Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal
Overview: Develop a 3 page proposal for a policy that should help to improve health care and outcomes for your target population. Cost and access to care continue to be main concerns for patients and providers. As technology improves our ability to care for and improve outcomes in patients with chronic and complex illnesses, questions of cost and access become increasingly important.
Scenario
The analysis of position papers that your interprofessional team presented to the committee has convinced them that it would be worth the time and effort to develop a new policy to address your specific issue in the target population. To that end, your interprofessional team has been asked to submit a policy proposal that outlines a specific approach to improving the outcomes for your target population. This proposal should be supported by evidence and best practices that illustrate why the specific approaches are likely to be successful. Additionally, you have been asked to address the ways in which applying your policy to interprofessional teams could lead to efficiency or effectiveness gains.
Instructions
For this assessment you will develop a policy proposal that seeks to improve the outcomes for the health care issue and target population you addressed in Assessment 1.
The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your submission addresses all of them
Propose a policy and guidelines that will lead to improved outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population.
Advocate the need for a proposed policy in the context of current outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population.
Analyze the potential for an interprofessional approach to implementing a proposed policy to increase the efficiency or effectiveness of the care setting to achieve high-quality outcomes.
Communicate proposal in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.
Questions to Consider:
As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.
This paper will build on the health issue, vulnerable population, and position that you started to develop in the first assessment (Veterans). For Assessment 2, you will develop a proposal for a policy and a set of guidelines that could be implemented to ensure improvements in care and outcomes.
What are the relevant best practices from a population health standpoint (cultural competence, disease prevention, and interventions) for your chosen health issue and vulnerable population?
How are these best practices relevant to your chosen health issue and vulnerable population?
Do the best practices make any reference to standards of care or benchmarks that should be achieved?
o How could these best practices be leveraged to help inform or develop a policy and guidelines to improve care and outcomes for the vulnerable population you are working with?
How could technology be used to identify health concerns or collect data that could help health care practitioners determine which health care issues to focus on in a population?
o What are the relevant laws, regulations, or policies for employing any of the technology you might find useful?
What type of policy and guidelines would be most likely to ensure improvements in care and outcomes related to your chosen health issue and vulnerable population?
o Are there any policies in existence that could help inform your own policy development?
o How might your proposed policy and guidelines influence the way in which care is accessed?
o How might your proposed policy and guidelines influence the amount of access that is available?
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 1: Design evidence-based advanced nursing care for achieving high-quality population outcomes.
Propose a policy and guidelines that will lead to improved outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population.
Competency 2: Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of interprofessional interventions in achieving desired population health outcomes.
Analyze the potential for an interprofessional approach to implementing a proposed policy to increase the efficiency or effectiveness of the care setting to achieve high quality outcomes.
Competency 3: Analyze population health outcomes in terms of their implications for health policy advocacy.
Advocate the need for a proposed policy in the context of current outcomes and quality of care for a specific issue in a target population.
Competency 4: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
Communicate proposal in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.
Resources:
Access to Care
Brooks, E., Dailey, N. K., Bair, B. D., & Shore, J. H. (2016) Listening to the patient: Women veterans’ insights about health care needs, access, and quality in rural areas. Military Medicine, 181(9), 976981.
Caldwell, J. T., Ford, C. L., Wallace, S. P., Wang, M. C., & Takahashi, L. M. (2016). Intersection of living in a rural versus urban area and race/ethnicity in explaining access to health care in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 106(8), 14631469.
Linder, J. A. & Levine, D. M. (2016). Health care communication technology and improved access, continuity, and relationships: The revolution will be Uberized. JAMA Internal Medicine, 176(5), 643644.
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Assessment
Borrayo, B. D., & O’Lawrence, H. (2016). A post analysis of a preventive and chronic healthcare tool. Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, 39(1), 1540.
Vila Health: Resources for Topical Research.
Pathophysiology
Maulsby, C., Valdiserri, R. O., Kim, J. J., Mahon, N., Flynn, A., Eriksson, E., . . . Holtgrave, D. R. (2016). The global engagement in care convening: Recommended actions to improve health outcomes for people living with HIV. AIDS Education & Prevention, 28(5), 405416.
Pranavchand, R., & Reddy, M. (2016). Genomics era and complex disorders: Implications of GWAS with special reference to coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cancers. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 62(3), 188198.
Pharmacology
Bland, J. (2016). Where is health care headed? Integrative Medicine, 15(3), 1618.
Policy
Durbin, A., Durbin, J., Hensel, J., & Deber, R. (2016). Barriers and enablers to integrating mental health into primary care: A policy analysis. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 43(1), 127139.
Gershon, R., Morris, L., & Ferguson, W. (2016). Including language access into Medicaid ACO design. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 44(3), 492502.
Shariff, N. (2014). Factors that act as facilitators and barriers to nurse leaders’ participation in health policy development. BMC Nursing, 13, 20.
Technology
Ramsey, A., Lord, S., Torrey, J., Marsch, L., & Lardiere, M. (2016). Paving the way to successful implementation: Identifying key barriers to use of technology-based therapeutic tools for behavioral health care. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 43(1), 5470.
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