Health Care Reform Part I Health care spending in the United States is among the highest of industrialized nations (Health Policy Education, 2011). Health care reform found its roots in the 1900s when just prior to that physicians were caring for hospitalized patients without charge. Today it is a main political issue tipping the scales toward a presidential election. Team C chose this topic because of the serious nature and as future managers, leaders in health care administration; a greater
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assigned article, "Health Disparity and Structural Violence: How Fear Undermines Health Among Immigrants at Risk for Diabetes," narratives tell the story of the interconnectedness between fear and health. Thematically, the issue of fear is a dominant feature that affects how an individual approaches day-to-day living and health. Explain the relationship between fear and health identified by the researchers in the article. Do you agree that structural violence perpetuates health disparity? In the
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Holy Family Hospital and Gorsich General Hospital are the only two acute care hospitals in a county of 80,000 people, and they also serve as regional referral hospitals for a much larger secondary service area that includes another 90,000 people and 14 small hospitals. The majority of services are duplicated in the two hospitals, which together account for nearly 97 percent of the inpatient volume of the county. Gorsich has generally seen a slowly declining population, and the long-term economy is
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the core of good wound care” (p. 174). In order to practice efficient, standardized, electronic wound documentation and management, the solution can be discovered in health informatics software and digital wound imaging technology. The focus of health informatics is the patient and the process of care, and the goal is to enhance the quality and efficiency of care provided (Hebda & Czar, 2013). Category of Solution Rationale The rationale for the utilization of health informatics software and
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properly prepare me, allowing provision of evidenced-based care to an array of patients with varying health complexities. Serving as a primary provider of underserved populations in Phoenix, AZ, with a preventative healthcare focus would fuel my passion of patient empowerment. Improving delivery and access of healthcare to underserved populations, assisting with chronic disease management, while simultaneously, imparting a positive impact on health through education and outreach, encompasses both my short
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Health Care Operations Management Roles and Goals Today the health care industry is facing a changing financial and clinical environment and a relationship shift between patients, physicians, insurance companies, hospitals, and government. As costs continue to spiral out of control, operations management (OM) becomes even more important in eliminating waste and reducing costs to ensure financial success and excellent patient care results. Operations management is “a discipline that integrates scientific
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is a disease that is creating a heavy burden on society. Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing. It is medically considered a disease, specifically a neurological disorder, and in medicine several other terms are used, specifically "alcohol abuse" and "alcohol dependence" which have more specific
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world. Nurses’ leaders empower themselves and others to achieve their professional goals. Nursing leaders from all level as a student to the chief executive are in key positions to participate in decision making which ultimately affect the patients’ care and the image of nursing profession. It means that nurses at all level have the opportunity to exhibit their leadership and management skills at practice area and in the educational areas. Although management and leadership can overlap and you must
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in return for payment. The FFS model rewards volume and intensity of service so essentially the more admissions, testing’s, procedures and treatments a provider delivers, the more they stand to earn. The FFS model for health insurance does not give providers a reason to control health costs because the more services they provide, the more they get paid. The FFS model is widely accepted as an underlying reason for the catapulted costs of the healthcare system in the past 30 years. For this reason
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Hospital Glove Supply Chain Proposal OPS HC 571 December 8, 2014 Hospital Glove Supply Chain Proposal The creation and introduction of a material and process plan to address a new, Chinese vendor provides the opportunity for growth and development of the hospital. Issues surrounding reliable, consistent delivery of gloves created the need for change; however, this change requires planning, strategy, and implementation. This paper plans to highlight the necessary steps to consider while
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