NURS FPX 6218 Assessment 4 Advocating for Lasting Change Advocating for Lasting Change
The change proposal is being presented to the following stakeholders:
- Project manager
- Villa health executive leaders
- Community residents of the Jordan community
- Funding agencies, both Government and Private entities.
- Healthcare experts
- Nurses, including nurse informaticists.
Stakeholders play a crucial role in implementing the change process in the community (Bonawitz et al., 2020), providing the necessary resources, funding, and material for implementing technology.
NURS FPX 6218 Assessment 4 Advocating for Lasting Change
Policy and Financial Support
Jordan is a small town in Minnesota whose community faces numerous problems in getting medical care that affects their mental health and causes several chronic conditions (Capella University, 2023). The proposed change for the Jordan community is implementing telehealth technology within the community center, which needs policy changes and financial support from government and private organizations for a successful implementation.
Telehealth technology provides cost-effective remote access to medical care for all community members in Jordan, but it needs support and funds for successful implementation (Ganesh et al., 2020). The policies that apply to the proposed change are governmental organizations, such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicare, and Medicaid policies (Carey et al., 2020). These policies will help provide affordable expansion and insurance programs for the low-socioeconomic group who cannot afford medical care.
Policy Change and Fundings Needed
Jordan’s community center and healthcare services also need more medical care access resources (Capella University, 2023). As a result, they cannot afford the change proposal and require funding from external government and private sources to manage telehealth technology and healthcare staff for remote care access. The survey results also indicated that the people in the Jordan community belong to a low-socioeconomic group and cannot afford medical care (City of Jordan, 2021). Appropriate funding will assist in implementing telehealth technology that impacts positive results in providing healthcare and overcomes challenges faced by low-income people.
Challenges or Concerns
Several challenges and barriers to the change proposal include resistance to technology acceptance by the community members due to a lack of knowledge and awareness. The chances of data breaches and security or privacy concerns are also barriers to the change process. Other barriers are the need for more technical assistance in using modern telehealth technology by community members and healthcare staff (Mahoney, 2020). If the problems are not addressed, they will result in challenging situations in managing patients’ health conditions. In addition, hospital readmission rates will increase, resulting in burnout and disturbance in work balance. So, the proposed change must be implemented in the community center of Jordan to overcome the problems.
Assumptions
The Windshield survey result evaluated the need to improve healthcare services for the low-economic groups in the Jordan community (Capella University, 2023). The assumptions supporting the rationale for the current policy change by policymakers, members of the community, or health care providers are the need for medical care access to all community members without any social, racial, or economic differences or biases.
Social Determinants of Health
Social determinants of health are the factors that affect the health and well-being of people (Palmer et al., 2019). These health determinants include living conditions and resources for education and medical care. These factors also include social and physical aspects that affect the health of individuals. The survey results showed that the SDOH for the Jordan community is socioeconomic status, racism, education, and access to medical care services (Capella University, 2023). The differences result in health disparities in getting medical care. These determinants need improvement through telehealth technology to provide equal access to medical care without socio-economic or racial differences.