Emerging Standards of Care: Cultural Competence Nur 531 July 29, 2013 Instructor Greg Friensz Emerging Standards of Care: Cultural Competence The current U.S. population exhibits unparalleled sociocultural and ethnic diversity, yet the nursing workforce fails to reflect the current state of the nation’s diversity. According to Clark, Calvillo, Fongwa, Kools, Dela Cruz, Lowe, and Mastel-Smith (2011) non-Hispanic Whites constitute 83.2% of the nursing workforce, although Hispanics, African
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eliminate or introduce clinical services within any health care facility because of a budget cut can be extremely difficult and stressful. The appropriate decision-making steps need to be implemented to ensure success to the final outcome. This paper will discuss how one can use the Informed Decision Toolbox to effectively determine which clinical services can be introduced or eliminated in a county clinic with a budget cut of 15%. The best tool used for the decision as well as how the toolbox affects
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sector? The major industries in the healthcare sector includes health services, health insurance, medical equipment and supplies, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, and other (includes a diverse collection of organization ranging from consulting firms to educational institutions to government and private research agencies. B. What is meant by the term healthcare finance as used in the book? Finance, as the term is used within the health services industry and as it is used in the book, consists of
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Running head: HEALTH CARE LAWS, POLICIES, AND REGULATIONS Health Care Laws, Policies, and Regulations Frank Frimpong Manso HCS 545 July 4, 2016, 2016 Prof Elam Health Care Laws, Policies, and Regulations Health Law, Regulation, and Policy has become the means of health protection and prevention for the American people. The government highly regulates these laws improving the health of the public by developing programs, resources, and tools, aiding in health care access, however, there are also different
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society, the majority of patients are giving handwritten medication prescriptions, and very few patients are able to email their physician or even schedule an appointment. This is where electronic health record (EHR) comes in, Electronic health record (EHR) systems have the potential to transform the health care systems from a mostly paper-based industry to one that utilizes clinical and other pieces of information to
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modifies the company’s activity to take advantage of change. The external threats that face home health care are competition, government policies, economic conditions, demographic factors, and technological changes. Internal environment includes the organizational culture and structure, and physical assets and cash flow. Competition to care for patients in the long term setting come from long-term care facilities, there is three of them in Tacoma WA, and several more in the Seattle area. The biggest
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MASTER IN HEALTH ECONOMICS PROPOSED MASTER STUDIES MASTER IN ECONOMICS (HEALTHCARE) A Review of Healthcare Financing System in Developed Countries and Malaysia. By: Wong Lim Ping Finance Division Ministry of Health Putrajaya May 2011 MASTER IN HEALTH ECONOMICS TABLE OF CONTENT: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Introduction Field of research Objective of study Literature review Scope of research Research Methodology Work Schedule Brief bibliography Wong Lim Ping 790904-13-5151
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Economic Issues Simulation Paper Name HCS/440 Economics: The Financing of Health Care February 7, 2011 Instructor Economic Issues Simulation Paper The Castor Collins health plan is a health maintenance program (HMO) that was found in 1999. The company provides health insurance coverage through a system that involves a network of physicians and hospitals. Castor Collins Heath Plan uses the capitation model to fund its large distributed group of physicians and health care organizations. Currently
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sector in Indian Economy Theodore Schultz began his acceptance speech for the 1979 Nobel Prize in Economics observing: “Most of the people in the world are poor, so if we knew the economics of being poor we would know much of the economics that really matters. Most of the world's poor people earn their living from agriculture, so if we knew the economics of agriculture we would know much of the economics of being poor” (Shultz, 1979). Existing empirical evidence on the impact of macroeconomic variables
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Differences Heritage assessment tools are used as a guide to assist in developing plans based on an indivudals cultural assssement. Heritage assessment tools prompt the interviewer to ask questions that pertain to their family’s background such as parent origins, race, relgious beliefs, customs, and practices. Gaining knowledge of an individual’s background will allow a health care professional to build plans that will be achievable. Achieving optimal health requires assessment and treating the
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