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HLT 520 All Topics 1-8 | All Discussion Questions 1 & 2
Week 1 to Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 - Bundled HLT 520 Topic 1 | Discussion Question 1 & 2 -- $10.00 HLT 520 Topic 2 | Discussion Question 1 & 2 -- $10.00 HLT 520 Topic 3 | Discussion Question 1 & 2 -- $10.00 HLT 520 Topic 4 | Discussion Question 1 & 2 -- $10.00 HLT 520 Topic 5 | Discussion Question 1 & 2 -- $10.00 HLT 520 Topic 6 | Discussion Question 1 & 2 -- $10.00 HLT 520 Topic 7 | Discussion Question 1 & 2 -- $10.00 HLT 520 Topic 8 |..
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HLT 520 Topic 1 | Discussion Question 1 & 2
Week 1 DQ1A patient is in a coma that appears irreversible. His mother, who is his surrogate, firmly believes that he will recover and that God is taking a hand to work a miracle if everyone will just wait long enough. She wants everything done for the patient, including resuscitation if he arrests. She insists that he stay in the hospital, and is very upset that he was transferred out of the ICU and his care was moved to comfort measures, rather than aggressive treatment. The mother does not sp..
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HLT 520 Topic 2 | Discussion Question 1 & 2
Week 2 DQ1 Discuss the four components of a valid contract and apply them to a contract with a vendor to purchase a new CT scanner. What would you include in the contract? How would you be sure it would be valid? Week 2 DQ2 Since the hospital/patient relationship is considered a contract of sorts, how is it affected if the patient decides to disconnect himself from telemetry and leave the hospital for 4 hours to go score some cocaine on the street? What would you do as a hospital adm..
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HLT 520 Topic 3 | Discussion Question 1 & 2
Week 3 DQ1 If a physician develops a history of disruptive behavior, belittling staff, cursing at coworkers, and being rude and curt to patients, what are the responsibilities of the medical staff, the hospital, and the other professionals involved? Why do you believe that so many staff may be reluctant to report a poorly behaving physician? Week 3 DQ2 What do you see as the pros and cons of obtaining fair market value analyses on the compensation paid to physicians, especially when the ..
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HLT 520 Topic 4 | Discussion Question 1 & 2
Week 4 DQ1 Discuss your opinion of the Stark laws, what they are designed to do, the impact of the exceptions, and whether you think they are successful in preventing unethical behavior. Week 4 DQ2 What kinds of fraudulent or abusive behavior relating to health care services can occur in hospital operations? How does the role of the compliance committee help to monitor and prevent these?..
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HLT 520 Topic 5 | Discussion Question 1 & 2
Week 5 DQ1 You are a hospital administrator, and you receive a call from a colleague at another hospital. Your colleague, who is a friend, informs you that he has received a demand for a stipend from the ophthalmologists who take ED calls at his hospital, and they want a sizeable raise. He asks you what you pay for that type of call, and suggests that you could both benefit by coming up with a standard rate of pay over which neither of you will go in response to physician demands. It could save..
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HLT 520 Topic 6 | Discussion Question 1 & 2
Week 6 DQ1 Examine the concept of "employment at will" and the public policy exceptions to it. How does it fit with the issue of "wrongful discharge"? Week 6 DQ2 What do you see as the pros and cons of a unionized environment in a health care facility? How can the right to collective bargaining by employees and the mandate to provide care to patients be reconciled?..
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HLT 520 Topic 7 | Discussion Question 1 & 2
Week 7 DQ1 Explore the issues of how to determine if a patient is mentally competent to make his or her own decisions, especially in situations where the decisions do not appear to make sense. Week 7 DQ2 What are the differences between a permanent vegetative state and a coma? How do these differences affect the ethical choices faced by the family and caregivers of the patient? What importance should the patient's own wishes have? How would the presence of a living will affect the decision..
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HLT 520 Topic 8 | Discussion Question 1 & 2
Week 8 DQ1 A baby is born with anencephaly, or absence of the entire brain above the brainstem. The brainstem is intact, which means that the baby can breathe and have a heartbeat and blood pressure, but there is no chance for any human brain function or cognition, due to this birth defect. The health care team begins to educate the mother, since children with this deficit generally die shortly after birth. However, the mother is devoutly religious, and her minister has told her that if she ..
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