UnitedHealth Group Name of Student Institutional Affiliations UnitedHealth Group The UnitedHealth Group is a company that offers diversified health care management services. It is based in Minnesota in the United States of America. It is located at Minnetonka (UnitedHealth Group, 1974). It is ranked the 14th on the Fortune 500 List of the best companies and business enterprises in the world. UnitedHealth Group has two companies that offer their services and products to the consumers. The two business
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American Healthcare Systems-Research Paper-6th Dec 2013 Medical Tourism By: Mrudula Mynampaty and Swathi Damacherla Introduction “Medical tourism” is the term commonly used to describe people traveling outside their home country avail medical services at lower costs1. Medical tourism is fundamentally different from the traditional model of international medical travel where patients generally journey from less developed nations to major medical centers in highly developed countries for medical treatment
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Strategic Leadership Health Care (03/27/2015) Geisinger Health System (GHS) is a major delivery network which provides medical care in northeast and central Pennsylvania. The network is leaded by physicians. It covers population of 41 counties out of the 67. GHS is made up of approximately 700 physicians, three hospitals, and an alcohol and drug treatment center. Geinsinger Medical Center, a large tertiary/quaternary teaching hospital located in Danville, Pennsylvania is also a part of GHS. GHS has
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The Impact of the Institute of Medicine Report on Nursing Amy Nikrasch Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V 01 December 2013 The Institute of Medicine's Impact on Nursing The United States government has identified that a health care reform is needed to ensure that all individuals have access to health care. In March 2010 President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to ensure all individuals in the United States will have access to quality health care ("Key Features Affordable
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NRS 430V-109 September 18, 2013 The Future of Nursing Introduction In 1970 The Institute of Medicine was founded by the National Academy of sciences. The National Academy of sciences advises the federal government on issues involving medical care, education, and research. In 2010 the Institute of Medicine issued “The future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” The recommendations in the report are directed towards state and local governments, policy makers licensing bodies
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behavioral health, prevention programs, hospice, assisted living, long term, home & community-based care. _Numerous grants opportunities under the ACA for workforce development, trauma centers, preventive care, early childhood programs, innovative healthcare models, Medicaid outreach. Why Medicaid, Exchange & BHP Matter for Native Americans • IHS is not health insurance. It is a discretionary program that is chronically under-funded by Congress, even with IHCIA reauthorization. • Contract health
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system implemented by Partners Healthcare System (PHS) during 2002-2003 for all its constituent practitioners. It looks at the problems faced during implementation of the system and identifies new potential problems that the system may encounter. Particularly in consideration is the effort it takes to convince healthcare professionals to switch to CPOE/EHR, the cost of installing the system, the potential of automating redundancies in the system and the potential of healthcare professionals getting skewed
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MOV E R S S H A KE RS A LOOK AT HUMANA’S INTEGRATED HEALTH APPROACH: A Conversation with Chief Medical Officer Dr. Roy Beveridge March 2014 “We Accelerate Growth” MOV E R S & S H A KE R S Movers & Shakers Inter view with Dr. Roy Beveridge Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Humana March 2014 Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading provider of commercial health plans, specialty insurance plans, and integrated health and wellness services. Headquartered in Louisville,
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and the overall spread of the terrorist group ISIS have participated in decreasing foreign direct investments over the last few years. Furthermore Egypt and Tunisia are still undergoing a fragile transition while Morocco and Jordan's liberalization reforms have yet to be fully implemented. In this context of general instability, investors are being extremely cautious and are now focused on markets where economic growth is driven by solid fundamentals and sectors that are resistant to the fluctuations
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Introduction: The following three cases discuss information management within three very different types of organizations: (1) a national, online manufacturer/retailer of clothing and sportswear; (2) a major integrated healthcare provider; and (3) a global architectural design and construction firm. Consider each organization in terms of its information management needs at the following three levels of operations: • transacting – operational needs • management and control needs
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