WFM1 — WFM1 TASK 2: TRENDS IN THE ECOSYSTEM
HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEMS — C799 Get Prepared Assignment in 12 hours
PRFA — WFM1
COMPETENCIES
7022.1.1 : Organization of Healthcare Systems
The graduate analyzes the implications of key historic economic, social, and legislative events that
influenced the evolution of medical care in the United States, including the roles of health professionals
and technology in the organization of contemporary healthcare systems.
7022.1.2 : Components and Operation of Healthcare Organizations
The graduate analyzes how the components and operation of healthcare delivery systems across the
continuum of patient care influence cost, access, and quality of care.
7022.1.6 : Trends in Healthcare Delivery
The graduate analyzes how emerging technologies and trends in healthcare informatics and medical
practice, as well as federal government initiatives, impact contemporary healthcare delivery.
INTRODUCTION
Key historic events have influenced today’s healthcare ecosystem by external factors such as legislative
changes, economic consequences, and social trends. Historical events have also changed the role of
healthcare professionals and the way patient care is delivered through the creation of healthcare delivery
systems. As healthcare continues to evolve, government initiatives focus on quality of care at a lower cost
and require healthcare facilities to embrace emerging technology. For this task, you will be expected to
demonstrate your understanding of the evolution of healthcare and the continued impact on today’s
healthcare ecosystem.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the
submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted
or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided
when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
Task Overview Submissions Evaluation Report
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You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed
criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by
more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions
of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides,
OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file
types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
A. Analyze key historic events and the implications of economic, social, and legislative impacts
by doing the following:
1. Discuss how historic events influenced the evolution of medicine.
2. Discuss how historic events influenced the roles of healthcare professionals.
3. Discuss how historic events influenced technology in healthcare.
B. Describe the components of a healthcare delivery system.
1. Explain how operations of a healthcare delivery system influence patient care access.
2. Explain how operations of a healthcare delivery system influence patient care cost.
3. Explain how operations of a healthcare delivery system influence quality of patient care.
C. Analyze trends in healthcare and emerging technological developments by doing the
following:
1. Discuss one federal government initiative related to health informatics.
2. Discuss how emerging technology affects the practice of medicine.
D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted,
paraphrased, or summarized.
E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
File Restrictions
File name may contain only letters, numbers, spaces, and these symbols: ! – _ . * ‘ ( )
File size limit: 200 MB
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RUBRIC
A1:EVOLUTION OF MEDICINE
NOT EVIDENT APPROACHING COMPE- COMPETENT
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A2:ROLES OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
A3:TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE
B:COMPONENTS OF A HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM
B1:PATIENT CARE ACCESS
A discussion is not provided. TENCE
The discussion does not logically address how historic events
influenced the evolution of
medicine.
The discussion logically addresses how historic events influenced the evolution of medicine.
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The discussion does not logically address how historic events
influenced the roles of healthcare professionals.
COMPETENT
The discussion logically addresses how historic events influenced the roles of healthcare
professionals.
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The discussion does not logically address how historic events
influenced technology in
healthcare.
COMPETENT
The discussion logically addresses how historic events influenced technology in healthcare.
NOT EVIDENT
A description is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The description does not logically address the components
of a healthcare delivery system.
COMPETENT
The description logically addresses the components of a
healthcare delivery system.
NOT EVIDENT
An explanation is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The explanation does not logiCOMPETENT
The explanation logically addresses how operations of a
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B2:PATIENT CARE COST
B3:QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE
C1:FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE
C2:EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
cally address how operations of
a healthcare delivery system
influence patient care access.
healthcare delivery system influence patient care access.
NOT EVIDENT
An explanation is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The explanation does not logically address how operations of
a healthcare delivery system
influence patient care cost.
COMPETENT
The explanation logically addresses how operations of a
healthcare delivery system influence patient care cost.
NOT EVIDENT
An explanation is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The explanation does not logically address how operations of
a healthcare delivery system
influence quality of patient
care.
COMPETENT
The explanation logically addresses how operations of a
healthcare delivery system influence quality of patient care.
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The discussion does not logically address 1 federal government initiative related to
health informatics.
COMPETENT
The discussion logically addresses 1 federal government
initiative related to health informatics.
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The discussion does not logically address how emerging techCOMPETENT
The discussion logically addresses how emerging technology affects the practice of medi-
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D:SOURCES
E:PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
nology affects the practice of
medicine.
cine.
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not include both in-text citations and
a reference list for sources that
are quoted, paraphrased, or
summarized.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission includes in-text
citations for sources that are
quoted, paraphrased, or summarized and a reference list;
however, the citations or reference list is incomplete or inaccurate.
COMPETENT
The submission includes in-text
citations for sources that are
properly quoted, paraphrased,
or summarized and a reference
list that accurately identifies the
author, date, title, and source
location as available.
NOT EVIDENT
This submission includes professional communication errors related to spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence
fluency. For best results, please
focus on the specific Correctness errors identified by Grammarly for Education to help
guide your revisions. If you
need additional assistance preparing your submission, please
contact your Instructor.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
This submission includes professional communication errors related to spelling, grammar, punctuation, and/or sentence fluency. For best results,
please focus on the specific
Correctness errors identified
by Grammarly for Education to
help guide your revisions.
COMPETENT
This submission demonstrates
correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence
fluency. You have demonstrated quality professional communication skills in this submission. Get Prepared Assignment
