January 26, 2015 Benjamin Ovando Comparative Summary In the United States, health care is delivered by a complex mixture of government, not-for-profit, and for-profit financial structures. These three financial structures coexist and compete with one another. The financial environment of an organization consists of three major components the financial managers, investors and financial markets. Health care services are provided in a regulatory environment that is both different and more comprehensive
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Cleveland Clinic JACQUELYN SLOMKA, PhD, RN Department of Bioethics, The Cleveland Clinic CAROL E. BLIXEN, PhD, RN Department of General Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Cultural and clinical issues in the care of Asian patients s A B S T R AC T Special problems of Asian patients have considerable impact on diagnosis and treatment, and the number of persons of Asian ancestry seen in primary care in the United States is increasing. Knowledge of how to provide optimal care despite
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Patient-Centered Health Care Home Many people in the United States do not have access to high quality primary care. There is substantial evidence indicating that sufficient access to high quality primary care results in lower overall health care costs and lower use of higher cost services, such as specialists, emergency rooms, and inpatient care. A large amount of the nation’s dollars are spent on health care. This large budget affects providers, patients, employers, and payers such as Medicaid
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Becoming a Physician: Good Idea or Not? By Marcus Gulley Economics 545 Aug. 1st, 2015 My niece, Jenny wants to know if becoming a doctor in the near future is something worth considering. On the surface becoming a physician was always a great and lucrative job, but is that still the case? The numbers from this particular article would say that might not be the case as physicians aren’t moving around as they once did. The people in the profession are scared to death so they are sticking
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Within any organization change occurs on a daily basis. Staff understanding the need for these changes is essential to the success of the change. Changing from paper to paperless patient check-in has become necessary at the Northwest Primary Care Clinic. Patient satisfaction has promoted this change. Having patients checked in and ready to see their providers at their scheduled appointment time has become high priority. Discussed here will be the need for the change, individual and organizational
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June 4, 2011 Abstract The Queen’s Medical Center is a private non-profit, acute medical care facility located in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii. Queen’s Medical center happens to be the largest private hospital on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii. This hospital is founded in 1859 by Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV to ensure that the Native Hawaiians and the people of Hawaii receive the best quality of health care services. Queen’s medical center is also known as the referral hospital within the Pacific
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meals, and involve exercise regime, then it benefits every member of the family. Applying this principle of family health to nursing practice, gives us a concept of family nursing. In this set up nurse develops care plan which revolves around client and his family. Involving family in care helps patient and family members bond better during the critical times and it also results in improved patient outcomes. Nurses can use multi-disciplinary team approach to educate family members and introduce them
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homeless. Vulnerability is determined by a merging of enabling, predisposing, and characteristic needs at both the contextual and ecological levels. These three characteristics of vulnerability not only determine one’s accessibility to health care, but also influences ultimately an individuals’ risk of developing an illness or even recovering from their illness if already sick (Shi & Singh, 2013). Belief systems, demographic characteristics, and social structures are attributes that predispose
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My first meeting at Olympic Medical Physicians (OMP) Primary Care Clinic (PCC) in Sequim went better than I could have ever expected, or anticipated. I was really nervous, but my preceptor, Kalei Myers, made me feel very welcomed and more at ease throughout the day. I was able to meet most of the staff at PCC and some of the staff members at the Walk-in Clinic as well. All of the staff members, at both facilities, were extremely helpful and very friendly. Kalei spent most of the morning going through
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Wee-Care Urgent Medical Website Plan 1909 Oak Bluff Trail Austell, Georgia 30122 770-942-3199 weecare.com Monifa Mwangi January 4, 2011 Executive Summary One of the top complaints of individuals seeking non-critical emergency services is wait time. For emergency room visits, a patient may spend 2-3 hours in an emergency waiting room for non-critical treatment such as fever, cough, sprains, etc. Quick2treat is an online concept developed to allow consumers access to WeeCare’s current
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