PLEASE ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN ONE THREAD 

Question #1

Science:

In one-two paragraphs, summarize at least one healthcare policy that was adopted and implemented at the organizational level. (Please refrain from  discussions on HIPAA regulations in this forum). 

Application:

Using the scholarly resources in the classroom or UMUC journal articles, create a potential scenario where the policy you selected can benefit a population or healthcare institution. Your scenario should be applicable to one of the policies we learned this week or in other scholarly readings.

Question #2

Theme 1

Patients are essential stakeholders in the evaluation of an organization. Benchmarking is another source of data. Research and present one method of gathering meaningful information to evaluate the operations of a health care organization.