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IntroductionThe question of introducing a quality improvement plan to treat hypertension in urgent care is crucial, given the current state of hypertension control in the United States. Mills et al. (2020) argue that hypertension is mostly preventabl Continue Reading...
Routine Shaving of the Surgical Site
Select a preoperative procedure (e.g., routine shaving of the surgical site) that you would commonly find on a surgical floor.
Describe the process or procedure you have chosen and why you think it needs change. Continue Reading...
The security rule also requires the physician to train his staff periodically on security policies and procedures and to come up with a contingency plan in cases of calamities like an earthquake, fire or other events that can destroy his information Continue Reading...
Learning Outcome Reflection
Learning Objectives
The first of the two program learning objectives that I believe I have mastered during my tenure at Walden University is No. 3, which specifically states "Analyze social, political, and economic issue Continue Reading...
The comparatively simplistic provider to patient ratios and demand-based estimates cannot accurately predict need; therefore, inefficiencies in the health care system will remain. By comparison, the needs-based model provides at least the possibilit Continue Reading...
Responsibilities of a Multi-Disciplinary Team
Summative Assessment
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Melody a thirty-four-year-old female he was born on March 12th 1989 She is a single woman with no children and lives in Aaron's Hall District in Brooklyn. Continue Reading...
Advanced Practice Nurses and Prescriptive Authority
Though the roles of Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse Educator and Nurse Administrator are all vital to the health care industry, they are not allowed prescriptive authority per se. However, the rol Continue Reading...
Veterans & Retirees; Is Government Keeping its Promise
This study aimed at exploring the experiences and perceptions of Veterans belonging to Lousiana and Mississippi about three variables; the accessibility of organization; the accessibility of Continue Reading...
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Nursing shortage is a problem in many countries. It is often difficult to get trained nurses. While nurses are an integral part of the health care system, a shortage of trained nurses leaves an impact on the health care system.
Due to the shortage o Continue Reading...
Employee turnover and customer satisfaction: a comparison of rural and urban healthcare facilities
Staff turnover within the long-term care industry continues to increase at a significant rate (Castle, 2003). National averages show the overall turn Continue Reading...
The current health care policy is rather business friendly with insurance companies wielding the power in terms of who gets access and who does not. Necessary policy changes include addressing the pre-existing conditions coverage that is really no Continue Reading...
They each get on the phone, pull up the image on computer and discuss the image and the results and what the results indicate.
One recent study measured the productivity benefits of using PACS and the participants, all radiologists estimated there Continue Reading...
Medication Communication
Cliff, Barbara (2012). "Excellence in Patient Satisfaction within a Patient-Centered Culture." Academic journal article from Journal of Healthcare Management, Vol. 57, No. 3.
This article can be used to explain how the sco Continue Reading...
Third, lack of attention to evidence-based practice can lead to inconsistent delivery of care services.
Evidence-based practice relates to almost every aspect of health care at every stage of a client's relationship with the institution. For exampl Continue Reading...
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In the final calculation therefore, the hospital will suffer the most, the MSO next, and PHOs the least. The entire triad -- hospitals, physicians, and insurers -- is usually comprised of a power struggle revolving around which one ends up Continue Reading...
HEALTHCARE Healthcare: Policy Analysis- Certificate of Needs (CON) LawFor the regulation of the American healthcare system, certain laws have been instituted to facilitate the functions of healthcare convenience. With the notion that healthcare deliv Continue Reading...
VA and Medical Care
One key factor to be taken into account, while evaluating the healthcare structure of the United States (U.S.) Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), is the number of veterans actually availing themselves of VA medical services. Ov Continue Reading...
Risk Analysis and the Security Survey
The following risk analysis and security survey report will be centered on the hospital as an organization. Vulnerabilities can be classified as crime opportunities, opportunities for breaking rules and regulati Continue Reading...
Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing
What is Advanced Practice Nursing? Advanced Practice Nursing offer new ways of practicing and delivering cost-effective health care as well as augmenting access to qualified practitioners for numerous patients and Continue Reading...
Management Issues and Practices
James Strong, the former CEO and managing director of Qantas Airlines, twice sat on the panel convened at the Sydney office of CPA Australia to select those who would be recognized for the annual 40 Young Business Lea Continue Reading...
Public Hospitals are facing imperative challenges offered by the fast growth of communication, as well as biomedical technology; the necessity for cost-control; as well as the spotlight on efficiency and competence; the augment of populations' strain Continue Reading...
Clinical Governance and Auditing
Throughout this paper, an attempt has been made to demonstrate an understanding of the procedure of Clinical Audit (CA). The focus of this CA is the high risk area of patient safety, and with regard to how this is li Continue Reading...
Women's Health -- Focused on prevention and care for breast health, mammography, etc.
Transplant Programs - Swedish is one of seven kidney transplant centers and one of just four liver transplant centers serving the entire Pacific Northwest. The O Continue Reading...
Evidence- Based Patient Safety Initiative
Introduced in the year 2003, Transforming Care at A Bedside (TCAB) represents a national- level initiative originally formulated and headed by the IHI (Institute for Healthcare Improvement) and RWJF (Robert W Continue Reading...
Nursing Role in Patient Safety
The nursing workforce is the biggest workforce in the health care industry. The nursing staff in hospitals is primarily tasked with patient surveillance in both ambulatory settings and care facilities (seldom termed as Continue Reading...
In 2000 legislation was presented by Ralph Klein to the legislature, demanding that provinces be permitted to allow private hospitals. That same year, more budget cuts slammed the health systems, when the "Federal Budget offers 2 cents for health ca Continue Reading...
Organizational Leadership and Team Development
Organizational Leadership & Inter-professional Team Development
In a contemporary healthcare environments, application of a quality healthcare is a complex system because it encompasses unique regu Continue Reading...
business plan provides a process change for bedside patient handoffs at Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown, New York. An overview of the medical center is followed by its mission and vision statements, and organizational values. A discussion of the Continue Reading...
Electronic medical records have developed to become an important component of today's health care systems because they lie at the center of computerized health information systems. Actually, the lack of electronic medical systems contributes to numer Continue Reading...
Policy
Democracy and Public Administration
This report is a theoretical essay on the inevitable conflicts that consistently occur between public agencies that are managed by unelected civil servants and the political environment in which these indi Continue Reading...
legislators on health care issues and nursing, specifically?
To make healthcare inexpensive through tackling the fast increasing cost of healthcare
Patients ought to have a better access to information about the cost and quality of services offere Continue Reading...
CHIP: To Abolish or Not to Abolish
The State Children Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP), commonly referred to as CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Plan), is an insurance plan run by the Department of Health and Human Services, and which administers fund Continue Reading...
Business Law
Governor Lingle,
It has come to my attention that as a result of your newcomer status in the governor's office, you are seeking guidance from your task force regarding the effectiveness of current statutes in the state of Hawaii. I hav Continue Reading...
Safe Environment -- Patient Outcomes
What are the best practices that nurses and nursing leaders can implement to assure safe working conditions and high quality patient care? This paper delves into those issues using the available literature -- sch Continue Reading...
Balanced Budget Act of 1997
Introduction with Background
In the last several years, health care costs have been increasingly exponentially. To control the expenses associated with Medicare and Medicaid, the Balance Budget Act of 1997 was enacted. A Continue Reading...
Doctors Drugs
Although the Affordable Health Care Act represents a step in the right direction towards encouraging all Americans to avail themselves of medical services, the bill fails to address the root causes of problems in the system. The Americ Continue Reading...
Thus the choice is not "save money by allowing patients to die." The choice is, rather, "allow patients to die rather than taking heroic measures, and redeploy these scarce resources to improve overall healthcare, quality of life and lifespan."
Nu Continue Reading...