entity FP healthcare organization JFK Medical Center. The second entity is Naples Community Hospital (NCH), a NFP healthcare organization, and the third entity is the Veterans Administration, a government funded facility. JFK Medical Center is a 460-bed acute care medical/ surgical hospital specializing in cardiovascular care, oncology services, neuroscience, bariatric, and orthopedics. It is located at the heart of West Palm Beach, Florida (“Jfk Medical Center”, n.d.). The NCH Healthcare system
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Massachusetts General Hospital works to provide care in all corners of the world, locally, nationally and globally. The organization accomplishes this feat by partnering with underserved communities to improve and maintain health care services and build healthier communities. MGH prides itself in being able to provide world-class patient care, conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the US, places an emphasis on teaching, and bases its approach to safety and quality on effectiveness
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Reporting Practices and Ethics Paper Cherelle Decarmo HCS/405 11/13/2014 Keith Parker Reporting Practices and Ethics Paper In any health care setting financial and ethical reporting is important to have a successful organization. Health care providers need to understand how effective financial management strategies. The paper will address financial reporting practices containing ethical standers in health care finance. Also, it will include a summary of acceptable practices and general financial
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patient’s habit of relying on the family physician for all the healthcare needs. Health systems are slowly recognizing one of the most important elements of PHC or Primary Healthcare and it is the team approach. In this approach all the healthcare professionals from different disciplines work in sync with one another to enhance the care, bring down the service duplication and at the same time ensure that patients have access to healthcare professionals at the time of their needs. The Hudson Bay team
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CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN HEALTH CARE: EMERGING FRAMEWORKS AND PRACTICAL APPROACHES Joseph R. Betancourt Massachusetts General Hospital–Harvard Medical School Alexander R. Green and J. Emilio Carrillo New York-Presbyterian Hospital–Weill Medical College of Cornell University FIELD REPORT October 2002 Support for this research was provided by The Commonwealth Fund. The views presented here are those of the authors and should not be attributed to The Commonwealth Fund or its directors, officers, or
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Promotor(a) or Community Health Worker Training and Certification Program Website - http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mch/chw.shtm Contact – chw@dshs.state.tx.us 512/776-2570 Background 1999 – House Bill 1864 - Established the Promotor(a) Program Development Committee 2001 – Senate Bill 1051 - Directed the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to develop a training and certification program for promotores or community health workers Texas Health and Safety Code – Chapter 48 - Provides
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Community Health Advocacy Project-Part Two Soeurette Joseph University Of Phoenix Population-Focused Health Care NUR/544 Louama Driscoll July 14, 2014 Community Health Advocacy Project-Part Two Prescription misuse is the non-medical usage of prescription drugs without doctor’s prescription. This has become a significant health concern among adolescent group ages” between “12 to 19. One-third of individuals over the age of 12 who have used drug for the first time, started by using prescription
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culturally competent care? Address specific interventions to improve aspects of care related to each of the identified categories: Culturally competent, Culturally appropriate and Culturally Sensitive. Introduction As a registered nurse in the healthcare field, it is extremely important to be well versed and mindful of each and every patient’s cultural background. Nurses encounter people from all walks of life so having the appropriate background knowledge on patients coupled with being sensitive
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Question 2: How would you organize the complex set of steps required in this transplant process to ensure that misunderstandings do not occur in hand-offs between professionals? In its discussion of communication networks, Shortell and Kaluzny's Healthcare Management: Organization Design and Behavior (ODB) describes several different organizations of communication networks (Burns et al., 2012, p. 181). One such network, known as the wheel, features a central coordinator who sends and receives information
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may hinder independent comparison of one’s personal values and those of NSW Health. This work will analyze the influence of these values on health teams and demonstrate how NSW Health leaders may use these values to impact effectively on patient’s healthcare. An independent evaluator needs to follow the criteria that ensure professional practice. I adopted my values in a collage characterized by strong family bondage and commitment, sharing, love, happiness and family pets. This collage values
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