Analysis of Healthcare Organization: Bellevue Hospital, a member of NYC Health + Hospital System’s

Adress the Bellevue Hospital, a member of NYC Health + Hospital System’s financial incentives and quality improvement processes. Specifically, critique the organization’s population-health-oriented policies, the organization’s approach to care and the extent to which it is patient-centered, and any strategies the organization uses in its population-health approach.

Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:

1. Financial incentives and quality improvement processes
   1. Analyze population health-oriented policies. Be sure to provide evidence to support your claims.
      • Examine policies such as non-discrimination in hiring, care and treatment, Patient Bill of Rights, financial assistance, etc., that the organization may have implemented for reducing costs and improving overall quality.
   2. Assess the extent of the organization’s approach to which care is considered patient-centered. Be sure to cite specific examples to substantiate your claims.
   3. Analyze specific strategies the organization employs to reduce costs and improve overall quality.
      • Examine strategies such as eliminating unnecessary procedures and providing only essential treatments or interventions.
   4. Identify gaps or deficiencies. Provide evidence to support your claims. If you feel there are none, be sure to explain your reasoning.
   • Examine common areas where gaps may exist in the organization’s use of the population health approach in reducing costs and improving quality of care
   5. Recommendations
      1. Recommend appropriate strategies for improving the organization’s cultural competence with regard to patient engagement and communications. Be sure to use research to support your reasoning.
      2. Suggest appropriate health promotion and disease prevention strategies for improving outcomes in terms of population health status. Be sure to use research to justify your suggestions.
      3. Recommend appropriate policies and strategies that increase the organization’s use of a population health approach to reduce costs and improve overall quality of care. Be sure to use research to substantiate your recommendations.