Homework: Challenges in Healthcare
Competency
Analyze the challenges of economic and noneconomic barriers to improving quality, reducing costs, and increasing access to healthcare.
Scenario
Reforming healthcare delivery to improve the quality and value of care is essential to address escalating costs, poor quality, and increasing numbers of Americans without health insurance coverage. Reforms should improve access to the right care at the right time in the right setting.
You have been hired as an expert consultant for the American Medical Association (AMA) to deliver a presentation to a physicians group regarding various barriers to improving, reducing costs, and increasing access to healthcare. The AMA's meeting is entitled "Healthcare Reform: Understanding the Obstacles that Hinder Us."
Instructions
Research the following:
1) Three economic barriers to improving quality in healthcare
2) Three noneconomic barriers to improving quality in healthcare
3) Three economic barriers to reducing costs in healthcare
4) Three noneconomic barriers to reducing costs in healthcare
5) Three economic barriers to increasing access to healthcare
6) Three noneconomic barriers to increasing access to healthcare
7) Create a voiceover PowerPoint presentation, providing the physicians group with the information you've gathered on the economic and noneconomic barriers to improving quality, reducing costs, and increasing access to healthcare in the United States.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.