Case Law in Health Care Health care all over the world often sometimes face many obstacles, according to (Hammer & Sage) “Lawsuits against hospitals constitute the lion’s share of antitrust litigation. Between 1985 and 1999 hospitals were defendants in 61 percent of 394 medical antitrust disputes that led courts to issue formal opinions (hospitals were plaintiffs in only 6 percent. These numbers understate the burden of hospital antitrust litigation because most filed claims do not result in a published
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Challenger Disaster Research Paper Space Shuttle Challenger was first called as STA-099, and was built as a test vehicle for the space program. But despite its Earth-bound beginnings, STA-099 was destined for space. In 1979, NASA awarded a contract to Rockwell, a space shuttle manufacturer to convert the STA-099 to a space orbiter OV-099. After completion of OV-099, it arrived at the at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida
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from falls for hospital inpatients are the most frequent adverse events reported (http://www.nursingworld.org). With global emphasis to provide safe quality care, there in now increased scrutiny and inspection for the assessment of falls. The Joint Commission requires accredited hospitals to conduct fall risk assessments so that prevention methods can be implemented into the patient’s plan of care. The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators allows organizations to compare injury fall rates
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responding to the physical, psychological, spiritual and emotional needs of the patient (Bruce, 2007). According to the joint commission anyone who is trained on the value of spiritual assessment and tools such as physicians, therapists, nurses, and clinical pastoral staff can assess the patient’s spirituality (Evaluating your Spiritual Assessment Process, 2005). The Joint Commission has also provided some guidelines to create a spiritual assessment that would meet the spiritual demands of the patient
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share pertinent information in an effective, timely manner. When effective communication is absent, patient care and outcomes are compromised. Communication breakdowns have been cited as a root cause in almost every sentinel event reported to the Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Database, and is the leading root cause in a majority of cases studied since 1996 (Nadzam 2009). Communication between nurses is critical to patient safety, yet numerous challenges contribute to poor communication
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even at all it can result in a patients illness or even death. Proper labeling is crucial to avoid a mishap. As stated above NPSG 03.04.01 is labeling all medications, medication containers and other solutions on and off the sterile field. (Joint Commission) In the elements section, it is described that an medication may not be administered until it has been labeled. In element 3, it specifies
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Financial Implications on Quality of Care Introduction There are many factors that can influence the quality provided by an organization. Conversely, it can also be be said that the quality of the services of an organization can have an influence over other factors as well. In this module, we look at how quality of care provided by an organization can carry major financial implications; that is, the importance of quality on the finances of an organization. In Module 4 we talked about how necessary
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Running head: COST AND QUALITY ANALYSIS Healthcare cost and quality Grand Canyon University July 24th, 2012 Ethics, Policy, and Finance in the Health Care System Sally L. Clark A challenge that the healthcare nation is facing is to provide the quality of care that is expected and obtain low healthcare cost. Working hand in hand with the private sector and government is in hopes of improving the quality of care that each patient deserves and maintaining the
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hip and knee joints may also be affected. Prolonged inflammation of these joints may cause these spinal bones to fuse together. Baraliakos and Braun (2010) study found the following: Hip involvement in AS seems to be largely based on inflammation of the subchondral bone marrow. However, in contrast to the classical changes of AS in the spine, rheumatic inflammation in the hip does not lead to formation of new bones, but results in an erosive disease, which will often destroy the joint. These changes
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measurement is known as the collecting and analysis of data to determine how an organization will reach its potential (The Joint Commission, 2013). Often this type of analysis is seen in engineering, with the recent push in Via Christi, Lean design and Six Sigma black belts have joined the team in quality. A good example of performance measurement is through The Joint Commission. They have outlined a set of performance development methodology that is considered the "gold standard" in health care today
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