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CHSR website. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hsrph.htmlUsing the website above, select an organization from each of the three categories:

Federal Agencies,
Association and Organizations,
International Organizations, Associations
that has a role in influencing health policy. For each of your three chosen sites, describe the organization’s chief purpose and give one example of a policy it has influenced. (Hint: visit the organization’s website.)Reference: HSRIC. (n.d.). Key organizations. NIH, National Library of Medicine.Week 1: Required Readings

Bodenheimer & Grumbach,
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Blumenthal, D. (2006, July, 6). Employer-sponsored health insurance in the United States — origins and implications. The New England Journal of Medicine, 355(1). (Library Link)
Familiarize yourself with: HSRIC. (n.d.). the National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology(NICHSR). NIH, National Library of Medicine.
Study these key timelines in Health Care:

Healthcare-Now! (n.d.). History of Single-Payer Legislation. (review timeline chart)
Institute of Healthcare Improvement. (n.d.). History of the IHI. (review timeline chart at bottom of article)
Week 02 Discussion: Value-based HealthcareQuestion:Consider the information from your readings and videos about incentives for improving quality while lowering healthcare costs. What are the potential benefits and risks of a value-based system? Consider this discussion with regard to patient care, provider incentives, and the overall financial impact of our healthcare system. Give at least one example of how a patient may be helped or harmed under a value-based system.Week 2: Required Readings

Bodenheimer & Grumbach,
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
MLN. (2017, Sept.). Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (PDF).Medicare Learning Network.
Diabetes and Value-Based Care – Second Opinion (video).Films on Demand. (Library Link) https://fod-infobase-com.library.norwich.edu/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=185207
(watch Segments 5,6,7,8 within the video. Video is 30 min, 4 segments are 3 min each)
CMS. (2020, July). Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs): General Information (video 6 min). CMS.GOV. https://innovation.cms.gov/innovation-models/aco
Week 03 Discussion: Evidence-Based HealthcareQuestion:Select two of the High-Burden Health Conditions targeted by the CDC in the 6/18 Initiative, and discuss the Evidence-Based Interventions for each. For one of the interventions, identify at least two stakeholders you would partner with to implement the strategy in your community.Reference: CDC.org. (October 4, 2018). CDC’s 6/18 Initiative. CDC https://www.cdc.gov/sixeighteen/Week 3: Required Readings

Bodenheimer & Grumbach,
Chapter 3
IHI. (2019, Feb.). Triple Aim Model (video 3 min). Institute for Healthcare Improvement -IHI.
Population Health Training “What is Population Health”. CDC
What is Population Health? AJPH. (Library Link)
CDC.org. (October 4, 2018). CDC’s 6/18 Initiative. CDC
Medicaid and Public Health Partnership Learning Series. (n.d.) Public Health and Population Health 101. ASTHOS.

 

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understand the ‘scam’, we first need to know what the SSC is and what its functions are –

To the uninitiated, the Staff Selection Commission is an autonomous body falling under the Department of Personal and Training that is tasked with conducting examinations for the recruitment of non-gazetted staff to Group ‘ C ’ (Class III) and Group ‘ B ’ posts in a no of central government ministries and departments as well as subordinate offices.

The SSC was established on 4th November 1975. It was first established as the Sub-ordinate Services Commission and was later renamed the Staff Selection Commission on 26th September 1977. The commission constitutes a chairperson (As himKhorana), 2 members, and a secretary-cum-controller of exams.

Among the posts the aspirants take the SSC exam for are lower division clerks, stenographers, central excise inspectors, income tax inspectors, and sub-inspectors working for the CBI and central police organisations.

While it conducts a no of exams, the most significant one, which attracts the max no. of aspirants as well, examination.

What Is the ‘Scam’ All About?

The SSC ‘scam’, which has come to the spotlight in the last few days, pertains to the Tier II CGL exam , which was held across the country from 17th Feb to 22 Feb, with 1,89,843 aspirants appearing to fill 9,372 vacancies.

Barring the cancellation of the second shift of the exam on 17th February at the Animate InfoTech Centre in Delhi owing to an attempt to disrupt it by “some unruly elements,” the examination seemed to have been conducted smoothly.

However, on 21st February, several irregularities were reported in centres across the country — starting with technical glitches which delayed the examination for the 33,075 candidates who were appearing for it (on the day).

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