personal beliefs and does not have an effect on whether the government will provide healthcare to patients for free. The fact of the matter is‚ health care in America is not free‚ neither cheap and generally the quality of care ranges from poor to basic but it is required in order to sustain a healthy lifestyle. If survival is contingent upon basic health care‚ then why is there a price? There is a price because healthcare is a business‚ and in order for a business to generate a continuous flow of funds
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An ambulatory care pharmacist works closely with a medical team in order to provide the best course of therapy for a patient managing a chronic disease state. Ambulatory care caters to patients that are able to arrive at a clinic by their own means‚ in order to see a physician. Upon arrival at the clinic they are seen by a team of health professionals‚ including a pharmacist. Pharmacists assist physicians with medication information‚ checking for drug interactions‚ and recommending an alternative
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I choose to do my viewpoint on a ambulatory care setting. E- prescribing is in which the prescriber enters a prescription into a computer that communicates directly to the computer at the pharmacy. Here are my five reasons why I think e- prescribing is beneficial. 1. It eliminates the written prescription form‚ this reduces the errors and patient safety by not being able to read the prescription the other person has wrote. 2. Convenience for patients‚ instead of the patient taking the time to take
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Inpatient and Outpatient Hospital Services Andrea Muller HCR/230 November 16‚ 2014 Rebecca Robinson Bragg Inpatient hospital services are services that provide patients a place to stay overnight. Inpatient care facilities can also be provided for special services. A couple of examples of an inpatient care setting are a skilling nursing facility or a long-term care facility. “A skilled nursing facility (SNF) provided skilled nursing and/or rehabilitation services to help with recovery
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Ambulatory health care has definitely been a type of health care that has benefited a lot of Americans since it became of existence. There are several health care clinics available in every city that helps the people on a daily basis. Its not as costly as the ER and you can receive just about the same kind of service as if your were going to the Hospital just in a faster time in some cases. There is a need to sometimes get further assistance‚ meaning that the particular outpatient service was not
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According to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health care (AAAHC)‚ accreditation is intended to help improve healthcare by taking an outsider look at practices and standards in an ambulatory environment. The AAAHC offers an impartial external view to assess an organization’s standards‚ and how well the organization
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How to Determine if an Inmate Needs Inpatient Care Taking care of patients in prison is a challenging job. As a caregiver to inmates‚ your job is naturally difficult because you are isolated from them and can’t be constantly observant of their behaviors. So how can you determine if an inmate needs inpatient care? Regardless of an inmate’s crimes or offenses‚ they are legally required to have the proper kind of treatment. If the prison can’t meet their needs then they can be transported to a facility
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Hospitalization and Aging Three years ago I had a car accident and needed to stay in the hospital for half a month. In addition to the pain and discomfort from the injury‚ the thing I disliked the most was simply being in the hospital. Besides the restricted visitor time every day‚ I stayed in bed and was bored and lonely all the time. I shared my room with an approximately 60-year-old woman for 5 days before I was discharged from the hospital. During the 5 days‚ her only visitor was her daughter
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Cost Shifting and Uncompensated Care in Health Care Cost shifting has been and continues to be a problem for many hospitals and insurance companies. In broad terms cost shifting is defined as hospitals making up their losses they obtain from treatment of uninsured patients by charging higher prices and implementing higher costs towards privately insured patients. This approach in tittles claims of large rates that in return drive health care premiums to a peak cost. The continuing debate on cost
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Kennedy Benjamin 2 April 2014 Ms. Peeples 4B Honors Chemistry Biome Shifting Global warming is a mostly natural process that has been going on for as long as Earth has existed. Global warming has many effects on the Earth such as rise in sea level‚ overall increased rise in the temperature of Earth‚ and even bizarre weather. However‚ the topic I will discuss today is how global warming causes climate changes and how this climate change affects our environment and our economic systems. Climate
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