Current or proposed health care policy
Select a current or proposed health care policy that is designed to provide equitable health care for a diverse population. Create a 12-15-slide PowerPoint presentation discussing the health care policy and how it improves a specific population’s access to quality, cost-effective health care. Create speaker notes of 100-250 words for each slide. Include additional slides for the title and references.
Include the following in your presentation:
Describe the policy selected.
Discuss the diverse population that will be affected by this policy.
Explain how the policy is designed to improve cost-effectiveness and health care equity for the diverse population.
Discuss why the policy is financially sound and explain how the policy incorporates the nursing perspective and relevant ethical, legal, and political factors. Provide rationale to support your explanation.
Describe what state, federal, global health policies, or goals the policy is related to and explain the degree to which each helps achieve equitable health care for the diverse population.
Discuss advocacy strategies for improving access, quality, and cost-effective health care for the diverse population selected.
Discuss the professional and moral obligation of master’s prepared nurses to respect human dignity and advance the common good through working to promote health and prevent disease among diverse populations from a Christian perspective.
Sample Solution
The amount of money spent on health care is governed by two factors: the number of services provided to patients and the costs charged for each service. While there is widespread agreement that some health-care treatments are unneeded and that their costs are excessive, there is less agreement on how to manage these excesses. The fundamental problem policymakers face, starting with the volume of services patients receive, is preventing the distribution of services that provide little health benefit while not restricting the delivery of important services. One strategy is to provide financial incentives to health care professionals to minimize superfluous treatments by paying them based on the total expenditures their patients incur rather than the number of services they personally provide.
