The analysis and proposal should be 8 to 10 pages in length, not including the cover page and resources. Please address the following prompts*************The hospital I selected is Vanderbilt University Medical Center-Nashville, Tennessee
Prompt
Select a hospital, state, or federally funded healthcare organization. Based on what you learned and the course material, you will evaluate the cultural competence of the healthcare organization.
Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:
Patient engagement activities and communication strategies
Critique the organization’s translation and interpretation services. Be sure to provide evidence to support your claims.
Does the organization provide such services for non-English speaking patients?
How many different languages are supported?
How might the organization communicate with a speaker of a language that is not supported?
Analyze the extent to which educational resources and materials are available in languages other than English. Be sure to provide specific examples.
Assess organizational staff training for its potential to foster cultural competence. Be sure to provide evidence to support your claims.
Examine training programs for patient engagement and communication.
Identify gaps or deficiencies. Provide evidence to support your claims. If you feel there are none, be sure to explain your reasoning.
Examine gaps in areas that may exist in the organization’s patient engagement and communications strategies.
Health promotion and disease prevention and management strategies
Assess the organization’s health promotion efforts. Be sure to provide evidence to support your claims.
Examine programs such as fitness classes, blood pressure clinics, first aid training, nutrition education, etc., that it may offer to patients.
Evaluate the efficacy of disease prevention and management programs and services in addressing population health determinants. Be sure to provide evidence to support your claims.
Examine programs and services such as discharge planning, home health services, vaccination services, etc.
Analyze non-programmatic services for their impact on factors that determine population health status.
Examine programs such as transportation, onsite childcare, etc.
Identify gaps or deficiencies. Provide evidence to support your claims. If you feel there are none, be sure to explain your reasoning.
Examine common areas where gaps may exist in the organization’s health promotion and disease prevention and management efforts.
Financial incentives and quality improvement processes
Analyze population health-oriented policies. Be sure to provide evidence to support your claims.
Examine policies such as non-discrimination in hiring, care and treatment, Patient Bill of Rights, financial assistance, etc., that the organization may have implemented for reducing costs and improving overall quality.
Assess the extent of the organization’s approach to which care is considered patient-centered. Be sure to cite specific examples to substantiate your claims.
Analyze specific strategies the organization employs to reduce costs and improve overall quality.
Examine strategies such as eliminating unnecessary procedures and providing only essential treatments or interventions.
Identify gaps or deficiencies. Provide evidence to support your claims. If you feel there are none, be sure to explain your reasoning.
Examine common areas where gaps may exist in the organization’s use of the population health approach in reducing costs and improving quality of care.
Recommendations
Recommend appropriate strategies for improving the organization’s cultural competence with regard to patient engagement and communications. Be sure to use research to support your reasoning.
Suggest appropriate health promotion and disease prevention strategies for improving outcomes in terms of population health status. Be sure to use research to justify your suggestions.
Recommend appropriate policies and strategies that increase the organization’s use of a population health approach to reduce costs and improve overall quality of care. Be sure to use research to substantiate your recommendations.
