Regulatory Agency paper Name HCS/430 Legal issues in Health Care: Regulations and Compliances September 27‚ 2010 Instructor Regulatory Agency paper The Joint Commission is an agency that maintains partnership with the government to help improve the standards of health care within the United States. The Joint Commission accredits health care organizations and health care programs by setting standards to help improve the quality and safety of health care. The Joint Commission work closely and
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teenagers get pregnant for the wrong reasons. Every year 750‚000 teens get pregnant. Hispanic girls have the highest rate of being pregnant. A lot of teens get pregnant‚ but out of 750‚000 only 400‚000 give birth. Three quarters of a million teens between 15-19 become pregnant each year. Teens when they become pregnant some don’t plan to be pregnant‚ but some girls do plan on being pregnant. Out of 750‚000 teens being pregnant
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Organizational Responsibility and Current Health Care Issues HCS/545 University of Phoenix Claudette Grant July‚ 01‚ 2013 Fraud‚ Abuse‚ and Waste in the US Healthcare System is a major problem. As a result of this the government is spending a greater percentage of the GDP on healthcare for Americans. The primary reason for this increase in the overall cost for healthcare is related to the increase in fraud‚ waste‚ and abuse. It is estimated that the United States spends between 15 and 25
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Week 3 PP Speaker Notes Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs Public and Community Health HCS 457 Dee Martinez April 08‚ 2014 Week 3 PP Speaker Notes • What additional suggestions for treatment or resolution did you find? There are no additional suggestions for the treatment of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). There are no alternative treatments. Antibiotic treatment is the only way to treat MRSA. A surgical procedure called an incision and drainage (I&D) is when a surgeon cleans out a lesion
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In this pack of HCS 446 Week 3 DQs you will find the next information: DQ 1: Differentiate (i.e. compare and contrast) between regulations and accreditation standards‚ how do each effect design decisions? DQ 2: If the site selected for your new healtHCSare facility is not zoned for that purpose‚ what are your options? General Questions - General General Questions HCS 446 Entire Course / Facility Planning The earlier you register for your college classes‚ the better. Waiting too long
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As optometrists‚ we always seek ways to improve primary eye care provisions to our patients. Primary eye care encompass from refractive services to the diagnosis and management of ocular pathologies. With the steadily evolving field of technology‚ eye care services are more fine tuned and this enable optometrists and other eye care practitioners to provide even better eye health services to patients. Though not many independent optometrists have the luxury of having some of the costly technology
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Facility Planning Part I Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs Facility Planning HCS 446 Terrie Rill August 10‚ 2014 Facility Planning Part I Designing a facility and the departments contained within it is a daunting task in the beginning. Research and planning are key steps that must be well thought out and executed for the most return on the space. Space is a high premium for hospital organizations that are looking to expand their impact on the community they serve. Whether the organization is looking to
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(Week 1 DQ #2) Class‚ In our first DQ‚ we discussed the various cultural barriers that we might see on a routine basis; however there are still many more barriers to effective communication. These might be more associated with physical and psychological barriers. Here are two real-world questions that we most of us will encounter throughout our health care career regularly... How might a provider communicate more effectively with a person who is hearing impaired? Also‚ how might a provider communicate
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Annotated Bibliography Ninoshka Basantes HCS/465 October 8‚ 2012 Dawn Bricker Annotated Bibliography McKay‚ A.‚ & Barret‚ M. (2010‚ July). Trends in teen pregnancy rates from 1996-2006: A comparison. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality‚ 19(). This journal provides insight and comparison of teen pregnancy in different countries that occur in a 10 year span. The comparison data was collected and put in details on this growing trend. The countries used in this journal were Canada
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Unplanned Teen Pregnancies is Possible and Valuable One of the largest drains on our society is the cost associated with unplanned pregnancies‚ especially those in teenagers. With the proper implementation of preventative programs‚ these costs could be lower or alleviated all together. While the United States teen pregnancy rate fell in 2009‚ it was calculated in a 2006 report by Saul Hoffman‚ that teen childbearing cost taxpayers at least $9.1 billion (The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned
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