The quality improvement project I chose to critique focused on decreasing the occurrence of postoperative surgical site infections following a cesarean delivery. This project was initiated in August 2014 at the hospital in which I am employed. It was started in response to our elevated number of surgical site infections. The rates of surgical infections had been slowly increasing over the previous year but stayed below our benchmark of 1 out of every 100 procedures. When our infection rate rose
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FINANCE DIRECTORATE SERVICES DIRECTORATE MATERIAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE ENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE DIRECTORATE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENCE DIRECT TRAINING DIRECTORATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCE HEALTH INFORMATION DIRECTORATE STRATEGIC PLANNING UNIT MEDICAL REVIEW HEALTH CENTRES MEDICAL SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTORATE HEALTH CENTERS DIRECTORATE NURSING SERVICES PRIMARY CARE & PUBLIC HEALTH DENTAL & ORAL HEALTH SERVICES (SMC) MED SVC (SMC)
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Revenue Recognition: IFRS and FASB Convergence With the growth of international business there is a need to standardize financial statements globally. Presently there are “approximately 120 foreign private issuers currently that report to the Commission using IFRS financial statements.” By standardizing accounting practices investors will be able to make informed decisions based on comparability and accuracy of financial statements. The SEC released this statement in 2008, “We believe that
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incorporated. Coventry Health Care, Inc. became a public company in 1991, and is currently listed on the NYSE with ticker symbol "CVH". Since the company’s inception, the building blocks of “The Coventry Model” have remained financial discipline and service excellence. The company’s senior management team has long understood those two objectives need not be mutually exclusive. As an organization, our long-term success depends on the ability to translate our commitment to affordable and accessible
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Employability Employability CV Tips Personal Details * Put your name in bold or a larger font at the top of the CV. * Follow with your contact details – your address, telephone numbers and email. Personal Profile * Your CV should contain a personal profile, which is a summary of your skills and achievements, what you are doing at the moment and your future career goals. * This is your chance to really “sell” yourself to the employer and tell them how your skills, experience
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ABSTRACT Heart failure is one of the leading causes of mortality in the world. At present, there are approximately 26 million heart failure patients worldwide (1). Heart failure is a life-threatening disease and addressing it should be treated as a global health priority. The prevalence and cost of the condition is set to rise due to Ireland’s ageing population and increases in diabetes and coronary heart disease (2). To a large extent, heart failure is a disease that is managed medically. Medications
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version. The implementation process continues to be a difficult one. Every health care provider can have a role that differs from others in the process. A general goal of medication reconciliation directed towards a patient’s safety and outcomes improvement is obtaining and maintaining the accuracy and complicity of medication information and the use of the information across the continuum of care (Steeb & Webster, 2012). Currently, the accuracy of medication taken by patients became very challenging
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new systems has been majorly based on financial, rather than safety concerns. The fee for- service compensation systems has done exceedingly well in increasing revenue to hospitals resulting from additional technology-related charges levied on patients for each dose dispensed (Cohen, 2002). From the evidences adduced in this research, bar code technology seems to hold great promise for general improvements in medication safety and efficiency. Nevertheless, evidence so far is limited by the lack of
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benefit and charity care. The mission of the hospital as stated in administrative service manual policy 726 (2005) is “With caring and compassion, we will improve the health and quality of life of the people we service.” The purpose of existence of the hospital is the commitment to patients and community to first understand their needs, second to provide services that meet these needs; and third, the recognition that service and clinical excellence are only achieved if they are delivered with caring and
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legislation — the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152) — that, together expand Medicaid coverage to millions of low-income Americans and makes numerous improvements to both Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)” (medicaid.gov). Medicaid extends to any previously uncovered populations or receive federal
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