Health & Well-Being BY JOHN D. HALAMKA, MD Your Medical Information in the Digital Age The U.S. is moving toward electronic health records. Here’s how to make that work for you. for granted that you should manage your own résumé. After all, it catalogs your professional history and accomplishments – who else would manage it well? But chances are you don’t oversee your own medical records. Until now, doing so has been difficult because bits and pieces of your information are probably scattered
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21, 2014 Nursing Information Systems Information technology within the health industry has brought a unique set of ethical and legal concerns once adopted in health settings. The usage of nursing information systems all through the country has been found to extend numerous benefits towards patient care. Thus, the nursing information systems have been found to be very beneficial, though they possess a fair share of limitations, which among
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This team would be comprised of several members, each with a specific job. The first member selected would be a Clinical Nurse Informaticist. This team member would be charged with giving valuable input on the software needed for nurses to properly care for and chart on their patients. With the knowledge of nursing practice and informatics, this team member would very valuable in bringing the two together in the most efficient way possible. The next team member would also be from the IT department
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advantage that Kaiser gained from their EHR system is staying ahead of the competition. I believe as innovators they designed and implemented a system that revolutionized medical industry in terms of patient care. This system has been ranked as a “leader in the implementation of electronic health records (EHR),” with that being said they have set the bar high in a competitive market. “Kaiser’s goal was to fully implement the EHR applications in all its medical facilities, and they successfully achieve
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The Cost of Preventive Care Veronica Lee Regis College HP-622-01-11FA, Economics of Health Care December 4, 2011 Is There a Real Cost Savings with Preventive Care? Introduction: On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law, which creates health insurance reforms that will transform healthcare over the next four years. The PPACA will ensure that all Americans have access to quality, affordable health care and will create the transformation
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Working with medically underserved communities may not be compelling for many people. It can be a challenge understanding how social and non-medical factors play a role in determining health outcomes. It can also be a challenge learning how to care for an underserved community which can demand dealing with patients’ needs creatively, in the face of limited resources. Yet, the very qualities which make working with a medically underserved community challenging are in fact the very qualities which
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314V WEEK 4 DISCUSSION 1 Describe the role that professional health care organizations and societies play in (1) monitoring quality care, (2) disseminating preventative health care measures, and (3) the public’s health care literacy? Select one of the three areas above and discuss established or proposed standards that assist in explaining the role of professional health care organizations and societies. HLT 314V WEEK 4 DISCUSSION 2 Access the Healthy People in Action section of the Healthy People
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Impacts of Health Reform on Women’s Reproductive Health Stephanie Bucher COMM/215 January 10, 2015 Linda Camp In March of 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by President Obama. This federal law intended to make health insurance more affordable and more readily accessible to citizens and legal residents of the United States. (Salganicoff, 2014). The Affordable Care Act benefits all of the citizens of the United States, and it has been especially beneficial to women's health
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Medical Care for an Aging Population HCS/440 Economics: The Financing of Healthcare University of Phoenix Online Medical Care for an Aging Population There are many issues that face the health care system for the aging population such as the strain on major funding programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and social security by not having enough funding to cover the growing baby boomer population as they reach retirement age. Social security is the largest federal spending program and Medicare
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POWERPOINT ASSIGNMENT 3 Assignment 3: The Convergence of Health Care Financing and Economic Trends and Forces Due Week 8 and worth 100 points Note: Use the textbook, course readings, Strayer online library, and other reputable online sources to complete this assignment. Prepare a fifteen to twenty (15 to 20) slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed scholarly speaker notes in which you: 1. Compare the three (3) current health care financing and funding models (i.e., employee based, government
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