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Assignment 5: Public Health Preparedness
Due Week 10 and worth 200 points

You have  just been hired as a new Vice President of quality and safety for a  full-service 600-bed government healthcare organization.  Within your  first month on the job, the national security threat level has been  raised to Imminent, which means there is a credible, specific, and  impending terrorist threat against the United States, and your facility  may be directly impacted. The Chief Executive Officer has requested an  immediate six to eight-page report of your proposal for handling such a  situation.

Note: You may create and /or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write a 6-8 page paper in which you:

1. Examine  the existing procedures related to at least four (4) of the ten (10)  essential public health services. Focus on the principal effects that  these procedures will have on your hospital during the emergency.
2. Specify  the importance of continuing to evaluate patients, as stipulated by the  Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), during the  emergency.
3. Detail three (3) measures that you would use in order to maintain the electronic medical record system during the emergency.
4. Defend  your position on the decision to accept health insurance during the  emergency as a potential source of income for the facility. Provide  support with at least three (3) examples that illustrate your position.
5. Analyze  the extent to which this emergency might affect the quality of care  provided to the patients and the unimpeded operation of the  organization.
6. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS).  The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please  take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
• Be typed,  double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch  margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS or  school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional  instructions.
• Include a  cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name,  the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and  the reference page are not included in the required assignment page  length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Examine information management and health care records and how the legal reporting requirements impact health care.
• Analyze the impact of healthcare financing and health insurance on healthcare access, quality, and cost.
• Analyze the influence of health policy and health reform on healthcare access, quality, and cost in the U.S.
• Analyze tort reform and healthcare quality.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in healthcare policy, law, and ethics.
• Write clearly and concisely about healthcare policy and law using proper writing mechanics.

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