Interprofessional organizational and Systems leadership

Class 6053- Interprofessional Organizations and Systems leadership
If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption?
These and many other topics are worthy of discussion. Not surprisingly, much has been said in the research, within the profession, and in the news about these topics. Whether they are issues of finance, quality, workload, or outcomes, there is no shortage of changes to be addressed.
In this Discussion, you examine a national healthcare issue and consider how that issue may impact your work setting. You also analyze how your organization has responded to this issue.

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Topic of interest: Effects of mental health on the ER or opiod crisis in the ER…. whatever you prefer.
To Prepare:
• Review the Resources and select one current national healthcare issue/stressor to focus on.
• Reflect on the current national healthcare issue/stressor you selected and think about how this issue/stressor may be addressed in your work setting- (my working setting is the ER).
By Day 3 of Week 1
Post a description of the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for analysis, and explain how the healthcare issue/stressor may impact your work setting. Then, describe how your health system work setting has responded to the healthcare issue/stressor, including a description of what changes may have been implemented. Be specific and provide examples.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Interprofessional Organization and Systems Leadership
The national healthcare issue of interest is mental health, and the focus is on its effects in the emergency room (ER). ER visits continue to increase; CDC, in its report, estimated that between 2014 and 2018, there were approximately 14% increase in the use of ER in the country despite decades of the healthcare providers striving hard to reduce the number of patients’ visits through expansion of | GET AN EXPERT FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT | report by the AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) found out that the number of patients visiting ER related to mental health increased by over 45% between that same period (Weiss et al., 2012). An association between an increased…