Provide sustained technical assistance (Expert Panel Meeting: Health Information Technology: Meeting Summary, 2003) Evaluation of the process in rural and small communities includes: (1) scope of the project; (2) goals; (3) critical success factor Continue Reading...
Gonzalez (2007), discusses the company WellPoint Inc. that provides its members with the capability to develop their own personal health records, an option to receive test results online, provide a limited set of records to their providers and to al Continue Reading...
.. If one of the goals of the healthcare system is to promote health and prevent illness and injury, it may be logical to start with those who work in the system." (Yassi, Ostry, Spiegel, and Walsh, 2002, p.1) Presently the healthcare environment is Continue Reading...
Because unions retain the exclusive right to negotiate on behalf of its members, the individual worker may have little recourse to easily address incompetent leadership. The Disadvantages of Unionized Labor for Healthcare Employers: The primary di Continue Reading...
Higher Health Care Costs on Businesses Without doubt, America faces some heavy challenges in the forthcoming years. First, still reeling from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States struggles to find the medium ground between Continue Reading...
healthcare industry in the U.S., in particular the crisis in retaining healthcare workers. The paper will also discuss what can be done to retain these healthcare workers. It is a well-known fact that the average age of healthcare workers in the U. Continue Reading...
Inefficient Healthcare Routines, Examples of Participative Decision-Making in the Workplace Routine practices are performed on the premise that all clients, patients, their families, visitors and residents are potentially infectious even without vis Continue Reading...
Nurse-to-Patient Ratios in Illinois The Facts For many years the ongoing nursing shortage has required nurses to work longer hours and care for more patients, causing many of them to make fatal and near-fatal mistakes on the job that could have oth Continue Reading...
Quality of care provided by nursing practitioners at the emergency departments.AbstractOver the previous couple of decades, overcrowding in emergency rooms has now become progressively typical. Longer wait durations in the emergency room are linked t Continue Reading...
Health Care System Healthcare Professionals Health care providers must be properly integrated at every system level and must be allowed to lead the processes of designing, implementing and operating ideal health systems. Research works identify a Continue Reading...
In reaction, diabetes research looks into pharmacological options and changes in lifestyle to contain the trend. Recent findings point to the need for healthcare professionals to empower diabetes sufferers to take recourse in self-management as the Continue Reading...
Implementation of Patient-centric health information management system 4AbstractPatient-centered care is a philosophy and a level of care that explains how to organize the well-being program around the individual to increase healthcare outcomes. The Continue Reading...
Temporary Reassignment Patient reassignment is the temporary change in the employee's assignment in the sense that he or she holds a position that has a higher salary or responsibility for a short period. The duties conducted by the nurse at thi Continue Reading...
Ineffective Communication Between Shifts in Acute Care Settings Significant A recent statistics of the adverse effects arisen from ineffective communication between shifts in acute care setting range from 2.6% to 7.6%, however, Okoniewska, et al. ( Continue Reading...
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in the Care of Terminally Ill Children Pediatric nurse practitioners provide a valuable contribution to the care of chronically and terminally ill children. This position is essentially a subtype of advanced practice nu Continue Reading...
Professional Practice Development Experience Immersion: Week 5 ReflectionThe guiding PICOT question for my DNP project is: In adults diagnosed with hypertension (P), how does the implementation of a hypertension management program including lifestyle Continue Reading...
The Importance of Informatics in Patient Fall PreventionIn order to improve anything, it must first be measured in some fashion to establish benchmarks and evaluate progress and this is certainly applicable to healthcare settings where there are mult Continue Reading...
The healthcare industry has widely adopted IT solutions in the development and maintenance of information systems for this sector. These information system applications will go a long way in boosting medical care goals by reducing costs significantly Continue Reading...
Code §70.41.250 The RCW 70.41.250 is a law that provides cost disclosure to health care providers. It is a state law that offers some control over the spiraling expenses of health care by creating transparency within hospital and medical bills Continue Reading...
Healthcare Administration -- New York State Care Act The New York State Care (Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable) Act was implemented into law in April this year. The development and enactment of this law is geared toward having a positive effect o Continue Reading...
Professional DevelopmentMedical Device Sales: Career SummaryMedical device sales is a career path in biomedical science that combines technical knowledge with business knowledge. Professionals in this field serve as important intermediaries between m Continue Reading...
Research Proposal for Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) affects timely reimbursement and prolongs patient stays in the healthcare facility. Many hospitals strive for ways to reduce CAUT Continue Reading...
Preventing 30 Day Readmission on Medicare and Medicaid Patients One of the most costly and common phenomenon in the modern healthcare system is the increased rates of readmission to hospital of Medicare and Medicaid patients within a short period a Continue Reading...
Safeguarding Health Information: The Importance of Cybersecurity in Healthcare Introduction In today's digital age, the healthcare industry faces unprecedented challenges in ensuring the security and confidentiality of patient information. With the Continue Reading...
Nurse BurnoutIntroductionAmong the various factors contributing to nursing shortages and high turnover, nurse burnout stands out as significant (McDermid et al., ). Indeed, burnout is a serious problem because it impairs individual nurses\\\' health, Continue Reading...
Telehealth and AI in HealthcareIntroductionThe integration of technology in healthcare helps by supporting accessible and personalized medical care. Telehealth has helped to break down geographical barriers by bringing healthcare to remote and unders Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Evolution of Nursing Care Plans: History and Impact: This essay would explore the historical development of nursing care plans, from their origins to the present day. It could examine how nursing ca Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Impact of Nurse-to-Patient Ratios on Care Quality: This essay would explore how different nurse-to-patient ratios affect the quality of care provided in healthcare settings. It could investigate outcomes r Continue Reading...
Excessive Wait Times in Healthcare Literature Review Excessive wait times in healthcare are a problem for both patients and care providers as they affect patient satisfaction, which in turn impacts the job satisfaction of nurses and other care provid Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Evolution of Nursing Care Practices: This essay would explore the history of nursing, highlighting the developments in patient care from Florence Nightingale's era to the present day. It would exam Continue Reading...
Title: Ensuring Patient Privacy and Protection: An Overview of HIPAA Regulations Introduction The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted in 1996 with the primary goal of protecting the privacy and security of p Continue Reading...
Planning and AuditsLab 3.1aThe Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) website is a good resource for health information technology. Some of the ways in which it aids organizations in addressing healthcare issues include: HIMSS Continue Reading...
Power of Story Story has a significant amount of power as an efficacious communication technique to move change forward. This statement particularly applies to the field of healthcare and to the sort of impact that nurses have on their healthcare o Continue Reading...
training plan for the implementation of EHR (electronic health record) that St. Joseph Hospital has launched on May 2012. The training program will consist of approximately 1500 hospital employees and physicians. The implementation of the training p Continue Reading...
patients undergoing mechanical ventilation contract Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP). This acute medical condition always results in increased death rates and associated medical costs among patients. This article reviews several literatures tha Continue Reading...
patient falls in U.S. healthcare institutions is staggering. They increase insurance costs, staff pressure, and even more accidental injuries other than falls. Research has shown that there are a number of ways patient falls may be mitigated: more n Continue Reading...
Training Scope of Training Large health care organizations will undoubtedly have a large scope of training. The investments and systems approach is beneficial for companies who can realize economies of scale. Through economies of scale the unit co Continue Reading...
