improve the management of chronic diseases. It also focuses on the disparities in quality care associated with the patients’ race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. A group of researchers enrolled 9,658 patients that were being treated for various illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, or asthma. These diseases affect more than 25% of the total population. The goal of these researchers is to expand health care in order to treat every single patient. One of these ways is by expanding insurance
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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 continue to understand the dynamics of a patient’s family system, it is clear that the word “family” draws upon much more than just blood relatives. In the health care setting a family can be viewed as
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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 dedicated to our patients and embraces innovative nursing methods based on evidence in practice to improve the health care we provide. We believe in self-governance in our nursing staff. The Alaris
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benefits without measures to cut cost.1 One should know that in America there are already federal laws and programs to cover the elderly (Medicare), the 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
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improvements lead to increased wealth and poverty reduction in four ways: Firstly, healthier populations are more economically productive; secondly, proactive healthcare leads to decrease in many of the additive healthcare costs associated with lack of care (treating opportunistic infections in the case of HIV for example); thirdly, improved health represents a real economic and developmental outcome in-and-of itself and finally, healthcare spending capitalises on the Keynesian 'economic multiplier' effect
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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 story begins with Liesel Meminger, a traumatized nine-year-old girl who starts off as a rather weak-willed child, but over the course of the war she turns into a feisty, courageous young lady, who isn't scared of tackling anyone or anything. The story begins 1939 after she has just witnessed the death and burial of her younger brother on the way to her new foster family, The Hubermanns. During the burial Liesl picks up an object she finds in the snow "The Gravediggers Handbook" which sets up
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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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