to grow‚ the need for health-care services is in greater demand‚ particularly as the population of those 65 and older is expected to surge in coming years. In response to this need‚ Marietta-based WellStar Health System Inc. is under- going major expansion upgrading facilities‚ developing new construction projects and expanding its reach through acquisitions. “Large health systems‚ like Wellstar‚ are increasingly an option for metro-Atlanta area residents seeking health care‚” Wellstar has multiple
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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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HNC/D Health and Social Care ------------------------------------------------- UNIT DIRECTORY Unit title: COMMUNICATING IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ORGANISATIONS Unit code: T/601/1560 Level: 4 Credit value: 15 ------------------------------------------------- AIMS The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ awareness of different forms of communication used in health and social care settings and its importance for effective service delivery. UNIT ABSTRACT
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communities. The Australian Government spends in excess of 66 billion dollars per year on health care‚ averaging out to approx $3‚300 per person. (Medicare Australia 2009) This essay will discuss the structure of Australia’s healthcare system‚ known as Medicare. It will also discuss the role of the Government and Non-Government agencies‚ and Medicare’s strengths and weaknesses. It will also address the health and illness issues that aboriginal and people from overseas face‚ and also the significance
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Antenatal ANTENATAL HEALTH CARE There are 4 components of antenatal care:- * Booking at first visit * Routine check-up antenatally * Investigation done during antenatal * Further check up by the doctor and specialist if it a complicated pregnancy Booking at first visit 1. Urine pregnancy test is done to confirm the pregnancy 2. History taking is done regarding: * Current complains * Previous pregnancy * Gynecological history and etc 3. Medical investigations
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Access to Health Care Access to health care refers to the individual’s ability to obtain and use needed services (Ellis & Hartley‚ 2008). Access to health care affects a multitude of people. Uninsured‚ underinsured‚ elderly‚ lower socioeconomic class‚ minorities‚ and people that live in remote areas are at the highest risk for lack of access to health care. There are also economical and political roles that complicate access to health care. Access to health care is a multi-faceted concept
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Sulejma Tmusic 3/14/2013 MED100A ASSIGNMENT 7.1 Understanding cultural beliefs is necessary to a healthcare provider because cultural differences affect patients’ attitudes about medical care. Diverse beliefs and attitudes about health and medicines‚ may affect treatment. Also it affects the patient’s ability to understand and cope with an illness‚ and the consequences of medical treatment. Cultural beliefs influence patient roles and expectations. Expectations such as how much information
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Priorities of Health Care Priorities of Health Care With the current changes happening within the United States of America‚ one of the major changes is with Health Care. We take a look at what someone in the Healthcare profession feels are some of the top priorities that should be looked at. I interviewed a friend on November 7th‚ 2013 who is a Registered Nurse at a local hospital and what he feels we need to focus on. Quality of Care The
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Partner Health Care By: Raunaq Siraswar Surbhi Gupta Shreyans Sharma Shreyansh Vats Sourabh Sidana Shivam Choudary Sidharth Roy Somesh Singh Shredhar Bharadwaj Table of Contents: Sr No. Topic Page Number 1 Summary 3 2 Signature initiatives of high performance model 3 3 New challenges 4 4 Mission 4 5 Role of CPOE 5 6 Vision 6
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Maya Bourgeois 10/26/14 09/08/14 “Notch1 and osteoblasts play role in bone cancer initiation” Baylor College of Medicine Glenna Picton Some molecular and cellular geneticists at the Baylor College of Medicine have discovered that Notch1‚ a gene that can decide cellular fate‚ can cause osteoblasts (cells that lead to bone formation) to become cancerous. They determined this data using a mouse model of osteogenic sarcoma‚ a deadly bone malignancy. Turns out that in mice
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