Ambulatory Service is brilliant innovation in itself. When the services provided by the hospital needed to be out-sourced, for example in matters of emergency, advancement to a mobile health care service took place. But due to the ineffective planning and internal as well as external disturbance, the strategies are becoming difficult to implement. There is a need to modify and improve the model as well as practices in order to serve the community well. I will propose my three methods of efficiency
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In my review of this case a number of questions have come up that need to be addressed. Question 1 - Why did Dwane Hopkins fail as a clinic manager? Dwane Hopkins was hired to head Holy Doctors Medical Group. This new medical service organization (MSO) started out by bringing together six primary care physicians to form the initial part of this primary care network. However, it was hoped that in the long ran the practice would eventually support twenty more physicians. Their sponsor, Holy Medical
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general manager and Chief Executive Officer of A+ Urgent Care Clinic of Honolulu specializing in providing a variety of health care services to the residents and guests of Oahu, Hawaii. Our team of board certified physicians and medical professionals are available to serve all your health care needs and provide an alternative to the lengthy hospital and urgent care visits. We operate a state of the art facility providing quality health care for all ages with a comprehensive diagnostic testing laboratory
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Comparative Summary The health care industry in the United States is big business in proportion to gross domestic product (GDP). Americans spend approximately two trillion dollars on health related expenditures (Baker, & Baker, 2013). The industry is expected to experience positive growth over the next two decades (Baker, & Baker, 2013). Coupled with this growth is the pressing need to control costs. This is especially so in government funded reimbursement programs, such as Medicaid and Medicare
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Doctor at Junction City Medical Clinic. Transcribed from a recorded phone interview 1) What does the term "quality" mean to you in your business? “In our medical clinic ‘quality’ would be providing consistently accurate information and that the test functions that we perform are accurate so that we make good diagnoses and communicate them to our patients to have the best outcome.” 2) How do you track expiration dates of medications kept in the clinic? “Between the nurses they
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vs. Fee-for-Service It seems that even the aspect of how health care cost should be paid is an every evolving problem in the United States. The Article Capitation Is for Specialist, Not for Primary care Physicians, describes transition to a group Capitated pooled system for Specialist. In addition to an every changing health care system and the introduction of Managed Care, there is also a shift towards capitation to fund health care. Most physicians have been paid through a Fee-for-service type setup
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sizes, ease of use, workflow, durability and service. In the hospital setup, transmitting ultrasound images from the ICU to the main hospital, the outpatient and other relevant hospital departments will entirely depend on the size of the hospital/clinic, some technicians, quality, and versatility of images and videos and storage expected. High-quality ultrasound machines will, therefore, give quality images, videos and any scanned document hence making easing the work and offering quality services
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sizes, ease of use, workflow, durability and service. In the hospital setup, transmitting ultrasound images from the ICU to the main hospital, the outpatient and other relevant hospital departments will entirely depend on the size of the hospital/clinic, some technicians, quality, and versatility of images and videos and storage expected. High-quality ultrasound machines will, therefore, give quality images, videos and any scanned document hence making easing the work and offering quality services
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In the past 15 years, the demand for free or low-cost health care has grown, and FQHC capacity has expanded in response (see Figure 1). Since the mid-1990s, the ranks of uninsured Americans grew faster than the general population, while the willingness of private physicians to provide charity care declined.2 In addition, the proportion of the U.S. population covered by Medicaid increased from approximately 10 percent in 1999 to 17 percent in 2010.3 Federal support for FQHCs ramped up during the Bush
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strategy to focus increasingly on Internet banking rather than local branches. If parallels are drawn between the two, such as comparing local branches to clinics, what can a rheumatology department learn? A case study was conducted at Karolinska University Hospital's Department of Rheumatology. Existing communication pathways associated with the clinic-patient communication were identified, theory and knowledge of the banking sector change was compiled and some current efforts
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