' Given the importance of initial legal victories, this would be a devastating turn of events, the consequences of which would most certaintly be the continued and perhaps even intensified suffering and exclusion of America's countless uninsured. As Continue Reading...
Research has shown that good communication amid patients and health care providers is directly connected to a person's happiness, treatment adherence and affirmative health results (Cultural Competency for Health Care Providers, 2007). The goal of Continue Reading...
d). The health care industry is heavily regulated and has several special risk areas that need to be looked out for. An effective compliance program is necessary in order to mitigate these risks. In addition to the challenges that are associated wit Continue Reading...
In the case of pill mills, participating physicians and pharmacists bill insurance companies or Medicare for prescription drugs, allowing participating beneficiaries to resell those drugs to criminal middlemen. The pharmacy then repurchases the drug Continue Reading...
Health information published by government agencies is likely to be factual, but should also be cross-referenced with the most reliable sources of such information, such as peer-reviewed medical journals and material published by fully accredited me Continue Reading...
The first is to distinguish Methodist Healthcare in the market place; second to create an information systems strategic plan; third to create a system by which the right place, right people, right time and right focus are aligned strategically, four Continue Reading...
The importance of uniform terminology, coding and standardization of the data Uniform terminology, coding, and standardized data entry protocols are necessary for assuring accurate information retrieval. The health informatics componentss need to Continue Reading...
It appears the dangers of a commercialized healthcare system have demonstrated that this beastly practice of profiting off the sick is not good for the society at many different level it contains. Healthcare discussions of this matter do not belong Continue Reading...
Community Nursing Virginia Whooping Cough Epidemic Community and nursing course employ an epidemiological approach to population-based nursing through assessment and evaluation on the effects of contemporary or health issues and health policies in Continue Reading...
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a new form of research that strives to create more meaningful and equitable partnerships between researchers and the community. Previously, the relationship was more along the lines of a transactional Continue Reading...
Healthcare Institutions Financial Environments Paper Healthcare institutions: Nonprofit, for-profit, and government-administered "Three types of entities -- nonprofit, for-profit, and government" exist within the American healthcare industry (Horo Continue Reading...
These were categorized into three aspects, which the care provider could control for the benefit of the patients. These were satisfaction with the punctuality of the caregiver; the quality of interaction between the patient and the caregiver; and th Continue Reading...
Health Care Policy Change • Current nursing issues related to globalization of healthcare The term ‘globalization’ has been used in the description of increasing social and economic interdependence among and between countries (Bradbu Continue Reading...
Health Care -- Philosophy of Graduate Nursing Education In many senses, the nurse practitioner (NP) takes the profession of nursing to the next level. While the treatment of illness important, the NP also has broader focus of total well-being, inclu Continue Reading...
Healthcare Finance Government rules: In United States the Congress had passed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 or MMA and with this imposed a stoppage for 18 months on the starting of new physician owned spe Continue Reading...
At present, we spend nearly 15% of GDP, or $7,000 per man, woman and child in the United States on healthcare. The next highest nations, Germany and France, spend only about 10% of their GDP on healthcare. The additional 50% we spend does not reward Continue Reading...
Healthcare Reform Models Health Care Reform Models Preventive Psychiatry Shim and colleagues (2012) argue for taking advantage of provisions within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 that emphasizes preventive and integra Continue Reading...
Healthcare Finance What are the dynamics of patient accounts receivable? What are some of the factors affecting patients accounts receivable? Facing the challenge of how to address the hospital's unpaid accounts receivable can be one of the most em Continue Reading...
Health Care Systems and Administration of Services Why do you think (1) hospitals and (2) physicians have invested less in information technology than banks have? What can be done to reduce resistance and encourage adoption? Every industry has bene Continue Reading...
Health Care -- Regulatory Scheme and Licensure Requirements -- Operating a Health Care Organization California's licensing process for health care organizations is governed by the State's Health and Safety Code, with responsibility for licensing, li Continue Reading...
For example, prior to 2007, there were approximately 1 million confirmed cases of hospital-acquired ("nosocomial") infections in American hospitals and other healthcare institutions (clinics, nursing homes, etc.), resulting in the premature and prev Continue Reading...
Health Care Communication As the nation's health care resources become more and more strained, health care professionals are being asked to do more with less. They are being pressured to find cheaper ways to improve the quality of health care they d Continue Reading...
In 2004, a Ten-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care was announced, primarily intended to improve access to medical services, decrease wait times, and update medical equipment and ensure accurate reporting and enhance public health promotion and prev Continue Reading...
Healthcare Identify the three types of health organizations? Please explain Three types of health organizations include managed services organizations (MSOs), preferred provider organizations (PPOs), and independent practice associations (IPAs). MS Continue Reading...
Health Risk Assessment Changes to the demographics of the targeted population. Overall, the physical health status among the targeted population declined slightly. While those reporting excellent/very good status remained the same, the percentage o Continue Reading...
In the current era of managed care in medicine, physicians and other healthcare providers and institutions have been under tremendous pressure to reduce costs. In that regard, avoiding unnecessary hospitalization is one of the most important goals Continue Reading...
Health - Nursing Healthcare and Nursing The most important characteristics and attributes a person must have to be successful in patient care are empathy, the ability to listen and communicate with the patient, kindness, patience and clinical exper Continue Reading...
Community participation is a key ingredient of any powerful community. The life blood (citizens) of the community is pumped by the heart, called as participation. Community participation is a requirement as well as a condition. It is a condition for Continue Reading...
Health Advocacy Lesson Guidelines for 2nd Grade This is a paper that outlines a health advocacy lesson guideline for second grade and show how the community members, parents and students can participate in the campaign. It has sources. Teaching ele Continue Reading...
Healthcare Organization Banner Healthcare is an American non-profit healthcare system predominantly used in Phoenix, Arizona. The healthcare organization runs twenty-three hospitals plus various other specialized units. It has about 35,000 workers i Continue Reading...
Healthcare professionals offer their services to the community whilst taking care to fully respect people's dignity. Doctors need to earn public confidence by dedicating their skill all equally, and to the best of their ability. A number of profe Continue Reading...
They have a strong balance sheet that enables them to acquire capital easily and cheaply, but they are shifting their staff to physician ratio from 6.11 to 7.5, indicating that their administrative cost structure is going to increase dramatically as Continue Reading...
Health Promotion The absence of illness does not thoroughly explain "Health", it can as well be described as wellness of the body and mind. More technically, health can be defined from two perspectives -- bodily and psychological health. A state of Continue Reading...
Health Examination Situation- , this is Mary from the Lake Placid Emergency Room. I am calling about your patient, Mrs. Z, who came in this afternoon complaining of minor vertigo, weakness, and blurry vision, as well as an injured hip. Mrs. Z is 7 Continue Reading...
Stated to be barriers in the current environment and responsible for the reporting that is inadequate in relation to medical errors are: Lack of a common understanding about errors among health care professionals Physicians generally think of erro Continue Reading...
" (2007, p. 284) Smith asks if "the desire to eliminate health disparities by rooting out the social disease underlying them inspire nursing to find itself again?" (2007, p. 284) Smith also asks if health disparities, being despicable and laden with Continue Reading...
Now is the time for each organization to examine and strengthen its conflict of interest policies." (Willars) The conflicts she described were: accepting benefits, using confidential information, insider trading, and targeted marketing. Her intenti Continue Reading...
Health Economics In 2012, there were nearly 800 million doses of opioids prescribed in Ohio alone -- a figure which equates to roughly 70 pills for every individual in the state. The prescriptions were for 20% of the state's populace (Semuels, 2017) Continue Reading...
