997 Search Results for Quality Improvement in Health Care
1. How does or can HIT influence costs, quality, or access?
Health information technology (HIT) utilization, in the words of Shekelle, Morton, and Keeler (2006), “has been promoted as having tremendous promise in improving the efficiency, cost- Continue Reading...
Diabetes is one of the major non-communicable diseases today. In the U.S., approximately 9% of the general population have diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes, with a further 37% estimated to be pre-diabetic (CDC, 2016). The disease increasingly impose Continue Reading...
HP2020 ('Healthy People 2020') initiative is reducing health gaps in America. Much controversy exists with regard to what the term 'health disparities' actually refers to. Disparities are largely witnessed on the basis of socioeconomi Continue Reading...
Evaluation Plan for a Cardiovascular Disease Prevention ProgramIntroductionThe escalating burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among people of color in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, presents a critical public health challenge. In response to this, a tar Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act
What is the ACA?
The 2010 Affordable Care Act or the PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - HR3590), nicknamed Obamacare, is the latest American healthcare reform legislation. The PPACA encompasses the Patient Prot Continue Reading...
Black Americans SDOHBlack Americans face significant challenges across various Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), which critically impact their overall well-being and quality of life. These challenges are deeply rooted in systemic inequalities and Continue Reading...
health promotion strategies that can be implemented upon the predictive characteristics of the family.
My health promotion strategy program will center around a Cuban-American family called the Garcias whose primary health issues center on hyperten Continue Reading...
Introduction
Since 1986, the World Health Organization has promoted a Healthy Communities/Healthy Cities initiative, also known as the Alliance for Healthy Cities, with hundreds of participating municipalities across the world (Hancock, 1993; World Continue Reading...
A. Identify a current nursing practice within your healthcare setting that requires change.HIS in Nursing practice1. Describe the current nursing practice.HMISs (Health Management Information Systems) are included among the building blocks vital to s Continue Reading...
Quality, cost-competitiveness, customer service and first-to-market are all essential determinants to global commercial success. All sectors of the economic market are obliged to reduce costs and production times while increasing profits and market Continue Reading...
Health Care Changes
Over the past two to three decades there have been dramatic changes in the healthcare system globally, largely due to the improvements in technology, stakeholder expectations and increased globalization and access to care. Many o Continue Reading...
For example, personnel integrity, confidence, organizational culture, motivation, team spirit and the overall quality of business and employee relationships.
According to this approach, if any one of these four aforementioned aspects are lacking or Continue Reading...
These competitors include the two large hospitals in the region, several freestanding physician-owned centers offering urgent care, ambulatory surgical services and imaging as well as the small psychiatric care facility which offers inpatient drug a Continue Reading...
Commitment to Self-ImprovementIntroduction(Left Blank)Personal Mission and VisionThe vision statement is the description of an individuals desired future state as they picture it in their mind (Carrier, 2017). A personal mission, on the other hand, i Continue Reading...
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1. The Impact of Health Insurance on Access to Healthcare:
Examine how health insurance coverage affects individuals' ability to access medical services, preventive care, and manage chronic diseases. Discu Continue Reading...
Informatics and Nursing Quality Sensitive IndicatorsIntroduction: Nursing-Sensitive Quality IndicatorThe National Database of Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators (NDNQI) is a tool designed to help nurses track and improve the quality of care they pr Continue Reading...
Diabetes and Self-Care Ability of High School Diabetics
The diabetes menace has become on of the central health challenges that ail our contemporary society. The trends have change significantly over the last 50 years and now the high school populat Continue Reading...
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1. The Role of Health Information Management (HIM) Operations Managers in Ensuring Data Integrity:
This essay will explore the critical function of HIM Operations Managers in maintaining the accuracy, con Continue Reading...
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1. The Role of Preventative Care in Health Promotion:
This essay would explore the concept of preventative care as a vital component of health promotion, discussing how interventions like vaccinations, Continue Reading...
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1. The Impact of Technology on Health Culture:
This essay would explore how technological advancements have influenced health culture, including the rise of wearables and health apps that promote fitn Continue Reading...
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1. The Role of Technology in HIMS Operations Management:
Explore how technological advancements have transformed the responsibilities and daily tasks of a HIMS Operations Manager.
2. Leadership and Team Continue Reading...
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1. The Rise of Wellness Culture in the 21st Century: A Critical Analysis:
This essay can examine the surge in health-conscious behaviors and wellness rituals that characterize modern society. It would explore the socioeconom Continue Reading...
Health policy and initiatives are used to guide and direct my clinical practice as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) by directing my work towards the Triple Aim of healthcare: 1) improved care, 2) improved health and 3) at lower cost (Hain & Fleck Continue Reading...
Improving Customer Service on a Medical Surgical Nursing Unit
Quality Improvment Project-Customer service on the nursing unit
The hospital medical-surgical nursing unit is usually referred to as the "catch-all" department for different types of pat Continue Reading...
communication and best practices or standards are very simple yet when not addressed may cause complex problems that require serious modification. Quality improvement within certain aspects of the medical professional landscape may be extremely bene Continue Reading...
Caring for the Old
The End of Life Care
End of life care refers to the total care of a person that has an advanced illness that is incurable and does not equate with death. This end of life care can last for a number of weeks, months or even years Continue Reading...
PPACA Nurse
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Impact on Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing: The National Quality Strategy
The recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), a landmark and controversial piece of Continue Reading...
. Is one technology clinically better than anotherAdvanced malignant melanoma has seven primarily drug treatments. Health technology assessments have been used to compare the effectiveness of each drug. The primary considerations are the overall surv Continue Reading...
Kaiser Permanente Quality Assurance Program
Kaiser Permanente
Facility description. Kaiser Permanente is a healthcare organization that had its origins in the pre-war industrial sector. The program offered health care for workers in the steel mills Continue Reading...
Among the most important aspects to the health promotion plan will be the benefits associated with a care manager, who can ensure that all six core elements of CCM are implemented fully. If this is accomplished, there should be a significant reducti Continue Reading...
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Some of the principles of ethics that physicians are expected to abide by include:
dedication providing competent medical care, with compassion and respect for human dignity and rights (Principles of medic Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership Issues
Reflect on how you would create a safe environment in a healthcare setting by applying the 4 characteristics of a culture of safety. They are:
• Psychological safety. People know their concerns will be openly received Continue Reading...
Healthcare Legislation
According to a research focused on examining elderly persons' health status for individual states, an aging population with better life expectancy, but increasing prevalence of chronic ailments like obesity and diabetes indica Continue Reading...
Healthcare Economics and Perspective of Sociology
Five years from now, the ACA will improve American health care delivery as well as reduce costs of health care services. Health insurance coverage reforms will uphold the principles of ACA through nu Continue Reading...
Health Promotion Program Proposal
Sexual violence has been a longstanding issue around the world. Women and children face rape, molestation, sexual assault each year. In the United States alone, the annual national average for rape and sexual assaul Continue Reading...
Health Policy Analysis Contract Employment and Quality Improvement
Health Policy Analysis on Contract Employment and Quality Improvement
The authors discussed the reasons why contract employment and outsourcing have become attractive in various org Continue Reading...
Nursing InformaticsWhat is Nursing Informatics?Nursing Informatics (NI) unites nursing science, computer science, and information science in the management of data, information, knowledge, and ultimately wisdom and decision-making in nursing. The goa Continue Reading...