Course Description This course provides a broad overview of the various functions of the United States health care system. The historical evolution of health care is examined. The student is introduced to the various forms of provider models and service delivery systems found in private and public health sectors‚ including ambulatory‚ acute‚ mental‚ and long-term care. The financing aspects of health care and their influence on health care delivery and quality are outlined. Policies Faculty
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Hospital History • Overview • Pennsylvania Hospital (1751) – Oldest voluntary hospital • Focus on sick‚ poor‚ homeless • Not a focus of care for physicians – Primary care in home/office • Mental illness – First mental hospital in 1772 1 Hospital History (cont.) • Growth of urban areas – Growth of hospitals – Focus on research‚ teaching‚ medical schools • Major discoveries – Anesthesia • Ether • Antibiotics • Sulfa Drugs‚ penicillin (decreased infection rates and mortality)
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The Case of the Unhealthy Hospital Anthony R. Kovner Harvard Business Review No. 91506 SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1991 HBR Anthony R. Kovner The Case of the Unhealthy Hospital Bruce Reid‚ Blake Memorial Hospital’s new CEO‚ rubbed his eyes and looked again at the 1992 budget worksheet. The more he played with the figures‚ the more pessimistic he became. Blake Memorial’s financial health was not good; it suffered from rising costs‚ static revenue‚ and declining quality of care. When the
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The SRS is technical specification of requirement of Hospital Management system. This specification describes what the proposed system should do without describing how it will do it. It also describes complete external behavior of proposed system. 1.1. Purpose:- The main purpose of our system is to make hospital task easy and is to develop software that replaces the manual hospital system into automated hospital management system. This document serves as the unambiguous guide
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poverty line. Also‚ India had very less no. of ophthalmologists (only 8000). 1970 – 20 bed Aravind Eye hospital opened which performed all typed of eye surgery at a reasonable cost. Three people involved were Dr. Venkataswamy‚ Dr. Nam (brother in law) & Dr. Natchiar (his sister) 1977 – 30 bed annex opened for patients convalescing after surgery 1978 – 70 bed free hospital opened 1981 – Main hospital with 250 beds commences. It has 4
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Records Controls HCR 210 April 21‚ 2013 Records Controls Small‚ medium‚ and large facilities take many security measures to protect their business and clients. In an effort to keep patient records safe there are secure file rooms‚ password protected computers‚ doors that require access codes or key cards‚ among other things. If records were not secured‚ medical facilities would run the risk of confidential material getting into the wrong hands. There are differences and similarities in the
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Process Tabitha Neufind HCR 22 September 28‚210 Felecia Pettit-Wallace Understanding the Patient Intake Process The intake process of patients is different from practice to practice‚ but the main purpose of the process is retrieve new and established patients information during check in at a providers office‚ a hospital‚ or clinic. By having an efficient intake process a efficient patient flow can be maintained. Healthcare just like any other type of service industry is reliant on possessing
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Week Two Student Guide In Week Two‚ you will be taking a more in-depth look at the planning function of management. This is important because the other three primary functions of management (organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling) are all based on planning. Planning is the first of the functions and is described in the readings as an activity completed at all levels of an organization. However‚ the nature of the actual planning activity changes based on the responsibility and authority of those
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Points reception outpatients (TPPRJ) is the place where the officers first met with patients to provide health services. These services are considered essential because the patient received the first impression to these services‚ however found the problem that the officers felt uncomfortable with a work desk in TPPRJ‚ since the upper side of the reception desk clerk outpatient too high. Officers feel tired‚ and labor officials are not optimal‚ so that the services provided to patients inhibited.
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Case 08-01 Go With the Flow INC. 1. Insurance Settlement Proceeds According to ASC 230-10-45-12‚ “All of the following are cash inflows from investing activities: • a. Receipts from collections or sales of loans made by the entity and of other entities’ debt instruments (other than cash equivalents and certain debt instruments that are acquired specifically for resale as discussed in paragraph 230-10-45-21) that were purchased by the entity • b. Receipts from sales of equity instruments
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