Assignment: Healthcare Human Resource Standards and Practices
Competency
Analyze how human resource standards and practices within the healthcare field support organizational mission, visions, and values.
Scenario
Wynn Regional Medical Center (WRMC) is the premier hospital in your area. The hospital has been in your city for over 100 years. Over the past decade, the hospital has been losing money for various reasons, though primarily due to uncompensated care. You were recently hired as the Vice President for Human Resources at WRMC, and part of your responsibilities include presenting historical information to participants of the new employee orientation.
Instructions
Create a PowerPoint presentation detailing the changing nature of the healthcare workforce. The presentation should contain speaker notes for each slide or voiceover narration. The presentation should address the following topics and questions:
1. Historical information on the changing healthcare workforce
a. How have legislation and policies changed in the past decade?
b. How have patient demographics changed in the past decade (baby boomers, generation X, millennials, ethnicities)?
c. How have patient centric approaches changed in the past decade (use of the Internet and social media to gather health information)?
2. Challenges associated with the changing healthcare workforce
a. What are some of the challenges associated with the policy and legislative changes?
b. What are some challenges associated with demographic changes?
c. What are some of the challenges associated with patients "researching" their own health instead of going to the doctor?
3. Current state of healthcare
a. What have been some of the improvements to the healthcare system over the last decade?
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, 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 assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.