Health care professionals are doctors ‚ nurses‚ surgeons and many more .Did you know that there are 13 characteristics of a health care professional‚ there is Empathy ‚ Honesty‚ Dependability‚ Willingness to learn ‚ Patience ‚ Acceptance of critism ‚ Enthusiasm‚ Self motivation‚ Tact ‚ Competence‚ Responsibility ‚ Team Player and Feedback. These characteristics are important to doctors ‚ nurses ‚ and surgeons because they need to understand the patients ‚ they also need to be honest
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reduce errors. Despite focus on increasing patient safety in hospitals‚ medical errors continue to remain high (Petula 2005‚ p. 6). By adopting the concept of systems theory this could possibly help to reduce medical errors and improve quality of care. By ensuring that the medical teams work as a unit rather than individual members‚ errors can be reduced and quality improved. By adopting system theory thinking‚ the healthcare team visualizes the entire healthcare system as a whole‚ not just as
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Health Care Costs Health care costs have become a major issue in the United States‚ both socially and politically. According to the U.S. Census Bureau‚ 50.7 million people‚ or nearly one in six U.S. residents‚ were uninsured in 2009 (Kaiser Health News‚ 2010).This is because the high cost of health care has driven the cost of insurance out of the reach of many Americans. Contributing factors to the continuing increase in the cost of health care are the generally unhealthy lifestyle practiced by
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546 the role of the health and social care worker 1. Understand working relationship in health and social care. 1.1 Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship’ The difference between a working relationship and personal relationship is that a working relationship is where you are placed with other people and work as part of team where each individual is working following professional codes of conduct‚ towards the achievement of shared aims and objectives
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of its health care system for decades now. Looking at the history of previous policies‚ all issues have stemmed from one major common factor‚ the cost of health care. With cost at an all-time high‚ the quality of and access to health care are relatively affected. Therefore‚ the reshaping of the health care system can only be effective by improving the affordability and quality of coverage for those who are currently insured‚ and improving the access to and the overall quality of care that individuals
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WHY IS IT NESESSARY FOR A FUTURE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TO BE FAMILIAR WITH COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY? Computer technology is a subject matter and a field that continues to increase‚ expand‚ and grow on a daily basis. The use of the internet‚ information technology‚ developed computer software‚ and electronic medical records will continue to play an important role in the health care sector. For this particular reason‚ along with other motives‚ computer technology plays a crucial part on enhancing the
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Spirituality in Health Care The Healing Hospital paradigm is a concept that aims to treat patients holistically. Using the hospital environment it’s self as the healing vessel. The focus is to relieve stressors that may impend healing by creating a milieu atmosphere. The healing hospital as discussed in Radical Loving Care is not made of just walls‚ windows and mortar but exudes the culture of love and caring (Chapman‚ 2011). Healing hospitals use love as its fundamental base in the treatment
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Term Definition How It Is Used in Health Care Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA was established in 1996 by Congress to protect patient information and how it is used. This act gives patients more control over how their information is used and gives them access to their own medical records (MedTerms‚ 2012). HIPAA is a huge part of health care. All healthcare providers use HIPAA regulations. It basically dictates how health information will be used by healthcare
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Leadership in health care Cynthia Leonard‚ RN‚ BSN Nurs/587 February 5‚ 2012 Marie Holley‚ NP‚ RN‚ PhD Leadership in health care Leadership is a unique position and can be seen as the capability to motivate and encourage confidence and support among followers. A competent leader possesses many abilities. A central ability that a leader possesses is influencing others. Leaders guide‚ directs‚ teaches‚ and motivates people to accomplish goals. Leadership is essential for nursing as a
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* * Accountability in Health Care * Erika Denton * August 31‚ 2011 * HCS/475 Instructor David R. Campbell * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Accountability * Accountability in health care is important for management and legal reasons. There are different areas of accountability professional competence‚ legal and ethical conduct‚ and financial performance‚ adequacy of access‚ public health promotion‚ and community benefit
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