Research Question: How can expanding health insurance coverage across the United States improve disease management? Landon, Hicks, O'Malley (2007). Improving the Management of Chronic Disease at Community Health Centers. New England Journal of Medicine. 356(9):921-934. Retrieved from http://www.commonwealthfund.org/ This article examines how we can improve the management of chronic diseases. It also focuses on the disparities in quality care associated with the patients’ race, ethnicity
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Association states that nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. It is this thinking that nursing continues to strive to assist patients not only achieve their optimal physical health, but also their family culture is equally important when it comes to healing. As nurses
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Alaris Health is Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. The purpose of this memo is to provide the Nursing Administration department the necessary information to be communicated with the incumbent Nurse Manager. The Alaris Health is a 222-bed facility providing long term care to senior citizens, sub-acute services such as intravenous therapy, diabetic teaching, pain management, wound care, and comprehensive rehabilitation services to the patients recovering from surgery. The Alaris Health at is
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poor (Medicaid), and uninsured children (CHIPs), In addition there is basically free or low cost care to anyone who needs it and it is available if one looks for it. Examples include: Shriner’s hospitals, free clinics, and providers who do pro bono work. In case that wasn’t enough, there are also laws in place that ban practices of charging more to people with pre-existing conditions in employer-based health insurance. The 60% of Americans who get their healthcare insurance from their employer may actually
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Economic and Global Health Economic growth and the financial prosperity of a nation are proven to have a positive effect on population health. The causative paths that lead from increased wealth to improvements in health are well understood and broadly recognised. Populations with greater economic opportunities tend to have ready access to quality healthcare, less exposure to environmental hazards, better access to clean water, and improved opportunities to develop better preventative behaviour
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recounts a tale of how the health-care company CareGroup’s leading state-of-the-art information technology systems had abruptly collapsed for three and a half days, what actions they took to recover, and the invaluable lessons learned through them. Background and Analysis On October 1, 1996 three prominent hospitals in eastern Massachusetts merged together to form CareGroup. CareGroup was a group of health-care professionals that offered community-based primary care and a broad spectrum of specialty
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adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner, will advocate for my patient population. Philosophy and Beliefs of Nurse Practitioners Due to the fact that nurse practitioner is a branch of advanced practice nursing, the two professions often share many of the same philosophic beliefs. The overall philosophy of both professions is centered on four key concepts of person, society, health and nursing; whereas, the core philosophy for nurse practitioners is that of individualized care where focus is on
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believe no matter race, religion, or political affiliation everyone deserves the right to necessary medical care. The MSF is often socially accepted by those who are in need. Often welcomed and overwhelmed the MSF must operate on a critical need basis. This sometimes is difficult when the organization sees the need so many people have. They are a very neutral organization and often provide care in war zones and to refugees. The MSF is non-bias and takes pride in
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The Affordable Care Act One of the most important health care moves in legislation after Medicare is the Affordable Care Act. The reason being is that it provides health coverage to anyone regardless of circumstance. The unofficial but widely recognized name for this act is Obama care. Obama care was officially signed into law on March 23, 2010. The aim of the Act is a health care law aimed at improving the health care system of the United States by widening health coverage to more Americans, as
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Communicate change initiative with Health Care Organization Washington Adventist University Alberta Yeboah HCAD 610 Dr. Karen Marshall November 11, 2013 Abstract This article deals with the foundations of analysis and synthesis as scientific methods, and especially with the requirements for the successful application of these methods. Although analysis and synthesis always go hand in hand – they complement one another – there are important situations in which one method can be regarded
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