Accountability inside the health care industry S.Thomas University of Phoenix Leadership and Performance Development HCS/475 Paula Smith March 25‚ 2010 Accountability inside the health care industry Accountability by definition can best be described as “the perception of being held answerable for one’s actions or decisions” (Gelfand‚ Lim‚ and Raver‚ 2004‚ pg. 138). Unfortunately‚ for some Americans the terms “accountability” or “accountability standards” appear to be nothing more than
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CU1532 promote equality and inclusion in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1.1Diversity: Diversity is where no two people are the same‚ we all have characteristics that make us unique: age‚ culture; disability (mental‚ learning‚ physical)‚ education‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ language(s) spoken‚ marital/partnered status‚ physical appearance‚ race‚ religious beliefs‚ sexual orientation. Equality: Equality mean no matter how different we are we have the right to be treated the
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References: Axia College. (2008). Communication Skills for Health Care Professionals. Retrieved March 18‚ 2010‚ from Axia College‚ Week Three‚ Chapter 4‚ HCA/230
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1.3 understanding how health and safety legislation is implemented in the health and social care workplace 1.1 Review systems‚ policies and procedures for communicating information on health and safety in the health and social care workplace in accordance with legislative requirements 1.2 Assess the responsibilities in a specific health and social care workplace for the management of health and safety in relation to organisational structure. 1.3 Analyse health and safety priorities appropriate
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Bullet point 1: Health&well-being: Health and well-being can change over time and vary between different cultures and life stages. Health and well-being can be described as the absence of physical illness‚ disease and mental distress. This is a negative definition of health and well-being. Health and well-being can be described as the achievement and maintenance of physical fitness and mental stability. This is a positive definition of health and well-being. Health and well-being as a result
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References: Barbash‚ M.D‚ G.‚ & Giled‚ Ph. D.‚ S. A. (2010‚ August). New Techonolgy and Health Care Cost. Retrieved from http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1006602 Stanford Hospital and Clinics. (2012). Robotic Assisted Surgery. Retrieved from http://stanfordhospital.org/clinicsmedServices/clinics/urology/robotic_surgery.html?utm_sourc
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SOURCE: PHILLIPS‚ D. Health and Health care in the 3rd World‚ Chapter 2‚ “Epidemiological transition: the range of third world experience”‚ pgs.32-62‚ Longman group‚ UK Ltd and John Wiley‚ 1990 ABSTRACT: Phillips organized an epidemiological and demographic approach to understanding the health transitions in third world countries that dealt with mortality‚ morbidity‚ population‚ and life expectancy indicators. Such indicators have been focused on children’s health profiles within the third world
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Deinstitutionalization Deinstitutionalization is the process of in which people were taken out of institutional mental health facilities and given treatment in their own communities.Many people criticize this choice for being either beneficial or harmful to the patient and or the public. I stand in the area where i do believe if a patient is stable enough to take the drugs that allow them to live a normal life without having to deal with the mental illness‚ this will allow the “patient”
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suffers from dementia. This would also affect their social life because no one would want to associate with someone who regularly forgets what is happening around them. If the individual is taken to a residential home it becomes easier for them because care workers would be helping the person to try and recollect their memories if they can. The self-esteem of an individual who is having difficulties in hearing‚ seeing‚ tasting‚ smelling and so on can be affected because they do not have all the senses
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most interesting part in Gupta’s article is in her conclusion. The author notes that fraud in the health sector is a reality and should be exposed. Gupta further states that clinical operations are vulnerable to fraud because the system lacks effective mechanisms to detect‚ investigate‚ and prosecute individuals or groups of people who engage in fraud. Finally‚ the author calls on everyone in the health sector to develop a culture of research‚ which should be based on fundamentals of openness‚ integrity
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