Many of them who have worked for 20 years as nurses have gone up the managerial or corporate ladder. More and more nurses have chosen more paper work and less patient care by becoming supervisors, administrators and nursing directors and then retire Continue Reading...
Healthcare System -- Linkages and Alliances The healthcare system is a complex but integrated system that allows patients, providers, pharmacists, insurance agencies, hospitals, and regulators to all come together so that the needs of each are met. Continue Reading...
UK Mental Health Policy Mental healthcare service delivery in the UK has been subjected to a series of significant imperative policy in the last few decades, and number of people suffering from mental illness is on the increase. Recent statistics re Continue Reading...
VHA Mental Health Care Very recently, beginning in 1995 the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) began a series of progressive reforms. The reform has included a substantive list of functional and fundamental changes, including everything from facil Continue Reading...
They describe how managers "till the ground, prepare it, plant seeds, and nurture those seeds (Summers & Nowicki, 2005)." Seeds in this analogy represent the clinical staff, who need to exhibit success and achievements in order for organizations Continue Reading...
The Impact of State Health Policies on Healthcare Quality: An Analysis of the 2022 State Health System Performance ScorecardIntroductionThe 2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance by the Commonwealth Fund gives an overview of how different Continue Reading...
payer healthcare systems: Pros and cons One of the most controversial concepts in American health care is the idea of single-payer health insurance, or the notion that healthcare will be supported by taxpayer dollars, versus funded by private insur Continue Reading...
Abstract Growing health care expenditure contributes greatly to the American government’s financial wellbeing. Citizen burden when it comes to funding these expenses, in the form of growing taxes and increased long-term loans, constitutes the Continue Reading...
Abstract Information technology is one of the major trends in today\\'s world, and it is changing every professional. It is imperative for healthcare leaders to understand the emerging information technologies, and how those technologies can tra Continue Reading...
How Shared Decision-Making and Critical Thinking are Impacted by TechnologyToday, innovations in healthcare technology have revolutionized the manner in which clinicians of all ilk practice, and current trends indicate that the pace of these innovati Continue Reading...
Nigeria: Economic and Human Health Lending Institutions, Healthcare, and Human Capital Nigeria is the largest country in Africa and is home to 47% of the continent's population (World Bank, 2013). Nigeria is the largest oil exporter and holds the m Continue Reading...
Some or all such authority may be in fact unlimited. This is when a committee can counterbalance authority and diffuse power within an organization since effectively only a small faction is making important decisions. The best use of committees is t Continue Reading...
" More unfavorable publicity came in June when Jintao had to undergo medical checkups to ensure he was SARS-free when meeting President Bush and other G-8 leaders in France. There is little doubt that China's international standing was clearly badly Continue Reading...
Management & Leadership in Health Care Characteristics Which Distinguish "Leadership" From "Management The main difference that exists between leaders and managers is that leaders have individuals who follow them, whereas managers have individu Continue Reading...
cultural diversity issues and its impact on nursing professionals' practice. It assesses a client hailing from a different culture, and employs information derived from the assessment determining and reflecting on health practices and beliefs of the Continue Reading...
Al-Sawai, A. (2013). Leadership of Healthcare Professionals: Where Do We Stand?. Oman Medical Journal, 28(4), 285-287 3p. doi:10. 5001/omj.2013.79 This study defines leadership as behavior that drives a group towards an identified goal, and it desc Continue Reading...
Concierge Care Background The concierge medical service has many benefits over the traditional model of healthcare that most people are accustomed to. The concierge service in healthcare can be considered a luxury service in which doctors are paid a Continue Reading...
care I receive is delivered in a managed care style. The options of going to different care providers are limited so as to keep costs low, and my insurance company takes care of giving me a list of options. The doctors are designated along with the Continue Reading...
Financial Management in Healthcare Medicare and Medicaid are programs run by the government and which provide medical services as well as services that are health care related to particular groups of individuals in the United States. It is imperativ Continue Reading...
The Social Injustice Issue of Health CareIntroductionHealth care is an important and timely issue that reflects various forms of social injustice in the United States. The challenge of ensuring equal and equitable access to health care, respect for h Continue Reading...
Cultural and Political Factors in HealthcareHealthcare in the United States is constantly being influenced by social, cultural, and political factors, which can serve as both catalysts and obstacles in how and why healthcare policies take the shape t Continue Reading...
Why is this particular factor driving up the cost of health care?The primary factor driving high healthcare costs is the increase in the aging population around the world. Here, baby boomers continue to be a large segment of the American population. Continue Reading...
With the passing of the Affordable Care Act, knowledge-based healthcare has become a federal mandate. Knowledge management processes vary depending on the nature of the healthcare organization, as well as local and state legislative contingencies. Th Continue Reading...
Stakeholder Education Plan The Hispanic population is one of the largest populations in the United States with more than 50 million people. Elderly Hispanic residents and Mexican Americans who are predisposed to various health conditions including di Continue Reading...
Twenty-First Century Leadership One of the main challenges facing executive nurse leaders in the twenty-first century is the ability to create and lead in the healthcare delivery systems that are quite complex and conducive to many challenges for nu Continue Reading...
Despite of the receipt of federal funding to assist in the set-up of an insurance exchange program, the Minnesota legislature is not cooperating with the Governor Drayton's plans to design a program. Instead, in a classic example of partisan politi Continue Reading...
United Healthcare Case Study United Healthcare Medical Insurance was formed to insure the American citizens against medical expenses. It has the mandate to conduct and offer insurances services to the public within the American nation. This is impor Continue Reading...
Evolving Practice of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery Models How the Practice of Nursing is Expected to Grow and Change: The Future of Nursing has a few healthcare delivery challenges unique to it, but there are several such issues that commonly oc Continue Reading...
Introduction Patient-centered care is the goal of many healthcare organizations, but the ability of an organization to deliver patient-centered care is influenced by a number of factors both internal and external. Business practices, regulatory requ Continue Reading...
The Effects and Implications of Legislation on Health Care ReformAlthough the health care network in the United States is heavily privatized and reforms have historically been in response to changes in demand and the need for greater efficiencies in Continue Reading...
CRHIP: Mental Health in the U.S. especially among African American MenAbstractThis Cultural Relevant Health Intervention Project (CRHIP) addresses the critical issue of mental health among African American men in the United States, a demographic sign Continue Reading...
Challenges in Healthcare: Succession Planning Beverly, F. & Rose, S. (2017). Best Practices for Nurse Leaders: Succession Planning. Professional Case Management, 22(2), 88-94. The authors term succession planning in healthcare a critical need. It Continue Reading...
Nursing Problem: Shortage of Nurses in Healthcare Nursing Shortage The researcher works at Phoebe Memorial Hospital, where there is an extreme nursing shortage. Without an adequate amount of nurses, patient care and safety may turn out to be compro Continue Reading...
health care to an indigent population. As illustrated by the case, there were many unique problems associates with delivering health care to the indigent population. First, communication was an issue plaguing all parties involved. Difficulty in reg Continue Reading...
The topic on "Social Marketing in Healthcare" advances how social marketing tool predominantly used in marketing consumer items can be effectively applied in the healthcare field. In addition, the development of social marketing research is an effe Continue Reading...
Letter of Intent What are your short- and long-term career goals and how will this program prepare you for them? My short-term goals are to get a very high quality education in the nursing field, learning as much as I can both with hands-on skills Continue Reading...
Quality of Care Provided by Nurse Practitioners Cost and quality of healthcare access are two inter-related concepts that are central to the healthcare debate in the United States of America. The study will compare the effectiveness of quality and Continue Reading...
