15 to 20 Powerpoint Slide on the U.S. Healthcare System
Introduction: Include a title slide. Next, include an
introductory slide where you introduce yourself and explain what you are
about to present.
Part I: The U.S. Healthcare System – Define the U.S. healthcare system by addressing the items below:
- Describe the history of the U.S. health care system. Include at
least three of the revolutionary factors (e.g., teacher’s union in
Dallas, Texas; the American Medical Association; Civil War, and the
First Marine Hospital, etc.). Chapter two in our textbook discusses the
evolution of our system and is a good resource for this part of your
presentation. - Identify at least one major development from each of the
following: financial, legal, ethical, regulatory, and social [i.e.,
consumer demand]) that transformed the system into what it is today. You
may want to revisit the health care timelines available in your course
textbook. - Differentiate the stakeholders and their roles (i.e., health
care professionals, clients [patients], government, colleges, and health
care agencies.- Include the positive and negative contributions of how they affect our health care system.
Part II: The Cost of the U.S. Healthcare System
- Describe the costs and how they are set (i.e., reimbursement
methods, managed care organizations, Medicare, Medicaid, and private
insurance). - Explain how technology has affected costs (e.g., EHR, medical
research, equipment improvements like MRI, mammography, etc.) and
delivery of quality care (e.g., personalized medicine, mobile services
like ePrescribing, disease registries, etc.).
Part III: The United States Versus Other Health Care Systems—an International Perspective
- Contrast the U.S. health care system with at least one other
(e.g., Canada’s universal health care vs. U.S. healthcare or South
Africa vs. U.S. health care, etc.).- Include at least one positive aspect from the other
country’s health care system that you would like to see added to the
U.S. healthcare system. Explain why you would like to see this in our
system.
- Include at least one positive aspect from the other
Part IV: Reforms and Improvements
- Describe any potential reforms and improvements that are
currently being discussed at either the local, state, or federal level.
Your work must be based upon scholarly research, not media commentary.- Examples could include the following:
- Federal modifications (i.e., Medicare reform, repealing PPACA, universal type system, etc.)
- State modifications(i.e., Medicaid reform, income tax credits, etc.)
- Increased consumer controls
- Examples could include the following:
Note: The PPACA is not an appropriate reform or improvement to be
described here because it is already law and not a future improvement.
However, if there is a proposal to amend or eliminate, then you can
include that potential reform.
Conclusion: Future of the U.S. healthcare system
- Explain what you believe the U.S. healthcare system will look
like in the next 10 years. Give at least two recommendations for change. - Address access to care, quality of care, and cost of care
including an example of each in your vision of our future healthcare
system.
Creating the Final Presentation
The Final Presentation must:
Be presented using Microsoft PowerPoint slide presentation. You
have a choice of one of the following options for adding the narrative
to your presentation. Option 1 is using voice or Option 2 is adding
speaker notes to each slide.
- Note: if you use the voice option, make sure your
recordings are clear and concise. It is also important to know that
adding voice narrations that are too lengthy and adding graphics may
cause your PPT file to be very large (megabytes). You may have trouble
loading it to Waypoint. Revisions may be necessary if this occurs.
- Speaker notes are the typed notes that appear below the
slide that complement the presentation slides. Whereas the slides will
have short bulleted items, the speaker notes will be more detailed. They
are essentially what the presenter would say during the presentation to
explain each of the bulleted points on the slide. Therefore, it is
important that the speaker notes are concise and detailed when
explaining the bullet points. -
- It is recommended that PowerPoint Slides contain no more
than five bullet points and should not contain more than 5 – 7 words
each. Do not type paragraphs or long sentences on the slide. The
information that explains each bullet point is conveyed via speaker
notes or by recording your voice to each slide. - It is required that the Microsoft PowerPoint presentation
include the use of a voice or speaker notes. If you choose to use the
voice capabilities within PowerPoint, you must include your citations in
the speaker notes for each slide.
- It is recommended that PowerPoint Slides contain no more
- Be visually engaging. For assistance with designing the visuals for your presentation, view the video Don McMillan: Life after death by PowerPoint (click on the following links to view the Accessibility Statement or the Privacy Policy) or the PowerPoint Best Practices tool.
- Include a title slide with the following:
- Title of the presentation
- Student name
- Course name and number
- Instructor name
- Date submitted
- Address the sections in the order outlined above (Introduction, Part I, II, III, and IV).
- Present the issues with critical thought.
- Use at least two scholarly sources (none of which should be
media commentary, at least one should be from the Ashford University
Library). - Document all sources in APA format (including graphics, charts and pictures that may be used within the presentation). Wikimedia Commons is a recommended source for creative commons images (to view the privacy policy, click here).
- Include a separate reference slide formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
