of program usually pays a bonus if the providers or hospital meet on an agreed upon performance measure, for example, reducing the hemoglobin A1c in diabetic patients. Hemoglobin A1c is a test that shows the average level of blood sugar in a patient within the past 2-3 months. This is important for diabetic patients to see whether their blood sugar levels have been on target or not. These incentives can be paid directly to physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers to ensure that their
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Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte, Nebraska during the time of this case study had 116 beds, offered a full service health system; provided care services for over 25 specialties, a referral center for eight critical care hospitals. Great Plains Regional Medical Center’s emergency department medical records was a paper system. They invested in an emergency department (ED) specific technology. This technology was needed to improve care management and continuity, clinician
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Twenty years many changes has occurred in technology at Methodist Hospital. Each nurse’s station has computers that are never idle. Technology has improved patient care by leaps and bounds. Patient information is readily available to caregivers with a click of a little button and the help of information technology (IT) and the electronic medical record (EMR). Changes seen from charting to receiving information about a patient . Computers has changed from using a large central computer with
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Question Privacy laws and regulations require medical facilities to take measurable steps to ensure the confidentiality of patient information. From this case study, can you tell what Denver Health has done to ensure the confidentiality of its patient information? Your answer Denver Health did create security measures to ensure that only the proper people can access the information. Doctor’s and nurses when they first arrive to work they sign on by inserting a smart card which contains that doctors
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astonishing results, but there is a lack of research regarding student nurses specifically. With the prevalence of potentially violent patients in emergency rooms from drug abuse, alcohol intoxication, mental illness, and law enforcement using the hospital setting as somewhat of a holding area in certain situations, it is to be expected that there would be some patient on nurse violence. Nursing educators do their best to train students how to avoid and neutralize a potentially violent incident with
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Because organizational theories describe how organizations function, which of the theories you studied this week best describes your current work place? From the choices present, I would classify my hospital operating under the systems theory. The systems theory is viewing productivity as a function of the whole, each person or division having to do with the success or failure with the system (Sullivan & Decker, 2009). The systems theory essentially is like rebuilding a car. It breaks things
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to do with billing and coding procedures, patients’ privacy is also very important. Many facilities have educated staff extensively on the issues surrounding patient privacy. Prior to 1996, a patient’s family member could call a hospital and request the medical status of his or her loved one who was hospitalized. Currently, the patient must give express consent as to whom the staff may and may not speak with regarding their care. The rule has become to not only refrain from giving
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With the increasing demand on Shouldice Hospital, the hospital management is looking to increase the capacity of the hospital to meet the demand without sacrificing the quality of service the hospital offers and has built up over 30 years. 2. Situation analysis Shouldice hospital is a well-known hospital for its specialization in hernia operations. Last year, Shouldice performed operations on 7500 patients. The greatly developed technique that the hospital uses and the excellent customer service
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New England Baptist Hospital * New England Baptist Hospital= renowned orthopedic care * Ranks above the 95th percentile in patient satisfaction nationally * Under LEAD, committed to eliminate medication events, surgical site infections and post-operative blood clots within the institution. Background * Estimated that 98,000 patients die in the US hospital due to preventable medical errors * There has been slow progress to fix this because it involves changing an organization’s
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Evidence Based Nursing Practice: Pressure Ulcers Jane Smith Research and Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice March 10, 2010 Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: Pressure Ulcers The primary goals for conducting nursing research are to generate new knowledge to promote positive outcomes for patients, enhance quality and cost-effectiveness of care, improve the healthcare delivery system, and validate the credibility of the nursing
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