industry, could the effectiveness of health care organizations be sustained at current levels? Why or why not? Could effectiveness be improved? Why or why not?

Topic 7 DQ 1

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will certainly have an economic influence on American consumers and providers of health care insurance. To what extent might the ACA influence the fiscal stability of health care organizations? Why?

Topic 7 DQ 2

As the American federal government continues to enact legislation regulating the health care industry in general and health care finance in particular, how might health care organizations need to adapt to ensure continued delivery of quality patient care? Why?

Topic 8 DQ 1

Which of the current trends in health care regulation reform will have the most positive influence on quality of care and organizational sustainability? Why? Which trends will have the most negative influence? Why?

Topic 8 DQ 2

Consider the information presented and discussed in this course regarding health care policies, procedures, reform, and regulation. What might you propose to increase equality and create changes to improve the American health care system? Support your ideas. How might these proposed ideas influence your dissertation research? Explain.