Psychiatric Clinic Cost Integration

This assignment focuses on integrating primary and psychiatric care within a small psychiatric clinic. The objective is to analyze the financial implications of this integration, considering factors like insurance reimbursement rates, cost-efficiency of combined care models, and patient affordability. The student must develop a plan to assess these costs, potentially involving collaboration with insurance companies and accounting professionals. The emphasis is on understanding the financial feasibility and potential impact on patient access to affordable healthcare.

Learning Contract
Student Name and Telephone #: ___________________________________________
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You may develop as many objectives as you like to meet each course objective. Please provide
rationale in Associated Learning Activities as to how the learning activities will assist in meeting
the objective(s). It is appropriate to focus on activities for those objectives about which you
know the least.
Objectives and Learning Activities for Practicum: Date
Completed
Course Objective 1: Demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills in evidence-
based advanced practice to promote and improve health care delivery systems and
practise applications.
Objective(s)
To encourage and comprehend research that support evidence-based
practice aimed at enhancing health care to all the people in the world which
will eventually form a pool of advanced knowledge.
To put into action analytical methodologies that will facilitate evaluation
and establishment of health procedures for the clinical situations, practice
environment, and the health prosion system;
To avail, use, manage, and take care the state of science information and
technology and healthcare information systems which form the basis of
evidence in the health practice.

Associated Learning Activities
Integrating the use of scientific evidence from research, professional
virtues, and proper decision-making in all the nursing practice and
healthcare provision.
Assuming leadership positions in the advancement of excellence in clinical
care and health care provision systems through advanced practise roles in
the practice, education, or management settings
Collaborating with multidisciplinary peers in the provision, evaluation, and
quality improvement of health care, health improvement, practice theories
and health procedures for individuals and all the people
Outcomes
An outline of appropriate research outcomes into products that can be used
such as necessary practice requirements. Eventually, more creative methods
of treating diseases will be established.
Professional opinion leaders will partner with the healthcare organizations
and distribute information that will form the basis of reactions such as in
the paramount elements for discharge teaching for hospitalized patient
Course Objective 2:
Integrate organizational and system leadership skills, communication expertise and
collaborative skills within the healthcare delivery system to develop, implement and
evaluate best practices for health promotion, intervention, and delivery of care.
2.1 Analyze legal, fiscal, and regulatory influences in professional practice and
health care delivery systems.

2.2 Analyze and monitor cost effectiveness of clinical decisions and quality of health
economic studies.
Objective(s)
To minimize the costs associated with the acquisition of health services in
order to allow all the persons in the world access medical services.
To ensure the appropriation in aid generated by the hospitals is enough to
keep on evolving in the sector for quality service delivery (Gilead, 2008)
.To purchase health equipment that is of quality and affordable for easing
the treatment of patients.
Associated Learning Activities
Collecting some fee from the patients coming in the clinics to ensure
sustainability of the health sector. The money can then be used to better the
quality of health and delivery of services.
Linking with health engineers to access medical equipment that is
customized for specific diseases dialysis and treatment.
Studying on the use medical equipment. This activity is meant to make the
practitioners more knowledgeable on the proper use, maintenance and
application of these facilities.
Outcomes
Faster attendance of patients visiting the clinics whether on emergency or
routine checkups because of the equipment installed in these facilities.
More effective and efficient services in the hospitals that is sustainable over
time and available for all the people in all the walks of life.
Course Objective 3:

Promote optimal health care through individual, family, population and systems
perspectives to diverse populations using varied delivery models and healthcare
applications.
Objective(s)
To provide patient-centered care, that is, making the patient the center of
attention by listening to them, acting on their recommendations swiftly and
educating them accordingly.
To act in work in interdisciplinary teams bearing in mind health is an open
system that draws from many other disciplines and requires them for
quality services.
To provide a model of healthcare application for the family, population and
systems perspectives to the entire human race all over the world.
Associated Learning Activities
Employing evidence-based practice which involves integrating research
and the expertise to come up with diversified methods of treating the
various diseases that are not only resistant but also mutative.
Utilization of informatics, that is managing knowledge, mitigating errors
and support decision making using information technology.
Outcomes
A database of health records can be established which will facilitate further
research and development of the health practice.
Optimal health care will be achieved to all the persons in the world with
quality care at an affordable prices’

Course Objective 4:
Provide and advocate for optimal direct and indirect healthcare provision in the
context of professional ethics, cultural diversity, legal parameters, and social justice.
4.1 Design models/processes to address practice economic issues, incorporating
access, advocacy, cost efficacy, and quality parameters.
Objective(s)
To provide optimal direct and indirect health care provisions for all the
patients regardless of their origin or social status.
To ensure conformity to the relevant rules and regulations governing the
delivery of medical services to the patients.
To advocate for observation of professional ethics relating to medical
practitioners in order to establish a code that can be followed even in future
by other upcoming professionals.
Associated Learning Activities
Create an ideal model of quality service and that can be applied in an ideal
world. Coming up with such a model acts as a threshold of checking the
viability of current systems
Gathering information relating to ethical practices that guide medical
practitioners to come up with a revised set that is applicable to all the
practitioners in the health sector.
Outcomes
Ethical practice enhanced in the medical sector
Access to health services to all to all the people regardless of their

background or status (White, 2015).
References
Glied, S. (2008). Health Care financing Efficiency and Equity. National Bureau of Economics,
98-109.
White, F. (2015). Primary Health Care and Public Health Foundation. Med Princ, 11-19.
I work a small psychiatric clinic who runs by nurse practitioners. This clinic mainly see
psychiatric patients but now they want to see also medical patients; those who have diabetes and
hypertension. Evidence show is a goo to combine both so the clinicians don’t miss crucial

information. Some psychiatric patients don’t like to see their primacy care doctors so is a good
idea to capture them while they are in the clinic.
Teacher’s recommendations for the objectives:
You need to make sure you are focusing your attention on the cost of things. Patient needs are
secondary for this exercise. Focus your attention on the cost of care and how it relates to
incorporation of primary care with psy care. Your objective should be related to financial
outcomes. For example, what are you planning to do in your search of medial records? Are you
planning to spend time with an insurance company to see what they pay for and why? Not
entirely sure how your learning activities relate to cost of care? Also, increase quality of life care
is a great outcome for this project you can say you are spending time with Insurance and
accounting folks to learn what they do.