Study Guide – Social Work 151 / Fall 2009 - STEWART Delivering Healthcare in America: A Systems Approach Leiyu Shi & Douglas A. Singh Chapter 1: A Distinctive System of Health Care Delivery Multiple Choice Questions 1. The primary objectives of a healthcare system include all of the following except: a. Enabling all citizens to receive healthcare services b. Delivering healthcare services that are cost-effective c. Delivering healthcare services using the most current technology
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• Record patient history and personal information • Measure vital signs‚ such as blood pressure • Help the physician with patient examinations • Give patients injections or medications as directed by the physician and as permitted by state law • Schedule patient appointments • Prepare blood samples for laboratory tests • Enter patient information into medical records Medical assistants take and record patients’ personal information. They must be able to keep that information confidential and discuss
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Health Care Financing Introduction Health Care financing has been a big issue in the Unites States since the 1960’s and today it is even more of a serious issue‚ with the millions without insurance and health care costs on the rise the United States health care industry is in trouble. Economic hard times have affected Medicare and Medicaid and it has resulted in many cuts. Private insurance companies have raised rates and employers have had to pass the cost onto employees by raising premiums
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Evolution of Health Care Information Systems Nancy Glaz HCS/533 February‚ 4‚ 2013 Sean Kern Evolution of Health Care Information Systems The introduction of Health Information Systems (HIS) to the health care industry has changed the delivery and reimbursement services in the United States (US). The history of information systems (IS) has enhanced communication between patients‚ providers‚ and insurance providers. Prior to the information age‚ health care use a paper method to maintain
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Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act‚ also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ or Obamacare‚ was put into law by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010. The focus of the Act is a health care law geared towards improving the health care system of the United States by broadening medical coverage to more Americans‚ as well as protecting the existing health insurance policy holders. The Obama Administration‚ states that those people that already have health
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demands on disease management programs? Which regulatory agencies are responsible for these demands? Are there risks to the demands and are there behavior limitations to these management programs? In your discussion‚ provide examples of two successful Disease Management Programs from real life. Why were these programs successful? Can they be replicated in other settings? What are the challenges to replication? According to the Academy of managed care pharmacy‚ disease management programs are
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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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Patient Centred Care Essay This essay is based on the Case study of a patient named as Mrs Ford. It will be written as a logical account‚ adopting a problem solving approach to her care. She is elderly and has been admitted onto a medical ward in the hospital‚ following a stroke. This essay analyses the care that she will receive and focuses on the use of assessment tools in practice. Interventions will be put in place directly relating to the assessment feedback and in line with best practice.
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also need to be aware of common or overlapping side effects when prescribing medication. Because doctors are facing multiple prescriptions per day‚ it would be difficult to spend enough time researching information to make sure their patients do not face any medication-related challenges. Instead‚ this information can be implemented using CDS in the EHR. For example‚ doctors can simply hover over an entry using their cursor to view all side effects. Referral and test orders require clear communication
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people‚ will be without health care insurance because coverage will be too expensive (CQ Health beat News‚ 2005). The United States spends more money on health care than other industrialized nations but is the only one that doesn’t ensure health care coverage for all citizens. Every year‚ approximately 18‚000 unnecessary deaths occur because of health insurance lacking in the United States‚ (Institute of Medicine [IOM]‚ 2002). Proponents of universal health care coverage say this problem is fixable
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