SWOT Analysis DraftSection I: SWOT TableThe organization of interest is the U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) which operates the nations largest integrated network of health care services, providing caring for 9 million enrolled veterans annu Continue Reading...
Health Policy Analysis for Maryland AC (Affordable Care) Act McLaughlin, & McLaughlin (2014) rank 11 areas of health innovation based on their impact on costs and quality of healthcare delivery. The process improvement is the highest ranking ite Continue Reading...
Current status in implementing the affordable care act with regard to veterans' mental health problems The Affordable Care Act's enactment gave rise to major concerns with regard to greater healthcare expenditure and reduced benefits for the Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act Health policy issue in the United States The Affordable Care Act (ACA) The United States ACA is a vital healthcare law for the benefit of the multitude of American citizens unable to pay for quality healthcare for themselves a Continue Reading...
1 The Institute of Medicine (IOM) in its Future of Nursing report stated that there is a need for nurses to be able to practice to the full extent and scope of their education and training (IOM, 2010). In doing so, the belief was that this would incr Continue Reading...
Human Experience across the Health-Illness ContinuumIntroductionThe idea of wellness was first proposed by American physician, Dr. Halbert L. Dunn. Based on his concept of wellness, alternative medicine practitioners John Travis developed developed t Continue Reading...
Compliance With the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActMidwest Education is an American manufacturer and supplier of educational materials. The company has focused on the learning tools and systems used in technology, science, and business cla 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...
Equity of Care Act Ethnic and racial minorities are among the most vulnerable populations because of their likelihood to be poor and have lower academic levels. Their status makes them increasingly susceptible to ill health as compared to the rich, Continue Reading...
Patient Centered Medical Homes In the 1960s, the medical home concept referred to as patient centered medical home was developed.In order to reform the healthcare in the U.S.; the patient centered medical homes are evolving as a centerpiece of effor Continue Reading...
Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) are often confused as being actual "homes" for patients to be admitted in and given medical treatment and care. PCMH is actually a health care model based on which health care is provided to patients, under the s Continue Reading...
Patient Rights The major objective of informed consent is to give the patient an opportunity play a role in his health care decision. The law requires physicians to get an informed consent of their patients before any medical procedure. The patient Continue Reading...
Patient acuity system provides the nurses and other healthcare practitioners in health cares' information that can guide them in their attention towards the patients. The nurses track information and then weigh them in accordance to the urgency of as Continue Reading...
Patient Falls and Nursing PICO Question -- Among acute care patients on a Medical-Surgical Unit, does hourly rounding, as opposed to only setting the bed alarm, significantly reduce patient falls (at least by 50%)? Modern healthcare and nursing are Continue Reading...
They added newer constructs to a PSC model developed earlier by Gershon and his colleagues (2000), which unveiled the relationship of safety and security aspects and linked it with work performance. They found that when hospital staff used the Gersh Continue Reading...
Patient care and recovery statistics demonstrate that the United States has a medical care system with which Americans are less satisfied than other citizens in developed countries. There are many reasons for this: correlation between health and soci Continue Reading...
Patient Handoffs Majority of the medical errors take place in the patient's handoffs. A shift among the doctors is a common practice. There are a number of old patients who approach around 16 different doctors in a year, while young patients who are Continue Reading...
The results of this analysis highlight the need for hospitals to fine-tune their discharge process to reduce readmissions, and support the expenditure of additional resources for this purpose as a cost-effective intervention; as an example, author c Continue Reading...
O'Meara stresses that a system known as a Decision Support System of DSS can be integrated into existing it to identify potential errors that could be made on any given case and provide the staff with flags to help them avoid such errors. (December Continue Reading...
Most of the literature deals with healthcare issues experienced in the United States or Europe. What small amount of literature there is available on healthcare in Malaysia seldom has anything to do with the clinic(s) in specific. This study could Continue Reading...
To start with, finances have to be availed for the institution of long-term care that is responsive to challenges that the frail Baby Boomers contend with. A viable and affordable community-based delivery system must be built. To achieve lower disab Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act signed law President Barack Obama March 2010. Many provisions law directly affect Several different important elements exist as part of the Affordable Care Act, specifically as it pertains to community and public health. One of t Continue Reading...
2). A Patient's Rights There are a number of lists to go by when it comes to the patient's "Bill of Rights," including a patient's rights under the Affordable Care Act. In the American Cancer Society "Patient's Bill of Rights" it begins with the r Continue Reading...
Affordable Health Insurance The Need for State Participation in Health Care Insurance Exchanges to Provide for Affordable Health Care for Millions of Americans in Need In the United States, we have basic rights to life and liberty. Yet, many major Continue Reading...
In addition the effect of bill has changed the documentation awarded through the state as of a certificate toward a license and authorizes a doctor to pass on duties to a PA with the purpose of managing physician's scope of performance however Anoth Continue Reading...
PATIENT & HEALTH PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVES Patient & Professional Perspectives Quality of care is a massive concern when it comes to healthcare in general. The issue is so multi-dimension and complicated. Even further, there are a lot of id Continue Reading...
Patient safety is a very important element with the overall healthcare system. Regulations and new initiatives set forth by the Affordable Care Act have created much elevated culture of safety. As a result, facilities must now alter the manner in whi Continue Reading...
ACA and EMS The implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is sure to change the way EMS operate in the coming years. Accountable Care Organizations (ACO), for instance, are now responsible for overseeing how reimbursements are paid out to thos Continue Reading...
Patient Safety Through Medication Reconciliation The adoption of the Affordable Healthcare Act has assisted an increasing number of Americans to have access to health insurance. Despite the benefits associated with the new law, the quality of health Continue Reading...
Supply and Demand theory show up in your company's strategies? In sharp contrast to the need for health care services, demand is associated with the costs of health care services. It is therefore reasonable to suggest that Smith's (2011) assertions Continue Reading...
Care Case Study Slide 1 Footnotes There have been enormous changes due to introduction of various cultural elements in the continuum of care. Before, when people were admitted to assisted living facilities or hospital settings, there were very lit Continue Reading...
(New York Times) MinitClinic understands the need and the importance of having a designated Primary Care Physician. Patients are educated on the benefits associated with a personal PCP and are encouraged to find one they are comfortable with. Inform Continue Reading...
Quality Care Although there are several considerations one must weigh prior to defining medical care quality, one of the most effective definitions of this term is that care which ultimately achieves the greatest benefit while taking the lowest risk Continue Reading...
Healthcare Patient Centered Medical Home PCMH model leads to reduced cost of care, improved population health" is a medical report authored by Katie Sullivan Published on FierceHealthcare. The report is a summary of the general findings of a report Continue Reading...
As well as expanding patient's abilities to obtain primary care, virtually, telemedicine can enable patients in isolated locations to see specialists. When rural patients are connected to a hospital network such as the Grinnell Regional Medical Cent Continue Reading...
Evolution of Health Care Information Systems Physician's Office Operation Filling in the hole of health care information technology will endorse safe, capable, patient-centered, and patient care that is fruitful in a timely way. In this essay, the t Continue Reading...
Inpatient falls constitute a major clinical, supervisory, and legal issue, though not much information exists on the subject of successful fall reductions (Rosenthal, 2007). CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has ceased to reimburse hea Continue Reading...
