Improving Healthcare
Improving Local Health Care Though Information Management
Kevin L. Coleman
Strayer University
Professor: Dr. Pica-Branco
HSA: 520
November 24, 2011
Assess health care in your community and make recommendation for incorporating telecommunication. Health care is always in constant flux of improvement, due to innovated technique in surgical instruments and surgical procedure; advancement technique in medical equipment, and improvement in information management and information technology. The greatest impact that these improvements are felt in local health care facilities. Local clinics, hospitals, and private health care providers all use some type of new medical advancement to give their patience the best medical care possible. Although new technology is available, technological improvements should continually be update by all care providers at all times.
When assessing my local care provider there are two improvements that should be implement to make service much better for the community who uses their services. The two recommendations are better appointment notifications and scheduling, and telemedicine. The use of the internet would be a big help in helping patients to remember appointments. The use of the internet (since most people use the internet for just about everything) will have two effects on increasing efficiency and minimizing cost. A cost wise hospital are clinic would use the internet to ensure themselves that there patients will honor the appointments they have schedule or the doctor have set themselves which could minimizes labor cost, because doctors will not wasting there time patients who do not show up for appointments, and the health care provider can decrease or increase staffing because they will know how many of there patience will be actual coming to there appointments.
Using the internet can allow the health care providers to have two communication with there patience. If a patient can not show up for an appointment,
Kevin L. Coleman
Strayer University
Professor: Dr. Pica-Branco
HSA: 520
November 24, 2011
Assess health care in your community and make recommendation for incorporating telecommunication. Health care is always in constant flux of improvement, due to innovated technique in surgical instruments and surgical procedure; advancement technique in medical equipment, and improvement in information management and information technology. The greatest impact that these improvements are felt in local health care facilities. Local clinics, hospitals, and private health care providers all use some type of new medical advancement to give their patience the best medical care possible. Although new technology is available, technological improvements should continually be update by all care providers at all times.
When assessing my local care provider there are two improvements that should be implement to make service much better for the community who uses their services. The two recommendations are better appointment notifications and scheduling, and telemedicine. The use of the internet would be a big help in helping patients to remember appointments. The use of the internet (since most people use the internet for just about everything) will have two effects on increasing efficiency and minimizing cost. A cost wise hospital are clinic would use the internet to ensure themselves that there patients will honor the appointments they have schedule or the doctor have set themselves which could minimizes labor cost, because doctors will not wasting there time patients who do not show up for appointments, and the health care provider can decrease or increase staffing because they will know how many of there patience will be actual coming to there appointments.
Using the internet can allow the health care providers to have two communication with there patience. If a patient can not show up for an appointment,