The Future Role of Hospitals Daniel A. Ponce Our Lady of the Lake University HCMG – 7325 Health Care Planning and Policy Universal health care is on the way for all Americans. President Obama’s Health Care Reform will mandate that all Americans have medical insurance by 2014. (Jackson & Nolen‚ 2010) Either the employers will provide the medical insurance or the individual will have to purchased the medical insurance themselves. Who is responsible for purchasing
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and agreed ways of working Page 6 – 9 Section 3: Understanding your role in the wider care sector Page 9 – 12 Section 4: Career pathways in the care sector Page 12 – 15 Section 5: Issues of public concern in the care sector Page 16 – 17 Assessment Questions Page 18 – 29 The assessment questions will cover all the criteria for the ERR unit: Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health and social care of the Level 2 Award in ERR. Where criteria have been covered is outlined
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Introduction In recent years‚ there has been increasing number of the UK’s population that are classified as overweight or obese which is gaining immense amount of interest from all the healthcare professionals. Obesity is one of the factors that contribute in developing other conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (Temple Health Jeans Hospital‚ 2012). Due to this‚ it is vital for the nurses to have enough understanding regarding obesity. Nurses play an important role as patient’s advocate
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2.Physiotherapist - The role of the Physiotherapist is to assess and manage children and young people with movement disorders‚ disability or illness. The aim of the physiotherapist is to help the child or young person reach their full potential through providing physical intervention‚ advice and support. Physiotherapists aim to improve the quality of life of children and young people by promoting independence and encouraging physical fitness and wellbeing. Physiotherapists work in close partnership
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1) What role does Congress play in the formulation of health policy? Congress plays a major role in development of health policy: * Medicare * Medicaid * Veterans affairs * National institutes of health * Health care reforms * Authority spread across several committees * Involvement includes regulatory‚ programmatic‚ financing‚ and oversight 2) How does Congress operate? The United States Congress consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress
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Introduction to Communication in Health and Social Care Communication can be spoken‚ written and physical; some people have disabilities or difficulties that can make communication a special challenge for them. We communicate to share information and ideas it is defined as ’information transfer’. The way we transfer information is by speech‚ signals or writing. We all use a variety of communication techniques to both understand and to be understood. People communicate for different reasons:
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1) How do you calculate average speed? Average speed = Distance Time For example‚ if you have a car that has travelled 50km in 20 minutes the average speed would be 1km/2.5min. 2) A student measures the distance their rocket travels and has also recorded the length of flight. He works out the speed with the two values measured‚ and exclaims “I’ve worked out its top speed!” Discuss this statement. This is a false statement‚ the student has not worked out the rockets top speed‚ they have
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Unit 10 Legislation to protect children The Human Rights Act 1998 which incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights came into force in England and Wales in 2000. It allows everyone the right to a fair trial‚ and to seek protection of their rights worldwide through the European Court of Humans rights in Strasbourg. Personal information and privacy are protected by the DATA Protection Act 1998. It frees people from slavery and degrading treatment or punishment. THE Children Act 1989 The
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discuss the structure of organized public health in the United States. Public health activities are performed at many levels from local to national to global. The organizations and agencies devoted to public health at these different levels share many of the same functions including dis- ease surveillance‚ policy development‚ and provision of access to health care. Local health departments are the point of contact with the individual residents‚ and care and data collection occur primarily at that
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own work. Effective communication in workplace is a major part of the role of healthcare workers and its enables them to build good working relationships with their colleagues and service users. Ineffective communication skills in the place of work could lead to total breakdown of working relationship which could affect the people‚ the server user and organization reputation. It could lead to improper care for server user which might end up with prosecution. etc. 2.3 Explain
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