increasing demand for safe‚ high-quality‚ and effective health care services?” . Three ways that the report suggests to do this are to utilize nurses to their full extent of education and training‚ a higher level of education for nurses and a stronger leadership role. . Nurses make up the largest segment of the health care workforce and have the capacity to positively impact healthcare in the future‚ especially with the changes coming from the Affordable Care Act. Nursing is one of the few professions that
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payment classification that came to be termed the “Critical Access Hospital (CAH).” The bill’s intent was to improve Medicare reimbursement for small rural hospitals so that local residents would continue to have access to acute hospital care. There are two primary requirements for CAH status: a) a rural location; and b) 25 beds or less. Today‚ more than 60% of rural hospitals in the U.S. are designated as Critical Access Hospitals – roughly 1‚200 facilities. The states with the most CAHs are in the nation’s
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EHRs in Health Care x x x Abstract In 2009‚ the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) was passed into law mandating interoperable Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption throughout the United States health care system for all providers who serve Medicare or Medicaid patients. The HITECH Act sets “meaningful use” requirements‚ goals‚ and objectives‚ and gives specific timelines for which to achieve them. As an incentive
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as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)‚ “ObamaCare” has many functions that are unknown to the public and because of this ignorance many people do not approve of it. As you continue reading‚ the facts about ObamaCare will be presented and then you can make an informed decision on whether or not you agree with the public policy. The Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23‚ 2010 by President Barack Obama to reform the health care industry. It was later upheld by the Supreme
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Connected for Health The Potential of Health Information and Communications Technologies to Reduce Health Care Disparities In today’s technology-filled world‚ we have become dependent on the Internet for everything from doing any research (“Google it”)‚ making travel and restaurant reservations‚ paying our bills‚ managing our investments‚ finding recipes for dinner‚ making charitable and political contributions‚ all types of shopping‚ and on and on. And we communicate primarily by e-mail
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Government Regulatory Agencies and Impact on Consumer Choices Outline HCS 490 May 26‚ 2012 Kathy Loy‚ MBA Government Regulatory Agencies and Impact on Consumer Choices Outline Congress passed the original Pure Food and Drugs Act in 1906. It has evolved into the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is now an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) (FDA Milestones‚ 2006). The FDA’s main objective is to protect and promote public health through
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Finance plays a very huge role in the health care industry. Finance keeps things in order‚ so that the business will run smoothly. Finance must be able to provide accurate‚ relevant and timely information. In order for decision making to be effective‚ accurate interpretation of financial information is a must. There are many laws and regulations when it comes to health care. However‚ there are some issues when it comes to regulatory process. Regulations that implement the healthcare law effects
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4 The various kinds of health professionals are educated in separate schools but with considerable overlap in curricula and training requirements. They are‚ however‚ expected to integrate their training and work together after graduation. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of this approach to professional education in terms of costs‚ educational efficiency‚ and patient care quality. List one advantage and one disadvantage for each. The structure of the U.S heath care system is certainly a
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Suggest the key financial drivers that most likely will cause health care organizations to merge. Provide support for your rationale. Cost is the driver that will most likely cause healthcare organizations to merge. Most healthcare organizations have issues with spending. Most industries today are faced with a variety of obstacles in achieving or remaining profitable. The healthcare industry is no exception. Profitability is enough of a challenge under normal circumstances‚ but especially so during
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Health Care and its Rising Costs Dusti Lott Ashford University HCA305 – The U.S. Health Care System Professor Thomas November 11‚ 2012 Introduction The dramatic rise in health care costs over the last century and into the current one has many contributing factors. Although each of these factors is not exclusive‚ they all have their own distinct personality. Each factor does cross over in to all others to have an affect on each other. We can follow the time line to understand the
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