Part 1
Introduction Forum #1: (2 Points) Based on material found in the PowerPoint only, “Introduction to Ambulatory Health Care” answer the following question: What components classify as ambulatory health care? Provide examples.
Part 2
Introduction Forum #2: (2 Points) Based on material found in the PowerPoint only, “Top Ten Issues Facing Ambulatory Healthcare, answer the following question: What current issues do you feel will have the greatest effect on providing ambulatory health care services in a community and why?
Part 3
Today, you can have surgery on your gallbladder, knee, or wrist and be back at home within hours, without ever having checked into a hospital. Fifty years ago, you could expect to be in the hospital for days after delivering a baby. Now, you may be able to go home the same day. Crazy, isn’t it?
Discussion Question Format:
Be sure to answer all questions and the required word count is between 300-400 words or more and must contain at least 3 citations from 2 or more different resources. You may only use academic resources if you are using outside resources, not in the reading list. Always add a reference list.
Citation Reminders:
You must use “quotes” if you copy five or more words exactly.
You should not cite information that everyone knows.
Try to paraphrase information.
Even paraphrasing needs to be cited.
To cite, the author’s last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text, for example, (Jones, 1998), and a complete reference should appear in the reference list at the end of the paper.
Notice that the period goes at the end of the citation.
Discussion Question:
What is Ambulatory care? What type of services are patients treated for in ambulatory care? What setting are ambulatory care performed in? What is not a service of ambulatory care?
This is the book we are using as well
Mayer, G. G., & Barnett, A. E. (1992). Ambulatory Care Management and Practice. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen.
