...Facility Selection and Research Jami Jeziorski Facility Selection and Research In this paper, I will address four things. The first is I will describe what facility I choose and what the purpose is in the health care industry. Second, I will identify the population the uses the facility I chose in my research. Next, I will identify the key characteristics of the facility. Then I will explain to why I chose the facility type and then put it all together in my conclusion. The facility I chose to research is the Ambulatory Care Clinic. An ambulatory care clinic has a broad range of medical services available for patients. Having such an advanced technology in today’s healthcare, more doctors and other healthcare providers are having ambulatory care for their patients. Some places that offer the ambulatory care are in doctor offices, hospitals, or in an ambulatory surgery center and some procedures include the following: x-rays, blood tests, minor surgeries, endoscopy, biopsies, childbirth, and many more. The purpose of the ambulatory care clinic is to provide in and out, patient procedures safely and to save time and money for patients. It also prevents from infection to spread with since the patients are not staying overnight with infection can set in. The people that use the ambulatory are patients, staff, families, and the general human population. Both men and women use these services as well and all ages and different diversities. The population in today’s healthcare...
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...Cerner Ambulatory Software HSM 330, Professor Jenkins DeVry University October 16, 2015 * Title Page………………………………………………………………………………….1 * Content page………………………………………………………………………………2 * Introduction of Cerner Ambulatory * What is Ambulatory EHR…………………………..…………………………......3 * What is Health Information Exchange………………………………….................3 * Who is Cerner Ambulatory…………………………………………..............3, 4, 5 * What are the uses for Cerner Ambulatory………………………………………………5,6 * Advantages of using Cerner Ambulatory…………………………………………6 * Disadvantages of using Cerner Ambulatory………………………………………6 * Is the software easy to use by the common worker in a health facility…………6,7 * What is the legality, governance, and privacy of Cerner………………………………….7 * Legal Concerns with liability and other legal issues……………………………...7 * Benefits of using Cerner compared to other software available to health facilities….....7,8 * Inpatient EMR……………………………………………………………..............9 * Patient Management and Accounting……………………………………………..9 * Graphs of data………………………………………………………………..10, 11 * Accomplishing the implementation of Cerner from previous software or paper……….12 * Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….12 * Footnotes……………………………………………………………...………………….13 * References…………………………………………………………………………….13,14 Introduction Ambulatory EHR is an electronic health record system that works well in a physicians practice...
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...Professional Development Paper Angela Carroll N502-DD1: Health Care Systems Module 3 September 12, 2014 Contributing Factors Related to Failure for Advanced Planning of Long Term Care In today’s society of advancements in medical technology, Americans are living longer which increases the need for long term care. Older adults make up the largest population of those requiring long term care. The current percentage of older adults over the age of 65 is at 12.6% and is expected to increase to 19.3% by 2030. The population of adults over the age of 85 is also expected to increase by the year 2020 (Sultz & Young, 2011). With today’s older adult more than likely being divorced or without children will lead to older adults not having family caregivers. This can also lead to an increase demand of these adults requiring the use of long term care facilities and services. Therefore, one must look at the reasons why older adults and their families overlook the concept of saving for long term care. As a society, what can be done to increase awareness for the need of advance planning? One must understand the definition of long term care. “Long-Term Care involves the need for assistance, including prompting, with activities of daily living” (Calmus, 2013, para. 3). One factor contributing to the lack of advanced planning could be that the majority of long-term care is provided by family members which do not require pay. This can therefore lead to loss of household income because...
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...DATABASE DESIGN Research Paper You are to write a research paper about an approved topic in the field of Information Technology (IT) Management, preferably in the area of Database Systems. The topic must be of current interest to the IT professionals. The deadline for the topic approval is September 20. You must turn into me one page (single-spaced) ‘Abstract’ of your paper by that date. A partial list of journals which publish articles pertaining to the IT area is attached. These publications are some of the source for your research work. Your paper must be between 12 and 15 pages of typed, doubled-spaced text, not including your references and any appendices or attachment. Plagiarism will result in a grade of zero. Your research paper is due on November 29. It will be graded according to the criteria on the attached page Suggested Structure of Research Paper Abstract: Half-page (single spaced) summary of the paper I. Introduction: - Problem Background -Problem Importance - Purpose and contents of this paper i. Target audience of the paper ii. Overall objective iii. Within the overall objective, the specific issues or question addressed in the paper iv. A precise statement of the content of the paper v. Scope and limitation of the paper vi. Usefulness of the paper - How would the target audience...
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...improve the management of patient information is not new. Research into the implementation of health care information systems spans more than thirty years at a cost of millions of dollars (Zheng, McGrath, Hamilton, Tanner, White, Pohl, 2009). In spite of those costly efforts, patient records continue to be primarily paper-based. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) (1991) of the National Academy of Sciences recognized the magnitude of the problems associated with paper medical records systems and called for the adoption of computer-based patient records (CPR) or electronic medical records (EMR) as the standard for all patient records by the year 2001. EMR systems have been shown to have value in patient care; they are not widely used by clinicians in community-based practice. Although there are barriers to the productive use of EMR systems in primary care and there are situations in which such systems have failed, there are early adopters of this technology who have successfully implemented the systems and made them an integral part of their organizations. Gaining better understanding of the usefulness of EMR systems and how they might be broadly utilized and successfully implemented in the community-based practice environment requires further investigation. Identifying, analyzing, and understanding certain organizational factors that contribute to the use and acceptance of EMR among health care providers in ambulatory care, community-based settings will add to a presently insufficient...
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...Standards Paper HCS/529 November 3, 2014 Regulations, Requirements, and Standards A health facility should be safe for staff and patients in the facility. When planning the setup of the health facility the management should provide key safety measure that will make the facility safe to both the staff and the patients thus enabling a peaceful environment (Guenther & Vittori, 2008). The setup should include exit route in case of fire, fire extinguishers, adequate spacing of pathways to enable people to escape from the venue without causing a stampede. With high level safety measures the facility will be secure and safe for effective performance of tasks by medical staff. It will also be conducive for the patients and clients of the institution who come on daily basis for checkup. A safe environment for a health care facility is favorable as it enhances the safety standards of the institution. The facility should be on secure location for the sake of both the client and all staff working in it, as the institution is highly labor based the security of all people to use the facility should be put on consideration (Guenther & Vittori, 2008). In January of last year, the emergency room of Doctors’ Hospital of Michigan (DHM) closed and was later converted it into a 24-hour Urgent Care. This paper will discuss regulations, requirements, and standards that will affect facility design and renovation of DHM’s urgent care department...
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...Implementing Successful Transitional Care: A structured move from Acute to Sub-Acute or Ambulatory Care Introduction Transitional care is defined as a set of actions designed to ensure the coordination and conti- nuity of health care as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care. Representative locations include (but are not limited to) hospitals, sub-acute and post-acute nursing homes, the patient’s home, primary and specialty care offices, and long-term care fa- cilities. Transitional care is based on a comprehensive plan of care and the availability of health care practitioners who are well-trained in chronic care and have current information about the patient’s goals, preferences, and clinical status. It includes logistical arrangements, education of the patient and family, and coordination among the health professionals involved in the transition. Transitional care, which encompasses both the sending and the receiving aspects of the transfer, is essential for persons with complex care needs.1 Contents 1 Introduction 1 Historical Problems 2 Attempted Solutions 3 AmerisourceBergen Solution 3 Benefits 5 Outcomes 5 Summary Historical Problems with Transitional Care Despite considerable attention focused on improving 30-day readmission rates to hospitals, only modest change has been achieved according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Medicare Readmission Penalties Max Penalty 278 Hospitals ...
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...Technology, and the definitions of health care information, and health care acronyms and remittance terms Jesse Davis Jr. University of Phoenix MBA 533/ Health Information Systems December, 2014 Professor Aimee Kirkendol Health information related acronyms, their translation, and elucidation The field of healthcare is primarily concerned with the care of people requiring preventive and medical care. However healthcare is a business. The business of health care generates trillions of dollars for the national and international health care communities. Health care as a right in the United States precludes the fact that capitalism rules every aspect of citizen life, especially health care. The factors primarily affecting health care include new technologies. The medical technology industry is a 150 to 200 billion industry. Prescription drugs, government regulation, malpractice liability and the aging of the largest generation birthed in the U.S., the Baby Boomers (78 million). Every day in the U.S., 10,000 Baby Boomers reach age 60, putting greater demands on medical services. Chronic diseases, many preventable (diabetes, cancers of the lung and cardio vascular disorders) also contribute to escalating cost of health care. Acronyms reduce the amount of data...
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...identification (RFID) technology is being used increasingly for its efficiency and safety. In this paper I will analyze how the RFID technology is being used within a hospitals information system (HIS) for a better workflow/ Introduction Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) allows the hospitals to restructure their ways in order to reduce costs, maintaining the same level of service to the patients. RFID is a method of identifying unique items using radio waves (Allen, Charles, 2004). A reader communicates with a tag, which holds digital information in a microchip (Allen, Charles, 2004). A RFID system in order to work needs to use software that acts as an interface between the reader and the organizations’ information systems. An RFID system integrated with HIS will improve patient safety and provides better tracking of a patient’s drug treatment. Many hospitals want to increase the efficiency and quality of patient identification and monitoring procedures. The use of RFID goes beyond the use of EMR and the way that it connects and provides the medical information to medical staff, physicians, family members and patients itself. The use of RFID is to solve the problems that are present today in health. In this paper I will discuss the e importance to focus on a RFID –based system name (SIMOPAC) that integrates the multi-agent technologies in the field of health care. RFID...
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...lung associationhttp://www.breathing.orgAmerican association for cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitationhttp://www.aacvpr.orgThe national Jewish medical and research Centrehttp:www.national jewish.org | The purpose of above resources is to provide information to health care professional information on chronic pulmonary diseases, some treatment options and available links.Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:Anatomy of the respiratory system consists of two parts: includes upper respiratory tract consists of nose, nasal cavity, sinuses and trachea.The lower respiratory tract consists of bronchi. Bronchioles and alveoli(neighbors, m, &tanehill,.,j 2006)Causes of chronic pulmonary disease:Long term exposure to lung irritants for example smoking, air pollution, chemical fumes, dust (U.S. Department of national lung and blood institute).Statics on COPD diseaseChronic pulmonary disease claims approximately 118, 171 people annually this number increased to 127,000 in 2005, recent studies indicate COPD could be the leading cause of death by the year 2020 in the Unites States of America( American lung association 2004). Men and women are 12-13 times likely to die from chronic pulmonary disease respectively (American lung association.)Diagnostic testingchest examinations using a stethoscope, listen to lungs sounds like a paper being rumbled. Bronchoscopy is a procedure to look into lung passages, placing a probe on middle finger or ear...
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...Introduction to Health Services and Information Systems Barnabas Health is a nonprofit nonsectarian hospital own by john F. Bonamo, MD, MS President and CEO. It’s New Jersey’s largest integrated health care delivery system. It includes Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville; Community Medical Center in Toms River; Kimball Medical Center in Lakewood; Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch; Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark; Barnabas Health Behavioral Health Center in Toms River; and Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. The System also includes the Barnabas Health Outpatient Centers with the Barnabas Health Ambulatory Care Center in Livingston and the Saint Barnabas Family Imaging and Breast Center in Bedminster; ambulatory care facilities, a state-wide behavioral health network and comprehensive home care and hospice programs. Barnabas Health provides treatment and services for more than two million patients each year: 198,000 inpatients and Same Day Surgery patients; 452,000 Emergency Department patients; and 1.5 million outpatients; and delivers more than 18,300 babies annually. Their 18,200 employees, 4,600 physicians and 445 residents and interns are united in their mission to deliver the highest quality of care in the best possible environment. Among its nationally renowned services are: New Jersey’s only certified burn treatment facility, world-class cardiac surgery services for adults; the oldest, most experienced heart transplant...
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...Transformation in Health Care HR587ON – Managing Organizational Change Professor: John Anderson Table of Contents Executive Summary Page 3 Assessment/Diagnosis Page 4 Analysis of Change Strategy Page 5 Results/Outcomes Page 9 Evaluation of the Effort Page 10 References Page 13 A Transformation in Health Care This diagnostic paper is based on my current experiences in my organization of a significant change initiative. I will be providing a high-level summary of key changes within my current organization, the reasons for the change, approaches taken, and current outcomes of the change. In the course project paper I hope to provide valuable input of lessons learned and incorporate key concepts and strategies learned in the course that can be implemented to help future change initiatives within an organization. Executive Summary They may not raise the dead but Resurrection Health Care (Res) does help people get back on their feet. The organization is Chicago’s largest Catholic health care system. Res consist of six acute care hospitals, eight long-term care and rehabilitation facilities, a home health care company, a dozen of outpatient facilities, and community ambulatory clinics. The organization specializes in services for Cancer treatment, pediatrics, cardiac care, and oncology. The organization also operates six retirement communities. Res is currently in talks to merge with Provena Health which is another Catholic health care system equal in every...
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...EMR Research & Opinion Paper Produced by: Jeremy Averella EMR Course Fall 2013 EMR Research & Opinion Paper Produced by: Jeremy Averella EMR Course Fall 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Advantages of EHRs 2 a. Cost Containment 2 b. Empowerment 3 c. Improved Communication 4 d. Less Waste 4 e. Compliance 5 II. Disadvantages of EHRs 6 a. Lack of Standardization 6 b. Security & Privacy Concerns 7 c. System Infrastructure Issues 8 d. Risk of Liability and Patient Uncertainty 8 III. EHR Technology 9 a. EHR Benefits 10 b. EHR Types 11 c. EHRs Future Evolution 13 d. EHR Technology versus Handheld SMART devices 14 IV. Trends and Consequences 15 a. Aggressive Implementation 16 b. High Costs 16 c. Labor Investment 17 d. Opportunity Cost 17 e. Impact on Researchers, Policymaker and Educators 18 V. Final Opinion 19 VI. Bibliography 22 VII. Appendix I 28 VIII. Appendix II 31 I. Advantages of EHRs In an effort to reign in rising health care costs and increased health care disparity and inequality in the U.S., former president George W. Bush doubled the funding for Health Care Information Technology to 100 million in 2005 (The White House). It was part of a larger plan to utilize latest information technology to standardize patient and health records, which despite spending 1.6 trillion dollars, attributed to 98,000 medically related errors in 2004. The plan was part of his campaign promise and was reiterated in his January 20...
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...Comparison Paper Health Care Economics/HCS 552 November 18, 2013 Professor Alex Kadrie Terms Comparison Paper Economics is defined as a social science that examines how resources, particularly scarce resources are produced, distributed, and consumed. Health economics is a field of study that applies the principle of economics to the study of health care (Dewar, 2007). Economic understandings are essential to any discussion of health care policy or expenditure. Economics is divided into two categories macroeconomics and microeconomics. Macroeconomics focusses as the economy as a whole, where microeconomics focuses on exchanges, and decisions made between entities. Health care economics falls under microeconomics, focusing on exchanges between physicians, hospitals, insurance companies, and patients. Economics and health care economics use similar terminology, but with different meanings. Some of these terms include resources, opportunity costs, and technology. Resources A resource is a product needed to accomplish an activity, or a means to achieve a desired outcome (Business dictionary, 2013). Resources in health care include medical supplies, medical staff, and capital inputs. Medical supplies entail items like patient gowns, medications, syringes, and bandages. Medical staff consists of physicians, nurses, administrative staff, technicians, and support staff. Areas that fall under capital input include hospitals, other health care facilities...
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...Organization and Management of a Health Care Facility I am proud to introduce the leadership team of 21st Century Solutions Health Care Hospital. 21st Century Hospital is part of the World One Health System which includes numerous hospitals and clinics throughout the state. Our leadership team consists of 16 highly educated individuals with varying backgrounds. Each member is well experienced and well respected in each of their particular fields of expertise. I feel privileged to work with so many outstanding individuals. First we have our President of the hospital. This individual is our chief operating officer. He is in charge of all operations here at 21st Century hospital and the six outlying clinics. He oversees about 5,600 coworkers. He has a BS in business and has earned a MBA. Our COO has served as senior vice president of operations and ambulatory services where he managed several different areas including ambulatory care, cardiac care and physicians’ services. Under his skillful leadership, we have constructed several new health complexes, a surgical center and sleep center. He has been able to add more than 100 new physicians. Next we have our Vice President of Medical Affairs. This person services as the Chief Medical Officer/Chief Medical Information Officer. This officer is a seasoned MD and is mainly responsible for the medical staff, quality programs and regulatory compliance. Our Vice President of Surgical Services is responsible...
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