Question 1 - INCORRECT Which statement is true about screening for domestic abuse? Your Answer: Healthcare providers should screen for abuse only if the patient has physical injuries. Healthcare providers should routinely ask patients about abuse. Rationale:Healthcare providers should routinely ask direct questions about domestic abuse. Depending on facility policy, routine inquiry may include all adult and adolescent patients, or female adolescents and adults only. Question 2 - Correct
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Running head: HEALTHCARE REFORM 1 Obamacare Ericka Silva POL201 American National Government Nicole Jones May 27, 2013 HEALTHCARE REFORM 2 Obamacare Since the passing of President Barack Obama’s Healthcare Bill there has been a lot of a dispute. People have made accusations that this is a way for government control and socialism. Many people are frightened that the arrangement will extinguish the free market economy. They also believe that it will take away
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The American legal system is designed to protect All of its citizens from unfair and discriminatory Hiring practices specifically in the healthcare Profession. Sensitivity toward people and Knowledge of the laws will help employers make Informed decisions and make utilize fair hiring Practices. Understanding the roles of leadership and Management in hiring, sufficient use of legal and Ethical hiring principles, and the decision to hire Experienced individuals.
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How will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act change healthcare? Christine Grandfield Professor Joannah Bruscell CAP480 – Arts and Sciences Capstone December 9, 2012 Healthcare reform is taking place in this country whether we want it or not! Now that the 2012 election is over, more changes will start to take place throughout the next few years. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act became a law on March 23, 2010 (Glass, 2012). The purpose of this project is to persuade any
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Eric Desmond How we got to Obamacare First Draft What to do about the rapidly rising cost of healthcare has been a hot button issue contentiously argued by the United States two major political parties. The culmination of the what to do about healthcare sees us two weeks into a government shut down with a small but determined faction of ideologue republicans threatening to default on our debt by not raising the debt ceiling unless President Barack Obama scraps the biggest piece of legislation
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Single-Payer Healthcare Reform in the United States Not long ago, Tina Bachtel, a beautiful thirty-five-year-old women from Ohio walked into a local healthcare clinic seeking treatment. Tina was pregnant and having health issues. She had visited the clinic prior to that day while uninsured which resulted in her having a large unpaid balance. Bachtel was denied treatment. She was told she could only be granted service if she paid one hundred dollars per visit. Tina Bachtel did not have the money to
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beneficial to patients and medical staffs, unethical behavior has caused significant injury to them. Performing ethical behavior in healthcare by, for example, preserving patient confidentiality, medical staffs should respect patients’ autonomy, abide by their obligation to reciprocate patients’ trust, and preserve public confidence in the staff-patient relationship in healthcare. In a long run, patients who trust their medical providers to safeguard their secrets are more likely to seek prompt care for
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March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. There is no denying that Healthcare reform is a necessity at this point. Something absolutely has to change in America’s Healthcare. “It seems clear that if we continue down the path of healthcare delivery we current practice in this country, even if it is practiced a bit more efficiently, we will have failed. We will bankrupt this country, and the health of our citizens will continue to decline” (Riley, 2009). The question
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Health Informatics is the branch of healthcare that focuses on getting the right information to the right person at the right time. It supports the exchange of information between patient, management and healthcare professionals. Health care professionals are able to receive complete information about the patient with the help of health informatics. This information helps them in making appropriate decision regarding treatment of the patient. Health informatics requires a lot of data, information
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decision making is required when the healthcare executive must address a conflict or uncertainty regarding competing values, such as personal, organizational, professional and societal values. Those involved in this decision-making process must consider ethical principles including justice, autonomy, beneficence and nonmaleficence as well as professional and organizational ethical standards and codes. Many factors have contributed to the growing concern in healthcare organizations over ethical issues
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