counselors. The NBCC has established certain regulations that its members should adhere to regarding Online Therapy. The NBCC categorizes this as “Distance Professional Services”. National Certified Counselors, NCC, means that you will abide by a Code of Ethics. Among these include qualifications for the services provided, local, state and federal regulations, use of encryption and disclosure of potential hazards of distance communications. The use of encrypted digital backup, detailed progress updates
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Assignment 1: Law and Healthcare HSA515 Health Care Policy, Law and Ethics January 22, 2012 Identify and explain the four elements of proof necessary for a plaintiff to prove a negligence case The first element that a plaintiff must prove is that the defendant owed him or her legal duty of care. Generally, this duty of care is a legal notion that states that people owe anyone around them or anyone who could be around them a duty to not place them in situations of undue risk of
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Mother and Infant Study (TOMIS) III In 2006, the World Health Assembly endorsed the WHO Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding, aiming to promote protect and support breastfeeding (WHO, 2003, p. 733). The Ontario Mother and Infant Study (TOMIS) III was conducted in Ontario Canada from the years 2006-2008 to study the relationships between the method of the delivery, and maternal and infant health, cost of care at 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year, on breastfeeding initiation. The
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Health care today is becoming more complex with the aging population, multiple comorbidities, and rising health care costs. There are many issues that health care providers face while caring for patients on a daily basis. The two health care problems that will be discussed are hospital acquired infections and how it affects patient outcomes as well as antibiotic resistance related to overuse and misuse. This paper will discuss those two health care problems and how they affect health care delivery
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organization can deliver high quality and safe patient care. There have been issues regarding cost of visits and procedures with no insurance coverage while having to pay out of pocket for services that can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars. The organization offers assistance in providing financial assistance for those in need and assist in finding the health care coverage that would best suit them. Infertility coverage is not a mandated health issue in many states that needs insurance coverage
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January 30th, 2012 KOT1 734.3.4 Healthcare Utilization and finance Scenario 1 Part A: Discuss with Mrs. Zwick’s daughter which of Mrs. Zwick’s costs will be fully or partially covered by Medicare Part A, B, and D. Medicare part A covers inpatient care in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, hospice care, and home health care. Medicare part A covers 80% of the 5 day inpatient hospital stay for your mother’s visit, assuming she does not have a supplemental insurance, she will be billed
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influence. Theory provides a structure to support and shape nursing practice, encourage quality of patient care, and can be utilized in practice situations to give solutions to problems in nursing practice. Utilizing theories to solve nursing obstacles can be used in educational settings, research environment, direct patient care, informatics, as well as in administration and management of nursing care services. The advantages of applying theory to resolve a challenge in nursing practice can be demonstrated
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community. This paper will discuss how being socially responsible can help businesses retain employees, attract customer, and cut business cost. Social responsible companies often increase employee loyalty and job performance. “Employees are the heart and soul of your organization. They produce the products and services that your organization offers. If you take good care of them, employee turnover will be lower, productivity will be higher, and fraud/theft will decline.” (Ventureneer, 2013) Companies
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Abstract The ethics paper that will be conferred today will explain in detail the various situations that most medical employees deal with on a daily basis. The case study will go over in a detail what a medical Doctor, staff members that work for the Doctor or the patients should do in any health care associated situation. Nowadays, providing patients with excellent patient care has become more pertinent to the lives of the patient’s especially if they are dealing with a specific sickness or
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Running head: Assignment 5 Mercy Health System Baldrige Award Recipient 1 Mercy Health System Dr. Laura Forbes HSA 599 June 10, 2013 Running head: Mercy Health System Baldrige Award Recipient 2 In 1989, Mercy Hospital was a single stand-alone community hospital primarily serving Janesville, Wisconsin. Today, Mercy Health System (MHS) is a fully integrated health care system with three hospitals and a network of 64 facilities consisting of 39 multi-specialty outpatient
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