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The Right Balance – Technology in Patient Care: Maintaining High Touch with High Tech Did you know… According to a recent document from HIMSS: All across today’s healthcare systems, information technology is the foundation of the future.

Healthcare modernization is best visualized if we compare how we were thirty years ago and where we are today. The need for improvement was the driving force behind the evolution of computers in healthcare. The majority of the past thiry years of technological expansion was spent on computer programs for administrative purposes while the past decade has seen an emphasis on the clinical process. Patient care has become a primary focus in the development of new concepts and knowledge in healthcare technology.

Technological development in clinical applications is he current trend in healthcare and will continue to play a major role for years to come. What do you think?…How do you agree or disagree with this position? Having read the chapter “High Tech/ High Touch”, what recommendations would you have as an advanced care practitioner? What are some creative ways you have seen High Touch principles applied without sacrificing the intimacy of the direct patient care experience? What should we do better?

Our discussion this week will allow you to see the connection between the strategic planning process and the role of the health care financial manager. Before you participate in this week’s discussion, you will need to read “Explanation of Research Required for this Week’s Discussion Board” posted in this week’s course module. When you have completed your research, please prepare your original post using the following structured format: Name of Selected Organization: Location of Selected Organization: Brief Description of Selected Organization: Mission: Vision: Values: Brief Description of Selected Strategic Initiative:(Remember, a strategic initiative is a particular project that achieves a strategic goal.) Your insight about and explanation of how the organization’s Mission, Vision, and Values are supported by the initiative that you selected. Your insight about and explanation of the role of the financial manager in the initiative that you have selected. Be sure to identify things that you feel the financial manager might have considered or would need to consider in the future. Remember, you must research a health care organization. EXPLANATION OF RESEARCH!!! This week you are responsible for conducting in-depth research related to strategic planning in health care organizations. The research that you complete will be used to meet the requirements of your discussion board participation. Here are the guidelines for your research: Select a health care organization that is not discussed in Chapter 24 or in the Required Resources material. Identify the organization’s six major components of strategic planning You should be able to easily identify the organization’s Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals using readily available web-based resources. If you are unable to identify all of these four components, you will need to select a new organization. You may not be able to easily identify the organization’s Objectives and Action Plans as easily. This is because this information is often not publicly available or strictly confidential. You may need to infer these two components, based on the next step in your research process. Identify a current or recent strategic initiative for your selected organization. Remember, a strategic initiative is a particular project that achieves a strategic goal. Research this initiative until you are clear about the description of the initiative, the time-frame of the initiative, the purpose of the initiative, the rationale for the initiative, and the anticipated/achieved outcomes. As you conduct your research, think about the who-what-where-when-why of the initiative so that you are sure that you have gathered all of the necessary information. When you have completed your research, it will be time to present your findings in the discussion board. The requirements of our original discussion board post can be found in the discussion board prompt.

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In this assignment you will select a client or client system (e.g., older adults diagnosed with depression, women diagnosed with bipolar disorder, families in divorce, people living with food or housing insecurity) and then formulate an intervention plan based on your assessment of the needs of the client system and drawn from evidence-based practice (EBP). Include the following sections in your intervention plan: 1. Describe your client / client system and who you would include in the intervention process o Consider micro to macro level intervention targets (This will differ depending on your choice of client / client system. In some cases, the work might focus on the micro-system such as individual, couple, family, group work. In other cases, the work might focus on macro-level public health interventions such as raising awareness about HIV/AIDS.) o In terms of inclusion, identify which systems, agencies and institutions will contribute to the success of the intervention, according to EBP. 2. State which intervention is deemed to be effective for your client / client system (support this statement with EBP / scholarly sources).

o You can choose to base your intervention plan on any of the following practice models from our course as appropriate: Motivational Interviewing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Narrative or Solution-Focused Therapy Psychodynamic / Interpersonal Therapy Emotion-Focused Therapy 3. Clearly describe the proposed intervention procedures. o What specific steps are in the intervention process (refer to scholarly sources for information)? o What is the overall goal of the intervention? o How long will the intervention take? o What are some barriers to implementing the intervention? What are some solutions to these barriers? o What strengths does the client (generally) bring to the intervention process? o Why did you choose this type of intervention? What are some other way(s) that you could intervene, and why did you not choose those option(s)? o Who will implement the intervention? (Explain why and how a social work professional can be effective in implementing this intervention with this client / client system.) 4. How will you evaluate your intervention? Think critically about how you will evaluate your practice / program effectiveness. (Refer to your SOWK792/3 class.) Be specific about what you will track and measure (Outcomes? Satisfaction? Process?) and how (e.g. standardized pre-post-tests of what? session/ outcome ratings? rating the quality of activities per week, frequency of positive / negative thoughts per week?) Why did you choose your evaluation measure(s)? How exactly will the evaluation be conducted? • What information will you need to complete the evaluation? • When will the evaluation occur? • Who will conduct the evaluation? • What are some barriers to conducting the e