...The vision of Banner Healthcare is “We will be a national leader recognized for clinical excellence and innovation, preferred for a highly coordinated patient experience, and distinguished by the quality of our people” (Our Non-Profit Mission, 2015). Banner spans over seven different states including Arizona, Alaska, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming. This healthcare system is a non-profit organization that aims to service its communities in returning all profit made into regenerating the community. According to the Banner Health this reinvestment goes towards new hospital beds, expanding patient care services, new physician services, new technology, maintaining existing equipment and facilities and paying employees’ salaries. By giving back to the community in such a large capacity, it enables both patients and physicians the incentive to continue utilizing the system that ultimately saves billions in healthcare revenue costs annually. Addressing the health care needs of citizens of the United States in the next decade is no small task. Like many hospitals and health care systems, Banner compiles data to highlight the ingenuity behind the machine that it banner and Medicare. The Care Management program that banner deploys gathers data from each of their twenty-five hospitals and measures the performance against national standards to improve how patient care is executed. Through finding strengths and weaknesses the health care is then reengineered and the weakness...
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...Future of Nursing A report was published in 2010 by the Institute of medicine discussing the future of healthcare. “The United States has the opportunity to transform its health care system to provide seamless, affordable, quality care that is accessible to all, patient centered, and evidence based and leads to improved health outcomes” (Institute of Medicine, 2010). This report has a significant effect on nursing. The impact on nursing practice, nursing education, and nursing leadership will be discussed. The Impact on Nursing Practice “Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training (Institute of Medicine, 2010).” In order for all patients to receive primary care then advanced practice nurse’s such as Nurse Practitioners should be used to their full extent of their abilities. There are several ways in which new opportunities are being opened up to advanced practice nurses and several barriers to overcome in order for them to improve healthcare. New Opportunities Healthcare is changing towards primary care. It is vital that nurses have advanced education in order to provide primary care. Advanced practice nurses, for example, are being used by the Department of Veterans Affairs to bring care to veterans in areas of the United States where they would not usually receive care (Institute of Medicine, 2010). Kaiser Permanente is having nurses manage discharging patients (Institute of Medicine, 2010). A highly educated nursing staff can invoke many...
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...Improving Quality and Value in the U.S. Health Care System By: Niall Brennan, Nicole Cafarella, S. Lawrence Kocot, Aaron McKethan, Marisa Morrison, Nadia Nguyen, Mark Shepard and Reginald D. Williams II Share on email Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on linkedin More... Share on google_plusone_share Share on stumbleupon Share on reddit Share on print Executive Summary The U.S. health care system faces significant challenges that clearly indicate the urgent need for reform. Attention has rightly focused on the approximately 46 million Americans who are uninsured, and on the many insured Americans who face rapid increases in premiums and out-of-pocket costs. As Congress and the Obama administration consider ways to invest new funds to reduce the number of Americans without insurance coverage, we must simultaneously address shortfalls in the quality and efficiency of care that lead to higher costs and to poor health outcomes. To do otherwise casts doubt on the feasibility and sustainability of coverage expansions and also ensures that our current health care system will continue to have large gaps — even for those with access to insurance coverage. There is broad evidence that Americans often do not get the care they need even though the United States spends more money per person on health care than any other nation in the world. Preventive care is underutilized, resulting in higher spending on complex, advanced diseases. Patients with chronic diseases such as hypertension...
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...such as city, state, and Federal governments. To bring the efforts of these first responders and government entities together, health care organizations will ultimately bear the heaviest burden as sick and injured citizens arrive at their doors. This paper will explore disaster preparedness from a health care organization’s perspective, looking at the extensive preparation required to adequately deal with an event of serious magnitude. The Importance of Planning Ahead In today’s highly complex world, with the threat of terrorist attacks and natural disasters impacting virtually every major population center, there are myriad scenarios that must be considered and planned for in advance of an actual event. To not do so would render communities woefully unprepared and thus potentially increase the number of casualties through ineffective treatment or no treatment at all. Disasters, both man-made and natural, are characterized through four stages: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery (National Governors' Association, 1979). While prevention would be the desired mode for disasters, mitigation is sometimes the best case scenario. Since mitigation can only dampen the impact of disasters, preparedness is the key stage, because it ultimately determines the following stages of response and recovery. Within the context of a health care organization, detailed preparations, both on paper and in resources, are vital to a hospital’s ability to cope with an onslaught...
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...consideration in the development of comprehensive marketing plan; they are also key factors in the success of the organization. North Colorado Medical Center and Medical Center of the Rockies have both successfully marketed themselves in the community as exceptional health care providers by providing quality care. The purpose of this paper is to examine the positioning and differentiation strategies used by North Colorado Medical Center and Medical Center of the Rockies to market actively their organizations. It is very important for health care organizations to develop a plan for the target market within the surrounding community. A well-designed marketing concept provides a course of action for the development of a comprehensive marketing initiative that will help attract an individualize market that has not been considered. An organization target market is a group of customers who an organization aims its goods and services. To create a good strategy, the organization’s target market must be evaluated and well thought-out. Health care organizations must position themselves and separate from its competitors by offering their services in a different manner in order to set themselves apart from the competition. At first sight, health care organizations primarily offer the same services and products; but providing unique services, the organization can attract new customer’s base and develop lasting relationships between the customer and the organization. North Colorado Medical Center General...
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...Benefits of the Affordable Care Act Benefits of the Affordable Care Act In this essay I will be discussing the benefits of the new affordable care act and how it has impacted as well as my local community. Firstly, the affordable care act allows people who did not have access to insurance or be able to afford the insurance through their employer to get insurance coverage at a reasonable cost. Second, the affordable care act does not allow for insurance companies to not pay a claim based on it being a pre-existing condition which was the case prior to the affordable care act being passed. Also the affordable care act gives access to women for preventative health services which is important to me, my wife and my two daughters. In the following paragraphs I will explain the reasons why I support the affordable care act and reasons that everyone should support the new health care law. One of the reasons why I support the affordable care act is that if you would lose your coverage through your employer and need to continue health coverage the cost of the affordable care act insurance is much more reasonable then having to purchase the cobra insurance, which many of the times is about four times as expensive as your insurance through your employer. The affordable card act has directly impacted a state that I used to live in which was Kentucky. It has been reported that nearly four hundred and fifty thousand people now have health insurance in Kentucky that previously...
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...Metabical: Positioning and Communication Strategy for a New Weight Loss Drug -Ennam Pathak CSP, Health Care Company with a focus on developing, manufacturing and marketing products that treats chronic and acute medical conditions. It came up with a new weight loss drug, Metabical, FDA approved and can be bought through a prescription. The drug has lesser negative effects, as compared to other available drugs, associated with excess fat and calories in diet promoting a healthier life style. One tablet a day is recommended for group of people with BMI 25-28, the course is for 12 weeks (84 pills). Currently the company is offering diet plan, exercise plan and weight management support program. The target audience would be Male and Female between 25yrs-60yrs, who want to live a healthier life and the sources to grab them would be TV, Radio, Magazine, banners, Social Networking sites. Being a prescribed weight loss drug the distribution channels are limited to places such as Drug Store, Health care providers or Specialty Store. R&D and FDA expenses= $400,000,000 Marketing Budget= $23,146,000 Estimated Retail Price= $4 Consumption= 1 pill/day (total 84 pills-12 weeks) US adult population (2008) = 230 Million Assuming the percentage of overweight people will be the same= 34% (34*230= 78.2 million) No. of people actively trying to lose weight= .35*78.2= 27.37 million People ready to use drugs to loose weight= .15*27.37= 4.1055 million Assuming a capture of 30% market in first year...
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...Vulnerable Populations University of Phoenix Health Assessment and Promotion for Vulnerable Populations 440 Carol Bafaloukos July 04, 2012 Vulnerable Populations Vulnerable populations are populations that are at risk of acquiring diseases because of their economic status, comorbidities, religious preferences, ethnicity, age and gender. They have little or no support system or service to provide them with help Current efforts to cut down on Medicare, Medicaid and other federal funded programs will make it difficult for our vulnerable population to obtain needed healthcare. It is estimated that 1.56 million people in the United States have been homeless at one point or another. Homeless population is susceptible to poor health and living on the streets with no running water and poor living conditions makes this population at higher risk for communicable diseases. To help the homeless population we need to look at what barriers this vulnerable population may have to prevent them from seeking medical care. Barriers The barriers that the homeless population may have preventing them from seeking help or services are many. It’s a constant struggle for the homeless to find a safe place or shelter to sleep in and food. The homeless are not concerned with their health when their primary instinct is to stay alive. This population tends to put his or her own health needs on the back burner, leaving his or her illness or injuries untreated, which could lead to further complications...
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...doctor patient confidentiality law (Bianet, 2011). The case that I am talking about will affect all of the prisoner that are require healthcare treatment in a hospital setting, the law enforcement official requited to supervise the inmate and the medical professionals to called on of the treat the of patients. This doesn’t include the general public whose does agree with one did or the other. When the media is surrounding this case it is getting people who side with the medical professionals and les with the legal side of the dilemma. Many of the community member have gone so far as to create sign expressing their dissatisfaction on how the Dr. Mulamahmutoğlu is being treated. “The right to health cannot be tried” has become one of the statements being displayed on posters and banners created by members of the public who disagree with the inmates right to be seen as a patient that needs...
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...doctor patient confidentiality law (Bianet, 2011). The case that I am talking about will affect all of the prisoner that are require healthcare treatment in a hospital setting, the law enforcement official requited to supervise the inmate and the medical professionals to called on of the treat the of patients. This doesn’t include the general public whose does agree with one did or the other. When the media is surrounding this case it is getting people who side with the medical professionals and les with the legal side of the dilemma. Many of the community member have gone so far as to create sign expressing their dissatisfaction on how the Dr. Mulamahmutoğlu is being treated. “The right to health cannot be tried” has become one of the statements being displayed on posters and banners created by members of the public who disagree with the inmates right to be...
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...management review. You should pay special attention to monetary penalties. For example, an SLA could specify a maximum downtime of four hours. After four hours, hourly penalties will start to accrue. You can relate this to the maximum acceptable outage (MAO). 2. Using the user domain, define risks associated with users and explain what can be done to mitigate them? the primary risks associated with the user domain are related to social engineering. Users can be conned and tricked. A social engineer tries to trick a user into giving up information or performing an unsafe action. You combat these risks by raising user awareness. Implement acceptable use policies (AUPs) to ensure users know what they should and should not be doing. Use logon banners to remind users of the AUP. Send out occasional e-mails with security tidbits to keep security in their minds. Use posters in employee areas. 3. Using the workstation domain, define risks associated within that domain and explain what can be done to reduce risks in that domain? Some of the primary risks associated with workstations are related to malware. Users can bring malware from home on Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash disks. They can accidentally download malware from Web sites. They can also install malware from malicious e-mails. The primary protection is to ensure that you install antivirus (AV) software. Additionally, you need to update AV...
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...Suggest the key financial drivers that most likely will cause health care organizations to merge. Provide support for your rationale. The future of the health care industry is dominated by many uncertainties as it is feeling the heat on both regulatory and economic fronts. The health care industry is one of the most regulated in the United States and organizations are required to comply with a number of federal and state laws and regulations. In turn, these regulations have increased health care costs to unsustainable levels (Horner and Basu, 2012). From an economic standpoint, the health care industry has been facing deep cuts with a decline in per-patient revenue that pose a great risk to the industry. There has also been an increase in the regulatory pressures in terms of developments and pricing fronts. The big players in the market often have greater access to more resources that allow them to combat the negative forces to a certain extent. However, smaller health care entities may find it difficult to fight against these situations and thus consolidation in the industry is seen as one of the ways for survival. Many health care service providers are taking on mergers and acquisitions in order to improve operational efficiency, patient care and lower their costs. Some of the reasons behind consolidation in the industry are: 1) seeking economies of scale, 2) drawing on a partner’s unique clinical or managerial strengths, 3) gaining geographic strength to better serve patient...
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...According to Cutting Costs without Cutting Corners (2013), “Cost cutting is difficult in any industry, but it’s particularly challenging in healthcare, where organizations are simultaneously undergoing a major transformation to improve care and the patient experience. In a hospital setting, cost-reduction is often equated with cutting corners, and so is perceived as antithetical to care providers’ values, and typically creates high levels of employee and patient dissatisfaction.” During the simulation review phase I the cost cutting options I chose to cut was reducing agency, and changing the skill mix. The outcome of my choice was that it would slightly affect patient care, and it would generate a savings of $3,515,135. When I originally reviewed the choices I was going to choose reducing agencies, and changing benefits. I learned from that choice I would have made the employees not feel secure in their positions. After reviewing that I think I would still maybe make employees pay more of a percentage into their benefits depending on what they already contribute. I also relies when going through the hiring process people are not only looking at the salary’s offered they are also looking at the benefits offered by the company so that may deter new hires if the percentage they contribute is too high. For the second question of phase I the loan option I selected was option 1. The outcome of my choice is the total interest paid out is $11,813 and the saved is $66,073, during...
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... of a term (Fall, Spring, or Summer) he or she suffers from a psychological condition that prevents him/her from performing the essential functions of a student (e.g. unable to attend classes, unable to complete academic responsibilities, etc.) for an extended period of time during that term. The severity and duration of the problem must be such that it would not be reasonable to expect the student to be able to make up the missed work. Requests for a medical withdrawal for psychological reasons must be made in writing by the student to the Director of the Student Counseling Service and must be supported by a licensed mental health professional in the form of a letter documenting the and diagnosis of the student during the term in question and clearly indicating support for the withdrawal. The Director of the Student Counseling Service has the ultimate authority to approve a medical withdrawal for psychological reasons. The student will be notified in writing by the Director or his designee if the request has been approved or denied. A form for requesting a medical withdrawal from the current term, as well as a form for requesting a retroactive medical withdrawal from a completed term, is attached at the end of these Guidelines and may also be obtained online...
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...INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS FIELD TRIP ASSIGNMENT Kevin Tetuan Kushal Patel, Ph.D., Associate Professor HCAP 2010 20 April 2015 In researching for this assignment I found that TSU has several areas lacking in the overall health promotion of its students. Simple things like educating its students and creative things like thinking out of the box and designing programs would help. While there are several options at the gym, track, and other facilities, there could be a more proactive and engaging approach. Every school has a student health services department and other schools seem to take advantage of this by offering more than the basic services. With that in mind, there are several barriers to all college students, especially traditional ones that are not actively addressed. They are risk factors to health in general. They include things like stress, money, and peer pressure. As HMO’s showed educating people on general health can make an impact on peoples behaviors, TSU could stand to do the same. A simple yet effective way to do this would be to have laminated nutrition facts attached to the healthy options in the cafeteria. A nutritionist could design several meals for throughout the week that would have all the calories one would need for that particular meal. It could even be a part of an overall health plan if a student decided to get that in depth. However, even just have an approved healthy meal option would educate and empower students to...
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