Introduction Peer reporting is an important thing to think about in the health care profession due to the severity of the possible outcomes when something is not reported. If a medication error has occurred‚ it could mean life or death to the patient‚ depending on the situation. Often‚ something worth reporting goes ignored to “keep the peace” at work‚ but could also put patients safety at risk. Another factor if something goes unreported is when a friendship is involved. A dilemma workers face
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Cultural competency is important when working in health care because it closes the gap between healthcare practitioners and their patients. It’s important for healthcare practitioners to not only have an understanding of not only a patient’s socio-cultural background because of the different beliefs‚ values‚ and traditions they will experience‚ but it’s also important to know the socio-cultural background of their families. Enculturation is important when you’re working with different groups of people
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Health Care Spending HCS/440 Economics: The Financing of Health Care Today‚ health care costs are rising significantly faster than the national income. Kellerman (2012) states‚ “The U.S. spends far more on health care per capita and as a percentage of GDP than any other nation on earth‚ according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development” (para. 3). Furthermore‚ health care spending has become a paramount issue that is overshadowing other important affairs‚ such as education
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Suggest the key financial drivers that most likely will cause health care organizations to merge. Provide support for your rationale. Cost is the driver that will most likely cause healthcare organizations to merge. Most healthcare organizations have issues with spending. Most industries today are faced with a variety of obstacles in achieving or remaining profitable. The healthcare industry is no exception. Profitability is enough of a challenge under normal circumstances‚ but especially so during
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have the funds to support‚ health care is some what considered a basic human right. Unfortunately‚ in America’s society today the idea of the health care system is not only negatively affecting the underprivileged and uninsured‚ but is also affecting families of the middle class suburbia. This proposal will focus on the controlling of medical health care costs. The idea of universal health care is what America needs. The thought of providing health services such as; health insurance‚ medical insurance
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integration of mental health into the overall health care system becomes even more vital (Rios-Ellis‚ 2004). Care for most illnesses is commonly covered by private and public insurance but most insurance plans only provide a certain amount of coverage for treating mental illness. The separation that exists with respect to financing mental health care when equated to traditional health services must be removed (Avila‚ 2000). The separation between traditional health care and mental health care can have an outcome
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Universal health care (UHC) coverage is a highly controversial issue all over the world‚ but of special interest in the United States. The U.S. is considered one of the few truly industrialized nations in the world which does not provide some form of comprehensive health care coverage for its citizens. This paper will examine some of the arguments and data against a universal health care. The U.S. has been in turmoil over the topic of Universal Health Care for some time now. The idea sounds
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people. As Theda Skocpol comments in her book Boomerang: Clinton’s Health Security Effort and the Turn Against Government in U.S. Politics‚ the Reagan administration instilled a dislike of centralized government in the American people. This was a major reason‚ according to Skocpol‚ why the Clinton Administration failed to nationalize "Health Security". It was this fear of centralized government and Clinton’s failure to reform Health Care that makes a more centralized social policy unlikely in the near
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service organizations. I will try my best to configure an argument for this law as well as point out the potential ramifications to clients and the organization if the law is not followed. I will be using logical inquiry and problem solving to arrive at a recommendation for this law. HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that was passed by Congress in 1996. The HIPAA Privacy regulations require health care providers and organizations‚ as well as their business
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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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