Research Center that offers many different services from childcare to surgical services. The childcare service provides parents with full details of how to administer their children’s medicine and how to care for the child at home. The surgical staff explains to the patients how to do self-care at home like what they can and can do, how to change bandages and how to clean the wounds (University of Kentucky2011). UK Healthcare supplies the community with information about secondhand smoke, which
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the health care system. The Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA), the Geisinger Health system, and Kaiser Permanente are used as examples of care delivery organizations that maximize nursing scope of practice. The transformation of the VA from a hospital-based system into a primary care focused organization is based on the maximization of nurse practitioners (NPs) as primary care providers. As a result, by 2007, VA patients experienced higher quality and significantly lower-cost care compared with
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Health Care Spending My position on national health care spending is way too much monies is going out and not enough people supporting the problem. A universal health care plan for every man, woman, and child who resides in the United States is the most economical way to achieve this goal. All working citizens must have monies automatically taken out of their paychecks and if you can afford more than the basic plan, then there will be plans available that you can upgrade to like Aflac. No matter
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SAFETY NET SPECIALTY CARE PROGRAM BACKGROUND Safety Net primary care providers are the primary source of care for uninsured and the underinsured patients. When specialty care is needed these services are often unavailable to them. Very few communities have addressed the lack of specialty care issue outside of simply calling on specialist to voluntarily provide direct care to safety net patients. In March of 2013 KPCO implemented the Safety Net Specialty Care Program to help address the significant
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Abstract The Affordable Care Act (ACA) brings a myriad of changes to the healthcare system and hospitals must adapt accordingly or face dire financial challenges. Some of the financial challenges will originate from the influx of Medicaid patients due to the Medicaid expansion. Based on these changes, there is an increased tendency for hospitals to engineer ways to reduce costs such as patient selection and staff reduction. However, for a hospital to participate in Medicare, which accounts for
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to install online kiosks in their premises. 2) Retail Clinics: The retail clinics are headed by Nursing Practitioners, who have approximately 600 million patient visits each year. Thus the market size represents a sizeable opportunity for American Well. Introducing online kiosks at retail centers could turn out to be a win-win situation for both American Well and retail clinics since this move might improve the perception of retail clinics as a legitimate and effective delivery centre of healthcare
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Job Redesign and Workplace Rewards Assessment University of Phoenix Human Motivation PSY/320 Job Redesign and Workplace Rewards Assessment The position of a research coordinator at Mayo Clinic executes the primary components of a research study with the direction from a principal investigator or supervisor. This position is fundamental in complying with regulatory laws and institutional guidelines for the research studies that the group is involved. They prepare and edit study
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playing a role in the primary healthcare sector for the last 45 years, but not until 2010 when the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released the report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health ( 2011 ) a blueprint for the advancement of the nursing profession. Stating nurse practitioners need to play a pivotal role in the long-term solution, and improving the quality and affordability of U.S. healthcare but also focusing on providing transcultural care to its diverse population
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Reflective Journal on Ethics Game Simulation Maria R. Brook HCS/478 Health Law and Ethics January 23rd, 2012 Caroline Etland, PhD, RN Reflective Journal on Ethics Game Simulation In this journal I will write my reflections on two ethical dilemmas presented in Ethics Game's online simulation, which has been designed to teach students how to make ethical decisions through a practical and repeatable decision model. Ethical Issue #1 Presented During my Shift Near the beginning of my shift
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STRATEGIC HRM AT THE MAYO CLINIC: A CASE STUDY Sunil Ramlall Hamline University Tripp Welch, Jennifer Walter, and Daniel Tomlinson The Mayo Clinic ABSTRACT For many decades, Mayo Clinic has been ranked as one of the top medical institutions in the world. The entire health care industry has been experiencing immense challenges. Given the current and historic success of Mayo, what does Mayo need to do from an HR perspective to maintain this standard of excellence? This case identifies the
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