Perspective on Healthcare HCS/212 February 18‚ 2013 Corinne McTier Perspective on Healthcare Working as a medical assistant has been one of the most rewarding experiences. Patient care should be the top priority for the healthcare industry because without our patients there would be no need for medical employees. Being employed at one of the nation’s top hospitals is bound to change and shape an individual. Working in healthcare affects people in many ways some positive and some negative
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Abstract In this article‚ I introduce the Chinese Healthcare System. From establishment of the People’s Republic of China till now‚ the Chinese healthcare have a lot of changes and revolutions. Due to the special social and economic structure‚ Chinese healthcare system is different from other countries healthcare system. This article will explain how dose Chinese healthcare system work? What problems dose it have? How can we manage those problems? Background After the establishment of the People’s
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Healthcare: United States and Cuban As years go by the human life span increases. Technology and knowledge come together to provide healthcare that can help maintain a healthy lifestyle. Though developed countries have excellent resources to maintain health‚ many developing countries such as Cuba have only a limited resource. Although the U.S. is dependent on more healthcare professionals as a whole there are many physicians well equipped to provide services to their patients. Healthcare professionals
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Everybody concurs that healthcare must be accessible to all citizens‚ but the debate on whether the United States should adopt a universal health system still rages. According to the Institute of Medicine (2002)‚ the U.S. is the only developed country that does not guarantee that its citizens have health care coverage. President Obama pledged to reform the country’s healthcare system by increasing health coverage and reducing expenses. Opponents of the universal healthcare law assert that the state
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has been the center of debates‚ and is constantly being compared to Canada’s health care system. This research will look in depth about the development of each countries health care system‚ as well as comparing both countries by looking at their healthcare delivery system‚ financing‚ and how their insurance works. The U.S health expenditures exceed Canada’s‚ but yet United States still has a high number of uninsured citizens. Introduction The United States health care system has been the center
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Teamwork: The Heart of Healthcare The purpose of this paper is to discuss the importance of teamwork in healthcare. Due to the complexity and specification of healthcare‚ the collaboration of teamwork allows healthcare workers the capability to collaborate efforts in order to identify‚ evaluate‚ and solve problems. Teamwork enhances the entire patience care experience for all parties involved. The article “Teamwork: The Heart of Healthcare”‚ found in AAMC News (2016)‚ discusses how teamwork
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The primary purpose of various healthcare organizations’ balanced scorecard is to achieve the long-term adaptation and survival of its processes. Consequently‚ the balanced scorecard that is adopted by the healthcare organizations focuses on achieving their mission‚ program service improvement‚ strategic management‚ and quality management. Besides‚ studies indicate that the health sector adopts the balanced scorecard to focus on achievement of the system mission‚ improve the services and programs
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advantages (Reeves‚ Lewin‚ Espin‚ Zwarenstein‚ & Barr‚ 2010). Partnership in a team is regarded as an important factor contributing to the effective healthcare service (Olupeliyawa‚ Hughes‚ & Balasooriya‚ 2009). In healthcare‚ teamwork among professionals is called interprofessional teamwork. This essay will discuss about interprofessional concept in healthcare as well as outline some ways for professionals to achieve it. The term "interprofessional" means two or more health providers from different
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Professionalism is an ambiguous term with numerous interpretations. In essence‚ it refers to a collection of attitudes and attributes that every member of a profession is expected to abide by‚ which include but are not limited to integrity‚ accountability‚ respect and compassion. Though important in all occupations‚ professionalism is particularly paramount in medicine in order to ensure that the most effective care is provided to each and every patient. Health care providers should exercise integrity
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analytics to help improve performance. Healthcare providers typically use analytics to help with the financial part of an organization. Triple Aim is an assessment tool that is divided into three areas. The areas are population health‚ experience of care‚ per capital cost. Analytics is an area of which recorded information is used to describe patterns in data‚ statistics‚ and operations to understand or explain performance. To accomplish Triple Aim‚ healthcare organizations must review performance
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