majority of their care. The truth of the matter is that home health care services which are often referred by a private physician, is one of the major forces in the healthcare industry. To completely understand the importance of the marketing strategies within the home health care service, it is important that we first evaluate three separate environmental forces that directly impact the home health care industry. The first marketing environmental force that will have an impact on home health services is
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Family Health Assessment Family health assessment is a great tool to utilize to develop health care plans for the individual family. There are many cultural beliefs and values shared by family members that influence their health perception. Gordon’s functional health assessment is used for a comprehensive nursing data base collection of the family unit using both subjective and objective data. Gordon’s functional health assessment is a holistic approach describing the individual’s biopsychosocial-spiritual
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Executive Summary Over the years, Antitrust law has been instrumental in influencing healthcare. Whether we want to believe or not, antitrust law facilitated escorting medicine in as an establishment to take care of our communities and patients. Over the years, hospitals have been the brunt of antitrust litigation. Between 1985 and 1999 hospitals were defendants in 61 percent of 394 medical antitrust disputes that led courts to issue formal opinions (Hammer, Peter, J. and Sage, William, M., 2003)
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Samantha Williams HRET Focus Areas As a health care professional, it is the responsibility of management to make the necessary steps to measure performance and ensure that quality care is given to all patients. For the purpose of this paper, I believe Quality and safety, and community health is important to all heath care administrators. Quality and Safety When one is considered to be an employer, it is the responsibility of the individual or individuals to protect their employees from
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Women’s Health: the Final Frontier Throughout history women have typically been stereotyped as being the child-bearers, and have not received much medical care or medical research beyond the reproductive organs and their functions. A woman’s body contains more than just her ovaries and uterus, but since men are predominantly in the fields of healthcare and research, this stereotype that only the reproductive organs matter continues to perpetuate and plague American women. Women account for
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something that 17 and 18 year old should not participate in. They should be encouraged to continue their education without interruption. I do not favor the idea of a year off (gap-year) from college. My major concerns would be matters of finance, health care, and living conditions. Recently in the year of 2013, USA Today speaks about these programs are preferably for well-to-do students. Their parent(s) may not be able to support the student financially or just chose not to help. Even though it’s their
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various populations is crucial to produce positive outcomes. Nurses have a major role in health care promotion. Nurses should be treating the patient as a whole in mind, body, and spirit. This should be included in community treatment too. Individual, family, environment, and community assessments are necessary to provide the care and improve health care outcomes in the community as a whole. The World Health Organization’ s (WHO) definition of community is “a group of people, often living in a defined
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Health Care Communication Methods HCS/320 February, 18, 2013 Health Care Communication Methods Communication is a vital process in health care industry today. As leadership it is important to demonstrate effective communication skills. The four communication skills that are critical in executing a strong action plan are as followed, Clarity, Closure, Cohesion, Command A turn of events has force our drug manufactures organization to investigate allegation of side effects from a well-known
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education for long-term care, health care, gerontology, and personnel management from an accredited educational program. The selected educational course is to be completed with acceptable grades from an accredited institution. The selected courses are to be completed within a certain period of time to be eligible to take Nursing Home Administrator licensure exam. To meet requirements coursework, a 300 level class or higher, predominantly rich with inpatient, health care, and nursing home
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GROWTH IN MANAGED CARE Managed care plans typically provide members with medical insurance and basic health care services, using volume and long-term contracts to negotiate discounts from health care providers. In addition, managed care programs provide full coverage for prescription drugs more frequently than do traditional medical insurance plans. Industry experts estimate that by the turn of the century, 90% of Americans will have drug costs included in some kind of managed health care plan, and 60%
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