In an ideal healthcare delivery system, all patients would have access to affordable, high-quality health
services that are well coordinated to ensure the continuity and comprehensiveness of care. In reality, patients
may have vastly different experiences based on their health problem or injury, the organizations that provide
services close to where they live, and how the health services they need are financed.
Consider, for example, a 56-year-old man who has a hemorrhagic stroke in a rural area of Alaska. What
services will he need through the duration of his recovery experience? Where will he receive care? How will he
pay for the services he needs? Now think about how his situation might compare with that of a 42-year-old
woman in Houston, Texas, who arrives at her annual gynecological exam with symptoms associated with
ovarian cancer. How might the two patients’ experiences compare in terms of care coordination and the
continuity and comprehensiveness of services they receive?

To develop the content for your presentation, record detailed notes as you complete the following steps:
Review the information about the continuum of care and coordination among various health services
organizations in the Resources, including the HIMSS resource, Continuum of Care, and the tables in Chapter 1
of the course text.
Read the Week 3 Assignment Patient Information, and select one hypothetical patient on which to focus for this
Assignment. Assume your selected patient lives in your local area. If you are an international student, you may
choose a geographic area in the United States or use your own location.
Use the pertinent information in Chapters 7, 8, 9, and/or 10 of the Shi and Singh course text and conduct
additional research of your own to analyze specific services your hypothetical patient might need, beginning
with the onset or diagnosis of an illness or injury and concluding with an end-point of your choosing (i.e.,
recovery, symptom management, end of life). Also research the types of organizations that provide those
services.
Investigate the healthcare organizations in your local area. Based on the services your hypothetical patient
needs, select three or four actual settings in which he/she would receive care.
Next, gather information related to the types of insurance each organization accepts. Typically, this would
include Medicare, Medicaid, and various types of insurance programs. What challenges related to payment for
services do you anticipate your selected patient may experience?
Review the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (2014) resource and consider what it means for healthcare to
be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. Based on your hypothetical patient’s needs,
analyze why professionals in healthcare settings need to be aware of the six Institute of Medicine Aims.
Review the resources in the Writing and Library Skills Resource Guide page
Next, prepare to create your presentation using PowerPoint. Examine the Presentation Guidelines and Tips
and the Week 3 Assignment Template (both are located in this week’s Resources).
The Assignment
Download and save the Week 3 Assignment Template. Use the template to create a succinct and engaging
PowerPoint presentation. Include the following:
Title slide
Introduction slide
5–7 content slides*
Describe the patient you have selected (including his or her health problem/injury) and identify the geographic
area where this patient is located.
Analyze the continuum of care, including specific services the patient may require from three or four actual
settings.
Describe a potential challenge related to payment for services this patient may encounter.
Explain why professionals in your selected settings need to be aware of the six Institute of Medicine Aims.
Include research and information in the speaker notes section of your presentation. For more information on
adding speaker notes, refer to the Learning Resources.
References slide
Include all resources (a minimum of 4) used to develop your presentation and follow APA guidelines.

• Apply the design principles included in Presentation Guidelines and Tips to develop a professional
  presentation. On your content slides, use a combination of text, photos, graphs, maps, links to websites, and/or
  other visual elements to convey the information. Create presenter notes of a few sentences to accompany
  each slide in a way that supports (rather than duplicates) the information presented visuall