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Why is it important to involve all sectors, public, private, and nonprofit in a coordinated effort? If this is not done, what might be the limitations of the response?
Discuss how monitoring disease and events are an essential element of preparedness. Give an example from recent events or outbreaks around the world.
Why are we concerned about quality in the field of public health?
Define quality in public health and discuss the quality aims. Can you identify public health programs that achieve some of the quality aims?
How can we apply the quality aims to improve public health systems?
Explain why an intersectoral approach to health is essential in today’s world. Who would you include in an intersectoral initiative to address obesity in your community?
Describe components of the National Quality Strategy and National Prevention Strategy.
What role do the Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators play in advancing quality?
Discuss examples of quality chasms presented in this chapter. Are you aware of other quality gaps to improve individual or population health?
What is the value of leading health indicators? Have we seen improvement in some of these indicators over time?
Discuss the major milestones of quality in health systems. What do you consider as being the missing elements in milestones for public health quality?
What is meant by the phrase, “continuous quality improvement”?
Explain the value of using the Expanded Chronic Care Model. Can you apply this to any work you are currently or have previously been involved with?
What are three major healthcare quality measurement systems and what purpose do they serve?
What is system design? Do you see a need to redesign the current health system? Why?
What is global health, and why should we study it in a public health administration course?
Identify and discuss major challenges in global health. Are there any you would like to add that have not been addressed in this text? Please give examples.
Why is globalization such a significant force shaping global health?How might this be even more significant in the future?
What are health systems building blocks, and why would they be considered “critical success factors” for global health development?
Read Box 27.2 then discuss how working in public health in a border region might be a challenge. What would you do as a public health administrator to assure a more effective workforce? Give examples
Discuss the concept of public health as a public good. What does this suggest about the responsibility for funding and overseeing public health programs?
How has governmental oversight of public health programs changed in the last several decades?
What are some of the mechanisms through which the federal government funds and oversees state and local public health efforts?
How has the CDC’s scientific agenda changed in recent years? Discuss what factors you think may be driving this change.
What might be some of the benefits and disadvantages of the two major types of state health agency organizational structures?
How does home rule authority affect a state health agency’s ability to direct public health activities in local jurisdictions?
Do you think clinical primary care functions should be distinguished from more traditional public health agency responsibilities?
How do nongovernmental organizations contribute to public health efforts?
What might be some of the challenges in pursuing a “health in all policies” approach?
How do you think maintenance of the U.S. public health infrastructure might be achieved in an era of fiscal restraint?
Discuss the importance of understanding public health law.
Identify two examples of key legislation pertaining to public health and describe them.
What is the purpose of public health law reform?
What are the guidelines for public health law reform? Describe and discuss.
What role do federal agencies have in public health law?
What is the role of state health agencies? How does this differ from the federal?
Interview a law professor at your university to assess their understanding of public health law or their perspective on health reform.
What is the definition of public health finance?
Describe fiscal federalism.
Discuss the role of federal agencies in the distribution of federal funding.
Describe how public health services are funded at the state and local levels.
Describe the variability of public health funding at the state and local levels.
List some of the most common activities of local public health agencies.
What is the role of financial management in public health agencies?
Describe the selection of public health financial management competencies for nonfinancial managers as provided in the chapter.
What are some critical steps in the grant-management process?
What is the definition of the public health workforce? Give some examples of the type of agencies in which they work.
Give examples of the professions that encompass the public health workforce and discuss the primary essential services they carry out.
Given present trends, where are employment opportunities for public health professionals most likely to arise in the coming years?
What knowledge and skills are likely to be needed by public health workers in the future that are different from those of the past?
The number and type of the public health workers needed depends on such factors as the health priorities of the population, the availability of healthcare services, and the social and political
Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right?
In the last 7 days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work?
Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel my job is important?
In the last 6 months, has someone at work talked to me about my progress?
This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and grow?
What is service-oriented computing and how does it apply to health information systems?
What are the core concepts of information systems architecture?
What are the three major network types used in public health?
What are the key elements of the HIPAA Security Rule?
How might cloud computing principles be applied to public health information systems?
Define public health and define population health. How are the two concepts related?
What are the core functions of public health?
Describe the 10 essential services of public health.
What is systems thinking, and why is it useful for public health?
What are the tasks and processes managers are commonly involved in?
Identify several core competencies needed by public health managers and leaders. How does your degree program address these?
What is Healthy People 2020 and what does it seek to accomplish?How might it serve to guide public health administrators in their program planning?
Identify 10 milestones in the evolution of public health and discuss each one.
Describe the focus of the various Institute of Medicine reports discussed in this chapter.
How does public health align with the nation’s founding principles?
Describe the public health elements of the Affordable Care Act.
As a future public health administrator, why do you feel it is important to know the history presented in this chapter? What are some emerging challenges that you might face in your public health
As a cross-disciplinary exercise, choose an event you studied in one of your history classes and revisit it from a public health perspective.What did you learn?
Provide a critical assessment of the impact of public health on population health.
What is the relationship between public health and social determinants of health?
Provide examples to illustrate the influences of public health on the social determinants of health.
What is the relationship between public health and public policy?
What is the purpose of the Healthy People initiative? How does the Healthy People initiative advance population health and reduce health disparities?
What are the challenges facing the U.S. public health system infrastructure? How can these challenges be overcome?
Suppose that you have a talented scientist temporarily working for you on a client contract who is due to be transferred back to her regular job. Although you could do without her efforts at this
The chairman of Cadbury Schweppes PLC, G.A.H.Cadbury suggests (1987) the following test for an ethical action:Would you be embarrassed to have it described in the newspaper? Is this a sufficient test
Human and political factors loom large in the success of projects. Given the general lack of coverage of this subject in engineering and science education, how might a PM gain the ability to deal
A disadvantage of the projectized organization has to do with the tendency of project professionals to fall behind in areas of technical expertise not used on the project.Name several ways that a
Task 5-C is the critical, pacing task of a rush project. Fred always nitpicks anything that comes his way, slowing it down, driving up its costs, and irritating everyone concerned.Normally, Fred
The chapter describes the problems of budgeting for S-shaped and J-shaped life-cycle projects. What might be the budgeting characteristics of a project with a straight line life cycle?LO6
Top administrators in a university hospital have approved a project to improve the efficiency of the pharmaceutical services department by the end of the fiscal year to satisfy new state regulations
Medidata Inc. has identified three risk opportunities for their new medical database project. One is an opportunity to extend the database to include doctors as well as hospitals.This has a
Given the following network,LO1a. What is the critical path?b. How long will it take to complete this project?c. Can activity B be delayed without delaying the completion of the project? If so, how
The following chart was prepared at the beginning of a HRM (Human Resource Management) crash hiring project.The project begins with two activities: Assemble interview team (A) and Budget resources
The following network is a compressed representation of the prospectus of a start-up firm that plans to develop a new, bioelectronic computer chip.LO1Note that four activities, the biological
Given the schedule in Table B for a liability work package done as part of an accounting audit in a corporation, find:LO1a. The critical path.b. The slack time on “process confirmations.”c. The
In the website development project network shown in the following figure, the number alongside each activity designates the activity duration (TE) in weeks.LO1Determine:a. The ES and LS for each
Given the following information regarding a project concerning an initial public offering (IPO),LO1a. Draw the network.b. What is the critical path?c. When will the offering be available (completion
Given the following project to landscape a new building site,a. Draw a Gantt chart using MSP.b. Find the critical path and project duration in days.c. Given that each resource is assigned 100 percent
A software development project at day 70 exhibits an actual cost of $78,000 and a scheduled cost of $84,000. The software manager estimates a value completed of $81,000. What are the cost and
A project to develop a county park has an actual cost in month 17 of $350,000, a planned cost of $475,000, and a value completed of $300,000. Find the cost and schedule variances and the three
A project to develop technology training seminars is 5 days behind schedule at day 65. It had a planned cost of $735,000 for this point in time, but the actual cost is only $550,000.Estimate the
Given an activity in an advertising project whose planned cost was $12,000 but actual cost to date is $10,000 so far and the value completed is only 70 percent, calculate the cost and schedule
For the following test marketing project at week 6:a. Ignore the far right “% Complete” column, and using the 50–50 percent completion rule for PV and EV, calculate the cost, schedule, and time

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