Health Care IT
Health Care Information Technology

The days of paper-based records in health care are fading. It is widely believed that the broad adoption of clinical applications such as computerized physician order entry (CPOE) can lead to major health care savings, help eliminate medical errors, and improve healthcare outcomes for patients (Lynn, 2011). Because of such benefits, the Obama administration included automated adoptions in health care as a part of its overall agenda calling for "the immediate investments necessary to ensure that within five years, all of America's medical records are computerized" (Obama, 2009).

Our organization moved to PharMerica's paperless administration system after a very careful analysis and assessment of the best solution for meeting the needs of the organization's specific clinical and business practices. The new clinical system eliminates the needs for peel-and-stick labels, faxes, handwritten documentation and manual processes. The outcome has been improved workflows and overall patient outcomes. By….

Healthcare
The American Medical Association (AMA, 2011) lists more than eighty careers in the healthcare industry. All Health Care (2011) points out that ten of the twenty fastest growing occupations are in healthcare fields. The fifteen most promising jobs in the healthcare industry include home health aides, medical scientists, physician assistants, athletic trainers, dental assistants, dental hygienists, veterinary techs, physical therapy assistants, medical assistants, veterinarians, physical therapists, occupational therapy assistants, radiation therapists, occupational therapists, and surgical technologists (All Health Care, 2011). However, nursing, pharmacy, psychology, dentistry, counseling, gerontology, and health information systems also remain growing fields in the healthcare sector.

Occupational therapy and related professions address the needs of patients needing assistance with daily living. Occupational therapists help patients with physical, mental, emotional, or developmental disorders, who would otherwise struggle with living independently. Projected growth in the occupational therapy field is over 26%, and the median wages earned by occupational therapists is….

Healthcare Legal Issues: Care and Treatment of Minors
The evolution of the hospital is a unique social phenomenon reflecting societal attitudes toward illness and the welfare of the individual and the group. Hospitals existed in antiquity, in Egypt and in India. After Christianity became the state religion of the oman Empire, hospitals were built in Christian nations. Subsequently, after Islam arose, hospitals were built in Moslem countries as well. egardless of questions of their origin, hospitals and the practice of modern medicine have continued to evolve. Today, people of all faiths and non-faiths may study medicine, work in hospitals, and service worldwide relief organizations. Such broad tentacles required the development of healthcare administration, which encompasses both the technical aspects of the management of healthcare delivery and the social and public policy issues related to access to care (Pozgar, 2007). With this evolution of healthcare practice, hospital structures and functions have necessitated….

2010). A complaint with many people who utilize this data is about the data entry with many particularly against the quality. ETO-HMIS boasts of fast implementation and transfer of data which puts them way ahead of any competitors. It is particularly imperative that there is the development for a culture where there is sharing of data. This leads to an increase in the checks for efficiency within healthcare. This data are also extremely useful in the formulation of any new strategies that may arise from necessity. Decision making also improves with the high rate of sharing data. This is because with clear facts and not avoiding of speculations, it is easier to reach agreements on the solutions.
There are various trends in the usage of the software within the healthcare industry. One of them is the vast expectation that patients have when they come to the institution. Most of the….

The managers in healthcare organization need to come up with strategies to make a balance between the quality and quantity of healthcare provided to clients in order to increase their throughput. This includes making the admission and discharge process as smooth as possible for clients as well as ensuring that clients have access to the best quality of healthcare.
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Health INS
Healthcare Econ

During the ten-year period ending with 2009, the administrative costs and the profits of health insurance companies rose slower than other healthcare costs and came to represent an ever-shrinking proportion of healthcare premiums. Much of the increase in administrative costs can be ascribed to inflation, especially during the years prior to the recent recession, and ongoing expansions of healthcare coverage and legislation during the period also required some increases. The cost of care and the amount of care provided increased substantially during this period, however, and it is the increased demand that this placed on health insurance administrative efforts that accounts for the increases in these costs. In other words, health insurance has actually become more efficient and less costly in administrating care during this period, able to continue providing necessary administrative services for rapidly expanding healthcare needs with a relatively modest expansion of administrative needs. Health insurance….

Healthcare
Delivery of Quality Health Care

The good old saying; health is wealth is as valid today as it was at the time when it was said. Health is the most important construct of human happiness. It is a unique element which cannot be substituted by any other thing on the face of earth. It is no exaggeration to say that all the facilities and privileged of life can be enjoyed only by the healthy person.

Keeping in view the importance of healthy life for human beings, many of the advancements made by mankind revolve around healthcare. Diseases are very natural and one may suffer from diseases because of a factor which is not identified by human beings as yet. However, there are many causes of bad health which have been explored and accommodated in the healthcare system so that man is better able to enjoy the luxuries of life.

Since mankind has always….

At this point in time, there is growing support for the idea of universal access to healthcare. In fact, President Obama was able to draft and secure the passage of a healthcare law that is the first step towards universal access in the United States. There has been a tremendous amount of opposition to the law, which has resulted in legal challenges to the law. In an article posted by the Voice of America (VOA ) it is stated that "The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Barack Obama a major victory Thursday, upholding the key part of his controversial health care plan in a 5-4 decis ion" (VOA, 2012). As soon as the news broke, "26 states filed suit against the reform law and the challenger in the 2012 election, M itt Romney, promised to repeal the law his first day in office" (VOA, 2012). "The Obama administration had argued….

Health Care Changes and Trends
The healthcare industry in currently undergoing a highly necessary phase of reform. Following the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), hospitals, physicians, patients and economists are working to determine what the legislation could mean for them. The reality though is that the myriad changes on the horizon are difficult to predict because they are determined by the intercession of a wide variance of independent forces. Indeed, as the discussion here below shows, these forces fall into the categories of Economics, Culture, Technology and Government.

Economics

Economics play an especially pertinent role in defining the healthcare experience for a great many Americans. Indeed, one of the greatest causes for reform is the inequality that permeates the healthcare system. The rate of growth in healthcare costs has far exceeded the natural rate of inflation, largely to the benefit of corporations such as insurance companies and managed healthcare firms. There….

Health Care Communication Modality
esource: Communication Paper grading criteria . There a variety communication modalities health care consumers health care providers. These modalities venues communication entail benefits challenges consumers providers.

Communication modality used in health care

Across all sectors of health care communication is critical to ensuring quality of care. Improving the quality of communication is tantamount to better outcomes in patient health. The communication modality between the provider and the consumer affects each facet of health care provision. It promotes health, prevention of disease, disease assessment, diagnosis and treatment. The paramount importance of communication on the overriding interest of patients' and, their family member's wellness is the quality of care and the confidentiality (Delbanco & Sands, 2004).

Web-based Collaboration Communication Modality

Web-based Collaboration communication entails the use of communication technology in the clinical health context to consult with the care givers and those receiving treatment (Turner, Thomas, & einsch, 2004). The communication modality is….

Through referrals, word-of-mouth, medical communities, and online platform, market and highlight generalist and specialist doctors as one of the best in the state of California. Conduct 'marketing through reputation,' word-of-mouth marketing primarily sustained by patients/clients
Diversification

Development of a program that reaches out to a wider, less-medical-oriented market. Good Sam could develop health & wellness programs as part of its daily healthcare services. The objective of the program is to promoting a sustainable healthy lifestyle, a preventive healthcare program from a medical perspective. This is an expansion of the health clubs/communities of learners, wherein patients/clients are both informed and encouraged to participate in activities that contribute positively to their health and well-being on a regular basis

The feasibility (and eventually, viability) of diversifying into a health and wellness institution would be a radical yet effective move for Good Sam, as it has already established itself as a reputable and competitive hospital and….

Health Care Accounting
Because health care focuses on a human concern, it is especially important to maintain a sense of ethics in this field. This becomes even more important when the concern is finance, accounting, and accountability. It is vital that accountability be maintained in healthcare funds, since the concern is often public funds and its application. If these are badly managed or unethically applied, the cost might be more than financial. Indeed, human lives might be at stake. For this reason, cost principles and generally accepted accounting principles can be applied when considering finance in the healthcare field. In a practical sense, two articles have been chosen to demonstrate accounting principles in a practical sense, the first of which concerns a single-player healthcare financing system, while the second focuses on pharmaceutical companies and their role in financing drug trials.

In the accounting field, there are four main important principles that must….

Health Care Communication:
Communication plays a crucial role in the health care industry because of its direct link to delivery of patient care services. Therefore, communication is vital in health care despite of whether the individual is a researcher, patient, physician, caregiver, or student. Actually, the importance of communication in delivery of care is evident from its consideration as the key to improvement of patient safety, patient satisfaction scores, and inter-disciplinary teamwork. In the past few years, there have been increased efforts in the health care environment towards improving communication among the members of the team such as patients, family members, and the health care team members. This is primarily because effective communication in health care is the basis for patient safety, cultural sensitivity, and the core of palliative care since it matches the wishes and goals of patients with treatment plans.

Basic Elements of Effective Communication:

The success of every personal relationship….

Healthcare Quality Measurement
Compare one measurement that you identified in the eek 2 Discussion with one measurement outlined by the CMS restricted reimbursements and explain how these two measures demonstrate evidence of compliance with their respective quality measurement standards.

In the eek 2 Discussion, we considered the importance of personnel-focused quality measures in rating healthcare performance. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain a wide range of these measurement types. Accordingly, "of the quality measures currently in use by CMS, 153 address physician and other professional behavior as part of the 2009 PQRI measure set." (CMS, p. 6) This degree of attention suggests that there are many correlations between achieving positive treatment outcomes and providing meaningful frameworks, standards and oversight to healthcare providers. These system end-users will have a defining impact on treatment quality and, increasingly in the current regulatory climate, the impact of reimbursement penalties.

For instance, measuring nursing performance….

Health Care Institution Strategic Plan
The focus of this presentation is a strategic plan for the healthcare institution. Proposed as a strategic method of support is to retain an Olympic champion, John Smith who has given his agreement to represent this health care institution as spokesperson.

Smith will represent this health care institution much in the way that Magic Johnson has represented the Magic Johnson Foundation, an organization that work in developing programs and supports community-based organizations in addressing the educational, health and social needs of ethically diverse urban communities." (Magic Johnson Foundation, 2012)

Christopher eeve, an actor and equestrian competitor who received an injury that paralyzed him from the neck down prior to his death was a spokesperson for The American Paralysis Foundation, a non-profit foundation established in 1982. eeve worked with the foundation to find ways that those living with paralysis can increase their quality of life and to support research….

In Zambia, there a number of different ways to access healthcare.  However, we are struggling to answer what the five health care providers are in the country.  There are more than five main hospitals or clinics in Zambia that provide healthcare, only two healthcare ministries, and various types of health workers including doctors, nurses, midwives, clinical officers, technicians, medical teaching staff, medical consulates, and medical licentiates.  If we had to choose the five types of healthcare providers in Zambia, we would probably break them down into those five broad categories: health technicians, nurses, midwives, doctors, and clinical....

It is difficult to address the issue of lack of mental health funding for first responders without first acknowledging the general lack of appropriate thoughts about mental health.  While physical illness is treated as a legitimate illness and self-care to help avoid that illness is supported, mental illness is oftentimes still treated like a character defect.  People who seek assistance for mental health not only have to face a lack of funding, but often have to worry about whether the stigma that attaches to seeking such help will work against them in their future professional lives. For....

Infection control specifically refers to stopping the spread of disease in healthcare settings and during health care procedures, such as surgeries.  It is a catchall phrase that refers to a wide variety of behaviors or practices that can result in the elimination or reduction of disease transmission in these settings.  We are happy to provide you with some suggested topics and titles for an essay about infection control.

Essay Topics

Best hygiene practices for pre-surgical prep of skin to prevent surgical-site infections

Does the routine use of masks in non-surgical medical examinations and routines reduce infectious disease transmission....

A Health Care Informatics Risk Assessment is one of the tools used in healthcare management.  They examine workflow issues that have the ability of positively or negatively impacting several important factors, such as the quality of care, overhead costs, and overall efficiency.  One of the areas of health care that can benefit from a Health Care Informatics Risk Assessment program is telemedicine.   Another area of health care that could benefit from a Health Care Informatics Risk Assessment program is vaccine administration in large groups.

If the COVID-19 pandemic has any lasting impact on the provision of....