Access to health care is limited in the rural setting so it becomes imperative to educate the patient regarding their illness, treatments, management, medications and when to seek medical assistance. Providing this information to the patient and educating them, the patient is better able to self-manage their condition. Kouame (2010), identified the key challenges facing the rural population as: low population density, limited to no services, disproportionate numbers of elderly, low-income, and
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In today’s health care environment patient safety has become one of the most important objectives in all health care institutions. One of the main issues when it comes to safety of patients is errors that can occur when abbreviations are not used properly when dealing with health information technology. It is important for health care employees to have knowledge and a clear understanding of what the abbreviations stand for, as well as the purpose of them. When dealing with a patient’s personal information
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technology to Improve Patient Safety and Quality of Nursing Care Yelitza Guzman Walden University Information Management in Nursing and Health Care Nurs-3010-7 Dr. Annita Manns May 19, 2013 Using technology to Improve Patient Safety and Quality of Nursing Care The current severe shortage of nurses and health care workers contributes to an ongoing crisis in the US health care system that has many consequences. The inadequate number of qualify personnel in the care setting has a direct impact on the
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Roles and Functions of Health Care Management Heather Packard Health Care Management HCS/325 September 16, 2013 Vivian Perez, MPA The roles and functions of management in health care are critical to efficiency and contiguous services to patients. While there are a variety of both roles and functions in health care management, the most important of them is leadership. Understanding the roles of management in a health care environment can only be an advantage to individuals in administrative
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Highly-Educated Nurses In the 21st century, the health challenges facing the nation have shifted dramatically. The American population is older—Americans 65 and older will be nearly 20 percent of the population by 2030—as well as more diverse with respect not only to race and ethnicity but also other cultural and socioeconomic factors. In addition to shifts in the nation’s demographics, there also have been shifts in that nation’s health care needs. Most health care today relates to chronic conditions, such
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(Villet-Langomarsino 2018). Pain management of the hospice patient is of great importance because it is one of the few things that can be done during the end stage of life when treatment of a disease is no longer desired. Pain is a common symptom in health care and should be one of the easiest to treat due to its popularity, but unfortunately it is not. Since pain is so unique to person, assessment and treatment must be custom tailored to each patient. The problem with pain management is its specificity to
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Title of Article Davis, K. L. (2014, Sep 15). Hospital Mergers Can Lower Costs and Improve Medical Care; stand-alone hospitals have too few patients to thrive in the new era of population health management. Wall Street Journal Retrieved from http://0search.proquest.com.leopac.ulv.edu/docview/1562020216?accountid=25355 Summary U.S Healthcare expenditures are too high - nearly $9000 per capita. With healthcare cost rising rapidly, a change to how we approach healthcare systems has to
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complex patient care situations. The educational need for these nurses to be well trained as leaders, be able to meets the needs of the increasingly divers patient population, and to adapt to medical advances to ensure safe, quality patient care will remain the main focus for nurses. With these standards remaining the same, there will also be focus on promoting nurses to efficiently and collaboratively work with other health care professionals in a wide variety of complex health care situations that
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Journal of Management and Marketing Research Hospital management reform: a step to healthcare reform R. Peter Heine Stetson University E. Nick Maddox Stetson University Abstract Recent intensive dialogue and debate regarding healthcare reform has led provider administrators to renew their search for “best practices” around the country. Many organizations, particularly hospitals, because of their complexity, are seeking new paradigms that will improve their efficiency and effectiveness regardless
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must play in addressing those challenges (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2010). As the needs of patients have become more complex the skills of nurses caring for them must change as well. Nurses must have the requisite skills to deliver high quality patient care and take a leadership role in negotiating the obstacles of our ever changing healthcare system. Adoption of the IOM’s recommendations for the role of nursing in healthcare would drive changes to nursing education, nursing practice and nursing’s
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