registration and billing functions and will offer various features to Kaiser members through KP.org. A power outage on May 9, 2009 at Kaiser’s data center in Corona, California, lasted for 55 hours and 7 minutes and affected the ability of numerous health care facilities to access the Health Connect system. This outage affected every Kaiser Permente region. Providers/clinicians across KP would not have access to medical information to treat members, process lab and pharmacy requests, and in some cases
Words: 1342 - Pages: 6
familiar to me, having been the primary occupational therapist during his previous in-patient rehabilitation admission. Mr. J presented to an acute care hospital on November 8, 2017, status post a mechanical fall resulting in left arm and hip pain, and an unclear report if he had experienced any loss of consciousness. Upon admission to the acute care hospital, Mr. J was also noted to have an
Words: 1011 - Pages: 5
Communication Tiffany Williams HCS 490 Health Care Consumer- Trends and Marketing January 9th, 2012 Tina Folk-Cromartie Communication Information system (IS) is a result in the arrangement of information, processes, people, and information technology (IT). Additionally, information systems support health organizations by the effect on the following: collection, process, storing, and providing as an output of information. Information technology is hardware and software working together along
Words: 1339 - Pages: 6
Impact and Future of Nursing in Reference to the IOM Report In Transforming Nursing Education, Primary Care, and Leadership Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V October 23, 2015 Impact and Future of Nursing in Reference to the IOM Report in Transforming Nursing Education, Primary Care, and Leadership Nursing’s future is greatly impacted by the need for major transformation as recommended by the Institute Of Medicine report (IOM, 2010). Nursing must act fast and come forward
Words: 1613 - Pages: 7
Health Care Utilization Paper HCS/235 July 22, 2013 University of Phoenix Health Care Utilization Paper The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act one of the most controversial pieces legislation of the last 50 years was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. The Affordable Care Act was designed to put control of health care back into the hands of individuals, families, and small business owners. This paper will discuss the ways health care reform has expanded access
Words: 1428 - Pages: 6
Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, General and Specialized Surgeries (including cardiovascular surgeries), Cardiac Catheterization, Laboratory, General Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit- Level 3, Coronary Care Unit, Telemetry, Maternal Care Services including Labor and Delivery Suites, Postpartum Wards and Nursery as well as Ambulatory Services such as Emergency Department, Day Stay/Endoscopy Unit,
Words: 1197 - Pages: 5
(Assignment title). (Student’s Name) (Professor’s Name) (Course Title) (Date of Submission) Google database technology is such a familiar tool in the operations of HIM departments in hospitals. This technology is usually adequate to allow HIM professionals to work with vendors or information services staff. Database technology is moving from the task of supporting paper systems to actually becoming the central digitized health information system. The success of Google database technology
Words: 1547 - Pages: 7
Economics February 2, 2015 The economics of health care field studies demand and supply of health care resources, that is, allocation of the resources, within a given health care system. The health care system is defined as “the organizational arrangements and processes through which a society makes choices concerning the production, consumption, and distribution of health care services.”6 Because health care resources are limited, each society has to make decisions in terms of
Words: 1703 - Pages: 7
and Markel, 2016). Donabedian in his framework “called for a broader approach to quality measurement that extended beyond the technical management of illness to incorporate assessments of prevention, rehabilitation, coordination, and continuity of care, the patient-physician relationship, economic efficiency, and societal values” (Ayanian and Markel, 2016). Using how Donabedian called for a broader approach than just looking at the technical treatment of illness but assessing preventive measures
Words: 1388 - Pages: 6
Future Trends in Health Care Your Name HCS/533 10 February 2014 Professor Here Future Trends in Health Care Electronic health records have become more prevalent in the current health care system than it was 10 years ago. Electronic health records were not used to the extent it is today for patient documentation
Words: 1593 - Pages: 7
