Legal Risk Management and the Clinical Utilization Review Process Celia Gomez Wayland Baptist University HLAD 5337 – Vco1 Health Care Law Dr. Lloyd L. Cannedy‚ Ph. D. October 01.2012 Legal Risk Management and the Clinical Utilization Review Process 2 Abstract Use the text book‚ case studies and other references to determine the history and process of Legal Risk Management and the Clinical Utilization Review Process. It will identify weaknesses and strong points
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As a health care specialist‚ I was asked to research the recent increase in health care costs and recommend a program that can be implemented to reduce these costs. The reason for this report is due to the amount of health care costs that have increased in the last three years. ABC Corporation has had an increase of more than 200% within the past three years in insurance premiums being paid. Although ABC Corporation has provided its employees with great healthcare plans‚ the cost‚ as you will see
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American History X “I hate anyone that is not white Protestant‚” begins Danny Vinyard‚ the brother of a former neo Nazi skinhead. American History X offers opinions from two sides through one character‚ the ex-neo Nazi Derek‚ and the post-prison-reformed Derek. The post-prison-formed Derek serves as a vision of hope for present time. This powerful movie not only depicts the most disturbing aspects of racism‚ but also shows how close racism is to the middle-class‚ white Americans. American History X is
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Stigma is one of the biggest barriers to accessing mental health services. The media and Hollywood movies have cultivated stigma by falsely representing people with mental health disorders. For example‚ movies often portray characters with mental health problems in institutions smoking incessantly‚ with volatile outbreaks‚ and a Thorazine shuffle. In addition‚ when a mass shooting occurs the media declares the perpetrator mentally ill. For this reason‚ the misconceptions surrounding mental illness
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The future trends in health care are limitless. From using applications that perform EKG’s to robot-assisted surgery‚ the rapid expansion of technology applications in health care is astounding. Advancing technology also pushes the boundaries of health care in its ability to integrate health care information. The integration of health care information is critical to the effective‚ efficient delivery of quality care in a now fragmented health care system. This paper will assess how the internet or
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An electronic health record has been implemented in a hospital in Brown County. The hospital is a 250 bed hospital. The electronic health record needs to be evaluated. This documents describes the evaluation methods that were used as a part of the evaluation process. The key approach followed for the evaluation is ‘comparative study’. While the evaluation parameters remains constant in most of the time period throughout the document‚ comparing the performance of the system over the period of time
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Your patients wants answers for many of their most common health challenges and functional medicine is the new health model that practitioners are using. Millions of people are desperately looking for answers to their medical problems and want health-care practitioners who can sit down with them and provide the answers and recommend the solutions. They are ready and HUNGRY for real answers to chronic diseases such as fibromyalgia‚ heart disease‚ cancer‚ arthritis‚ anxiety‚ depression‚ auto-immune
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between the U.S. and Canadian health care system is the payment system. In the United States‚ physicians are paid more for doing more‚ and the return on their time is higher if they perform a procedure than if they use their cognitive skills. Because of the fact that procedures often require hospital care‚ this approach translates into higher expenditures for hospital care. In Canada‚ Physicians operate under a system of free schedules and overall provincial limits on health spending‚ and they have
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LEGAL ISSUES FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HIV/AIDS (Human immunodeficiency virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) raises challenging ethical and legal dilemmas for mental health professionals. Relevant issues pertaining to these dilemmas are examined in this article. Specifically‚ the authors review the following: professional responsibility‚ competence‚ and confidentiality. Special attention is paid to several court cases that have implications for mental health counselors working with clients
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Operating Systems in Health Care In modern times‚ computers are everywhere around us in our life. Almost everything we do has some association with computers (AIU). They help us to increase productivity. In these modern days‚ it is rare to find a facility that does not use computer systems. Almost every building or place that people associate themselves has some type of computer in it. This includes homes‚ churches‚ schools‚ and I believe it is safe to say all stores. Windows is the most common
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