Universal Health Care The issue of health care is a widely debated issue in the United States today. The United States spends more on health care than any other country in the world‚ but there are 48.6 million people that do not have health insurance. The United States also has one of the lowest life expectancies in the industrialized world‚ and 45‚000 people die every year due to a lack of health care. The United States Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010 to try to correct some
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some of the major financial‚ ethical‚ clinical‚ administrative and personal challenges involved with leadership would be discussed. Finally‚ the DON’s mentor if any as she aspired to become a leader and her advice to me to become an effective leader would also be discussed throughout this paper. Who is a leader? After an informal
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Ethical Dilemmas 1) You are a prosecutor in a jurisdiction that does not use the grand jury system. An elderly man has administered a lethal dose of sleeping tablets to his wife ‚who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. He calmly turned himself in to the police department‚ and the case is on the front page of the paper. It is entirely up to you whether to charge him with murder. What would you do? What criteria did you use to arrive at your decision? 2) You are a probation officer and
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Diversity in Health Care In the healthcare environment‚ diversity is an organization that is build mainly through leaders. These leaders are responsible to address and follow policies. For example‚ equal opportunities for employees and a nondiscrimination status. In additions there are also different methods such as‚ ethnic disparities and education. These factors have to be adopted when considering diversity issues. Currently‚ healthcare organizations recruit management that matches the
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I feel the girl received adequate care for her condition‚ should she be treated by a physician before her condition worsens‚ should everyone be entitled to a basic minimum of healthcare and is healthcare a right (AIU Online‚ 2013)? Healthcare Scenario - Asthma Introduction: Unfortunately‚ in this day-in-age‚ healthcare is a big money industry and is becoming less about actually helping people improve their health and more about writing invoices and getting paid. People care less now than ever
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Sexism runs rampant through the institutions of contemporary life. While politics‚ marriage‚ education‚ and athletics are a few of many institutions plagued by sexism‚ women’s healthcare is perhaps the most egregious of them all because it is a life or death proposition. Women’s healthcare is often put second to men’s healthcare‚ as physicians neglect to recognize the biological differences between the sexes. This results in women receiving improper treatment for their symptoms or having their needs
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In the teaching‚ medical and the legal profession‚ the term independence is used in the context of autonomy. For physicians‚ the healthcare sector is highly regulated‚ with the government imposing several limitations. Amongst many other requirements‚ doctors are required to use electronic health record (EHR) otherwise they get penalized with reduced reimbursements or get audited by the government. Many doctors argue that this process is time-consuming‚ takes time away from patient face-to-face interaction
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In accessing the various pricing strategies that were discussed in John Jones’s article‚ as a PBM (Pharmaceutical Benefit Manager) I would most likely recommend going with the strategy of Utilization Management because there are so many ways you can allow or not allow things to be in your power. And by being able to reduce unnecessary prescriptions to be filled by employees could help save a lot of money for the employer. Another reason this could help is by allowing the access to quality drug
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As a manager of a health care organization‚ your goal is to create a successful environment for customers‚ patients‚ and staff‚ and planning is what makes this possible. A strategic plan will help maintain the environment you are currently in‚ provide input to what capabilities your organization has currently to use within this plan‚ change the organization based on the needs determined‚ and guide your organization to where it plans to go in the future. Instructions Research online at least
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Providers struggle with how to structure integrated services into the primary care office is also a known barrier to collaboration of care. (Gerrity‚ 2014‚ p. 8) This is especially true when integrated care requires changes of staff to include training and support to the already present process of care. Resistance to change with staff taking on new roles and the addition of new staff professionals is often difficult to overcome. In addition‚ there is the lack of health information technology and
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