paper will provide a description of the Community Health Center of Franklin County, Inc. (CHCFC), describe the mission, vision, and values of CHCFC, explain some quality indicators and measures currently in place at CHCFC, and discuss who is responsible for CHCFC’s quality improvement plan. CHCFC Description CHCFC is a nonprofit federally funded community health center located in rural Alabama. It operates 10 clinics in eight different
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Heritage Assessments Guide Care Plans Heritage Assessments Guide Care Plans As we examine a person’s health status; it is important to note how one has formed beliefs of wellness and health promotion. In a populated, culturally diverse country; it is vital to comprehend and respect the traditions of these beliefs as we teach health promotion, set goals for health restoration, and evaluate health maintenance. Just as recording the vital signs of a patient becomes the blueprint in determining
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Assignment 1- The Primary Care Clinic Corliss John Dr. Gilton Grange HSA 300 January 29, 2012 1. Discuss the key political, economic, and social forces that may have influenced the development of the clinic. I feel that economic and social conditions that affect people’s lives determine their health. The reason why is because people who are poor are less likely to get medical care, as opposed to people that are middle- class status and above. When it comes to citizens that have more social
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Opinion Consensus Methodology has been used for the report. Quantitative market information is based primarily on such interviews and desk-based secondary research; therefore, making it subject to fluctuation. Frost & Sullivan has taken all reasonable care to insure that the information contained in this report is, to the best of its knowledge, in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import. In making any decision regarding the transaction, the recipient should conduct
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With a dawn of a new era in American healthcare history came the highly controversial Affordable Care Act. This act will create an estimated 16 million newly insured people by the end of 2014. However, there are public policies that need to be resolved. The public policy question that warrants further inquiry and needs to be addressed is section 3502 of PL111-148 does not include nurse practitioners. The public policy question is: Should the federal government mandate inclusion of nurse practitioners
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2016), nurse practitioners (NPs) are licensed, autonomous clinicians focused on managing people’s health conditions and preventing disease. As advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), NPs often specialize by patient population, including pediatric, adult-gerontological, and women’s health. NPs may also subspecialize in areas such as dermatology, cardiovascular health, and oncology. NPs take health histories and provide complete physical examinations; diagnose and treat many common acute and chronic
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International Journal of Public and Private Healthcare Management and Economics, 1(2), 17-25, April-June 2011 17 The Politics of Health Finance Reform in Hong Kong Raymond K. H. Chan, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong ABSTRACT Since the late 1950s, Hong Kong’s public health services have increased. They are mainly funded by taxes, supplemented by minimal user fees. In the late 1980s, the government recognized the limitations of this financing model and subsequently proposed alternative
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includes primarily and predominantly healthcare facilities, combined with travel and tourism. The term medical tourism describes the rapidly growing practice of travelling across international borders to obtain cost-effective and high quality medical care. Various countries like Thailand, Malaysia, India, etc are promoting medical tourism aggressively. The key competitive advantages of India in medical tourism stem from the following: low cost advantage, strong reputation in the advanced healthcare
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Change Proposal Name: Warly Gonzalez Moreno Course: NSG3039 Institution: South University Week 2, Assignment 3 Literature review Healthcare technology has turned into more and more complicated, changing the approach nursing care is delivered and conceptualized. Since the invention of technology, healthcare practitioners have confidence in massively on the sense of touch, ability to perceive with eyes, hearing, and odor to detect changes and guide the convalescents status.
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Surveillance Comparisons: Canada and Costa Rica The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is the organization that monitors the oral health of the Americas. One of the main tools they have used to do that since the 1990s is the DMFT score. This standardized score provides an easy way to measure and compare oral health of all countries in the Americas. Additionally, it provides a way to group and organize countries into groups based on DMFT scores. The two countries I will be examining are Canada
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