Discussion 1.:

• Specific Rules for Discussions

1. Each post must be at least 130 words long or it receives no credit. Only the first initial postings and the first response postings meeting the 130-word requirement will be graded.

2. The initial posting must be submitted by Thursday night at 11:59 pm EST. The response's postings are due Sunday night at 11:59 pm.

3. First Initial & response's postings must include at least two references - one internal (course readings, course modules, primers, webliography, etc.) and one external (other authoritative sources beyond our course material)

Note: No wiki or blog references

Topic:

Discussion 2: Health Services Research and Research Question

Part A:

The goal of health services research is to acquire and disseminate relevant evidence that can advance population health, improve health services and inform health policy in governments and organizational policies in health care for this week pick up one of the following areas and discuss:

• What are the major steps in the conceptualization stage of health services research?

• What is Health Services Research? What are the overall goals of health system research? What are the functions of health research systems?

• Discuss main components of a research question (this is a general discussion and you can discuss health system research of research as a general term)

• What are the unique characteristics of medical care services compared with other market products or services?

Background:

Ten steps for conceptualizing and conducting qualitative research studies in a pragmatically curious manner

http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR16-6/chenail.pdf

Arrow and the Information Market Failure in Health Care

http://www.smith.edu/econ/documents/ArrowandtheInformationMarketFailure.pdfParticipatory Research Methods: A Methodological Approach in Motion

http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1801/3334

• General Rules for Discussions

• Comply with customary rules of online etiquette

• Do not repeat thoughts already posted by a classmate or your faculty member. Repetitive comments may be deleted and not count toward your participation grade.

• Do not get off topic

• Relate your posts to the course content

• No word count maximum or minimum, brevity is appreciated

• Do not upload a document in a discussion thread

• If referring to a link, please embed it in your post, don't expect your classmates or faculty to copy/paste the link to see it

Topic:

Question 1) How does a health care organization implement a strategic plan? What guidelines should be followed?