University of Phoenix Material Appendix G The DSM-IV The DSM-IV is an important tool for clinicians. It provides a standard for diagnoses to be standardized across psychology; however‚ the DSM-IV is not as precise for diagnosing personality disorders as some psychologists would like. Give an example of each of the following problems identified in your readings and explain how these problems could negatively affect a diagnosis. 1. Some criteria used for reaching a diagnosis cannot be
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alike but different meanings. We as healthcare professionals have to be aware because verbal or written orders like scope or scopy may look similar but two different meanings. I work as a secretary and half the time I verify my orders with medical staff just to make sure of no mistakes. When the floor is busy I have to pay extra attention to details for instance a tube of blood may come out from a cesarean section and you won’t know if its a cord blood gas or just regular cord blood order Reading
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CHAPTER 7 HEALTH FINANCING MODULE 7.1 Overview 7.1.1 Chapter Outline This chapter presents the health financing module of the assessment tool. Section 7.1 defines health financing and its key components and describes the process of resource flows in a health system. Section 7.2 provides guidelines on preparing a profile of health financing for the country of interest‚ including instructions on how to customize the profile for country-specific aspects of the financing process. Section 7.3 presents
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resulting in decreased spending for health and human service programs that represent sources of revenue for hospitals. While other hospitals have suffered by the growing number of uninsured patients‚ The Health Corporation of America has thrived. HCA sales growth increased 5.9% from 2010 to 2011. Revenues consist of net patient services and depend on inpatient occupancy levels‚ medical services offered to patients‚ the volume of outpatient procedures‚ the payment rates for such services‚ and an
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What skills do your staff need? (+ Pre-training : know the needs of staff ) * It is essential that any training plan should be linked into the business’s long- term objectives. The training needs of your organisation and staff should be thoroughly assessed to determine what skills would be required to achieve your strategic goals. * Questions that should be raised include: * Do staff need to be more flexible in order to cover a greater range of jobs? * Do they need to know
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Managing Staff Managers have a lot of roles that they must play when they are running an organization. They are responsible for all the staff and even the financial aspect of the company. They have to be accountable for direct and indirect costs. (Baker & Baker‚ ‚ 2011 In order to run a successful organization you must be aware of the needs of the company from accounting all the way to staffing. This can become a problem especially in the health care field where there is a lot of spending
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loyalty. • Employers who pay attention to the needs of their staff can reduce the turnover rate significantly. • Casual dining restaurants average a 44 percent turnover rate. High-end dining establishments‚ on the other hand‚ usually experience lower turnover but are more reliant on the economic status of their patrons. • It is always going to higher in retail catering when compared to banking‚ because a high percentage of staff in coffee shops and restaurants are students or travellers‚ taking
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Paul D. Wheeler HCA/240 April 27‚ 2013 Loretta Owen The wave of baby boomers will reshape the health care system forever. There will be more people enjoying their later years‚ but they’ll be managing ore chronic conditions and therefore utilizing more health care services ("Chd/center For Design Health"‚ 2013). There will be more people enjoying their later years‚ but they will also be managing more chronic conditions and therefore
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My reason to pursue the M.S. HCA degree is to gain relevant experience in the field of healthcare administration and further explore specific areas of the field—human resources‚ insurance‚ and government compliance. My interests in these areas stem from my previous work experiences
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Contribution Margin HCA311: Health Care Financing & Information Systems Instructor Guisinger Contribution Margin “is a cost accounting concept that allows a company to determine the profitability of individual products” (Investopedia‚ 2013). In order to determine the contribution margin‚ one must take the revenues and subtract it from the variable cost which would look like this: Revenues – Variable Cost. “Fixed costs are costs that do not vary in total when activity levels (or volume)
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