In a recent qualitative study Zuselo‚ Curran & Zaserman (2012) explored RNs’ and behavioural health associates’ (BHA) responses to violent inpatient interactions‚ more specifically to physical interactions. The authors conducted focus groups to identify nurse-patient behaviours likely to be categorized as physically violent‚ explore thoughts and feelings in response to patient violence‚ and describe team responses to the incidents. The study found that nurses shared information about episodes of
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Applied Coding--DRG Assignment Name:______ This assignment will be worth 45 points. Part I Instructions (Part I of II): Review the following cases. Select and code the principal diagnosis and all significant secondary diagnoses‚ as well as the principal procedure and secondary procedures as applicable. Use the computer (encoder and grouper) for this assignment. You may use your coding book to locate the codes if you don’t feel comfortable enough with the encoder yet. Once you obtain
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(Chapter 11). The invention and production of these devices brought hopes of reduced rates of medication errors‚ increased efficiency for pharmacy and nursing staff‚ ready availability of medications where they are most often used (the nursing unit or inpatient ward)‚ and improved pharmacy inventory and billing functions.1-4 Although the capacity of such systems to contribute to patient safety appears great‚ surprisingly few studies have evaluated the clinical impact of these devices. Practice Description
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Journal of Counseling Psychology 2013‚ Vol. 60‚ No. 3‚ 379 –391 © 2013 American Psychological Association 0022-0167/13/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0032620 Mental Illness Disclosure in Chinese Immigrant Communities Fang-pei Chen Grace Ying-Chi Lai Columbia University New York University Lawrence Yang This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers. This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated
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you respond? 2. Mary was receiving Medicaid in Texas. When she moves to California‚ can Mary assume that she’ll receive the same coverage there? 3. Compare point-of-service (POS) plans with health maintenance organization (HMO) plans. 4. You’re an inpatient coder in a hospital. You’ve just coded a Medicare Part A record with a diagnosis-related group (DRG) reimbursement of $12‚000. You notice in the hospital’s computer billing system that the patient’s charges are $19‚500. That’s $7‚500 more than the
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Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) Improving Process through Technology Introduction: Doctors are famous for sloppy scribbling -- and handwritten prescriptions lead to thousands of medication errors each year. Electronics to the rescue: most hospitals that switched to computerized physician order entry systems saw a 66 percent drop in prescription errors. Illegible handwriting and transcription errors are responsible for as much as 61 percent of medication errors in hospitals. A simple
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Yvonne Mata The way organizations in health care handle quality improvement is always different. Many organizations have their own procedure and at times it can be the same‚ but many organizations will change the process just to be the best. As days pass‚ hospital experience growth and with growth come many problems. For example medication errors which are the number one concern in health care. Being able to give out the correct medication and dose at times can be very confusing for many reasons
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Case Study: A Data Warehouse for an Academic Medical Center Jonathan S. Einbinder‚ MD‚ MPH; Kenneth W. Scully‚ MS; Robert D. Pates‚ PhD; Jane R. Schubart‚ MBA‚ MS; Robert E. Reynolds‚ MD‚ DrPH ABSTRACT The clinical data repository (CDR) is a frequently updated relational data warehouse that provides users with direct access to detailed‚ flexible‚ and rapid retrospective views of clinical‚ administrative‚ and financial patient data for the University of Virginia Health System. This article presents
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1 HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEMS Healthcare Ecosystems RLTT: Task 2 2 HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEMS PACE and Telemedicine All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly otherwise known as (PACE) is a benefit program provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for patients that are 55 and older and can be nursing home certified. CMS works with state administering agencies to operate a PACE program in their respective state. PACE is only provided by states that choose to offer the program
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health insurance for US citizens of age 65 and over and to people of any age with disabilities. In 2011‚ 48.7 million people were covered by Medicare with a total expenditure of $549.1 billion1 from which $182.7 billion was used to cover 15.3 million inpatient admissions; this represents 47.2 percent of total hospital’s admission costs in the US. Medicare falls under the category of a single-payer health care program;2 which means that a single public or semi-public agency organizes the healthcare finances;
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