Building a Bridge to Somewhere Better: Linking Health Care Research and Health Policy Establishing successful partnerships is the foundation for many services in the healthcare industry. Some partnerships are formed to gain knowledge and expertise in a new field of operation or service, and some partnerships are formed to share resources. Other partnerships are formed to conduct participatory research to contribute to short-term change or long-term progress, such as policy creation. For the assignment this week, you will analyze the following journal article to identify successful partnerships with major stakeholders in the US healthcare industry: Davis, M. M., Gross, C. P., & Clancy, C. M. (2012). Building a bridge to somewhere better: Linking health care research and health policy. Health Services Research, 47(1pt2), 329–336. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01373.x. (EBSCO AN: 70285300). Write a 3–5-page paper in Microsoft Word format. Include the following: •Identify the successful partnerships and collaborations mentioned in the article. •Describe the leadership qualities the parties possessed that made these partnerships successful. •Compare the mission and vision of the partners. Include how the agencies complemented each other. •List other agencies—that were not mentioned in the article—that may have contributed to the partnership. Be sure to support your statements with scholarly references and appropriate examples. Cite all sources using the APA format. Reference: Davis, M. M., Gross, C. P., & Clancy, C. M. (2012). Building a bridge to somewhere better: Linking health care research and health policy. Health Services Research, 47(1pt2), 329–336. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01373.x. (EBSCO AN: 70285300). Week 2 Assignment 3: Final Project 2: Necessary Training for Physicians Training under an individual physician remained the most common method of physician education when the first medical school was established in 1756 (Sultz & Young, 2011). Physicians in training were granted a certificate on completion of their apprenticeship. Medical education has changed substantially since that time and now there are over 815,000 licensed physicians in the United States (American Medical Association [AMA], 2012). With the shift from hospital-based care to preventive medicine and community care, physicians will require additional training and continuing education to prepare for that transition. In Week 1, you analyzed the article “Building a Bridge to Somewhere Better: Linking Health Care Research and Health Policy” by Davis, Gross, & Clancy (2012) to identify successful partnerships with major stakeholders in the US healthcare industry. This week, you will use the assigned readings in Week 2 to describe the training that will be necessary for physicians and other healthcare providers as they shift from hospital-based care to community care. Create a 2–3-page chart in Word format. Include the following: •Recommend the necessary trainings for physicians and other healthcare providers as they shift from hospital-based care to community care. •Describe the type of trainings, the trends they will address, and the settings in which they may be used. •Explain how these trainings will benefit patients and improve physician performance. Be sure that your chart has an introductory paragraph that summarizes the information contained within the chart and highlights the major trends in training based on the shift from hospital-based care to community care. In addition, support your statements with scholarly references and appropriate examples. Cite all sources using the APA format. American Medical Association (AMA). (2012). www.ama-assn.org References: Davis, M. M., Gross, C. P., & Clancy, C. M. (2012). Building a bridge to somewhere better: Linking health care research and health policy. Health Services Research, 47(1pt2), 329–336. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01373.x. (EBSCO AN: 70285300). Sultz, H. A., & Young, K. M. (2011). Health care USA: Understanding its organization and delivery (7th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. Week 3 Assignment 3: Final Project 3: Evidence-Based Research Assignment 3: Final Project 3: Evidence-Based Research The development of health policies relies on evidence-based research to support a new policy or policy revision. There are many foundations and federal agencies that partner with community members, academia, or scientists to conduct a research project that will produce credible findings leading to short-term change or long-term progress. In Week 1, you analyzed the article titled “Building a Bridge to Somewhere Better: Linking Health Care Research and Health Policy” by Davis, Gross, and Clancy (2012) to identify successful partnerships with major stakeholders in the US healthcare industry. In Week 2, you recommended the trainings necessary for physicians shifting from hospital-based care to community care. This week, using the journal article by Davis, Gross, and Clancy (2012), you will demonstrate how evidence-based research contributes to health policies. Write a 3–5-page essay in Word format. Include the following: Compare and contrast examples from the article that demonstrate how evidence-based research contributes to health policies. Examine what evidence-based research is targeting, what population is affected, and how this research will contribute to the development or the revision of a healthcare policy. Be sure to support your statements with scholarly references and appropriate examples. Submit your assignment to the W3: Assignment 3 Dropbox by Saturday, July 18, 2015. Name your document SU_PHE5005_W3_A3_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. Cite all sources using the APA format. References: Davis, M. M., Gross, C. P., & Clancy, C. M. (2012). Building a bridge to somewhere better: Linking health care research and health policy. Health Services Research, 47(1pt2), 329–336. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01373.x. (EBSCO AN: 70285300). Week 4 Social Marketing and Healthcare The past decade has seen an enormous surge in social marketing to convey various messages. Social marketing has also been established as an essential health communications tool to promote health initiatives. Social marketing should not be the only tool to communicate information to the general public, but to complement the existing practices in place. In Week 1, you analyzed the article titled “Building a Bridge to Somewhere Better: Linking Health Care Research and Health Policy” by Davis, Gross, and Clancy (2012) to identify successful partnerships with major stakeholders in the US healthcare industry. In Week 2, you recommended the trainings necessary for physicians shifting from hospital-based care to community care. In Week 3, you demonstrated how evidence-based research contributes to health policies. This week, you will examine the use of social marketing as a communication channel in healthcare. Review the following Web site: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012). Gateway to health communication & social marketing practice. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/ Using the readings for the week, the South University Online library, and the Internet, create an 18–20-slide PowerPoint presentation with a separate title and reference slide. Include the following: Justify why social marketing is needed in today’s society to promote health initiatives. List the numerous communication channels that are used in developing a health campaign. Describe the process used to identify the population segment that can benefit from a specific health behavior. Explain how you will evaluate the effectiveness of your communications campaign. Provide a specific example of how social marketing was used in a health campaign. In addition, include a minimum of five scholarly references in your support of your statements. Be sure to support your statements with appropriate examples. Week 5 Evidence-Based Research and Quality of Care Evidence-based medi
cine is defined as “the systematic application of the best available evidence to the evaluation of options and decisions in clinical practice, management, and policy-making” (Sultz & Young, 2011, p. 380). Evidence is the key to accountability, so if evidence for certain practices have been repeatedly demonstrated in literature to improve the health status and quality of life of the participants, then those results should support a change in process or procedure. In Week 1, you analyzed the article titled “Building a Bridge to Somewhere Better: Linking Health Care Research and Health Policy” by Davis, Gross, and Clancy (2012) to identify successful partnerships with major stakeholders in the US healthcare industry. In Week 2, you recommended the trainings necessary for physicians shifting from hospital-based care to community care. In Week 3, you demonstrated how evidence-based research contributes to health policies. In Week 4, you examined the use of social marketing as a communication channel in healthcare. This week, you will examine how health services research projects contribute to the quality of care. Write a 3–5-page essay in Microsoft Word format that includes the following: Identify two research projects outlined in the article by Davis, Gross, and Clancy (2012) that contribute to the quality of care. Evaluate how these two health services research projects contribute to the quality of care. Using the South University Online Library, select two additional journal articles with research studies that complement the ones you selected from the article by Davis, Gross, and Clancy (2012). Describe these additional articles, focusing on how they contributed to the quality of care. In addition, be sure to include a minimum of five scholarly references in your support of your statements. Be sure to support your statements with appropriate examples. Cite all sources using the APA format. References: Davis, M. M., Gross, C. P., & Clancy, C. M. (2012). Building a bridge to somewhere better: Linking health care research and health policy. Health Services Research, 47(1pt2), 329–336. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01373.x. (EBSCO AN: 70285300). Sultz, H. A., & Young, K. M. (2011). Health care USA: Understanding its organization and delivery (7th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-8458-4; ISBN-10: 0-7637-8458-3. Week 6 project report In Week 1, you analyzed the article titled “Building a Bridge to Somewhere Better: Linking Health Care Research and Health Policy” by Davis, Gross, and Clancy (2012) to identify successful partnerships with major stakeholders in the US healthcare industry. In Week 2, you recommended the trainings necessary for physicians shifting from hospital-based care to community care. In Week 3, you demonstrated how evidence-based research contributes to health policies. In Week 4, you examined the use of social marketing as a communication channel in healthcare. In Week 5, you evaluated health service research projects. This week, you will to complete the final, detailed project by compiling all the projects done from Week 1 to Week 5 in a single 10–15-page report in Microsoft Word format. As you reflect on the material covered from Weeks 1–5, create a short summary of your thoughts on the future of healthcare. You will use this summary as the conclusion for your final comprehensive paper. You will also need to include the impact of partnerships, communication, evidence-based research, patient satisfaction, health reform, and the shift from hospital-based care to community care on the future of healthcare delivery in your paper. Be sure to make any necessary revisions and include an introduction, conclusion, and a separate reference list for this document.
