...(Parnell, 2014). Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare or MLH purpose of existence is to be a leader in health through “quality, cost-effective-and family-centered care”. Because the mission of MLH holds all associates accountable for providing quality healthcare to our communities, it has to be concise, clear, and easily remembered. MLH is committed to its mission. In fact, the mission serves as the foundation for the organizational culture experienced at each MLH facility. Through continuous training and accountability, associates are energized, thus buying in and taking ownership of the mission of MLH. MLH is not only the abbreviation for the...
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...Running head: HEALING HOSPITAL: A DARING PARADIGM Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Lisa Overfield GCU Spirituality in Health Care HLT 310V Emory Davis January 11, 2013 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm The area of nursing and healthcare is an ever changing field that constantly challenges healthcare professionals to deliver the most effective and cost efficient care to the public. As the waves of change rage a paradigm shift often falls in its wake. Looking at hospitals as healing communities as opposed to the traditional place to cure a disease is an example of a current paradigm shift taking place in healthcare today. Viewing hospitals as Healing Communities can change the way moral issues and work conditions are approached, perceived, and managed. Community is defined as people in the same place operating under the same laws working together for a common goal. Also there is an element of ownership among community members. Thus in a Healing Community each member not only has an opportunity to heal but a responsibility and obligation to promote healing through their words, actions, and attitudes. This paper will address components of healing hospitals and their relationship to spirituality, challenges and barriers of creating a healing environment, and Biblical support of the healing hospital concept. There are 3 main components of healing hospitals, a healing physical environment, the integration of work design and technology, and a culture of radical...
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...Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm When I think of care giving I think of support, compassion, and making a positive difference in the health and lives of individuals. My philosophy of care giving involves passion for patient care. What I mean by passion for patient care is being passionate about providing high-quality, accessible, value-driven care that encompasses the whole person from body, mind, and spirit, as well as being committed to meeting the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of all patients. My philosophy seems to go hand and hand with the paradigms of a Healing Hospital. According to Chapman (2007), the Healing Hospital is a concept that more than anything else, supports culture of caring. Therefore, love is the center of healing. I will further discuss the paradigm of the Healing Hospital, consider the ramifications and challenges of the paradigm, and evaluate the reasonableness of the paradigm. A healing hospital is built on the ancient tradition that love is at the center of healing. The Healing Hospital represents a vision of true excellence built on the most important principle of human existence- loving one another (Chapman, 2007, p. 10-11). Their concept is supporting a strong culture of caring for their patients and caregivers. Healing Hospitals use the three symbols of loving services which are: a Golden Thread that symbols faith in god to represent positive tradition of healing, a pair of intersecting circles...
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...|Houston Methodist Hospital | |Week 4 | |Jon Doe | Houston Methodist Hospital is the leading hospital of The Methodist Hospital System. It’s located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas; The Methodist Hospital was established in 1919 as an outreach ministry of Methodist Episcopal Church. Methodist Hospital is one of most comprehensive teaching hospitals in the United States with prominent specialists in every field of medicine. Methodist has consistently ranked as “One of America’s Best Hospitals” according to U.S News and World Report. The Mission statement for Houston Methodist Hospital is “To provide high quality, cost-effective health care that delivers the best value to the people in a spiritual environment of caring in association with internationally recognized teaching and research” (Methodist, 2013). Furthermore, Houston Methodist Hospital is a nonprofit health care organization. Currently, The President and the CEO of Houston Methodist Hospital is Marc L. Boom, M.D. Houston Methodist’s being recognized as one of the best hospital in Texas, Houston Methodist’s vision “is to be among the nation’s leading academic medical centers and health systems – providing patients in Houston and beyond a quality of health care unmatched by others” (Methodist, 2013). Houston Methodist Hospital has earned worldwide recognition...
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...A GLIMPSE OF THE HISTORY OF JOYLAND SCHOOL HISTORY OF JOYLAND SCHOOL INTRODUCTION The past four decades saw the move of districts and annual conferences in the United Methodist Church for establishment not only of Kindergarten but even Elementary, Secondary and Theological institution. We have the Union Theological Seminary and Wesley Divinity School for pastors education; Harris Memorial College initially for deaconess program; Philippine Christian University, Wesleyan University, Philippines Asbury College, Alsdergate College, Eveland Junior Colleges for liberal arts, pre-theological and other non-theological courses. Tarlac Ecumenical which used to offer basic education courses is now offering collegiate education. One growing institution of the Philippine UMC is Joyland School. Joyland School, the second home for the past 25 years of young children barely weaned from their mother’s breasts, the haven where dreams have been planted, nurtured and cultured. It may be a little late in the game, but in the Mother heart of God, it was planted and fertilized in God’s own time. At 25, more and more graduates have started to etch their names in respective chosen fields. Accordingly a good gauge of success, this degree of accomplishment and prominence of Joyland School graduates speaks for the kind of quality education which has been the product of the school’s “unwavering faith, service and excellence.” PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION ...
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...Alison Labowicz REL 244 Conway October 24, 2014 Methodist and Presbyterian Religion in America has become so diverse; that anyone can choose to believe in whatever religion they want without judgment. After researching both the Methodist and Presbyterian websites, they are extremely different. The Presbyterian website was mostly to promote the religion. There were a lot of links stating if you think something, stop and bring your doubts and join the congregation. There was also a church store to shop at, which seemed very different to me because a church website should be about the faith, not shopping for clothes or books. There was a small section about the faith, not as informative as I would think. While researching in the small section about faith, they had additional links to learn about the history of the Presbyterian faith. The purpose of the Methodist website was to purely inform people about the religion and give them reason to convert. The website had many links about all different aspects of the Methodist religion. The main page has a quote,” United Methodists come in all sizes, shapes, colors, dispositions, outlooks and life stories, but share a unique history and faith prospective.” The quotes gives the readers of the website a sense of acceptance and how diverse the Methodist faith is. There were also many other tabs labeled our church, our faith, our people, and our world; these tabs helped to inform me about specific practices and beliefs. ...
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...Abstract Patients are our primary customers. It is therefore important to measure their health care expectations and strive to meet those expectations 100% of the time. When a patient’s expectations are not reasonable, it becomes imperative to educate so that, over time, reasonable expectations are achieved. Often, perceived medical outcomes are poorly defined and arise from experiences from family and friends. Therefore, an opportunity exists to set the expectation of medical care and subsequent outcomes through education. Patient satisfaction has shown to relate directly to how well the health care team has informed the patient and family of the disease process and its treatment and whether they were allowed to participate in treatment decisions. For quality improvement strategies, health care professionals strive constantly in improving and developing the standards of care. They meet the challenges required of health care providers to be effective leaders who foster a culture and develop partnerships that embrace innovation. Quality delivery As consumer expectations rise, patient care becomes more complex, while resources shrink, leaving hospitals to find extraordinary means to define, organize, and staff quality assurance functions. Improving quality requires a unified hospital consensus about what quality means, who is responsible for it, and how to communicate those quality issues across the institution. Adaptation of a quality management method to organize...
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...Evolving Practice of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery Models The Speech Hello, my fello nurses. Thank you for being here at the Summit of Nursing Evolution. My name is Chhay Yann-Ly and I am a nurse. We are living in an era where the United States (US) health care system is going through tremendous changes and challenges, with sky-rocketing health care costs, fragmented and poor quality of care, high volume of aging population, and passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in 2010. A summary of the PPACA is basically to improve the health care delivery system, expand coverage, and control cost (Democratics Senate Gov/Reform, n. d.). With these changes, comes the evolutionary nursing professional transformation process. This speech is a crash course on the evolving practice of nursing and patient care delivery models. The goal of this speech is to discuss the continuity or continuum of care in relation to accountable care organizations, medical homes, and nurse-managed clinics health care models. Since nursing is the backbone of health care, all of these care delivery models require a robust nursing contribution for success (American Nurses Association (ANA), 2010). The first model is the accountable care organizations (ACO). ACOs is a “shared savings” with Medicare (part A & B). The ACO, according to the ANA (2010), is “a collaboration among primary care clinicians, a hospital, specialists and other health professionals who accept joint responsibility...
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...Reimbursement and Pay for Performance University of Phoenix Lori Stemen October 28, 2013 Reimbursement and Pay-for-Performance The United States has gone through some dramatic changes over the last forty years and currently we are in the middle of some additional changes with the Affordable Care Act. Pay-for-performance is intended to improve the efficiency, quality, and the overall worth of health care. The expectation is that these changes will provide to physicians, hospitals and other health care providers with financial incentives to finance improvements and accomplish improved results for the patient. There are positive and negative affects of the pay-for-performance programs, although we can’t predict the future and the outcome of these initiatives, the health care system will definitely feel the pressure to perform with respect to outcome accountability. With the continuous changes of government regulations the pressure to provide reliable high quality health care will increase. Pay-for-performance is the newest regulatory effort in health the insurance industry. Health care providers who participate with the insurance carrier are compensated for meeting pre-set goals for how they deliver health care services. This is an important modification from the fee for service method of payment. Pay-for-performance has been well liked by politicians as well as, Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance companies. The Affordable Care Act increases the usage of...
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...Health Care Organizational Report Health care has been a buzzing topic in the news since the re-election of President Barack Obama. The new changes known as Obamacare states that in 2014, all citizens must be insured, one way or the other. This policy rolled out on October 2, 2013. Today, citizens are urged to log in and search for a health care insurance plan. Although there is much speculation about the pros and cons of this policy, Americans waited in line, made calls, and logged into the health care gov site only to face glitches and delays. There are key factors that have affected Kaiser Permanente internally. These factors have promoted changes in the financial departments, Research and development, Marketing, and the Customer Service Care Center. The external factors that affect Kaiser. First, let’s examine how Kaiser Permanente started. History Kaiser Permanente was founded in 1945. Kaiser Permanente headquartered in Oakland, CA. In accordance with KP.Org, Kaiser is now one of the largest not-for-profit health care plans, with over 9.1 million members. In today’s health care systems even individuals with insurance only get the right care about half the time. (McGlynn, E.A. (2003) Members of Kaiser Permanente receive quality care from Kaiser’s medical groups. The vision is to provide high-quality care, to be a leader in total health by making lives better (www.kporg.newsletter). The mission of Kaiser is to provide high quality affordable health care services to improve...
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...Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan 2011 – 2015 Table of Contents Introduction Federal Health IT Vision and Mission Federal Health IT Principles Goal I: Achieve Adoption and Information Exchange through Meaningful Use of Health IT Goal II: Improve Care, Improve Population Health, and Reduce Health Care Costs through the Use of Health IT Goal III: Inspire Confidence and Trust in Health IT Goal IV: Empower Individuals with Health IT to Improve their Health and the Health Care System Appendix A: Performance Measures Appendix B: Programs, Initiatives, and Federal Engagement Appendix C: HIT Standards and HIT Policy Committees Information Flow Appendix E: Statutes and Regulations Appendix F: Goals, Objectives, and Strategies Appendix G: Acronyms ONC Acknowledgements Notes 3 6 7 8 21 28 36 49 51 65 67 70 74 77 77 78 Goal V: Achieve Rapid Learning and Technological Advancement 43 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 3 Introduction he technologies collectively known as health information technology (health IT) share a common attribute: they enable the secure collection and exchange of vast amounts of health data about individuals. The collection and movement of this data will power the health care of the future. Health IT has the potential to empower individuals and increase transparency; enhance the ability to study care delivery and payment systems; and ultimately achieve...
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...According to Queensland Health (2012) health services that are initiated, controlled and operated by the indigenous community have the potential to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people accessing the appropriate available services. Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHO) such as Aboriginal Torres Strait Islanders Community Health Services Mackay (ATSICHS) provides holistic and culturally appropriate care. This highlights that access to health services, may be affected by a variety of socioeconomic factors, such as low income, unemployment, second-rate housing and also socio-political factors like forced removal from land and/or family. These factors need be addressed to achieve continuous improvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders health status. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care services offer clinical care, screening programs, a wide range of preventative health care activities, health-related and/or community supported activities. Queensland Health (2010) focuses on the health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which acknowledges the significant gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queenslanders (approximately 10.4 years for males and 8.9 years for females). Community involvement is a founding principle of the World Health Organisation (WHO) 1978 Alma-Ata primary health care declaration (WHO, 2013). A significant reason for community...
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...Murphy and Dr Paul Kavanagh, Head of Professional Competence at the Medical Council, explain the implications for health managers. Healthcare is changing. A generation ago, a doctor could complete training equipped with the knowledge and skills to remain fit-for-purpose throughout their career. Developments such as the internet now make it easier for doctors to access ever-accumulating bodies of knowledge from all over the globe which they can use to continually improve patient care. Similarly, patients’ expectations have changed as a result of being able to access an abundance of information about healthcare online. This progression in the doctor-patient relationship has created a need for transparent arrangements to help assure the public that doctors are keeping up-to-date and are committed to lifelong learning and skills development. Prof. Kieran C Murphy In May, the Medical Council will launch new professional competence schemes, which will be operated by Postgraduate Training Bodies. Registered medical practitioners will be subject to a statutory obligation to maintain professional competence. Health service managers will need to take cognisance that, for employed doctors, their employer will have a legal duty to facilitate the maintenance of professional competence. This development will positively impact the quality and safety of healthcare. The Medical Council consulted with a range of stakeholders including doctors and the public on the new professional competence schemes...
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...community based, socially responsible and resource conscientious approach to the delivery of wellness within a specific population by a Registered Nurse. The Texas Department of Health’s (April 12, 2011) echoes this concept in their vision statement embracing illness prevention and public health promotion. The focus on the greater-good of the population, as described by Sidorov and Romney (2011, p. 17), does not discount the individual. Indeed, public health promotion and protection may actually advance patient self-care. With a strong community health system, the individual is better able to work within that system to improve their own health status, self-intervene early with many a health exacerbation, and rely on efficient and effective healthcare options (Sidorov & Romney, 2011, p. 17). Examples of Essential Public Health Service Each group member presented very personal accounts of public health services they were exposed to and shared those experiences with the group. Identification of Core Public Health Functions (Assessment, Policy Development, Assurance) The Institute of Medicine (IOM) identified three core functions of public health: assessment,...
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