...process and the roles of key stakeholders in order to achieve organizational goals. The results of each areas responsibility needs to contribute to the achievement of the company's outcomes and results, helping the company move towards the chosen strategic path. Moreover, I will provide an example of the use of lateral collaboration and vertical collaboration within the organization, and prepare an action plan to use lateral and vertical collaboration. Lastly, I will recommend the collaborative interactions among the key stakeholders to facilitate the organization's success. Reasons for Existence: Patton-Fuller Community Hospital is a non-for-profit healthcare organization that has provided a broad array of superior quality services and facilities to the city of Kelsey and the surrounding communities since 1975. The hospital provides specialized services such as emergency medical care, surgery, labor and delivery, physical therapy and radiology for adults and children. "As one of the first hospitals in Kelsey, they are also committed to providing a variety of programs that will support the health and welfare of their local community populations" (Apollo Group, 2006). The primary reasons for Patton-Fuller Community Hospital's existence from an analysis of the mission, vision, and goals are to be the healthcare organization of choice for patients, healthcare professionals and physicians. Other key reasons are to provide quality award winning healthcare services to the community...
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...EMPOWERING THE NEW HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEM 2 EMPOWERING THE NEW HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEM Today, the healthcare industry finds itself on the threshold of a new era in which key stakeholders, empowered by technology, are breaking down barriers and redefining what’s possible in medical care. Find out how IT is shaping this new healthcare ecosystem. A NEW ERA Never before has the healthcare industry offered so much hope amid so much uncertainty. In the last decade, we have seen the unlocking of the human genome, which has put personalized and predictive medicine within reach for the first time in history. Advances in biomedicine and pharmaceuticals are achieving unprecedented success against formerly intractable diseases. And the next generation of information technology is sparking innovation across the healthcare value chain. Yet we are also living in a time of great economic and social upheaval, with healthcare businesses and organizations contending with extraordinary new financial, demographic, and regulatory pressures. A challenging global economy continues to strain the bottom lines of providers, payers, and pharmaceutical companies - not to mention the businesses and taxpayers who ultimately foot the bill. What’s more, the economics of healthcare are set to become even tougher in the years ahead as aging populations in industrial countries place new demands on both private and public healthcare systems. Tighter finances and thinning margins have made cost cutting and operational...
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...Costs Of Healthcare Christine Amargo HCA305 The U.S. Health Care System Sherry Grover June 9, 2014 Everyone wants to have access to health care and in order to access it they need insurance, but unfortunately not everyone can afford health insurance. The United States spends more money on health care than any other country, but raise the cost of health insurance to the citizens. Health care should be affordable if the government is willing to spend as much money as they are on it. Health insurance should be able to affordable to all classes lower, middle, and higher. The citizens of the United States has the right to know why their insurances cost are going up and if they are going to get more bang for their buck. The reason why healthcare cost is rising each year is because no one is managing the spending. Money is being spent between all accounts of healthcare and shared amongst each other. There needs to be a line where companies stop spending and try to manage the money they have if they don’t the cost of healthcare will just keep rising. The primary issues of healthcare cost are access to healthcare, and affordability of healthcare. The United States health care spending has been growing rapidly for many years, but many citizens are without appropriate health care. This is affecting the two governments major health insurance Medicaid and Medicare and the private insurance companies. As the health care spending rises, the citizens will be faced with difficult choices...
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...QI Plan Part I- Consumerism HCS/588 October 17, 2011 QI Plan Part I- Consumerism Healthcare organizations have a responsibility to its consumers and various stakeholders to ensure only the highest quality care is delivered. Quality measures such as performance measurement and quality improvement processes play a critical role in helping organizations achieve quality outcomes. This paper will contrast performance measurement and quality improvement processes. In addition, this paper will discuss a healthcare organization, Gulf Coast Medical Center, its mission and QI goals, and the role of the consumer and stakeholders in the QI process. Performance Measurement vs. Quality Improvement Processes Performance measures are an important element of the overall quality management of an organization. “Performance measures quantitatively tell us something important about our products, services, and the processes that produce them” (Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, n.d.). In the healthcare industry, performance measures are a tool used to help understand, manage, and improve what healthcare organizations do. Performance measures are composed of units of measure; a number to tell how much, a unit to give the number a meaning of what, each tying in to the overall target number. In contrast, quality improvement (QI) focuses on bridging the gap between current levels of quality and expected levels of quality. “QI uses...
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...The Future of Pensions and Healthcare in a Rapidly Ageing World Interim Report World Economic Forum, January 2008 The World Economic Forum would like to express special thanks to Mercer (Marsh & McLennan Companies) for its strong contribution to the Financing Demographic Shifts Initiative and the development of this document. In addition, the World Economic Forum would like to thank all active contributors from a broad range of Industry Partners, international organizations, leading academia and policymaking institutions for their ongoing support and guidance. All names of the members of the Advisory Board and Expert Group of this initiative will be included in the final scenarios report (to be published in the second half of 2008). The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Economic Forum. World Economic Forum 91-93 route de la Capite CH-1223 Cologny/Geneva Tel.: +41 (0)22 869 1212 Fax: +41 (0)22 786 2744 E-mail: contact@weforum.org www.weforum.org @ 2008 World Economic Forum All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproducted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system. Contents Introduction Executive Summary Demographic Shifts Key Challenges for Pensions and Healthcare in Developed and Less Developed Countries Key Driving Forces Shaping the Future of Pensions and Healthcare Globally Some Key Insights from the Scenarios...
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...Accountable Care Organizations: Key to Transforming Healthcare? The Talia Goldsmith, MHA Candidate 2011 Suffolk University Sawyer Business School HLTH 890AE: Healthcare Strategic Management Professor Richard H. Gregg, M.A., M.B.A. April 28, 2011 Table of Contents Objective .....................................................................................................................................3 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................3 Overview of ACOs as a Mandate and an Opportunity for Healthcare Organizations............................................................................................................................4 Examples of Missions, Visions, Values and Goals for ACOs........................................6 Mission ................................................................................................................................................. 6 Vision ....................
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...PRODUCT DESCRIPTION HSA 520 week 4 dq 1&2, 1- In order to determin a key trend that supports the implementation of a CHIN, we must first explain what CHIN is.A community health information network is a combination of telecommunication and networking capabilities that link healthcare stakeholders throughout a community. It is a interorganizational system that uses information technologies and telecommunications to store, transmit, and transform clinical and financial information. A key trend that supports the implementation of a community health information network (CHIN) or regional health information organizations (RHINO) in todays healthcare orgnizations is the (NHIN). By 2002, the government recognized the healthcare service organizations inability to effectively communicate healthcare information across disparate networks and endorsed the National health information infrastructure. This systems fundamental oblective is to bring timely health information to, and aid communications among those making health decisions for themselves and others. Individuals, healthcare providers,and public health professionals are key stakeholders and users of this application. This application meets their respective needs and are distinct dimensions of the infrastructure. 2- A computerized physician order entry system is among the most popular HMIS applications and technologies employed in todays healthcare services organizations. COPE is often implemented as a componet of EHR. There...
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...This plan will allow one to make a great impact in healthcare, attests to the art of nursing even as a student, the whole multidisciplinary team and the most important of aspect of healthcare; the patients that are being served. This paper will offer insight into the community, including a thorough assessment of low income pregnant women and their families’ lack of access to adequate care in Delray Beach Florida. In addition, this paper will highlight a health promotion plan for improving quality of life and health of low income, underinsured Delray Beach residents by discussing state and local programs. Also, discussing the community stakeholders as well as the financial and political implications of the health promotion project is a pivotal point. By addressing the barriers in creating the health promotion in the community, the community health nurse can serve as a patient advocate and present a plan an alternate plan and any possible interventions in case of unforeseen, confounding issues that may arise. The Aggregate Being poor and having to take care of other children can increase the likelihood of negative health outcomes especially for their unborn children. Pregnant women need resources that can easily be accessed and utilized. Thus, this writer have chosen to write about cthis aggregate for the Health Promotion Plan paper as low-income pregnant women with families living in Delray Beach, Florida. Access to healthcare,...
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...Examine three key elements of the act that you believe will be the most positive for the country. 1. No one can be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition Health insurers can no longer deny or charge more for coverage because of a pre-existing health condition like asthma, diabetes, or cancer. Nor can they limit benefits for these pre-existing conditions. This is an extremely positive element for the millions of people that have pre-existing conditions and could not afford the increased cost of health insurance. 2. Extended health coverage for young adults, up to 26 years old Extending coverage for young adults has led to a rapid and extensive increase in the number of young adults with dependent coverage. At the...
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...current status and potential barriers in delivery of speech and language treatment to individuals with Parkinson’s disease, and explore how this need can be addressed through introduction of e-health. In this instance, the e-health application LSVT companion has been researched and proposed as an e-health solution. A number of studies were analysed to support this application, as well as acknowledgement of position statements, legislation, policy and recommendations from key stakeholders. Findings indicate that while there are a number of current barriers that hinder treatment of any kind, future implementation of the LSVT companion in Australia will ensure that speech pathology services are available to all individuals with Parkinson’s disease. Introduction Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurologic condition, which is currently estimated to affect up to 80, 000 Australians. Current statistics indicate that one person with PD is diagnosed...
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...Integrating Theory and Research: Needs Assessment for the Patton - Fuller Community Hospital’s Compliance to Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 (and its Amendments in 1992) Cliff Musimenta University of Phoenix Integrating Theory and Research: Needs Assessment for the Patton - Fuller Community Hospital’s Compliance to Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 (and its Amendments in 1992) The Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-629, Section 12, 104 Stat. 4523, 1990) was signed by President Bush on 28 November 1990. According to Samuel (1990), the law entailed seventeen timetabled sets of new regulations that can be grouped into the following four categories: premarket approval; post-market surveillance; penalties; and miscellaneous. According to Merrill (1994, p. 47), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “agency was given power to prescribe good manufacturing practices (GMP) requirements for devices, to ban worthless or dangerous products administratively, and to require notification, replacement, and/or refund by makers of defective products.” According to Swayze & Rich (2012) “a medical device is, simply defined, any item used to diagnose, treat, or prevent disease, injury, or any other condition that is not a drug, biologic, or food” (para. 1). In any health organizational set up, creating patient safety requires that the organization establishes a safe health environment that eliminates/minimizes all unintentional injury to ensure patient wellbeing. This set...
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...Stakeholder Analysis Brittany Collins Dr. Richardson Public Policy Analysis and Plan 11.7.13 Introduction This paper provides a comprehensive stakeholder analysis of the affordable medical care policy change. The policy change has triggered multiple debates across the United States of America earning the name ObamaCare due to the president’s commitment to see the policy implemented. An argumentation analysis is provided identifying the different contending positions as well as assumptions. Moreover, an argument map of the issue is also developed. It is pertinent to note that the policy issue affects stakeholders across different industries of the economy in a multidimensional approach. Medical care policy The Obama care health care policy has had wide opinions among various stakeholders in the US. While there are those who support the policy, there are also those who feel that the policy will be difficult to implement and will leave many people without the ability to access basic medical care. However, there is need to analyses the medical care policy and the different opinions that are given to analyses the suitability of the policy (Doolittle, 2013). The policy was laid down as an alternative to provision of cheaper healthcare to the people. Critics of the policy have argued that the citizens are the ultimate stakeholders in this policy; however, there are other key stakeholders involved. These stakeholders include key players in the insurance sector; pharmaceutical...
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...corporate decisions. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. It has become common for an organization to ditch their ethical codes for the prospects of pleasing stakeholders and making profits, abandoning all sound reasons. On December 29, 2009 an article was written by J. Commins about Genesys Health Systems. According to the government, Genesys Health System, a member of Ascension Health, violated the False Claims Act by falsely billing Medicare for services that were not performed on patients. The alleged fraud was brought to the governments attention in a whistleblower lawsuit by a contracted auditor named Wendy Buterakos. Genesys Health System agreed to pay the federal government $669,413 to settle the allegations in which Ms. Buterakos received $133,882 from the settlement. Genesys Health System never admitted to the fraud, instead they stated that the mistakes in billing were made due to the claims made by physicians. It is an understatement to say that Genesys Health Systems action were unethical. In healthcare it is important that the clinical and management ethics are based “on a concept of health care professionals as moral co-fiduciaries” (Freund 2010 Ethics). Healthcare leaders focus should be to protect and promote the health related interest of the patients. They must also work with stakeholders to ensure the patients interest is protected. When faced with an ethical dilemma...
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...Change Management in Action Planning and implementing change in healthcare: a practical guide for managers and clinicians Nadia Gittins and Simon Standish HLSP Institute Why What hat If W How September 2010 Who About tHiS bookLet contentS This booklet is aimed at senior clinicians and healthcare managers who would like help in thinking through, planning and then implementing changes to their healthcare services locally. It provides practical assistance in a way that assumes no prior theoretical background to what is often called ‘change management’. Introduction The Why of change The What of change 3 5 8 10 14 16 17 the booklet is based on HLsP’s experience in supporting individuals and organisations in several countries including nigeria and Russia. Most recently, HLsP designed a successful change management programme conducted for over 400 Iraqi clinicians, administrators and policy makers during 2007-2009. the aim of this programme was to assist participants to become Agents of Change in re-establishing their healthcare system1. there is a wealth of tools and techniques to help with planning and achieving change. Based on HLsP’s experience, the team refined the approach and focused on the tools that really help clinicians to formulate, sell and negotiate their vision of change, and then to plan for successful implementation. the tools presented in this booklet are the ones that clinicians and managers participating in change management programmes...
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...Is it important to focus on organisational values and engaging stakeholders, including patients, when working to improve care quality and patient experience? Introduction This paper examines how organisational values and stakeholder engagement can improve patient quality, experience and care. The author will do this by exploring what stakeholder engagement is and how it is being used in the healthcare arena to improve care quality and patient experience. The author’s critical analysis will discuss the relationship between organisational values, stakeholder engagement and the delivery of quality patient care, before relating this to his professional practice, prior to drawing and presenting conclusions. The author having worked in the NHS for a number of years as a Commissioning Manager in a non-clinical role has often found it difficult to see the impact that sound organisational values and robust stakeholder engagement can directly have on the delivery of patient quality, experience and care, working through Module 3 has been a truly eye opening experience for the author. Having completed Module 1 and 2 of the EGA course and now coming to the end of Module 3, there have been many opportunities for self-reflection and time to make sense of how and why organisational values, engagement and service delivery are all interlinked. Analysis Engaging Stakeholders to Improve Care & Quality “Stakeholder engagement is the process by which an organisation involves people who...
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