306 Search Results for Professional Accountability and Patient Safety
Though freedom of religion exists, this freedom does not allow people to break the law. In this particular turning the records over to the mother may endanger the safety of the child. In addition the hospital could be held liable if they turn the re Continue Reading...
Ethical Responsibilities: Avoid Putting Organization at Risk
The 1996 HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) helps millions of U.S. employees and family members transfer and carry on with the same healthcare insurance coverage e Continue Reading...
Sociology -- Human Services
Governance and Leadership
Steven Ott (2001, p.1) defines governance as an "umbrella term that includes the ultimate authority, accountability, and responsibility for an organization." However, literature and several case Continue Reading...
20th century has been one of remarkable technological advancements and of increased need to further improve human existence and the speed through which man runs about its everyday life. These ideas alone have demonstrated an immense capacity of man Continue Reading...
Delegation of Duties
In the civilized and fast industrializing word, there are mounting duties and responsibilities each and every day. There is always the pressure to meet some deadline or finish some contract that one won within a given period tha Continue Reading...
In the future, this will improve quality and it will reduce the total number of uninsured. This is when productivity and the standard of living will improve by proactively addressing these issues while they are small.
Alternatives
To deal with any Continue Reading...
The experiences of seniors within the healthcare delivery system will alter how all Americans view healthcare. The healthcare delivery systems and overall organizational structure in the United States has been slow to adjust but that rest of the wo Continue Reading...
health care industry has undergone fundamental change over the last decade. Most of the changes have occurred within the underlying business operation of the healthcare industry. These changes will ultimately effect healthcare agency administration Continue Reading...
Informed Decision Making (Nursing Role)
The nurse has the utmost responsibility in educating the patient and his/her family about the proposed treatment plan, the availability of alternative interventions, and in general plays a vital role in prom Continue Reading...
But a provider may also "use his/her professional judgment to disclose health information to a parent, even in cases that otherwise meet an exception, as 'necessary to avert a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of the minor'" such a Continue Reading...
This creates a nerve with the client that their private information is going to be unprotected and confidentiality is going to be broken . There is no safe way to keep all information private. However, all mental health professionals must take all n Continue Reading...
Student's Responsibilities in School Safety
Simple everyday actions are effective in reduction of school crime. (Annual Report on School Safety, 1998) Those actions are:
Behave Responsibly:
Students can resolve problems and disputes in a non-viol Continue Reading...
Managing Barriers
Barriers encountered in the Capstone project revolved around the idea that the staff felt it was not there job to read rhythm strips, and did not make the time to get off the floor for any continuing education. Good leadership can Continue Reading...
PharmaCARE -- Case Review
The Stakeholders
There are numerous stakeholders and stakeholder groups that are presented in this case. The stakeholders can be thought of in two different primary groups to make the first set of distinctions, internal an Continue Reading...
Barriers and Facilitators
Effectiveness, Barriers and Facilitators of Using Computerized Charting in the Operating Room
The world is surging ahead with technological boom which is leaving its indelible imprints on almost all the facets of human li Continue Reading...
Step 3: Discuss the Precipitating Event
After relationship is recognized, the emphasis goes to the family insights of the condition, the sequence of proceedings leading up to the predicament, and the issue that started out the sequence of events ( Continue Reading...
A third real-life example are the pervasive Healthcare Information Systems (HIS) and Patient Information Management Systems (PIMS) that form the backbone of any healthcare facility. These are systems that capture all relevant patient demographic, t Continue Reading...
, 2001). (Corrigan, Watson, Byrne & Davis, 2005, p. 363)
Individuals who then enter the system and attempt treatment are taking a leap of faith that doing so will improve rather than continue to degrade their life and their options in it. Though Continue Reading...
ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS & QUALITY LEADERSHIP
Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership
Efforts to measure and improve the quality of nursing care provided to patients began with Florence Nightingale, who measured patient outcomes and worked Continue Reading...
Strengthening the Nurse Orientation Process
Strengthening the orientation process
The healthcare management has been recording increasing developments of shortage of the human resource. This worrying trend has severed the health facilities to near Continue Reading...
Counseling Model
A Practical Pastoral Counseling Model
Counseling Setting
Where Will Counseling Take Place?
Boundaries for Safety and Security
Relational Style
Relational/Communication Style
Structure/Strategy
Sessions
Summation
Supportive Continue Reading...
SECURITY and PRIVACY - the following security and privacy requirements apply: The Office does not accept responsibility for the privacy, confidentiality or security of data or information not generated by this office or transmitted from external so Continue Reading...
Passing Congress with bipartisan support, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA, Public Law 104-191) became the legislative vehicle to address those issues. Your health information cannot be used or shared without your writt Continue Reading...
Unions
The statement, "the role of unions has declined inversely to the passage of social legislation," means that unions have filed to be as effective as before as the passage of social legislation fills in the need for them.
Employees' unions hav Continue Reading...
Output losses attributed toward alcohol were projected at $119 billion for 1995 (1). As this Alcohol Alert clarifies, several issues give to problem drinking that goes on in the workplace. Employers are in an exclusive situation to alleviate some of Continue Reading...
Labeling white collar crime is a mystery. A shared misapprehension of white collar crime is that, like pornography, it is hard to describe, however a lot of people would recognize it when they understood it. The only thing concerning white collar cr Continue Reading...
Generally, it works by either giving a reward for an encouraged behavior, or taking something away for an undesirable behavior. By doing this, the patient often increases the good behaviors and uses the bad behaviors less often, although this condit Continue Reading...
Interview With an Advanced Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner and Mistakes
The objective of this study is to answer the following questions as an interview with an experienced Advanced Practice Nurse in regards to their transition from novice to expe Continue Reading...
Canada.
Increase benefits
To gain more employees for the nursing staff, SKMC should increase their level of satisfaction by offering several incentives such as increased living expenses or better housing facilities. Moreover, they should include f Continue Reading...
Effects on Current Position
With "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," many healthcare professionals are affected (Democratic Policy Committee, n.d.). Nationwide, hospitals are scrambling to buy hospitals in an effort to control costs. Continue Reading...
Patient care improves when nurses are truly empowered to do their best work. Computerized systems can help nurses to do their jobs even better, cutting out tedious work, allowing them to access information more efficiently and giving them the abilit Continue Reading...
Business Terminology in Health Care
The Health Care Industry, idealistically is a large conglomeration of helping individuals and organizations who's sole purpose is to help people become more healthy, be that through prevention of disease or treat Continue Reading...
Health Politics
"What is the role of Congress in policy making process"?
Policy is a plan to identify goal or possible course of actions with administrative or management tools to accomplish these goals. On the other hand, policy is the authoritati Continue Reading...
Religious Health Care
As a consultant we have identified some of the issues that need to be considered further by the consultant group and perhaps confer it with the governing board and the CEO, and I have discussed these issues to ensure the most c Continue Reading...
NxStage
Company Background
Environmental Scan
Five Forces & Value Chain
Strategic Alternatives
Strategic Plan
Acquisitions
Resource Allocation
NxStage is a medical equipment manufacturer specializing in hemodialysis products for use in th Continue Reading...
Social Work Field
Perception of Social Work
Social work is a challenging profession that also helps one make a difference in the lives of others (CUW 2011). It aims at improving the overall functioning and well-being of people served. A social work Continue Reading...
Change Model Overview
The first step in assessing the need for change is the collection of internal data. Surveys will be used to question the hospital staff regarding not only their practice of hand washing on a daily and hourly basis, but also th Continue Reading...
HR Function Review
History of the Organization -- General Practice Alliance South Gippsland (GPASG) is a division of General Practice Alliance Australia. It is one of 110 divisions that are tasked to help support identified health needs and services Continue Reading...
Ghana was ranked at 67.5 that depicts that the country is in the median range of being a failed state (FFP, ffp.statesindex.org). This ranking is significantly better as compared to other African countries but significant improvement is desired. Mou Continue Reading...
Drug Courts
The Department of Justice of the United States of America, in order to cope with heavy work pressure, had to introduce a separate court for the sole purpose of dealing with criminal offenses committed by drug abusers and drug dependants. Continue Reading...