The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health is the largest county-operated mental health department in the United States‚ directly operating programs in more than 85 sites‚ and providing services via contract program and DMH staff at approximately 300 sites co-located with other County departments‚ schools‚ courts and other organizations. The goals are to: Provide quality‚ strength based mental health services to children. Help children achieve success at school and in the community. Strengthen
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technology is constantly advancing and gaining recognition worldwide‚ the health care sector is not exempted from this wind of technological change. The move towards a patient-centric improved services is central to Jaiden Health Centre’s core objectives and goals. The main driving force behind this move is the desire to provide the best possible standard of care to all in- and out-patients‚ beginning from improvements in how Jaiden Health Centre handles her patients Medical Records to how diagnostic and
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Sutter Health Care Case Analysis ACC 281: Accounting Concepts for Health Care Professionals Arlene Rivero May 21st‚ 2011 Sutter Health Care Case Analysis With the current recession‚ health care organizations have seen in increase in the inability to collect debt from self-pay‚ uninsured‚ and underinsured patients. This has caused a struggle on the organization to meet operational margins‚ and profits. There are a number of reasons for this new increase in patient debts‚ the more common
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Describe three factors (may be a combination of economic‚ geographical‚ social‚ system-oriented‚ and/or legislative factors) that have prompted the development of case management in health care. According to Cohen and Cesta (2005) one of the factors that have prompted the development of case management is economics. This is due to the cutbacks that are being experienced in the reimbursement process. In this time period where government cutbacks are being experienced throughout healthcare it was
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Practice context: Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) is a company that provides health care services for a fee often monthly‚ bi-annually‚ or annually. It is also known as medical insurance‚ and acts as an intermediary between individuals‚ organizations‚ and health care professionals (including doctors‚ nurses‚ and hospitals). Health Maintenance Organizations is managed by medical doctors and nurses who work as case managers (HealthCare.gov‚ 2017). Case Management is a collective process that
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available to everyone‚ universal health care would prevent the insurance companies from denying care. According to CNBC one of the largest insurance company denied care to half a million people in a two year span due to pre existing conditions (CNBC‚ 2010). In large insurance companies workers are expected to deny a certain amount of people each year and in some cases receive a bonus if they deny the most people. In the documentary SiCKO one worker from the health insurance company of HUMANA told
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Slide Week Five Case Analysis: Labadee Decision ------------------------------------------------- Slide Two Title - Date: January 2010 Key Words * Haiti * Royal Caribbean Cruise Line * Labadee‚ Haiti * A Port of Call Script - In January 2010‚ the island nation of Haiti was devastated by an earthquake. Royal Caribbean International‚ a major cruise line‚ owns a private beach in Haiti which is typically a port of call on several of their Caribbean cruise itineraries. The
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side of the world. Technology has improved and scientists are trying to join it with health care systems and they came up with great good devices so it made it simpler. New heath care technology is still doing a good job but people are demanding for more so they developed their care systems into applications in phones. Patients like to have some privacy and security and it’s a top priority to secure their health information. Security is
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Health Organization Case Study Research a health Health Organization Case Study Research a health care organization or a network that spans several states within the U.S. (Example: United Healthcare‚ Vanguard‚ Banner Healthcare‚ etc.). Harvard Business Review Online and Hoover’s Company Records‚ found in the GCU Library‚ are useful sources. You may also find pertinent information on your organization’s webpage. Review "Singapore Airlines
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Health is essential to living a comfortable and fulfilling life‚ however it’s not granted to everyone as health is determined by various economic and social factors‚ also known as social determinants of health. Social determinants of health affect the health of the individual‚ communities and jurisdiction as a whole; consequently it is in charge of determining the extent to which a person can access physical‚ social and personal resources to health (Hobbs & Rice 2013‚ p.456). Understanding social
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