Mobile Disease Management: The Integrative Model In Mobile Health Management

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1. Healthcare Executives are constantly negotiating something, whether it be employee union agreements, professional contracts, HMO contracts, purchasing agreements, office space leases, etc. Please identify and discuss the various steps commonly found in the negotiation process.
a. There are various types of strategies used in order to reach consensus towards something an organization may want. Whether it’s taking the approach to want it all and make extreme offers until the desire outcome is achieved, or giving a deadline to accept an offer, negotiation processes may be challenging. According to the readings the integrative model is one of the most frequently used models to resolve conflict. The integrative model follows six steps in which …show more content…

As health care evolves new innovated ideas that have been discovered and created in order to advance in technology or in any other field. One innovated idea that has been presented recently is integrating behavioral health with health care organizations. There are many patients that suffer with behavioral health issues that do not seek the resources they need due to the stigma surrounding mental health or not having access to the services. By providing behavioral health services in primary care, patients can be provided with the appropriate care. Not only will it reduce readmission rates but also help reduce cost. A second innovated idea is mobile disease management. Currently Vheda Health has created a tool to manage and prevent disease in large populations by monitoring their patients and tending to their needs faster. The mobile interface will create a personalized actionable care plan which will include weekly video meetings with the patient and their care team. This potentially will help reduce hospitalizations and ER visits. A third innovated idea in 3D human tissue printing. Currently Biobots is working on creating 3D bioprinters that are able to build functional living tissue. This will help reduce cost of prosthetic hands for children and allow surgeons to create copies of the patients anatomy to practice procedures before the actual surgery. These great innovated ideas can ultimately help reduce cost and improve quality of life for the community. Although some …show more content…

Please identify and briefly discuss three Drivers of Change in health care. These can be new technology, or financial changes, or policy changes which have or are expected to have major implications for the health care industry.
a. The emerging innovations and policies implemented are helping reshape the health care industry. The three Drivers of Change that are expected to have major implications are meeting the health needs of immigrants, disseminating information, and the role of the government.
i. Meeting the health needs of immigrants: Hospitals across the country need to hire more foreign-born workers in order to help meet the needs of immigrant patients. It is important to have cultural diversity in hospitals in order to help address language barriers and cultural differences between the patient and health care provider. Furthermore, there continues to be many uninsured immigrants, that have low-income jobs that most often do not provide them with health issuance. Although Medicaid is offered it is limited, and it is important for patients to receive the needed

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