The Importance of Cultural Awareness Preparing for a career in the healthcare field sparks a need for one to have a sense of individual responsibility to be knowledgeable of cultural awareness. Knowledge of cultural awareness leads one to have the proper tools at one’s disposal in order for one to be better prepared in the healthcare field environment; where preventing bias and stereotype errors towards patients should be considered a top priority. Obtaining the proper knowledge of cultural awareness
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Fortis Healthcare Limited: Background Fortis Healthcare Limited was incorporated in 1996. It is now the fastest growing and India ’s second largest healthcare provider. The company was founded by the visionary business leader‚ Late Dr. Parvinder Singh‚ the architect of Ranbaxy Laboratories. Fortis is a manifestation of Dr. Singh ’s ideology “to create a world-class integrated healthcare delivery system in India‚ entailing the finest medical skills combined with compassionate patient care”. The
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Background Sharp Healthcare is a prestigious non-profit integrated health care delivery system that provides acute care hospitals. Share Healthcare has three specialist hospitals and has two medical groups that are affiliated to manage healthcare plans. Sharp Healthcare has around 2‚600 physicians and other 1‚000 affiliated medical groups to provide medical services to its customers. Share Healthcare has dedicated list of medical professionals to manage the elderly care since the elderly people require
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In order to provide optimal service‚ managed care organizations utilize Capitation Payments to control healthcare costs by making the physicians responsible for services provided to patients. Meanwhile‚ a report is generated to measure level rates of resource utilization which are made available to the public. From this information‚ the quality of care can be applied to financial rewards and bonuses. To demonstrate‚ a physician is given a fixed amount of money per patient and per unit of time. This
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My choose for a targeted healthcare organization is the VA New Jersey Health Care System‚ which is a non-profit government healthcare organization that consist of two large campuses’ located in New Jersey. The campus is Lyons Medical Center located in Lyons‚ NJ and the VA Hospital located in East Orange‚ NJ. The VA New Jersey Health Care System is dedicated in providing care to veterans based on their needs ranging from outpatient to inpatient care in an array of various surgical‚ acute care‚ and
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Healthcare providers require a necessary skill working with the rapidly growing Asian American patients’ cultural competency‚ the language barriers‚ and understanding the culturally specific needs of minority clients. It has also been recommended that family involvement in the care of illness management to help lessen the disparities. The outcomes of patients’ treatment relies on different roles from family members and the sensitivities toward expectation and needs. Consequently‚ the result still
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Demographics are an important factor in determining the demand and supply of healthcare works and services that will be needed for a particular region. Certain trends in demographics have to be carefully monitored in order to forecast those changes that may be needed in certain areas based on changes. One change in demographics that can change of the types of services being offered is the age of the population surrounding any healthcare facility or a particular region. The rate at which our population
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Lesson One Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality The President of the United States appoints a Secretary of Health and Human Services. That Secretary‚ a Cabinet member‚ oversees the United States Department of Health and Human Services‚ and within that Department there are twelve agencies. The agencies that most of us are already familiar with are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
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Health Care Communication Melinda Palfy HCS 320 June 17‚ 2013 Health Care Communication Today healthcare is more complex and diverse‚ and it is extremely important among the healthcare professionals to have good communication skills to deliver patient care services‚ which involves in sharing patients’ information with practitioners‚ medical administrative assistant‚ and emergency room technician. The medical care relies on effective communication between the patient‚ staff members‚
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Does accreditation impact quality? Of course‚ accreditation definitely has an impact on any medical institutions longevity due to the fact that consumers are in tune with excellent health care. Many researchers make argument that when an organization has practices for quality improvement in place‚ employee’s have the tendency to do "what’s right’‚ and follow procedures. It is also a known fact that when hospitals and medical clinics meet certain accreditation standards‚ they are more likely to receive
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