...“The duties of a physician assistant may include, reviewing patient medical histories, examining patients to provide a proper diagnosis, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, developing and managing patient treatment plans, assisting in patient surgeries, and many more” (“Pros and Cons of Being a Physician Assistant (Plus Salary)”). In order to appreciate a physician assistant career, one must first understand the education/training, advancements/salary, and benefits/hazards. First, there is certain education and training that one must undergo to pursue this career. To begin, one should earn a Bachelor’s Degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field (“How to Become a Physician Assistant (PA) - Education & Requirements”). The majority of physician assistants begin by receiving a...
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...government is trying to eliminate Medic Care. According to the CBO Medicare has increased by 2.3% per year after per capita than the beneficiary growth since 1975. Should the United States (U.S) have a social medical program that is the same of the France or the Netherlands? PRO and CONs for social medical system in the US The following are arguments on the Pros or Cons in the implementation of the federal government to formulate and strategize a social medical system in the US to assure the citizens are cared for the same as the France and the Netherlands does today. PROs Prevent needless deaths due to no or limited health insurance Looking at the health care reform act that was built by the president of the United States Barack Obama, the health care Reform Act is being created so that all Americans have a better standard of living. This allows for the prevention of many diseases that can be avoided with minimal standard follow-up appointments, checkups, and screenings. There are many diseases out there that are preventable if a person has the resources to visit a physician once or twice a year. This health care Reform Act gives every person in the United States to have access to a physician and the opportunity for healthier life. Longer and healthier lifespan By increasing the preventive care in the United States, we are increasing our health and...
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...In Teka Kennedy’s, a licensed hygienist, opinion, a solid pro is that they “make about the same amount of money per day as a nurse but they don’t have to work weekends or holidays.” Teka Kennedy also states that a con associated with the job is how hard it is on the body. Many hygienists have neck and back problems due to the physical requirements for the job (Teka Kennedy). Another pro for the profession is the growing employment. With a growing population in the world, “dental hygienists will always be in demand because people will always need their teeth cleaned.” In contrast, another con is the repetition of the job. Although every patient is different, the tasks performed by a dental hygienist are repeated several times a day...
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...Organization and Management of a Health Care Policy HSA 515 – Health Care Policy, Law, and Ethics August 13, 2015 With lives in their hands, hospitals have to function very precisely, executing high-quality services every hour of every day. Organizations that have this sort of requirement usually take on a vertical organizational structure that is having many layers of management, with most of the organization’s staff working in very specific, narrow, low authority roles. The numerous layers of management are designed to make sure that no one person can throw the system off too much. This structure also ensures that tasks are being done exactly and correctly. Organizational structure of a hospital refers to the levels of management within a hospital. Levels allow efficient management of hospital departments. The structure also helps one to understand the hospital’s chain of command. Organizational structure varies from hospital to hospital. Large hospitals have complex organizational structures while smaller hospitals tend to have much simpler organizational structure. A typical organizational structure of a hospital would usually be a combination of a hierarchical and divisional structure, since there is a chain of command where some levels are under another level, but employees are organized in departments or divisions that have their own roles. At the top of the structure would be the administrators, followed by the information services and therapeutic services. Both...
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...services in the areas of cancer care (oncology), dermatology (skin care) and wound healing, eye care, geriatrics (senior health), heart and vascular services, hospital medicine and critical care, internal medicine and primary care, kidney disease and dialysis, liver disease, mental health, neurology and neurosurgery, and oral surgery; and ear, nose, and throat. The company also provides services in the areas of pain management, patient education programs, pediatric subspecialties, pharmacy, plastic and cosmetic surgery, pulmonary care (lung), radiology and imaging. The levels of professionalism are very high and closely examine. We have many different levels at the Diversity Healthcare Hospital system which includes: Six Administrative Assistant/Office Managers Job Duties: * Answers telephones, screens and routes calls to appropriate persons, takes and distributes messages accurately, and returns phone calls as appropriate, and manage email communication. * Greet clients as they come into office * Assess client’s needs and schedule appointments accordingly * Verify patient information * Verify patient insurance information * Call insurance companies about patient claims, * Check eligibility of insurance for services rendered * Ensure accuracy of patient information and return patients calls when needed * Pull...
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...People can be for or against today’s issues issues. One major issue in today’s world is physician assisted suicide. When people think about physician assisted suicide, they think primarily about five things; they ask what is it, what are the facts, who’s choice is it, what are the development in health care, and where can this lead? What is physician assisted suicide? Physician assisted suicide, also known as PAS, is when a physician provides the necessary means or information to a patient to kill himself/herself. However, the patient is the one who actually performs the act. People often get physician assisted suicide confused with euthanasia. Euthanasia is when the physician does both actions for the patient; the physician provides the means and performs the means. After people realize what physician assisted...
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...Problem statement Pate Memorial Hospital is a 600-bed, independent, not-for-profit, self-supporting hospitals. PHC, an ambulatory health care facility, was opened by PMH. Sherri Worth, a new assistant administrator of Pate Memorial Hospital in charge of the PHC, was told that a firm plan establishes a clinic five blocks north of PHC. It is a big competitor for PHC. On the other hand, financial problems, Short service hours, long waiting time and lacking of gynecological services are all be the problem faced by Worth. Therefore, Sherri was requested to analyze the PHC’s performance and take Medcenter, a possible competitor, into consideration which either did or not opens a clinic in north. SWOT analysis Strengths | Weaknesses | * PMH is financially stronger than most of the metropolitan-based hospital. It is debt-free and has highest overall occupancy rate among the city’s six general hospitals strength the support to PHC. * 50% of office workers are willing to visit PHC if necessary. 44% of business-initiated visits. * Approximately 5% of visits in each month were repeat visits. * The referrals objective was met means it brought more patients to hospital. | * Because of hinting at crass commercialism, No adverting or other types of promotion are planned. * Bad debt of PHC needs to be decreased. * Patients still dissatisfy with service hours. * Waiting time is too long, particularly during the lunch hours (11:00 A.M-2:00 P.M.) * Lack of gynecological...
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...Benefit Package (QHBP) would be required to explain end-of-life planning to individuals who seek this information. Currently physicians are not reimbursed for providing end-of-life planning for individuals on Medicare. Some larger groups such as the American Medical Association (AMA) are in favor of passing the bill. This paper examines groups in favor of the bill as presenting opposition from other groups regarding this piece of legislation. America’s Affordable Health Care Choices of 2009: Advanced Care Directives Health Related Bill The House of Representatives introduced H.R. bill 3200: America’s Affordable Health Care Choices of 2009 on July 14, 2009, as a means “to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes” (H.R. 3200-111th Congress, 2009). HR 3200 is an active bill that was referred to the House Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, and Budget, which was amended to a different version on July 17, 2009. Representative John Dingell (D-MI15) is the sponsor of the bill with nine other cosponsors. One particular section of H.R. bill 3200, Section 1233 - Advanced Care Planning Consultation, was introduced to allow for individuals to have an explanation from the physician on key questions and directives, explanation of living wills and...
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...medical center has underwent renovations and acquired state of the art medical equipment that is drawing General Hospital patients there for services, resulting in a 65% drop in their occupancy rating and a 35% increase in their Medicare and Medicaid patients, in which “reimbursement rates are to low and paperwork is to high, (Connely, 2009)” significantly decreasing the hospitals revenue and adding to its workload. (Hellriegel, Slocum pg. 545) In order survive and maintain the hospitals accreditation General Hospitals CEO Mike Hammer wants to expand their current services and add new service that will enable them to successfully compete with the medical center, but this will mean cutting cost. After two past failed attempts to control physician-driven cost he would have to try once again. His first attempt failed because the Director of Medicine Dr. Mark Williams defended any change he recommended as good medical practice. After spending money on an outside consultant his second attempt failed...
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...Networking Concepts and Applications Instructor: Lynn Risley 3/10/2016 MIS589 Project Milestone 0Proposal Draft | Cloud infrastructure ServicesKaiser Permanente Hospitals | Prepared by: Radames RamirezDate: 03/03/2016 | Approved by: | 1. Description of the service-summary In an attempt to provide end users with a well maintained network storage that would be easily accessible from any location while maintaining a secured connection. To provide an environment to minimize the use and maintenance of local servers, server space, connectivity, and redundancy. | 2. Intended clients or customers The intended client or customer would be the end users of the company, this end users vary from medical office assistants, physicians, office managers, nurses, administrative assistants, receptionist, finance dept, insurance dept, medical records, and materials management to name a few. | 3. Business objective statementThe business objective is to minimize the cost of maintaining 40+ servers on a specified region, meanwhile providing for data storage, redundancy, and fast access to network files that would be housed in the cloud. | 4. Application architecture descriptionThe application architecture would consist of building a system that in scalable for future growth, it would possibly include emails servers, data servers, instant messaging. | 5. Information provided to the clientsThe clients would be notified of the changes being made via email, departmental meetings, and online...
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...Informatics Needs Assessment Marisa Mox HSN/375 February 6, 2016 Suzanne Spradley Informatics Needs Assessment The informatics needs assessment is an essential first step in the selection and implementation of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) for a healthcare workplace. This paper will address the purpose of a needs assessment and factors that need to be considered in the needs assessment. Additionally, this paper will explore the types of data that need to be collected and how and where that data can be accessed. This paper will also describe who should be consulted and the rationale why. Finally, this paper will include how the information from the needs assessment could be organized and presented to upper management. The purpose of a needs assessment is to “determine the gap between the organization’s current state and the overall needs of the organization” (Hebda & Czar, 2013). Specifically an informatics needs assessment will assist in selecting the electronic health record that will fit the needs of the organization. This involves putting together the data and information important to the organizations goal (Sewell & Thede, 2013). A needs assessment is an excellent tool for a facility to determine how to move from where they are to where they want to be. Several factors need to be considered when conducting a needs assessment. It is important to determine who has identified the need for an electronic record and to get their input. Did the request...
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...Bangor Family Physicians Case Study Executive Summary & Stakeholders Bangor Family Physicians is a partner based medical group practice located in Maine. The practice consists of four family practice physicians, and a medical support staff. The medical support staff is made up of a practice manager, two receptionists, four nurses, two medical assistants, two billing clerks, and a laboratory technician. Additionally, Bangor Family Physicians employs a CPA to assist with taxes and financial advising. The key stakeholders are the four family physician partners, in which each physician holds an equal stake in the practice. Bangor Family Physicians Reimbursement There are two determinants to reimbursement for Bangor Family Physicians: a monthly salary and yearly profits after accounting for reinvestments into the company. Since the foundation of Bangor Family Physicians in 1986, the practice has used an equal pay compensation model as the reimbursement scheme of choice. Profits that are above overhead costs at the end of the year are portioned out equally to each partner, thus determining the overall amount the physician receives for the year. While this type of compensation model discourages overutilization and allocates risk among all physicians, it negatively affects productivity and does not reward efforts to improve quality. Such a system can only work on the basis that all physicians have the same skill and productivity levels and are equally motivated to contribute...
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...Senior Project Kristi Hund March 1, 2011 Abstract The United States is experiencing a substantial shortage of physicians, which is creating a severe supply and demand problem in America. Citizens living in rural areas should receive the same quality of care as those living in urban settings. Substantial differences exist in quality and access to health care for persons living in rural America. The shortage of physicians in rural America calls for immediate attention and change, as the inadequate supply of physicians is affecting the quality of patient care. The life expectancy of persons living in rural America is actually declining due to treatable conditions such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. These illnesses could be managed with proper medical treatment. This paper addresses these issues and recommends two solutions. Healthcare is in crisis in many countries, not least of which is the United States. We hear on the news how health care providers are unable to provide medical care to an increasing number of chronically ill and the aging population. There are a number of systemic failures, none is more difficult to correct than the basic lack of human resources. There are simply not enough physicians to service the needs of the population. The problem is intensified in rural areas, where specialized physicians may not be found within several hundred miles. The healthcare system needs a way to do more with less and stretch...
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...Health Informatics and Healthcare Introduction Health informatics as defined by Shi and Singh 2015, as the application of information science to improve efficiency, accuracy, reliability of healthcare service, and inclusion of healthcare delivery. Healthcare informatics is becoming more complex than any other time in recent memory, the foundation needed to bolster device utilization and interoperability is more expanded, and there is even a more extensive scope of utilization to consider. As the populace ages, there is added pressure to provide patient care choices at home and in the community, implying that medical devices are getting to be a piece of a much bigger ecosystem spreading over the steadily developing continuum. This paper will analyze health informatics and discuss its benefits, trends, current issues, the impact health informatics in healthcare settings, and the role of health managers and the future. An interview will be conducted with a health professional to get their point of view of how health informatics have impacted their workplace, with further discussion of human resources, careers and the future. History The U.S. National Library of Medicine defines health informatics as a collaborative effort of designing, developing, adopting, and applying IT-based ideas in healthcare services delivery, management and planning (Kramer, 2012). In 1949, Gustav Wager of Germany founded the first professional organization for...
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...The author is a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) who has encountered breaching of patients confidential records on a few occasions. For example, the author was approached her first day off of CNA orientation by a physician who demanded to know how his/her patient was doing from a medical stand point. The author refused to give out any information about the patient because the author didn’t know that the physician standing in the patient’s room was in fact, a physician. In the authors defense, she had never worked with this particular physician before, and the physician wasn’t wearing a name badge, just a...
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