Paper for United Health Group MaryAnn Dennis Grand Canyon University: NRS-451V Instructor- Kathy Skromme October 5th, 2014 Case Study for United Healthcare Organization Availabilities of selected several health care plans exist that people can benefit from in order to meet their budget, preferences and personal needs. It becomes obvious that the health care system plan remains difficult, not consistent and often expensive. In maintaining and improving the health care business, the organization
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Risk and Quality Management Executive Summary Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital (YVMH) opened their door to patients on June 20, 1950 with 146 beds, 155 employees and over 200 auxiliary members. Today, Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital is a 225-bed acute care inpatient facility with a host of outpatient ancillary services and specialty clinics with over 2300 employees. The problem: The current risk management plan at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital is that it is out dated and specific to the hospital
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CHAPTER 8 HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY MODULE 8.1 Overview This chapter presents the health delivery module of the assessment. Section 8.1 defines health service delivery and its key components. Section 8.2 provides guidelines on preparing a profile of health service delivery for the country of interest, including instructions on how to customize the profile for country-specific aspects of the health delivery process. Section 8.3 presents the indicator-based assessment, including detailed descriptions
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Transforming Health Care Services Delivery through Information Management Case Description According to government sources, U.S. expenditures on health care in 2009 reached nearly $2.4 trillion dollars ($2.7 trillion by the end of 2010). Despite this vaunting national level of expenditure on medical treatment, death rates due to preventable errors in the delivery of health services rose to approximately 98,000 deaths in 2009. To address the dual challenges of cost control and quality improvement
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issues surrounding medical professional liability in America today? What are the arguments for and against tort reform in U.S. health care? In America today, medical professionals are facing more dramatic liability claims than at any point in history from patients and tort lawyers. From increased demands by malpractice insurance carriers to higher standards and quality of care criteria, medical professionals are under extreme scrutiny which makes the art of practicing medicine very difficult. As pressure
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Measurement and Evaluation in Performance Management Within the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Sharon R. Jones Grantham University Dr. Jacqueline Carrau- Instructor HPI 632 Evaluating Results and Benefits 23 July 2013 Health-care providers each share one common goal, which is to provide high quality care to their patients. A very effective tool to use in accomplishing this task would be to measure the performance of the organization. Measuring performance will help them
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operations management in achieving those organizational objectives (AC 1.1: Explain the importance of effective operations management in achieving organizational objectives). 2. Explain the various operations management processes implemented in your chosen organization and evaluate how they contribute towards meeting your organization’s overall strategic objectives. (AC 1.2: Evaluate the success of existing operations management processes in meeting an organization’s overall strategic management objectives)
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distinct from the health care organization, usually non-governmental, assesses the health care organization to determine if it meets a set of standard requirements designed to improve quality of care. In other words, an accrediting body is an independent 3rd party that measures and rates the regulations, safety guidelines, and practices of a service or business—in this case, medical facilities. Think of it as a stamp of approval verifying the authenticity and quality of services. A restaurant
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professional and safe practices. An electronic health records system offers both, professional and safe practices. Implementing this system will make a patient feel better about the care they receive in such hospital. Simply because all their information will be available when they need the care. This can make things easier for the patient. With the use of this system, their allergies and medications can easily be tracked, this will advance their medical care. Also, this idea will help patients avoid
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Quality of Life and Functioning What does the phrase “quality of life” mean? Does it have an actual definition? The answer may not be as clear as one would expect because the concept of “quality of life” can vary from one person to the next based on the values of the individual in question. The purpose of this paper is to examine the quality of life of a patient with a cancer and describe an appropriate nursing care plan based on the patient’s values. Personal Perceptions Personal perceptions
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