While challenges in recruiting and retaining healthcare professionals have affected the country for decades, COVID-19 has made this complicated issue even more pressing. Through well-coordinated forecasting, Governors’ offices can predict the needs and demographic distribution of the healthcare workforce and initiate interventions.

1. How prepared are we to manage/redeploy staff in the event of a critical incident that disrupts business operations?
2. How can we as leaders encourage staff to invest in the organization’s success?
3. Do you believe staff demonstrate the value and behaviors necessary for healthcare organizations to be successful?

Locate a health insurer in Saudi Arabia or visit the Council of Cooperative Health Insurance’s website. Evaluate the information on their website. Discuss whether there were any terms or issues you found confusing on the website. Now consider the point of view of a potential insured, who are not likely to work in the healthcare industry or have knowledge of health insurance.  What terms might someone who is not in the healthcare industry find confusing? Recommend solutions to provide a greater understanding of health insurance terms for potential insureds.

You have a 46 y/o African American female with diagnosis of myocardial infarction, hyperlipidemia and hypertension.  She was started on simvastatin 40 mg for her hyperlipidemia and metoprolol tartrate 25 mg twice daily for cardiac protection and hypertension.  She remains hypertensive at 152/88.  Which medication class would you consider for her hypertension? 

• List the following for each of the 6 major antihypertensive drug classes (ACE inhibitor, Calcium Channel Blocker, Beta Blocker, ARB, loop diuretic, and thiazide) 
  • Drug Classification
  • Name of one drug in the classification
  • Mechanism of Action
  • Side effects 
  • Contraindications
  • Drug Interaction