NCQA’s Health Insurance Plan Rankings 2010-11- Medicaid Plan name : Fallon Community Health Plan Ranking Staus : Ranked Consumer Satisfaction Getting Care Getting care easily Getting care quickly Satisfaction with Physicians Overall Score : 90.7 Rank : 1 Prevention Children and Adolescents Treatment Asthma Other Treatment Measures Well-child visits‚ infants Medicate appropriately (5-11 years old) Follow-up after ADHD diagnosis Well-child visits‚ ages 3-6
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This week I found myself struggling with what appears to me as two very blurred lines in medicine. How much or how little should physicians care for their patients without becoming attached or appearing aloof? Is it a physician’s responsibility to provide comfort in the midst of dying or should teamwork with a counselor or chaplain be sufficient? These are questions I don’t have the answers to‚ but I am hopeful that throughout the duration of this course I may gain a better understanding of how to
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Patients’ internet use and its effects on the healthcare professional-patient relationship The use of Internet plays an increasingly important role on receiving health information. About 50% of the people who were able to access to the Internet in the US sought health information during 1997(Eng et al‚ 1998‚ as cited in Cline and Haynes‚2001). The prevalence of searching health information from the internet by the patients has‚ without doubt‚ affected the healthcare professional-patient relationship
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Patient Confidentiality‚ a Case Study Inna Gerenshteyn Empire State College Patient Confidentiality‚ A Case Study Advances in technology‚ including computerized medical databases‚ the Internet‚ and telehealth‚ have opened the door to potential‚ unintentional breaches of private/confidential health information. Protection of privacy/confidentiality is essential to the trusting relationship between health care providers and patients. Quality patient care requires the communication of
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Worldwide doctor patient communication it holds high importance in healthcare profession due to its effect on the treatment outcome. To have the required skills as a doctor to gain information from the patient as well as to assure the understanding of the patient and to get her or his cooperation sometimes it could be difficult to master these skills. However good communication skills is a mandatory to achieve high quality care. Starting this year I had my first patient encounter‚ it was challenging
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The nurse involved with the caring for this family needs to be open to facts of the situation at hand by realizing that it is going to be a period of stress on Susie. At the same time‚ the goal is to make sure that Susie prioritizes her daily activities which will involve all three of caring for her children‚ taking in the additional demands of assisting her mother and promoting her health‚ and of course making sure her career is also focused on. As it is‚ Susie is overwhelmed and the nurse will
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This letter is to provide insight of my experiences in working with Nicole Jackson during my tenure with Kaiser Permanente/Healthspan of Ohio. Working as a Patient Service Representative requires the soft skills of being compassionate and attentive to the patient/customers’ needs. The hard skills required a high degree of financial accountability‚ efficient patient processing and proficiency on the computer. Nicole mastered all of these. I was Nicole’s supervisor for approximately XX years
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never shut off or turned down; they are set specifically to the patients’ parameters. (Hebda & Czar‚ 2013‚ p. 14) stated that “Patient safety is a priority for the health systems‚ professionals‚ and consumers around the world.” In the scenario given regarding working in a sterile environment and having my cell phone ringing; I would be truthful and tell my patient that I am doing a sterile procedure and cannot touch the phone at this time. For example‚ there are several times when doctors and I
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model for patients or clients. 1. Nurses less concern on humanisers care of patient feeling and emotion. Example: A nurses treating patient too strict and focus on doctor’s order until they forgot about patient emotional and spiritual. 2. The patient often labels as bed number or diagnosis rather than treated as individuals. Example: Patient Mr. X admit with the history of the psychological problem for three years. When the nurses passing report called the Mr. X as PSY patient. 3. Nurses
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The patient intake process‚ simply said‚ is the process of taking information to establish new patients into your facility. This process is almost never the same between facilities‚ however no matter how it is done‚ it is very time consuming. The process can also involve updating already established patient’s information. You do this simply by reviewing their information with them to make sure that it is all the same. Once they are finished providing you with any new or updated information it
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