...Implementing Electronic Medical Records In a Long Term Care Facility HCS/320 1/20/14 Dr. Patricia “Pat” Bird Introduction Implementing Electronic Medical Records in a Long Term Care Facility can be a big and trying change for anyone in the Health Care Industry. With the transition from traditional paper charts to everything being on a computer through a database can be very confusing and stressful for any and all employees whom have to use the program. However, with proper explanation, training, and communication it can be very easy to adapt to the Electronic Medical Record database, and it will save time and money over time when it comes to hours of writing in traditional paper charts. Electronic Medical Records also keeps a patient’s medical history and personal information safe and protected from outside sources. What are the benefits of switching to electronic Medical records? Two benefits would be the ease of access to medical records and increased productivity. These two benefits go hand in hand. Searching for information on a patient becomes so much easier when you eliminate the large paper files. Meaning the patient gets treated in a more prompt way. Also having electronica medical records makes it easily accessed by anyone that needs it at any time; saving time, energy, and money. Another benefit would be the electronic medical records are cost efficient. Yes making the switch from paper to electronic may be costly in the beginning. Buying the devices...
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...HCS 465 Applying the Background and Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care University of Phoenix September 16, 2013 Eduardo E. Perez Instructor: Dorene Fankhauser Applying the Background and Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care There have been many studies and as well as research methods that have been used to conduct research on childhood obesity over recent years, and the ways that parents and health care providers can help prevent it. The studies have been and are conducted on children between the ages of six months to twelve years of age. Childhood obesity is a growing trend in the United States and has become a major concern for pediatricians and parents. Studies have shown that nearly 10% of children who are younger than five and two years who are obese. The study is to help resolve obesity in children, and help the health care administrators to find ways to help control this disease with using different methodology measures. The purpose for this study is to locate preventative measures for obesity in children, how we may provide ways to assist the medical professionals in providing care that are needed. Many of the research questions address different ways that pediatricians could prevent childhood obesity by simply educating the parents. Some of the particular questions were also directed towards the mother that breastfeed their child to maintain a healthy weight. Lastly there were questions about the sugared...
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...Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care Background and Methodology of the Research Process Abstract Childhood obesity over the years has grown by more than 9 million and that number is expected to grow even more. Parents do not always get a say in the way schools are run, but this article has given parents the opportunity to give their opinions on what they feel is important for their children’s health. The researchers in this article surveyed parents on what can be done in schools to help fight the growing number of children becoming obese. Problem to Solve The problem that this article focuses on is childhood obesity. This paper gives parental perceptions of the schools' role in addressing childhood obesity. Childhood obesity has risen dramatically over the past few years. Approximately over 9 million children are obese and that number continues to rise (Murphy & Polivka, 2007). More than ever schools play an important role in a child’s life. Obesity can cause many more health issues if not treated. This can be treated with more physical activity and better eating habits. Unfortunately, more children are doing less physical activities and eating unhealthy foods. Myers and Vargas decided to survey 200 people to get their views on childhood obesity (Murphy & Polivka, 2007). This article discusses how they feel and what can be done to fix the issue. Health Care Administrators This problem is very important for health care administrators to study...
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...Planning and the Nursing Process Paper Strategic Planning and the Nursing Process Paper HCS/482 Health Care Informatics November 25, 2014 Strategic Planning and the Nursing Process Healthcare informatics is an idiom that refers to the use of information technology in the healthcare field. Several software applications are used in healthcare informatics mostly used are computers. The wide-ranging uses of healthcare informatics include but are not limited to electronic record keeping, information distribution, data observation, data investigation, and record keeping. Medical records are more readily accessible due to healthcare informatics. In the past health care medical records were written on paper and sometimes carbon copied paper. When patients went to the doctor their medical records were ordered and sent via courier to various departments. Healthcare informatics has improved patient care by providing clear legible computerized charting verses the illegible poorly written, unorganized charting health care providers were use to. The Nursing Process According to Definition: Nursing Process (2004), The Nursing process is defined as “a five-part systematic decision-making method focusing on identifying and treating responses of individuals or groups to actual or potential alterations in health”. The Nursing process includes assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation”. The nursing process is an organized, cogent...
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...How would you describe the most effective decision-making process for health care managers? Decision making is a process of choosing the best alternative to achieve individual and organizational objectives. Identifying and using the decision-making process help managers at all levels to make more effective decisions. These expressions DECIDE is an acronym of one the most effective decision making process used by healthcare mangers at all levels. This model is an acronym of 6 particular activities needed in the decision-making process: (1) D = define the problem, (2) E = establish the criteria, (3) C = consider all the alternatives, (4) I = identify the best alternative, (5) D = develop and implement a plan of action, and (6) E = evaluate and monitor the solution and feedback when necessary. First of all it is important for a health care manger to define the is the problem, By defining problems a manager must question the staff and monitor daily activities and tasks to fully investigate the extent of the problem. To clearly define the real problem, an individual manager should be concerned with 3 basic questions: (1) what is the problem? (2) Why should anything be done at all? (3) What should or could be happening? After having defined the problem, the second step is to establish the criteria. Criteria are the measures used to arrive at a solution that best fulfills the purpose. Decisions criteria are used to achieve the purpose. 3 questions to help managers establish...
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...Applying the Background and Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care University of Phoenix HCS/465 Shannon S. Smalls Loleater Casey-Evans The purpose of the paper is to show how to develop and understand methodology of the research process when pertaining to manage health care. The process consists of retrieving a peer-reviewed article and applying the research methodology to the article selected. The article selected for the research methodology was Managing Aging Patients written by Robert D’Ambrosia, Jennifer Kilpatrick, and Lene Juel Rasmussen written June 2003. Based on the information in the article will help determine the methods of defining the problem, the purpose of the study, research questions, hypothesis, study variables, conceptual model, the review of related literature and the study design of the selected article. Define the Problem The problem in this scenario is the need to be able to manage and being equipped with the up and coming baby boomers. It has been predicted that 20% of the population in US will be aged 65 years by 2030 it was predicted few years ago because of up and coming baby boomers. We are all aware that the aging Baby Boomer population and with increased life expectancy and more active lifestyles, then in the past generation is beginning and will continue to place a huge demand on medical resources, predominantly from the orthopedic doctors. There will be a quadruple need of orthopedic surgeons than before...
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...Applying the Results and Conclusion of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care HCS/465 October 3, 2013 Results The procedure of collecting data was appropriate because the data was collected in the most efficient and logical way of collecting data for obtaining the desired outcome. The data for this study was collected by a web-enabled database for error reporting system in a hospital setting. Nurses, physicians, and pharmacists had access to the system at any time to report any type of medication error. The rights of the subjects were protected because the patients information was never used on the error reporting database and the error reports made by the staff were anonymous, other than tracking what job title the error reporter held. Reporting any error was completely voluntary to the staff and staff was fully aware of what the system was for. The data collection tool in this instance was a web-enabled database for error reporting. This system supports the reliability of the study by keeping accurate percentage tallies of the types of errors, who is reporting the errors, and the suggestions to prevent the errors. Data Analysis Procedures The data analysis procedures in this study were appropriate for the data collected because the procedures used to analyze the data were as follows: two experts, the investigator, and the pharmacist worked together to analyze the material. The two experts agreed on the categories of errors and the one year time limit...
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...Applying the Background and Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care HSC/465 September 18, 2012 The Research Process and the Problems in Health Care Teen pregnancy and family history of teen pregnancy research has not been fully studied. A peer-reviewed article that was published by the Journal of Psychology in Africa, entitled “Risk Factors Associated with Adolescent Pregnancy: An Exploratory Study”. This article describes a study done to see if there was a “relationship between Protective factors, risk factors and adolescent pregnancy(Ditsela & Van Dyk, 2011)”. This study gives results of 121 mostly bi-racial females in South Africa. Problem to be solved The problem that this article discusses is about how possible parenting styles or lack they’re of, self-esteem issues, and locus of control may play a large part in adolescent pregnancy. This article give and exploratory study of the risk factors than may be associated with teen pregnancy. This study brakes down how family problems such as divorce, new parents, and low self-esteem are reasons teen pregnancy happens so much. Where as high self-esteem makes you less likely to become involved in risky sexual behavior (RBS). Health Care Administration The growing problem with teen pregnancy is a very important issue all around the world. Health care administration should study this issue so that more kids can be aware of the on going problem of children...
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...for you to identify how a health care process might be updated, streamlined, or implemented in a health care organization. Select and complete one of the following assignments: Option 1: Microsoft® PowerPoint® Presentation Option 2: Brochure Option 3: Video Presentation Option 1: Microsoft® PowerPoint® Presentation Use the organization, process, and audience you selected in Week Two from the following lists to complete this assignment option: • Health care processes to be updated, streamlined, or implemented o Electronic medical records o Communicating new policies and procedures o Creating work schedules o Community plan for emergency preparedness o New human resources system o A process of your choice, approved by the instructor • Organization in which the process will be updated, streamlined, or implemented: o Long-term care o Emergency management o Health management o An organization of your choice, approved by the instructor Prepare a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, including title and reference slides, on this health care process. Address the following points in your presentation: • How this health care communication process might be updated, streamlined, or implemented • What team structures, functions, goals, obstacles, and communication will be used in the selected process • How to integrate teams, planning, and training to provide a successful outcome of the selected process • Recommendations on how...
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...Consumerism Most healthcare organizations are setup for the primary purpose to care for people of a community. This creed is meant to be executed at the highest level possible. Though it is evitable that business in healthcare suggests profit is an indicator of the growth of an organization but it isn’t the primary purpose of a hospital or health care facility. Consumers of healthcare aren’t receiving satisfaction from the care they receive based on the amount they paid for it, they are more interested in the quality of care and how such care is delivered. When a patient is sick and visits a hospital, most of the time, the facility must not only care for the patient but also for their loved ones, the family and friends must be carried along in the care delivery choice and process. It is imperative that organizations meet the needs of these consumers and constantly strive to improve on the quality of care. According to Ransom et. al (2008), there is six dimensions of quality organizations should address when planning improvement strategies. Quality care should be safe, effective, efficient, timely, patient centered, and equitable. What is the difference between performance measurement and quality improvement processes: Quality Improvement is a process used to enhance the quality of care provided and performance measurement is a tool by which organizations measure whether the goal for quality improvement was actually achieved (Koss, Hanold, & Loeb, 2002, p. 82). Performance...
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...In the health care system, one of the essential dilemma a nurse managers face is to deal with the management of change. Therefore, the nurse manager as well her team members need knowledge, competence, and leadership skills to maintain the expertise needed to carry out the complexity of the change management process. Change is an ongoing process where people can be passive, divergent, or supportive toward it. Regardless of these feelings, change is required to achieve advancement in the profession. Thus, this paper will explore the management of the change process by identifying a problem that a nurse manager need to resolve, driving forces for the need to change, application of management and leadership theory as well motivational theory,...
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... 1 Essential Care of Frail Older Adults Mary Anne V Wheeler Lane Community College Abstract This paper explores the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s map for the patient process of essential care for the elderly. It summarizes the IHI map and then discusses the specific goals of The Joint Commission (TJC) and how they relate to the IHI map. The paper then continues on to discuss how the standards of TJC are put into effect at McKenzie Willamette hospital to provide the essential care for the older patient. Essential Care of Frail Older Adults Overview On the improvement map from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) website, the patient process “Essential Care for Frail Older Adults” is outlined. IHI states that the purpose of this process is to “Ensure coordinated, reliable, and safe care for frail older patients as they enter the hospital.” As the title of the map indicates this patient process is related to the care of our older adult patients. The IHI website indicates that it would be moderately challenging to implement this patient process for the following reason “Either it involves multiple units or disciplines OR requires a substantial shift in culture an/or operations, but not both of these.” This patient process will need to be implemented in any medical facility that may treat the frail older adult including medical, surgical and emergency departments of hospitals along with nursing homes and intensive care units and also in...
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...Policy Process The health care, policy-making process is composed of three major stages; the formulation stage, legislative stage, and the implementation stage. The policy process refers to the specific decisions and events that are required for a policy to be proposed, considered, and finally either implemented and/or set aside. It is an interactive process with multiple points of access providing opportunities to influence the multiple decision makers involved at each stage (Abood, 2007). Each stage presents a unique set of events for a policy to be proposed, considered, and either implemented or rejected. In the formulation stage there is an input of ideas, information, and research from government officials, citizens, and special interest groups. The issue is framed and the purpose and outcome is defined. Finally strategies are chosen and the necessary resources are identified. In the legislative stage the policy must be discussed by congress, agreed on and signed into law. In the implementation stage the policy is put into effect, human resources and funding are allocated. After a new policy is implemented, advocates, opponents, or other “interested parties” begin to consider the consequences of the decision and its implementation (Cockrel, 2007). Abood (2007), “The overall health care system, including the public and private sectors, and the political forces that affect that system are shaped by the health care, policy-making process” (The Policy Process and the...
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...Culture Case Study II Health care organizations merge to eliminate competition and gain power. Health care organizations that merge will have changes and the staff can be impacted. Six months after a health care organization merges with a competing organization, administration initiates a significant reduction in force and makes a decision to redesign patient delivery. The administration’s first job redesign recommendation was that of a universal worker, but the universal worker delivers different support services. The administration is aware that this support model has failed when implemented in other health care organizations, but the administration still wants to redesign patient care delivery. The manager that is in control of redesigning patient care delivery has a job to do. The manager will begin to process the redesign job and needs to consider all staff, not just the universal worker. Work processes and performance expectations must be considered once the job is done. Steps and structures will be put in place to make the health care organization a true learning health care organization. The manager in charge of the redesign job will encourage workers and managers to adapt and excel in spite of the changes. The intra-organizational and inter-organizational communications that must occur to implement the job design changes can be planned and controlled. Additionally, the manager can ensure job satisfaction with the position. Process of Job Design Managers...
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...loatient Protection and Affordable Care Act (RL. 111-148) (now more commonly called the Affordable Care Act [ACA]) are fully implemented by 2014, approximately 32 million Americans who currently do not have health insurance coverage will be covered, and coverage will be more affordable for many millions more. The ACA makes vital improvements to health care access, quality, and services for millions of Americans with health and behavioral health needs. Social workers practice as part of health caretailing the factors necessitating health care reform in the United States. Second, it analyzes whether a constitutionally protected right to make personal health care decisions exists under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments' Due Process Clauses. Finally, the article analyzes the susceptibility of government-sponsored health care-specifically proposals which include a public option-to due process challenges and makes suggestions to avoid any potential fundamental rights violations. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] quirement to purchase health insurance. It also examines some recent Canadian constitutional law cases to anticipate possible future legal challenges to health care reform in the United States. INTRODUCTION The question of the reform of the American system of financing health care has, of course, recently been a central focus of debate in American politics. Because the author of this paper is something of a "political junkie" and keeping current on this issue seemed a desirable...
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