I have reviewed your assessment #2 submission and errors are seen. Your paper is complete with a 3 page assessment template discussing the continuum of patient care, care quality, and communication between physician practices and hospitals.
Please see attached grading rubric with specific feedback/comments.
 You have used the course resources along with a minimum of three peer-reviewed articles based on your own research, and completed the linked assessment template to address the following:
· Describe where the physician practice and the hospital fall on the continuum of patient care.
· Analyze how providers at each location try to return their patients to their highest level of functioning.
· Explain how a physician’s practice communicates with the hospital to foster high-quality, efficient, and effective patient care.
However, your responses lack substance, facts, and details that fully address all parts of the assignment criteria. Also, you barely analyzed three peer-reviewed articles that each discuss one of the topics above.
· Description or summary presents the what of the article, but the analysis will pursue the question of so what?
· Why do these ideas matter and/or how are these ideas connected?
· What are the potential gaps or questions that remain?
In your assessment template, you have organized your paper with the following headings:
· Title Page.
· Agenda.
· Introduction.
· Continuum of Care.
· Care Quality.
· Operational Approach.
· Conclusion.
· References.
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Also, mechanical/formatting errors are noted (See attached). I have added some additional content to each criterion for supplemental reading. I am looking forward to reading your next assessment submissions. If you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact me.
Dr. Whiting
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COMPETENCY 1
Explain health care management approaches in diverse health care settings.
CRITERION
Provide an introduction that identifies the main topics and relevant professional background, and a conclusion that reiterates the key operational indicators included in the session.
Your result:Â Basic
Distinguished
Provides an introduction that identifies the main topics and relevant professional background, and a conclusion that reiterates the key operational indicators included in the session, and offers specific examples to demonstrate application of these ideas in everyday practice.
Proficient
Provides an introduction that identifies the main topics and relevant professional background, and a conclusion that reiterates the key operational indicators included in the session.
Basic
Provides an introduction and conclusion that identify and recap the session topics.
Non-Performance
Does not provide an introduction and conclusion that discuss the indicators included in the session.
Faculty Comments:
Not a bad job on providing an introduction that identifies the main topics and relevant professional background, and a conclusion that reiterates the key operational indicators included in the session. To fully meet these criteria include substantive content that thoroughly provides an introduction that identifies the main topics and relevant professional background, and a conclusion that reiterates the key operational indicators included in the session, and offers specific examples to demonstrate the application of these ideas in everyday practice.
In healthcare, the continuum of care is now being used to describe how healthcare providers follow a patient from preventive care, through medical incidents, rehabilitation, and maintenance. Depending on the patient, this might involve the use of acute care hospitals, ambulatory care, or long-term care facilities. The coordinated effort to medical care means better outcomes for the patient.
CRITERION
Describe the main topics of the lunch-and-learn session, including continuum of care, care quality, and operational approach.
Your result:Â Basic
Distinguished
Describe the main topics of the lunch-and-learn session, including continuum of care, care quality, and operational approach, and is supported by current scholarly or professional sources.
Proficient
Describes the main topics of the lunch-and-learn session, including continuum of care, care quality, and operational approach.
Basic
Identifies the main topics of the lunch-and-learn session, including continuum of care, care quality, and operational approach.
Non-Performance
Does not identify the main topics of the lunch-and-learn session, including continuum of care, care quality, and operational approach.
Faculty Comments:
You have identified some of the main topics of the lunch-and-learn session, including a continuum of care, care quality, and operational approach. To fully meet these criteria include substantive content that thoroughly describes the main topics of the lunch-and-learn session, including a continuum of care, care quality, and operational approach, and is supported by current scholarly or professional sources.
The United States healthcare system is in the midst of rapid change. The passage of the Affordable Care Act has accelerated the transition from fee-for-service reimbursement models to payment models that reward providers for better outcomes and efficient delivery of care. Meanwhile, the number of Americans with at least one chronic health condition is rising. A Commonwealth Fund International Survey found that 23% of patients with a chronic illness saw four or more doctors over the last year and 46% reported taking four or more prescriptions on a regular basis. These patients have higher than average healthcare utilization rates, making the management of their care particularly vital, yet complicated. The successful management of patients with chronic conditions requires care that is well-coordinated between providers, patients, and the care team. The Institute of Medicine has remarked that care coordination â��has the potential to improve effectiveness, safety, and efficiency of the American health care systemâ�� and can result in higher survival rates, fewer emergency department visits, and lower medication costs. Furthermore, a Health Affairs policy brief found that the lack of coordinated care is costly and created $25 to $45 billion in wasteful spending in 2011 through avoidable complications and unnecessary hospital admissions.
References:
Pierson, and S. Applebaum, New 2011 Survey of Patients with Complex Care Needs in 11 Countries Finds That Care Is Often Poorly Coordinated, Health Affairs Web First, Nov. 9, 2011.
�Care Coordination;� Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, downloaded February 1, 2015, http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention- chronic-care/improve/coordination/
The benefits cited by the American Nurses Association (AHA) apply to care coordination provided by nurses. �The Value of Nursing Care Coordination;� AHA, June 2012, p. 2.
Improving Care Transitions;� Health Affairs, Sept. 13, 2012, http://www.healthaffairs.org/healthpolicybriefs/ brief.php?brief_id=76
CRITERION
Summarize peer-reviewed articles that separately discuss the continuum of patient care, care quality, and operational approach.
Your result:Â Basic
Distinguished
Analyzes peer-reviewed articles that separately discuss the continuum of patient care, care quality, and operational approach, and draws conclusions based on information contained in at least two of the articles.
Proficient
Summarizes peer-reviewed articles that separately discuss the continuum of patient care, care quality, and operational approach.
Basic
Identifies peer-reviewed articles that separately discuss the continuum of patient care, care quality, and operational approach.
Non-Performance
Does not identify peer-reviewed articles that separately discuss the continuum of patient care, care quality, and operational approach.
Faculty Comments:
Some summarize peer-reviewed articles that separately discuss the continuum of patient care, care quality, and operational approach.is noted. To fully meet these criteria include substantive content that thoroughly analyzes peer-reviewed articles that separately discuss the continuum of patient care, care quality, and operational approach, and draws conclusions based on information contained in the articles.
INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEMS (IDSs) is a network of organizations that provides or arranges to provide a coordinated continuum of services to a defined population and is willing to be held clinically and fiscally accountable for the outcomes and health status of the population serviced. Effective treatment over the continuum of care requires attention to many moving parts. Not only does the medical care need to be coordinated between a variety of providers, the financing and record-keeping must also be efficient and accessible. The advent of electronic health records managed care (quality of care), and payer networks have helped the logistics involved in supporting the continuum of care.
COMPETENCY 2
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others.
CRITERION
Write with minimal grammar, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
Your result:Â Distinguished
Distinguished
Writes with superior grammar, usage, spelling, and mechanics.
Proficient
Writes with minimal grammar, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
Basic
Writes with some grammar, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
Non-Performance
Writes with many grammar, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
Faculty Comments:
Your submission is written with minimal grammar, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
CRITERION
Apply proper APA formatting and citation style as required.
Your result:Â Distinguished
Distinguished
Applies flawless APA formatting and citation style.
Proficient
Applies proper APA formatting and citation style as required.
Basic
Applies inconsistent APA formatting and citation style.
Non-Performance
Does not apply APA formatting and citation style.
Faculty Comments:
You have applied proper APA formatting and citation style as required.
