Future Trends in Health Care: Mental Health Kelley Fox HCS/533 April 8th 2013 Marc Magill Future Trends in Health Care: Mental Health Access to care is a key determinant in a community’s health, rural communities have less access to health care because of provider availability, distance to travel, and financial constraints (Health Service Research & Development, 2010). The rural communities have an even greater disparity concerning access to mental health, studies show they are 63% less likely
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resources (American Economic Association, 2011). Thus, this fundamental process links economics and health care, as health care professionals use economic principles in their everyday professional behaviors. Health care organizations strive to use the same concept of economics when they choose how to allocate resources and plan how to use them because it is essential to their survival. Therefore, health care and economics are connected in the sense of sharing the same terms such as resources, quality
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clinician, and patient is changing to incorporate the increased use of technology in the delivery of health care. Home health care is no exception. Patients today are fully informed consumers and insist on participating in their health care and being fully knowledgeable of all options available. Physicians need the most time effective and accurate measures to help care for their patients. Home health care must be able to maintain the competiveness, maintain financial security and deliver quality patient
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Intro to task two: The Indian Health Service (IHS): The IHS is a health care system for nearly 2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who belong to the 566 different, federally recognized, tribes in 35 states. 1 IHS is an agency within HHS, which is the Department of Health and Human Services. 2 The Indian Health Service was established in 1955 taking over from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. It is based on Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution and the relationship developed from numerous
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Nursing informatics is defined as “the integration of nursing, its information and information management with information processing and communication technology to support the health of people worldwide”. Nursing informatics has applications in different areas of administration, education, and clinical information. It can also assist vendors to create and implement better solutions goaled at improving the care of patients. At my place of employment, the informatics phenomenon known as “Healthstream”
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Associate-degree versus Baccalaureate-degree Nursing Benjamin Botengan Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS 430V Professor Luci Hanus May 30, 2015 Associate-degree versus Baccalaureate-degree Nursing In the dynamic world of health care, change is always in demand. To keep up with this, there seems to be direct correlation with quality care and a nursing workforce equipped with the proper educational levels. Higher level of nursing education, better patient outcomes. Numerous
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Running head: THE DIFFERENCE IN COMPETENCIES OF AN ADN AND A BSN 1 The Difference in Competencies of a Nurse with an ADN versus a Nurse with a BSN Stacey M. Kestler Grand Canyon University THE DIFFERENCE IN COMPETENCIES OF AN ADN AND A BSN 2 Abstract According to American Association of Colleges of Nursing fact sheet: Creating a More Highly Qualified Nursing Workforce, there are 2.8 million registered nurses currently active and practicing
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associate degree in nursing, ADN nurses have clinical skills and hands on basic skills but they lack both management and leadership skills with in the nursing field. Additionally they lack research skills used in nursing as well as knowledge on informatics the use of technological advances in enhancing quality medical delivery. ADN gives you the fundamentals of nursing practices. They basic theory, skills, competencies knowledge of scope of practice and legalities for licensure and the essential
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In what ways can a fully operational health information system help alleviate the high cost of healthcare in the United States? It is quite evident that the cost of healthcare is increasing at a rapid pace, and philosophies about how to reduce the costs have continued to be debated. According to the Plunkett Research, U.S. health care expenditures grew to $2.6 trillion in 2010. Thoughts and ideas about how and if the implementation of a health information system (HIS) can reduce the cost
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Nursing Informatics has to do with nursing integration, management of information, processing information and communication technology, to support people’s health worldwide (HIMSS, 2007). However, the course facilitators of this program can help nursing students feel empowered by developing creative teaching strategies or enhancing the quality of teaching, learning and preparing students to manage the increasing volumes of existing information. For instance, The Technology Informatics Guiding
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