...Improving Access to University Health Services A Case Study ► Process Improved: The system for triage and making appointments for students utilizing University Health Services ► Unit (s): Student Affairs – University Health Services ► Customers of the Process and Their Needs: UW-Madison students were the users of the process, although the problem impacted R.N. and Program Assistants (PAs) staffing University Health Services ► Problem/Opportunity Statement: Students were dissatisfied with access to medical services at UHS. Specific complaints included prolonged waiting times on hold or getting the “busy signal” when calling UHS. The limited capacity of the system for incoming calls meant that people waited a long time or were disconnected. All medical/illness-related questions were referred to one nurse. (When the nurse was on the telephone with a caller, messages were taken from ill students or those seeking same-day appointments. The messages stacked up and often, by the time the nurse was available to call the patient back, the patient would not be available. Many opportunities for contact were missed. Getting an appointment was very much a matter of luck.) The long waits for the nurse meant that students were “triaged” by PAs who were non-medical personnel. More students came in for care without appointments. (“I couldn’t get through on the phone, so I came in.”) The decentralized appointment structure meant that a patient calling for a women’s clinic appointment called directly...
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...and performance measures at health facilities of Jimma town, southwest Ethiopia By: Alula Tadesse, SintayehuTarekegn&TadesseGudeta A term paper to be submitted to Dr.TemesgenGaroma (PhD) for partial fulfillment of advanced logistics and supply chain management course April, 2015 Jimma, Ethiopia Jimma University College of Health Sciences Department of Pharmacy Assessment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis drugs supply chain network design and performance measures at health facilities of Jimma town, southwest Ethiopia By: Alula Tadesse, SintayehuTarekegn&TadesseGudeta Advisor:-Dr.TemesgenGaroma (PhD) April, 2015 Jimma, Ethiopia ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: In all supply chains, correct logistics management optimizes the circulation of products and materials, and insures the link between flow of the physical items and the follow of information. It takes a holistic approach to company’s activities, as well as to the lifecycle of a given product, from its conception to its disposal. This system also has a great impact on the sustained availability of medicines including antiretroviral drugs where their absences resultin service interruption and loss of customer confidence on the institution. For this purpose an effective supply chain network and performance measures needs to be established. OBJECTIVE:-The objective of this study was to assess the supply chain network and performance measures of antiretroviral drugs at health facilities of Jimma town...
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...Indiana University Health – A Cerner data warehouse in 90 days - Case Study http://www.healthcatalyst.com/success_stories/how-to-deliver-healthcare-EDW-in-90-days/?utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Data+Warehouse&utm_source=bing&utm_term=+data%20+warehousing%20+case%20+study&utm_content=3542719787 Name: Goutham Para Provide brief but complete answers. One page maximum (print preview to make sure it does not exceed one-two pages). Q1: Describe the original data warehouse designed for Indiana University Health and its limitations. Please describe the new data warehouse and the differences between each? The original data warehouse structured and designed for Indiana University Health is traditional enterprise data warehouse. They designed data warehouse by using early binding architecture. There would be errors it takes months to update (health catalyst). Indiana University developed a new data warehouse health catalyst with help of late binding architecture. They promised to complete the work within 90 days as soon as possible with no risk. Health catalyst gave deadline data of 14 billion rows in to Enterprise Data warehouse (EDW), it is totally clinical data for ten years of Indiana university’s health network (health catalyst). The observed difference between both data warehouses is old and slow process. Considering health catalyst is faster for storing enormous data very fast without any faults. Q2: Identify the major differences between a traditional data warehouse and...
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...កលវិទយល័យភូមិនទភនំេពញ ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH Youth’s Perspective on Sexual and Reproductive Health ទស នវិសយរបស់យវវ័យេលើសខភពបន្តពូជ និង សុខភពផ្លូវេភទ ័ ុ ុ Research Report In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement For the Degree of Master of Arts in Social Work HEAK MORINA August 2011 កលវិទយល័យភូមនភេពញ ិ ទ នំ កលវិទយល័យអុី ៉ ្រស្តី Royal University of Phnom Penh In Cooperation with Ewha Womans University Youth’s Perspective on Sexual and Reproductive Health ទស នវិសយរបស់យវវ័យេលើសខភពបន្តពូជ និង សុខភពផ្លូវេភទ ័ ុ ុ Research Report In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement For the Degree of Master of Arts in Social Work HEAK MORINA Examination committee: Dr. Erica Y. Auh (Chairperson) Dr. Choong Rai Nho Prof. Kim Sovankiry August 2011 កលវិទយល័យភូមិនទភនំេពញ Royal University of Phnom Penh Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Department of Social Work Youth’s Perspective on Sexual and Reproductive Health ទស នវិសយរបស់យវវ័យេលើសខភពបន្តពូជ និង សុខភពផ្លូវេភទ ័ ុ ុ Research Report In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement For the Degree of Master of Arts in Social Work Supervisor Prof. Soon Dool Chung Sponsored by EWHA Womans Univerity August, 2011 កលវិទយល័យភូមិនទភនំេពញ Royal University of Phnom Penh Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Department of Social Work TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Name of program: Master Program of Social Work Major in Social Work Name of Candidate: Title of thesis: HEAK Morina Youth’s Perspective on Sexual and Reproductive Health ទស នវិសយរបស់យវវ័យេលើសខភពបន្តពូជ...
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...UNIVERSIty OF GHANA BUISINESS SCHOOL Write a Case Study report on the use of web-based information systems by an organization in Ghana UNIVERSIty OF GHANA BUISINESS SCHOOL Write a Case Study report on the use of web-based information systems by an organization in Ghana Index No: 10508454 Table of Contents Background 2 Information Systems 2 Web-based Information Systems 3 Health Information Systems 3 Types of Health Information System 5 Components and Functions of Health Information System 6 Brief Overview of the Health Care System in Ghana 7 Context of Study 8 Vision and Mission 9 Core Objectives 9 Benefits of web – based health information system 9 Barriers to web – based Health Information System 11 References 13 Background For the thriving nature of every business setting, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, but also for long term survival, there is a need for the adoption of proper information dissemination and sharing systems in real time to the benefit of all stakeholders in the organization. In times past, most businesses operated with less or no importance attached to how data and information about their businesses are handled, oblivious of its subsequent consequences to the organization. Currently, in the midst of a swiftly moving landscape in technology, coupled with transient business innovations that seek to maximize both short-term and long-term profits as well as benefits; that means...
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... • Good communication and interpersonal skills with ability to relate to people at all levels. • Ready to learn and take instructions. • Strong team leadership character, trustworthy and reliable personality. • Excellent endurance and ability to work under pressure and dead lines. • Able to mix and socialize quickly with people of diverse cultures and background. • Strong ambitions for success with equally focused determination and stamina to achieve. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Date Institution/Award 2007 – 2012 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, School for Human Resource Development. Doctor of Philosophy in Human Resource Management 2005 – 2007 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, School of Human Resource Development. Master of Science in Human Resource Management 2002 – 2005 Egerton University – Njoro Bachelor of Education, Second Class (Honors) Upper Division 1995 – 1997 Kagumo College Diploma in Education 1990 -- 1993 Moyale Boys’ Secondary School Kenya Certificate...
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...Bisht et al. Globalization and Health 2012, 8:32 http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/8/1/32 REVIEW Open Access Understanding India, globalisation and health care systems: a mapping of research in the social sciences Ramila Bisht1*, Emma Pitchforth2 and Susan F Murray3 Abstract National and transnational health care systems are rapidly evolving with current processes of globalisation. What is the contribution of the social sciences to an understanding of this field? A structured scoping exercise was conducted to identify relevant literature using the lens of India – a ‘rising power’ with a rapidly expanding healthcare economy. A five step search and analysis method was employed in order to capture as wide a range of material as possible. Documents published in English that met criteria for a social science contribution were included for review. Via electronic bibliographic databases, websites and hand searches conducted in India, 113 relevant articles, books and reports were identified. These were classified according to topic area, publication date, disciplinary perspective, genre, and theoretical and methodological approaches. Topic areas were identified initially through an inductive approach, then rationalised into seven broad themes. Transnational consumption of health services; the transnational healthcare workforce; the production, consumption and trade in specific health-related commodities, and transnational diffusion of ideas and knowledge...
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...Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland, Australia Summary Telemedicine has been used for some years in the industrialized world, albeit with rather mixed success. There is also a considerable literature on the potential use of telemedicine for the developing world. However, there are few reports of the actual use of telemedicine there. A review identified five telemedicine networks providing second opinions; each network had been in operation for over five years. Although they have different aims and methods of operation, they exhibit some common features. In particular, none of them appear to be dealing with markedly increasing referral rates. Rough calculations suggest that only about 0.1% of the potential telemedicine demand from the developing world is being met. Possible reasons include the referrers being too busy and a perceived loss of control. If this analysis is correct, then the right strategy for future telemedicine in developing countries will be to concentrate on the construction of within-country networks that demonstrably alter health outcomes, can be shown to be cost-effective and sustainable, and will provide a model for other countries to copy. .............................................................. Telemedicine has been used in the industrialized world for some years, albeit with rather patchy success.1 The initial enthusiasm of the 1990s has given way to a more reflective view of the place of telemedicine in health-care delivery, as many...
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...Aalto University School of Business Admissions to Master’s Degree Admission 2014 Guide Admission Guide 2014 Admissions to Master’s degree Master of Science in Economics and Business Applicants with an appropriate Finnish Administration or non-Finnish university or university of applied sciences degree may apply directly to a Master’s degree programme to take the degree of Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration at the Aalto University School of Business. The Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration) degree is a higher academic degree (second-cycle degree) in Finland and equals to 120 ECTS credits which corresponds to two years of full-time This admission guide covers only admissions studying. The student may also be assigned to Master’s degree and gives you information supplementary studies (max. 60 ECTS credabout the Master’s admission requirements, its). Studying towards the Master’s degree does not suit students working full time. the application and selection process and some general information regarding studying Depending on the course, the lectures may be during the daytime or sometimes also in the and living in Finland. The Aalto University evening. reserves the right to make changes to the names, contents and details of the degree programmes to further develop education. Admission criteria for admission round 2014 have been decided and cannot be changed. Application period begins 16 Dec 2013 and ends 31 Jan 2014 at 4:15 pm...
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...Organization Case Study Paper for United Health Group MaryAnn Dennis Grand Canyon University: NRS-451V Instructor- Kathy Skromme October 5th, 2014 Case Study for United Healthcare Organization Availabilities of selected several health care plans exist that people can benefit from in order to meet their budget, preferences and personal needs. It becomes obvious that the health care system plan remains difficult, not consistent and often expensive. In maintaining and improving the health care business, the organization involved will consistently be innovating and evolving in meeting demands of people concerned. In this writing, the United Health care group case study is been discussed, including what it entails, their management resource as well as their network, their nursing view and their ways of satisfying their individuals in care. Explaining United Healthcare United Health Group is the largest profit carrier among other organization in the United States of America, and has it’s headquarter in Minnetonka in Minnesota. It remains a more diverse company and was founded in 1977. It remains number 17 among the top 500 companies in the U.S.A, as Fortune magazine explained. Total workforce of the United Health Group approximated to be 150,000 in 50 states of America as well as 20 other countries. They served eighty five million people in the whole universe (UnitedHealth Group, 2013). United health Group provide wide spectrum and vast health services including equipment...
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...The homeless are often perceived as inhuman and disgusting by society as shown by professors Lasana Harris and Susan Fiske in Dehumanizing the Lowest of the Low, and as a result, suffer from unforeseen effects on their psychological health (Harris and Fiske, 2005). These perceptions may be caused by the fact that the homeless are not give adequate care. An explanation of this is the lack of services with the purpose of helping them integrate back into society as they are expected to, which can have an additional influence on their mental health.from this one can can conclude that the psychological health of the homeless is negatively impacted by societal perceptions and lack of resources dedicated to helping the homeless. The perpetuated negative view of the homeless hinders their ability to heal from psychological diseases, and may lead to deteriorating mental health. In the paper, Discrimination and Economic Profiling among the Homeless of Washington, DC by the National Coalition for the Homeless, a national network of people who have personal experience and expertise in homelessness, a study was conducted and it concluded that “roughly two thirds of homeless...
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...Assignment cover sheet Note: (1) The attention of students is drawn to: the Academic Regulations, the Academic Honesty Policy and the Assessment Policy, all of which are accessible viahttp://students.acu.edu.au/309246 (2) A de-identified copy of your assignment may be retained for University quality (audit) processes, benchmarking or moderation. |Student ID Number/s: |Student Surname/s: |Given name/s: | |S00158530 |Patel |Purvi | | | | | |Course:Bachelor of nursing |School:Australian catholic University | |Unit code:HLSC122 |Unit title:Inquiry in Healthcare | |Due date:30/03/2014 |Date submitted:30/03/2014 | |Lecturer-in-Charge: Joe Perry |Tutorial Group/Tutor: T, 06 | |Assignment Title and/or number: Assignment 1 ...
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...risk by partner & stigmatize by the community due to exposing partner information. Thus, the researcher will provide training to field research team on how to approach and handle emotional distress, use of dummy question to keep the safety of participant & reschedule visit in case of difficulty to maintain privacy. Additionally, meeting will be held with community leader on the purpose of the study to build rapport & trust between the researcher and community. Should document and records be used as data sources, indicate how you will meet the ethical considerations involved: Arba Minch University, College of medicine and health science DHSS office will be requested through a formal letter to access database for sampling frame to select participants. Hence, the researcher submits formal letter to the college along after getting ethical clearance from UNISA....
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...Health Human Resources Planning: an examination of relationships among nursing service utilization, an estimate of population health and overall health status outcomes in the province of Ontario November 2003 Gail Tomblin Murphy, PhD(c) Linda O’Brien-Pallas, PhD Chris Alksnis, PhD Stephen Birch, PhD George Kephart, PhD Mike Pennock Dorothy Pringle, PhD Irving Rootman, PhD Sping Wang, PhD Decision Maker Partners: Lucille Auffrey, RN Jean-Marie Berthelot Tom Closson Doris Grinspun, RN Mary Ellen Jeans, RN, PhD Kathleen MacMillan, RN, MA, MSc Barbara Oke, RN Judith Shamian, RN, PhD Barb Wahl, RN Funding Provided by: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation University of Toronto Principal Investigators: Gail Tomblin Murphy Professor, School of Nursing Dalhousie University 5869 University Avenue Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4H7 Linda O’Brien-Pallas Professor and CHSRF/CIHR Chair, Nursing Human Resources Unit Co-Principal Investigator, Nursing Effectiveness, Utilization & Outcomes Research Unit Faculty of Nursing University of Toronto 50 St. George Street Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H4 Telephone: (416) 978-1967 Fax: (416) 946-7142 E-mail: l.obrien.pallas@utoronto.ca Telephone: (902) 494-2228 Fax: (902) 494-3487 E-mail: gail.tomblin.murphy@dal.ca This document is available on the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Web site (www.chrsf.ca). For more information on the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, contact the Foundation...
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...Public Health Nursing Vol. 22 No. 4, pp. 354—359 0737-1209/05 # Blackwell Publishing, Inc. SPECIAL FEATURES: PRACTICE CONCEPTS The Child Welfare System: Through the Eyes of Public Health Nurses Janet U. Schneiderman ABSTRACT Objective: This qualitative descriptive study investigates how public health nurses working within the child welfare system view the organization and the organizationÕs effect on their case management practice. Design: Semistructured interviews were conducted utilizing the Bolman—Deal Organizational Model. This model identifies four frames of an organization: symbolic, human resources, political, and structural. Sample: A purposive sample of nine nurses and one social worker was selected to participate in comprehensive interviews. Results: Data analysis identified two main themes. The first theme was the presence of organizational structural barriers to providing case management. The second theme was the lack of political influence by the nurses to change the structure of the organization; hence, their skills could be more completely utilized. Conclusions: Public health nurses who work in child welfare will need to systematically analyze their role within the organization and understand how to work in Òhost settings.Ó Nursing educators need to prepare public health nurses to work in non-health care settings by teaching organizational analysis. Key words: child protective services, organization, public health nursing. The purpose of this exploratory qualitative...
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