...Syllabus-MBA (Hospital Administration) PAPER – I: BASIC CONCEPT OF HEALTH -Code MHA 101 Concept of Health and Disease • Concept of health & disease and well being. • Natural history of disease and role of hospitals to offer various levels of care • Prevention aspect of diseases • Dynamics of disease transmission • Changing pattern of diseases • Concept of health indicators Preliminary Human anatomy and Physiology • Basic concepts of human anatomy • Basic concepts of human physiology Suggested Reading: Human Anatomy- Prof. Samar Mitra Human Anatomy- Prof. A. K. Dutta Text Book of Human Physiology- Dr. C. C. Chatterjee Common Pathological Conditions • Basic concepts of pathogenesis of common diseases • Basic concepts of interpretation of investigations reports Suggested Reading: Robbin’s Textbook of Pathology – Robbin, Cotran, Kumar Textbook of Microbiology – Ananantanarayan & Paniker Basic concepts of Pharmacology: Commonly used Medicine in a hospital, Narcotic drugs, use and abuse of drugs. Dispensing of medicine, Drugs store, drug stock / purchase of medicine, oxygen, I/V Fluid, Chemicals etc. Suggested Reading: Textbook of Pharmacology: Dr. K. D. Tripathi PAPER – 2: Hospital Based Healthcare & Its changing scenario-Code MHA 102 Overview of Hospital • Concept of Modern Hospital & Privatization in Health Sector • Public Sector Hospitals and Level of care / offered facilities ...
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...history of the Social Security Act, as listed by the Social Security Administration, provides an interesting foundation/principle regarding the establishment of Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and other pertinent information relating to mankind and its perception on economic issues. I encourage you to read the information to gain an understanding of this foundation/principle. It is very interesting and educational! History of the Social Security Administration: U.S. Social Security Administration. (n.d.). Historical Background and Development of Social Security. Retrieved from http://www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory3.html What are the effects of government-sponsored health care programs for special populations—children, mentally challenged, older adults, patients with specific diseases, and so forth—on health care costs and health care access? What are the effects of government-sponsored health care programs for special populations—children, mentally challenged, older adults, patients with specific diseases, and so forth—on health care costs and health care access? There are six major goverment health care programs 1) Medicare 2) Medicaid 3) the State Children's Health Insurance Program(SCHID), 4) the Department of Defense TRICARE and TRICARE for Life programs (DOD TRICARE) 5) the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Program, 6) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) program-provide health care services to about one-third of Americans. The federal government has...
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...Law and Ethics in Health Care Laws and ethical principles are essential for protecting the mankind, and they play a crucial role in the practice of health care. Laws and ethics play a vital role in cases such as organ donation, human genetics, and HIV/AIDS and confidentiality. The health care issue I selected for discussion is HIV/AIDS. In the case of HIV/AIDS patients, there is always ethical conflict of protecting the confidentiality of patient and disclosing the information to others about the risks of the disease. Salient Ethical and Legal Concerns Associated with HIV/AIDS As described by Pozgar (2013) one of the legal issues is the association between blood transfusion and HIV. Law suits often arise when a person with AIDA claims that he or she contracted the disease due to the administration of contaminated blood (Pozgar, 2013). Lawsuits commonly arise when there is transfusion of mismatched blood, improper screening, and improper storage procedures (Pozgar, 2013). Since May 1985, all blood donated in the United States are screened for HIV antibodies and even then patient’s may claim that they contracted the disease due to transfusion. Another legal and ethical issue is whether to allow the AIDS infected surgeons to perform surgeries. Pozgar (2013) described that the transmission of the virus from an infected surgeon to a patient is unlikely, but there is still a possibility. There is an ethical dilemma whether to allow these surgeons to perform surgeries...
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...Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare Clinical Reasoning Table of Contents Introduction 2 Ethical and Legal Issues in Medication Administration 2 Ethical Issue in the Case 3 Application of Tools 3 Conclusion 4 References 5 Introduction Mr Joe Bloggers has been introduced as a new patient for the unit. His admission had been made at 8:30 AM in the department of emergency departed from another hospital. His case was that he ended up falling on the stairs, five days before he had been admitted. He has been going through a period of struggle due to an increase of pain in his back. As per the reports drafted based on his X- Ray and CT scan, it has been found that there is a damage in his soft tissue but there is no sign of a fracture. In addition to this, he has a number of large bruises and the pain increases when there is movement. This particular essay will be discussing certain ethical and legal issues involved in the medication chart that had been drafted in the case of Mr Blogges. Ethical and Legal Issues in Medication Administration Before the administration of...
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...which are, budget cuts. When researching this problem, several questions came arise. How is budget cuts affecting health care administration? Why are there budget cuts? How are budget cuts effecting society? Lastly how was the budget used in the past and if the budget cuts were affected by the actions of those that run research facilities? There are several reasons to why budget is being cut and it is not just one problem that helps explain this. As one goes further into HealthCare research they come to the fact that there are problems that affect this one particular area overall. The first question that arises when inquiring about budget cuts in the health care administration is: Where is the funding they receive going? When there are so many budget cuts and there isn’t enough funding how is this affecting them? As one comes to inquire about budget cuts one has to understand that this affects the health care administration in many ways. As budget cuts arise, problems arise as well. When there is not sufficient money to go around then there are problems as to how much funding does each department receive. As the funding is divided there are shortages that arise. For example, there are shortages in the equipment supply that is needed. A research study indicated that after inquiring of how many hospitals had all of the equipment they needed to assist in a certain health emergency only one out of ten had all of the twenty-nine parts needed. This research was conducted in only ten...
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...Law and Health Care System Administration Table of Contents I. Physician-Patient and Hospital- Patient Position II. Contract Principle and Breach Warranty III. Four elements of negligence IV. Governing board of a health care corporation I. Physician-Patient and Hospital- Patient Position As a health care administration, the importance of the physician-patient relationship is to agree to provide treatment in return for payment. Professional liability can arise if a contract is breach (Showalter, J.S. p.57). In the event if the absence of a contract between physician and patient, the law usually imposes other duties on the physician. In example physicians have no legal obligation to help accident victims. Laws in most states does not require them to be Good Samaritans. The character of the physician-patient relationship is creatively shaped by both of them in contrast to a simple merging of two different dynamics. As a result, everything that is generally known about the illness in question as well as respective therapeutic options can be transformed into something new to suit the individual situation of the patient. Whereas effect and efficacy of any medical action are accessible to objective proof, the actual benefit for the patient can only be assessed by an individual "measure of evaluation" which has to be taken into account in any consultation (Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz (2007). Hospital-Patient relationship...
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...Administrative Ethics Paper HCS 335/Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility June 10, 2012 Administrative Ethics Biomedical ethical issues are seen frequently in the news and are in constant scrutiny. The demand for social responsibility is high and available resources are limited. Healthcare leaders are faced with numerous administrative issues regarding patient privacy, research, confidentiality, and terminal illness. Much debate has surrounded medical spending on the terminally ill, such as the cost and allocation of resources toward end-of-life care. Choosing between prolonged life and quality of life are two seemingly difficult decisions to make. Nonetheless, it is difficult to base one’s opinion until cancer has taken over one’s life. A close look at administrative issues surrounding end-of-life care will demonstrate the impact on a population, ethical and legal implications, potential solutions to the problem, and managerial responsibilities. Impact of Ethical Issue on the Population The Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) is a part of the United States territory since its establishment of commonwealth in political union and is home to approximately 44,000 people (Central Intelligence Agency, 2012). Because of the increase in chronic diseases and lack of available resources, several residents are referred to go off the island to seek health care in Guam and Hawaii (Doty, 2012). However, the medical referral program has a crucial problem with financing...
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...The Snow Storm Lawsuit Candice Kessler Health Care Policy, Law and Ethics Strayer University April 29, 2012 As the chief executive officer of this non-profit community hospital, I would have to consider the legal, ethical and professional aspects of this case. The first legal consideration is duty of responsibility. In a healthcare organization, management functions begin with the senior administration. This includes the chief executive officer. The responsibilities of senior administration include the following duties: support the governing board in its strategic planning and policymaking activities, carry out the board’s policies and strategic goals, communicate board policies and the strategic plan to employees and the medical staff, oversee day-to-day hospital operations, measure the quality of patient care, manage operating funds, select qualified junior executives, and conduct necessary business transactions. Management must report regularly to the governing board on the status of all of these activities (Showalter, 2008). In this case, it could be suggested that I, as CEO, neglected to adequately oversee day-to-day hospital operations which led to the staffing issues. It should also be asked if I reported the issue to the governing board. The second legal consideration is negligence. A healthcare provider can be held liable for the negligence of others, even though he has not been personally negligent. This is called vicarious...
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...When I began taking classes at Saddleback, I thought my career choice was going to be a Registered Nurse. However, after reviewing the Job Outlook Handbook and taking into consideration my previous experience, I have chosen Health Care Administration. Health Care Administrators also known as Medical and Health Services Managers perform administrative duties and sometimes participate in program development. The Occupational Employment Statistics, indicates that job prospects for Healthcare Administrators or Medical and Health Services Managers will increase much faster than average because as the large baby-boom population ages the health care industry will see an increase in the demand for medical services. In an article by Maureen Malone,...
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...consistence and precision of human services budgetary articulations. The health awareness monetary practices and morals had the four sorts of budgetary administration for making understanding to medicinal services administrator. It would likewise give the noteworthiness of tests of moral models and budgetary reporting practices Four elements of Financial Management The four element of financial management in health care organization were to be planning, controlling, organizing and directing as well as decision making. Planning was to be component of money related administration which was character the venture for the achievement of hierarchical targets. The chief of medicinal services association must be recognized the objectives before accomplishing the social insurance objectives. The controlling was to be the second component of budgetary administration which was to guarantee the arrangement for accomplishing the health awareness objectives However, these components could distinguish that whether the picked arrangement was best or not by getting the input from health awareness workers. Sorting out and coordinating of budgetary administration component included the administrator who had utilized the human services assets for setting the arrangement and for checking the advancement of the arrangement. Hence alluded that how the hierarchical assets were compelling for doing the wanted health awareness plans. .Accepted...
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...1 The Canada Health Act was an act from 1985 that was written to propose set principles of providing health care insurance and services in Canada (Duckett, 2012, p. 10). There are five principles that make up the Canada Health Act and they are as follows: Public Administration, Comprehensiveness, Universality, Portability and Accessibility (Duckett, 2012, p. 11). The first principle of the Canada Health Act is Public Administration and the main elements of this principle are that it establishes rules for how a health care insurance plan can be formed, their responsibilities and how they will be reviewed (Duckett, 2012, p. 12). Public administration constrains the provincial governments as they have to appoint and audit insurance plans to make sure they are non-profit and providing the appropriate services (Duckett, 2012, p 12). The key issue with this principle is that only the insurer is written to be public, meaning that health care professionals can run their businesses privately forcing Canadians to pay extensive out of pocket expenses (Duckett, 2012, p. 12). The second principle of the Canada Health Act is Comprehensiveness and the main element of it is that health care insurance plans “must insure all insured health services provided by hospitals, medical practitioners or dentists” (Duckett, 2012, p. 12). Unfortunately a key issue with this principle is that it states “necessary services” is covered but this is a broad term so other aspects of health care such as prescription...
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...Quality Improvement Report Quality Improvement (QI) is an organizational approach that leads to the quality of patient care and services through use of specific set of guidelines, principles, and methodology. This is so that there is assurance that quality care is provided for every patient. Principles of quality improvement focus on measurements. These measurements involve data collection used to improve the quality of care, and patient outcomes. Any good quality improvement program ensures strengthening the systems through analyzes and processes. This quality improvement discussion will review the purpose of quality management in health care industry and why it is needed. Included in this QI report will be an explanation of the differences in stakeholder definitions of quality. Also the explanation of the various roles involved with QI will be reviewed. Explaining what areas must be monitored to ensure quality improvement standards will be addressed. Furthermore, identifying roles of the various accrediting and regulatory organizations will be evaluated. Finally, this QI report will identify helpful resources and organizations that affect QI and outcomes. Purpose of Quality Management and why it’s Needed in Health Care Quality management is essential to the success of the quality improvement of the health care industry. “Management uses management and planning tools to organize the decision making process and create a hierarchy when faced with competing priorities...
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...Health Care Service Corporation Market Department To: Denise A Bujak, Vice President From: Market Research Assistant Subject: Summary Report-Information about Health Care Date: 28 June, 2011 The purpose of this memo is to summarize three popular writer’s views regarding the U.S. health-care system. Chris Farrell, Steve Forbes, and Greg Nelson analyze the current market trends and offer us their methods to improve the economy of the health insurance industry. Summary In general, there are some flaws in the U.S. health-care. All three writers point out different ways to fix it. In their passages, the main point of distinction involves government intervention in the market. Farrell prefers the universal coverage on health-care, claiming that government intervention will promote the economy in the short-term. In contrast, Forbes hopes through macro-control to adjust the current insurance market. Nelson supports government intervention as a means to cut administration cost and help the health-care system run well. Discussion In their discussions, they hope health-care reform can speed up U.S. economic recovery and help most people are insured. For our company, I think we need to know more information about the U.S. health-care reform which is good for us to make a right direction in a long term. Now, we are starting to share their opinions. Chris Farrell adopts the health care reform, because he...
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...Current Health Care Issues Paper Tiara Johnson HCS/545 September 17, 2012 Shawna Butler Current Health Care Issues Paper Introduction Know for its reputation in the field of research and medical technology, the United States give the impression that its health care system has some gold standards or status on the international scale. While thousand of Americans are medical issues that affects the health care arena. These issues have results in a gap in quality of care, allegations of fraud, cultural issues, patient abuse, or neglect. A recent research has show the number of patients victims in the health care arena is considerable such kinds of new laws should be contemplated. Heath system in many countries is influenced by social and economic structure that determines the quality of care provided to each individual. According to Lambert, almost every poll showed that a majority of American are insured and appear to be happy with their health insurance to a large extent, “The bill still passed”. This paper analyzes how quality of care is affected by organizational, culture, structure, governance, and social responsibility. Health news situation Brook Dale hospital, a hospital located in Brooklyn, New York, has been the subject of media scandal in November 2007. The scandal began when a hold man, black, 70 years old came to the emergency room alone for a pathology dominated by: dull pain near the navel or the upper abdomen (right ileac fossa), loss of appetite...
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...measures. The merger between Health care Facility A and Health Care Facility B was initiated six months ago. The merger created the Open Health Care Facility. This facility was forced to eliminate jobs because of duplicate positions and job responsibilities. Each health care facility contributed their own area experts in all fields and to align the staff with the budget allocations, staffing was reduced tremendously. There have been changes in the organizational structure, changes and enhancements in processes and production, and changes in the quantity of staff members. The newly structured administration sees a need for a redesign of patient care delivery because of all the changes and enhancements implemented. A suggestion was made to use the universal worker concept. Consider the words universal worker in a health care facility. This could mean that one person is capable of doing all task in every position and department. Can you say “burn out”? Burn out of employees could be one reason why the universal worker model often failed in other organizations. This paper will address an effective method of job redesign, why universal workers will not be effective, and what other work processes and performances must be considered when electing to redesign patient care delivery. In order to effectively redesign patient care delivery, administration must analyze the effect this redesign will have on other areas and departments in Open Health Care...
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