Reaction Paper Health Care Quality Management Professor YDD Fall 2013 This paper examines area of quality and patient satisfaction linked to reimbursement in the article by Nanda‚ Malone and Joseph (2012)‚ where they describe strategies for changes needed in Health Care Design in response to the Affordable Care Act. The article notes that the main shift in reimbursement model will be tied into financial reward for patient experience as measured by the Hospital Consumer
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Intelligence in Health Care Management The health care system is more complex than most people know. Its business model is different from most businesses in that its consumers don’t usually come willingly. That‚ plus not getting paid what they bill‚ hurts cash flow makes health care a shaky business. With uncertain revenue‚ costs not entirely within their control‚ and regulatory issues‚ health care management problems aren’t always easy to fix. Forward-thinking healthcare organizations realize that
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of physical‚ prayer‚ and magic spells. Temples were health centers. From the 1st-10th century initial care was at the local bishop’s house. They had deacons and deaconesses. In the 19th century‚ nurses cared for patients while at the risk of exposure to disease. Nursing in hospitals expanded in the 19th century‚ but nursing the communities did not increase significantly until 1893 when the Henry Street Settlement opened and focused on the health needs of poor people who lived in tenements in New York
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through which members of a community are/or become organized for participation in health care and community development activities Process: - the sequence of steps whereby members of a community come together to critically assess to evaluate community conditions and work together to improve those conditions. Structure: - refers to a particular group of community members that work together for a common health and health related goals. Emphasis of COPAR: 1. Community working to solve its own
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Medicaid Medicaid is a state administered health insurance program financed and is operated jointly by the federal and state government. The program gears towards helping low-income people of all ages who do not have the money or insurance to pay for health care. This program pays for medical care to assist persons and families who cannot afford it. History Medicaid was established under President Lyndon B. Johnson through the Social Security Amendment of 1965‚ to provide medical coverage to
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1) Health Assisting -Health Care Team Health Care Team A health care team is all of the people who provide care and services to patients. Every employee at a health care facility is a member of a health care team. Some members of the team‚ such as nurses and therapists‚ work directly with patients. Other members‚ like billing officers and maintenance staff‚ have very little contact with patients. The health care team also includes a patient’s family and caregivers. Each member of a health
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Duty of care is defined as a moral or legal obligation to ensure the safety or well-being of others. This is important because failure to act or help individuals can lead to harm‚ and not ensuring safety of individuals can lead them into far worse circumstances as they do not have the support and protection form service providers. Legal obligation to protect wellbeing and prevent harm: Obligation of care is characterized basically as lawful commitment to dependably act to the greatest advantage
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Allocation of Finite Resources within the Typical Not-for-Profit Health Care Organization University of Phoenix Allocation of Finite Resources within the Typical Not-for-Profit Health Care Organization The general philosophy‚ structure‚ and approach of the not-for-profit health care organization‚ as well as its future aspirations are contained in the values‚ mission‚ and vision statements of the organization. Once the typical not-for-profit health care organization has defined its mission
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Labor and delivery record: Health record documentation that takes the place of an operative report for patients who give birth in the obstetrics department of an acute care hospital. Laboratory report: The analysis of a laboratory procedure‚ generated automatically by electronic testing equipment or written by a medical technologist or other specialist
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Healthcare organization (HCO) | A formal legal entity creates‚ supports‚ and coordinates professional teams(caregiving teams clinical support team‚logistic support team and strategic support team) that deliver care to its community. | Any real HCO is highly dynamic in three senses: The HCO constantly responds to the changing array of patients and their changing needs. This makes most HCOs a 24/7/365 operation. The HCO evolves as medicine and management change‚ reflecting both the
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