BACKGROUND: Before starting this assignment, please view these videos: How Do Vaccines Prevent Illness? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abBpWqFV7kw Preventive Care https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rkVBh8wV14 CASE ASSIGNMENT: Use information from the modular background readings as well as any good quality resource you can find. Cite all sources and provide a reference list at the end of your paper. The following items/requirements/questions will be assessed: Part 1: Discuss the following: The nature of the problem associated with physician awareness and education and physician involvement in quality assurance processes. Concentrate your efforts on how physicians are educated. Or aren’t they educated on this process? The steps taken to increase provider awareness and active involvement in the quality assurance process. What works and what does not. Your recommendations for further or continued improvements. Part 2: The following items/requirements/questions will be assessed in particular: Managed care philosophy and initiatives directed at prevention and health maintenance. The nature of the problem of vaccinations and access to vaccines relative to prevention and health maintenance. The steps taken to improve quality. What works and what does not. Your recommendations for further or continued improvements. REQUIREMENTS: Support your assignment with peer-reviewed articles, with at least 3-4 references. Use the following link for additional information on how to recognize peer-reviewed journals:  http://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php. Cite all sources and provide a reference list at the end of your paper. LENGTH: 5-6 Pages EXTRA READINGS: Cleverley, W. O., & Cleverley, J. O. (2017). Essentials of health care finance . Jones & Bartlett Learning. Eby, A. Z. (2017). Impacting parental vaccine decision-making. Pediatric Nursing , 43(1), 22. Ghahramanian, A., Rezaei, T., Abdullahzadeh, F., Sheikhalipour, Z., & Dianat, I. (2017). Quality of healthcare services and its relationship with patient safety culture and nurse-physician professional communication. Health Promotion Perspectives , 7(3), 168-174. doi:10.15171/hpp.2017.30. Gurley, K. L., Wolfe, R. E., Burstein, J. L., Edlow, J. A., Hill, J. F., & Grossman, S. A. (2016). Use of Physician Concerns and Patient Complaints as Quality Assurance Markers in Emergency Medicine. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine , 17(6), 749. Hines, A. L., Raetzman, S. O., Barrett, M. L., Moy, E., & Andrews, R. M. (2017). Managed care and inpatient mortality in adults: effect of primary payer. BMC Health Services Research , 17(1), 121. Hu, T., Decker, S. L., & Chou, S. Y. (2016). Medicaid pay for performance programs and childhood immunization status. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 50(5), S51-S57. Hurley, L. P., Lindley, M. C., Allison, M. A., Crane, L. A., Brtnikova, M., Beaty, B. L., . . . Kempe, A. (2017). Primary care physicians’ perspective.

1. BACKGROUND: Before starting this assignment, please view
these videos:
How Do Vaccines Prevent Illness?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abBpWqFV7kw
Preventive Care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rkVBh8wV14
CASE ASSIGNMENT:
Use information from the modular background readings as well
as any good quality resource you can find. Cite all sources and
provide a reference list at the end of your paper.
The following items/requirements/questions will be assessed:
Part 1: Discuss the following:
The nature of the problem associated with physician awareness
and education and physician involvement in quality assurance
processes. Concentrate your efforts on how physicians are
educated. Or aren’t they educated on this process?
The steps taken to increase provider awareness and active
involvement in the quality assurance process.
What works and what does not.
Your recommendations for further or continued improvements.

2. Part 2: The following items/requirements/questions will be
assessed in particular:
Managed care philosophy and initiatives directed at prevention
and health maintenance.
The nature of the problem of vaccinations and access to
vaccines relative to prevention and health maintenance.
The steps taken to improve quality.
What works and what does not.
Your recommendations for further or continued improvements.
REQUIREMENTS:
Support your assignment with peer-reviewed articles, with at
least 3-4 references. Use the following link for additional
information on how to recognize peer-reviewed journals:
http://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php.
Cite all sources and provide a reference list at the end of your
paper.
LENGTH: 5-6 Pages
EXTRA READINGS:
Cleverley, W. O., & Cleverley, J. O. (2017).
Essentials of health care finance
. Jones & Bartlett Learning.

3. Eby, A. Z. (2017). Impacting parental vaccine decision-making.
Pediatric Nursing
, 43(1), 22.
Ghahramanian, A., Rezaei, T., Abdullahzadeh, F.,
Sheikhalipour, Z., & Dianat, I. (2017). Quality of healthcare
services and its relationship with patient safety culture and
nurse-physician professional communication.
Health Promotion Perspectives
, 7(3), 168-174. doi:10.15171/hpp.2017.30.
Gurley, K. L., Wolfe, R. E., Burstein, J. L., Edlow, J. A., Hill,
J. F., & Grossman, S. A. (2016). Use of Physician Concerns and
Patient Complaints as Quality Assurance Markers in Emergency
Medicine.
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
, 17(6), 749.
Hines, A. L., Raetzman, S. O., Barrett, M. L., Moy, E., &
Andrews, R. M. (2017). Managed care and inpatient mortality in
adults: effect of primary payer.
BMC Health Services Research
, 17(1), 121.
Hu, T., Decker, S. L., & Chou, S. Y. (2016). Medicaid pay for
performance programs and childhood immunization status.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine,
50(5), S51-S57.
Hurley, L. P., Lindley, M. C., Allison, M. A., Crane, L. A.,
Brtnikova, M., Beaty, B. L., . . . Kempe, A. (2017). Primary
care physicians’ perspective on financial issues and adult
immunization in the era of the affordable care act.
Vaccine
, 35(4), 647-654. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.12.007.

4. Lwembe, S., Green, S. A., Tanna, N., Connor, J., Valler, C., &
Barnes, R. (2016). A qualitative evaluation to explore the
suitability, feasibility and acceptability of using a 'celebration
card' intervention in primary care to improve the uptake of
childhood vaccinations.
BMC Family Practice
, 17(1), 101. doi:10.1186/s12875-016-0497-9.
Pannick, S., Sevdalis, N., & Athanasiou, T. (2016). Beyond
clinical engagement: A pragmatic model for quality
improvement interventions, aligning clinical and managerial
priorities.
BMJ Quality & Safety
, 25(9), 716-725. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004453.
Skillman, M., Cross‐Barnet, C., Singer, R. F., Ruiz, S.,
Rotondo, C., Ahn, R., . . . Moiduddin, A. (2017;2016;).
Physician engagement strategies in care coordination: Findings
from the centers for medicare & medicaid services’ health care
innovation awards program.
Health Services Research
, 52(1), 291-312. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12622
Stoecker, C., Stewart, A. M., & Lindley, M. C. (2017). The cost
of cost-sharing: The impact of medicaid benefit design on
influenza vaccination uptake.
Vaccines
, 5(1), 8. doi:10.3390/vaccines5010008
Websites
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2017). Vaccines and
Immunizations Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/

5. Joint Commission. (2017). Annual report-Improving America's
hospitals: Improving America's Hospitals-the Joint
Commission's annual report on quality and safety. Retrieved
from:
http://www.jointcommission.org/annualreport.aspx
Joint Commission (2017) Improving America’s Hospitals-The
Joint Commission’s Annual Report on Quality and Safety.
Retrieved from Improving America's Hospitals - The Joint
Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012