defined quality as “the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge” (as cited in Shi & Singh‚ 2015‚ p. 491). Notably‚ with the IOM definition of quality in health care‚ is possible to say that the patients are the main motivation‚ or reason‚ to maintain quality. With the constant necessity to maintain quality in health care and correct errors in the system‚ quality improvement
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Question 1: provide a definition/ description of strategic planning process‚ addressing the critical issues/questions the process takes into account. Answers (a) Strategic planning process is an organization’s process‚ which is designed to identify a long-term goal or direction to develop the organization‚ and put into practice. Strategic planning guides conversations about an organization’s purpose‚ helps integrate perspectives from multiple stakeholders‚ and provides the steps to develop goals
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profit‚ more accurately called a surplus; such earnings must be retained by the organization for its future provision of programs and services. Earnings may not benefit individuals or stake-holders. Underlying many effective nonprofit endeavors is a commitment to management. Twenty years ago‚ the term "management" was distasteful to many of those involved in nonprofit organizations because of its connotations of "business." Non-profits prided themselves on being free of the taint of commercialism and undue
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healthcare professionals. Obesity is one of the factors that contribute in developing other conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (Temple Health Jeans Hospital‚ 2012). Due to this‚ it is vital for the nurses to have enough understanding regarding obesity. Nurses play an important role as patient’s advocate and educator to facilitate patient with up to date information for patient to make a right decision regarding their own health. Obesity is a vast topic so in this essay I will particularly
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article “Civilian oversight as a public good: democratic policing‚ civilian oversight‚ and the social” written by Danielle Hryniewicz. The article “The Role and Attitudes of Restorative Board Members: A Case Study of Volunteers in Community Justice” written by Karp‚ Bazemore‚ and Chesire helps further the understanding of how community and social justice programs are important. Civilian Oversight of Police Internal Affairs Issues and Complaint Processes In my opinion‚ civilian oversight of police internal
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Describe the continuum of care and how health care is organized to respond to health issues In the United States (U.S.)‚ health care is organized to respond to health issues as needed. In recent years with the talk of health care reform‚ the continuum of care is a resurfacing issue. Most Americans seek health care only when needed. This could be because the fee for service‚ the payment received is only for that particular illness. In the continuum of care in rural community‚ based settings
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Clinical governance is the process in aiming to maintain and improve the quality of patient care in the health system. As stated by the Western Australian Health Department‚ this approach aims to hold hospitals accountable for maintenance of high standards of care‚ to encourage continuous improvement of the services provided and supporting an environment for clinical excellence. The health department goes on to divide clinical governance into the four pillars: 1. Consumer value 2. Clinical performance
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Why I chose CARE Organisation? I chose the CARE Organisation because I wanted to find out if any organisation is helping girls out there who are destroying their lives because of poverty‚ early marriage‚ and lack of education and getting pregnant young. This is important because in Malawi and other developing and poor countries around the world young girls become pregnant because they have less knowledge. Others start working at an early age because of poverty and get paid less because they are illiterate
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Option One: Prepare a 15- to 20-page double-spaced paper (excluding title and reference pages) utilizing scholarly references on the following topic: You are in the role of a consultant with ten years experience in the health care insurance industry. A group of 20 doctors are considering forming a new medical group and have asked you to prepare a report on whether they should build a facility in an area within 30 miles of the downtown center of your 500‚000 population city for $100 million dollars
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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 designed to improve the health of persons with chronic conditions and reduce associated costs from avoidable complications by identifying and treating chronic conditions more quickly and more effectively‚ thus slowing the progression of those
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