...Introduction Opening a free clinic is one of the most humanitarian ways of giving back to the community. The community particularly the low income citizens are searching for means to provide easy and affordable healthcare to. This has come as a result of employers reducing employee’s benefits due to a failing economy this in turn causing the cost of obtaining a medical insurance cover very expensive. Opening a free clinic may stand to achieve and benefit the community by providing these primary medical attention to the underprivileged in the community. The development of a free medical clinic solely depends on the support of the community at large. It takes a group of self -driven and compassionate individuals with a vision, aspiration and commitment to help the uninsured. Nevertheless, starting a clinic may not be simple as it takes numerous procedures that may include; sourcing supplies, legal arrangements, recruiting of volunteers, identifying viable funding raising mechanisms and identifying a reliable consultancy team that will help in accounting, insurance and legal matters. This however depends on whether the clinic will be individually owned or collaboration with organizations such as Volunteers in Health Care (VIH) and Volunteers in Medicine that assist societies to start free clinics. Economic status and its effect on health care: Low socioeconomic status (SES) has its links to low income. People with low income lack medical insurance covers, have poor quality...
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...Free Medical Clinic for those without Insurance Assignment 2.1: Informative Paper January 29, 2014 Free Medical Clinic for those without Insurance Assignment 2.1: Informative Paper In today’s world, healthcare availability is a major concern for many people. Whether it is due to income, specific health concerns or resources many people find themselves without the ability to seek treatment at a facility they can afford. To help communities with these issues, if resourced properly, a free or low cost clinic as an alternative can greatly benefit the community in addressing the economic and special needs of the patients. Healthcare in the United States has proven costly to patients. There options for treatment can be limited by their insurance, location, available of care and lifestyle. “Health care is a limited resource for which there is unlimited demand. In 2005 health care expenditures were 16% of GDP, with projected increases from $2 trillion in 2005 to $4 trillion in 2015. For the past forty years, demand for health care has risen each year without indication that the market for health care is satiated” (Crowe, 2010, p.455). Premiums for those with coverage has increased drastically over the years while what is being covered has decreased or has had increased copays and deductibles applied. “In 2007, the established system of payment for services and access to the health care system was impacted by an economic recession resulting in a loss of 5.1 million jobs...
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...if the individual has access to health facilities which can have run tests to early detect disease which aids in effective treatment and increases life expectancy. Fortunately services are available to these people through free clinics or facilities offering volunteer medical assistance. Free clinics provide a range of medical, dental, pharmacy, vision and/or behavioral health services to financially impaired individuals. Although these services are limited to counseling, health insurance enrollment (with eligibility requirements), health education, and medical care for adults (including primary care, women’s health and gynecology, men’s health, disease prevention and screening, vaccinations, and more). Regardless of one’s financial or social status all people should be allowed access to heath services Funding from the government, donations and grants make it possible for these services to be usable. These services provide prevention of transmissible diseases. "The first documented free medical clinic in the United States was in New York City in the 1700s (Olasky, 1996). San Jose Clinic in Houston was established in 1922. However, the current free clinic movement began in the 1960s in California. " The National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics was founded in 2000, whose mission focused on broadening access to affordable healthcare, raising public awareness on health,...
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...The Public Needs to Know 1 The Public Needs to know ( About Free Clinics) Christy Phillips Strayer University English 115 ALENE Morrison 04/28/2014 The Public Needs to Know 2 The people in Douglasville, Georgia need to know that the health care of the community is crucial. It is because of the price of the insurance today too many people go without medical care that they need. If Douglasville, Georgia had a free clinic more people could get the health care of that they need. There are more people dieing everyday because they cannot afford to get the medical care they need. That is why now more than ever the community needs to open a free clinic here in Douglasville, Georgia for the low income families and the uninsured. The public needs to know why a free clinic would be beneficial to Douglasville, Georgia. To begin with the state of Georgia population is 9,687,953 and of that 132,493 live in Douglas county (US Census Bureau,2010). According to ( healthyfuturega.org) nearly 2 million people in Georgia are uninsured that is among the highest in the nation. There is a total of 44,131 uninsured in Douglas and Carroll County it is the third highest in the state of Georgia. The presence of free primary care clinic reduces hospital costs associated with non-urgent ED use and inpatient care (Journal of Health & Human Services Administration. Mar2012, Vol. 34 Issue 4, p456-470. 15p). That is why someone needs to find a way to help the uninsured...
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...The Public needs to Know - Draft Version Tonya Addison Dr. Ryan ENG115 11/02/2014 Opening a free clinic can be a very good way to give back to the community, but is also a challenging thing to do. There are many legal, supply, volunteer recruitment, fund-raising and management issues to be considered. First step would be to recruit a team consisting of doctors, office help, an accountant and legal attorney. Keep in mind your legal help should be familiar with medical laws and setting up nonprofit businesses. Be sure to get someone with plenty of experience in knowledge of how to fund programs, like Medicare or other local, state and federal programs. You should advertise in the newspaper, with local businesses and at local hospitals to bring volunteers. It would be good to hold meetings to discuss your future clinic needs and requirements of the staff. It would also be a great idea to consider recruiting volunteers for cleaning, reception and office work from local high schools or universities. Second decide on the main services that your clinic will offer which should be based on your local demographic. You can get information about the main needs of the local uninsured from the health department. For example, you can determine that there may be a large number of uninsured adults and children in your community or a large migrant population. In that case, you would want a bilingual staff or at least a people who can communicate with clients and patients that speak...
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...The Public needs to Know - Draft Version Tonya Addison Dr. Ryan ENG115 11/02/2014 Opening a free clinic can be a very good way to give back to the community, but is also a challenging thing to do. There are many legal, supply, volunteer recruitment, fund-raising and management issues to be considered. First step would be to recruit a team consisting of doctors, office help, an accountant and legal attorney. Keep in mind your legal help should be familiar with medical laws and setting up nonprofit businesses. Be sure to get someone with plenty of experience in knowledge of how to fund programs, like Medicare or other local, state and federal programs. You should advertise in the newspaper, with local businesses and at local hospitals to bring volunteers. It would be good to hold meetings to discuss your future clinic needs and requirements of the staff. It would also be a great idea to consider recruiting volunteers for cleaning, reception and office work from local high schools or universities. Second decide on the main services that your clinic will offer which should be based on your local demographic. You can get information about the main needs of the local uninsured from the health department. For example, you can determine that there may be a large number of uninsured adults and children in your community or a large migrant population. In that case, you would want a bilingual staff or at least a people who can communicate with clients and patients that speak...
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...University of Connecticut Health School to provide free healthcare to inhabitants of small villages and cities in the area. The trip taught me the importance of providing healthcare to poverty stricken areas and the effect it can have on the communities. The experience also really cemented the importance of being tolerant of different cultures and areas of the world. You need to be truly passionate about providing a better life for the people that come from less fortunate circumstances, but also understanding of their ways of life. If you are doing something just because you think it looks good and would benefit yourself; your goals become very transparent and those you are helping can tell right away you aren’t really there for them. There was no greater feeling then seeing the smile on the children’s faces while we worked with them to get them better or the clear look of thankfulness on the people who will never take what we provided them for granted. I would love to have the opportunity to provide physical therapy to similar areas of need, which I can successfully contribute to the program at MGH IHP. I have also had different experiences relating directly to the field that have all been quite diverse. My first experience in the field was as a patient of physical therapy after a traumatic shoulder injury the required two surgeries. From there I participated in an internship in a sports-heavy physical therapy clinic and after graduating college I got a job as...
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...Puce Health Clinic Case Analysis Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………3 Objective of the Report ………………………………………………..3-4 4P’S and STP…………………………………………………………..4-6 Market Analysis………………………………………………………..6 Competitors Analysis ………………………………………………….7-8 SWOT Analysis………………………………………………………...9 Recommendations………………………………………………………10 Conclusion………………………………………………………………10 Appendix A……………………………………………………………...11 Income Statement………………………………………………………..11 Puce Memorial Hospital (PMH) is, an independent, not-for-profit, general hospital located on the southern periphery of a major western city. Being debt free and dependent on inner city residents, the board of trustees authorized PMH to expand operations by adding an ambulatory facility in the downtown area ten blocks north of the hospital. Being open for 11 months now, Puce Health Clinic (PHC) has seen success by becoming self sufficient, increasing cliental, reducing bad debts by 2 % and minimizing the increase in their expenses. Sherri Worth, Assistant Administrator of PMH, has recognized a potential threat that could hurt their facility. Medcenter, a possible competitor, has been proposing to develop their own facility overlapping in service areas with PHC. This threat has the potential to take a third of PHC’s northern portion of personal illness patients and also 40% of potential personal illness patients in this area will go to the new location. After speaking to her boss Roger Mahon...
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...financially stable, debt free and holds the highest occupancy rate in amongst all hospitals located in its metro location. Perpetual Mercy has become extremely dependent on older, inner city occupants that are covered by Medicaid. More business is becoming minor, short stayed visits which have begun to jeopardize the financial stability of the hospital. Other major threats that Perpetual Mercy faces are the demographic shifts in the community, in which northern suburban areas are becoming more heavily occupied, placing potential business farther away from the hospital. Downtown Healthcare Clinic In 1998 Perpetual Mercy Hospital’s Board of Trustee’s did a study to find out if it would be worthwhile to open a clinic up north in a new construction area downtown. The clinic would offer specific services like: Preventive health care Minor emergency care Referral for acute and chronic health care conditions Specialized employer services Primary health care services Basic x-ray and lab test The clinic would not only service the local community but also serve as a preferred provider organization (PPO), holding a contractual arrangement with employment groups located near the new clinics area. These services will allow the hospital to expand their referral base, increase referrals of privately insured patients and establish a liaison with the business community by addressing employees’ specific health care needs. A study of the service radius showed that the clinics services would...
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...Facility Planning Shrunda Young-Johnson HCS/446 August 6, 2015 Janice Chilton Facility Planning Houston Texans new ambulatory clinic in Cleveland, Texas will be opening soon. It will feature state of the art surgical center. The Houston Texans Ambulatory Clinic will be have outpatient same day surgery center and imaging center. Our Ambulatory Clinic will have an unveiling in the summer of June 2016. This paper will focus on regulatory requirements and the effects on design and equipment, color selection implication and noise issues, electronic item needs, examination of budget planning and cost estimates, description of stakeholders and implementation plan. Health care organization know the regulatory requirement and their effect on design and equipment, especially for ambulatory clinics. Outpatient clinic have beds that are devoted to “hotel function” the typical nursing units of hospital and the extensive dietetic and housekeeping area that accompanying them (WBDG,2014). The implementation is organized in three steps which are routine, predictive maintenance and preventive. Manager for this ambulatory facility will have contractor and city of Cleveland public health to provide what compliance and regulation on material used for the facility. The color selection is very important in an outpatient ambulatory clinic due to it can create an illusion of a higher ceiling or a wider room or facilitate cueing in way finding orientation. In our health setting, there are...
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...229 Reducing Consultation Waiting Time and Overtime in Outpatient Clinic: Challenges and Solutions Zhu Zhecheng Health Services & Outcomes Research, Singapore Heng Bee Hoon Health Services & Outcomes Research, Singapore Teow Kiok Liang Health Services & Outcomes Research, Singapore Chapter 11 ABSTRACT Outpatient clinics face increasing pressure to handle more appointment requests due to aging and growing population. The increase in workload impacts two critical performance indicators: consultation waiting time and clinic overtime. Consultation waiting time is the physical waiting time a patient spends in the waiting area of the clinic, and clinic overtime is the amount of time the clinic is open beyond its normal opening hours. Long consultation waiting time negatively affects patient safety and satisfaction, while long clinic overtime negatively affects the morale of clinic staff. This chapter analyzes the complexity of an outpatient clinic in a Singapore public hospital, and factors causing long consultation waiting time and clinic overtime. Discrete event simulation and design of experiments are applied to quantify the effects of the factors on consultation waiting time/clinic overtime. Implementation results show significant improvement once those factors are well addressed. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-872-9.ch011 Copyright © 2012, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. Reducing...
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...Contents Section 1 Title Page Table of Contents Abbreviations and Acronyms Acknowledgements Section 2 • Executive Summary Page 6 Section 3 Introduction: Objectives of the Evaluation Evaluation Methodology Evaluation Team Sampling of Interview Sites Data verification Data entry, processing and analysis Kachia LGA (A brief overview) Results of Evaluation: • ON MEETING OBLIGATIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES BY PARTNERS: Page 14 Obligations and Responsibilities of NPHCDA and Areas where NPHCDA has failed in fulfilling its obligations and responsibilities Obligations and Responsibilities of Kaduna State Government and Areas where SMOH has failed in fulfilling its obligations and responsibilities Obligations and Responsibilities of Kachia Local Government and Areas where Kachia LGA has failed in fulfilling its obligations and responsibilities. Obligations and Responsibilities of Communities and Areas where Communities have failed in fulfilling their obligations and responsibilities Obligations and Responsibilities of Tulsi Chanrai Foundation and Areas where TCF has failed in fulfilling its obligations and responsibilities. • On Project Activities to meet...
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...I. Description of Project The project for this week or course was to: "Identify one of the waste "wedges" or categories identified in the JAMA article by Berwick and Hackbarth and explore the opportunities where managerial epidemiology principles applied in accountable care models of care can reduce waste". The reason for the project is to explore the reasons why, and possible changes that can take place to lower the costs of healthcare. Healthcare in the United States is at an astounding 18% of GDP and is definitely demanding a change to lower the costs of healthcare. Not only does the United States pay more for healthcare than other leading countries, it sees less quality of care. As per the article by JAMA, the minimum believed to be spent on wasteful spending is $558 billion per year, and a midpoint of $910 billion per year. Eliminating that alone is enough to make a change in our healthcare system. In order to elaborate on the topic, this project identifies one of the waste wedges I decided to write about, tells why I chose the particular one that I did, what exactly the wedge is and how it produces waste while affecting healthcare, and then finally what we can do to lessen the waste, as well as a proposition to eliminate waste in said category while looking at a proposal to better the organization and population. II. Selection of Topic For this project I chose Failures of Care Delivery as my waste wedge to explore. A. What is Failures of Care Delivery Failures...
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...Visit modernhealthcare.com/reprints for additional information. Company doctoring: More employers offer on‐site clinics By David Royse | December 5, 2015 Laitram Machinery's on-site healthcare providers and fitness staff include, from left, Nina Davis, medical assistant; nurse practitioners Emily Davis and Anna Bruno; Kristin King, registered dietitian and health coach; Christina Franko, personal trainer; and fitness director Patrick Holmes. Laitram Machinery, the Advertisement world's largest manufacturer of shrimp-peeling machines, sits along the Mississippi River under the Advertisement Huey P. Long Bridge, just outside of New Orleans. It's a suitable location for a company associated with a food product that's central to southern Louisiana's celebrated Creole and Cajun cuisine. But there's a health downside to that rich culture. “In New Orleans, you can find ways to not eat well and not drink well,” said Franck LaBiche, the company's human resources director. Letting les bons temps rouler wasn't just bad for the company's workers. It also was rough on its finances. “We were looking at a monthly healthcare premium curve for employees that showed a 40% increase over six years,” said LaBiche, whose company has a selfinsured health plan. In 2012, Laitram joined a growing list of large U.S. employers that have opened on-site health clinics in an effort to control the rising costs of http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20151205/MAGAZINE/312059980...
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