The health care industry is one of the largest growing industries in the nation. Technology and advanced medical services point to the constant changes that are happening in the health care industry. The nation’s economy continues to change, and with these changes, health care costs have risen. The present state of the economy has had a major effect on health care across the nation. Individuals and families who receive Medicaid services have been especially affected in the health care system with
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nonprofit federally funded community health center located in rural Alabama. It operates 10 clinics in eight different counties. TCMC is fully accredited by The Joint Commission. Services vary slightly from clinic to clinic. Each clinic offers general primary healthcare, in-house laboratory testing, patient medication assistance programs, and four of the clinics offer in-house X-ray services. According to CHCFC’s 2008 Uniform Data System Report, providers
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Mayo Clinic Value Alignment Learning Team B Anita Duray, Genia Lewis, Lisa McNeill, Tamiko Perry, and Michael Rogerson BUS 475 July 9, 2012 Paul Gerlach In this paper Learning Team B analyzed the individual values and the organizational values as reflected by the organization’s plans and actions of the Mayo Clinic. The Learning Team B selected the Mayo Clinic because of its long history and high values. The Mayo Clinic’s founder was Dr. William Worrall
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Access Access to adequate health care is very important factor in our health delivery plan. Every citizen regardless of economic status or location should be afforded the true definition of health access which is the ability to obtain affordable, convenient, acceptable, and effective personal health services in a timely matter. (Singh, 2008) As it stands today, the availability of health care is not equal for all. “Certain population groups in the United State face greater challenges
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vomiting. Eventually the nausea ceased but his stomach was still upset. The following day he called Dr. Martin, his primary health care physician. Betty, the doctor’s nurse assisted him over the phone and after the professor explained his condition she told him that Dr. Martin cannot see to him because of his packed schedule. The professor asked for a referral to go to the HealthCheck Clinic but the nurse declined claiming that Dr. Martin is not willing to send him there and was instead prescribed with
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in the 53218 Zip code Each community has its own positive and negative features. The zip code community of 53218 is no exception. Some of those positive features of the 53218 community has prospective features such as its existing available clinics, multipurpose community centers, such as the Silver Spring Community Center, and numerous outreach programs through organizations including Growing Power and the Milwaukee Outreach Center. Unfortunately, it is still considered one of ten zip codes
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Nursing and Patient Care Delivery Tara Lee Grand Canyon University: Trends and Issues in Today’s Health Care July 1, 2012 Dear Nurses, Currently, health care systems are undergoing a complete transformation to help better accommodate patients by providing them with affordable high quality care. These transformations are a direct result of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), which includes several provisions to intertwine cost effective care with quality. Health
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Introduction RIA Endovascular is an outpatient, interventional radiology clinic that provides cutting-edge medical treatments for patients suffering from venous disease. The long-term goals are centered on adding new procedures and building a profitable practice. The medical business is in constant flux so it is critical that the clinic can weather the ups and downs of the industry. Growth is an important piece to the success of the clinic and achievement of this objective will require an analysis of alternatives
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for this service would be in an inner city community that has a concentrated amount of middle/high school consumers with multiple athletic programs. Being in the inner city, potential consumers would typically resort to the emergency room, urgent care clinic, or a pediatrician. Another potential target market could be a pediatric medical group with sub-specialties. The available specialties are endocrinology, psychology, and cardiology. Adolescent child tend to break bones frequently. Having a pediatric
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ASSIGNMENT: 3 ORGANIZATION OF A HEALTH CARE FACILITY HEALTH CARE POLICY LAW AND ETHICS AUGUST 10TH. 2013 Your reputation as a renowned administrator to successfully lead mergers and acquisitions of hospitals precedes you, and you have been hired to create and open a new specialty health care business. This is a clinic with physicians who specialize in the following areas: dermatology, gynecology, heart disease, respiratory disease, surgery, and gastroenterology
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