Oakland County Health Department (OCHD) provides various health services for the residents of the Oakland County‚ Michigan. The Department runs over 30 programs that are focused on health of the community. The programs include: emergency preparedness‚ surveillance of disease hazards and spread of diseases‚ clean and safe environment‚ health promotion and health care accessibility for its citizens. One of the programs provided by OCHD is –Community Nursing Service Program. OCHD nurse provides nursing
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manufacturing environment would be the safety culture of the organization. “Top management leadership is crucial because they set an organization’s safety culture and because continual improvement processes cannot be successful without sincere top management direction” (Manuele‚ 2014‚ p. 21). To ensure the success of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) there has to be buy in from employees at all levels within the organization the top management echelon to the newest hire on the
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I chose UF Health Shands hospital in Gainesville‚ Fl as my healthcare setting. To give some background‚ with a combined 996 licensed beds ‚UF Health Shands hospital in Gainesville‚ Fl include UF Health Shands Children’s hospital‚ UF Health Shands Cancer hospital‚etc. The missions that the hospital upholds are patient care‚ research‚ education‚ and community service. Their values are centered around accountability‚ diversity‚ excellence‚ innovation‚ integrity‚ teamwork‚ and trust. The overall goal
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■ One tier health care system struggles when government cannot sustain the demand and needs of the public. Closing beds- 300 hospital beds are shut down in British Columbia due to much more increasing demand for a never-ending commodity. Overlooking to the future‚ increasing costs for the maintenance of health care will result to more hospitals closing. The certainty of the demand is there but the fund will be questionable. Inadequate diagnostic equipments- Instead of buying more equipment
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Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)? It is run by the Federal Government and driven by Medicare. “The FQHC benefit under the Medicare was added effective October 1‚ 1991” (CMS FQHC fact sheet‚ n.d.). It is to ensure that all Americans regardless if they can pay for medical services is offered the same care of an individual with paying health care insurance. This service is mostly popular in the rural area of the States. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Registered Health Information Technician Eddie Wheeler Ivy Tech Community College November 18‚ 2015 Betty Klein Registered Health Information Technician Registered health information technicians (RHITs) are custodians of one of the most important tools in modern health care—the medical record. These professionals ensure that patients’ histories are accurate‚ complete‚ up to date and properly entered into the clinical database. Thanks to the work of RHITs‚ doctors and other providers have
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into the behavioral health service delivery system of SHMC and the Johnson Unit. Substance abuse is the most common and clinically significant comorbid disorder among adults with severe mental illness‚ (Drake‚ et al). Since the problem of dual diagnosis became clinically apparent in the early 1980’s‚ researchers have established
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influences on health. Task 1 Introduction: Using the case scenario provided to me‚ I will produce a report to demonstrate an understanding of the effect socio-economic influences on Christina and Paul’s health and their unborn child. I will then make an assessment of the importance of government resources such as reports/research on inequalities in health in relation to the case scenario. Finally‚ I will identify and discuss the reason and any possible barriers to Mary accessing health care. 1.1:
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HSA 4180 Organization and Management of Health Agencies INSTRUCTOR: LAWRENCE J. WALTERS‚ MHA‚ FACHE Item #4 on Assignments Tab HSA 4180 – Fall 2011; Case Study #4 **Your response to this case study is due 6PM 10/30/2011 Case Study #4 Managing Healthcare Professionals: Mini-Case Studies Respond to each of the scenarios below. Please label your mini-cases. Your response may be in a word document format or in a power point format. Cover all of the issues in each case you and use good writing and presentation
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The Mistral Fan Case By: Matthew Balkissoon Background Mistral was one of the prominent companies in the electrical manufacturing industry. They received numerous awards for the design on the Mistral Gyro Aire‚ which was introduced in 1968. In January of 1988‚ a house in Melbourne caught on fire killing two children‚ causing a public warning about the faulty fans by the coroner’s court. The fire started with a mistral fan‚ and an investigation following the incident exposed a history of poor
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