* * Accountability in Health Care * Erika Denton * August 31‚ 2011 * HCS/475 Instructor David R. Campbell * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Accountability * Accountability in health care is important for management and legal reasons. There are different areas of accountability professional competence‚ legal and ethical conduct‚ and financial performance‚ adequacy of access‚ public health promotion‚ and community benefit
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An acceptance of guilt and a sincere apology‚ is mandatory for every wrong deed. This applies to health care field too. Admitting to your mistakes can be difficult especially when you are a healthcare provider. But as humans we do make errors and some errors can harm the patient and their family. This paper explains about the benefits of apology to the patient and their family in adverse events (Institute of Healthcare Improvement‚ 2016). Apology is defined as a statement given by a person who has
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coming decade. The Institute of Medicine (IOM‚ 2012) report focuses on the nurses as the largest group of health care professionals and identifies nurses as key leaders in health care reform. The nursing profession is the largest group of healthcare professionals‚ consisting of over 3 million members (Battie‚ 2013). As the cornerstone of the medical system and essential in providing patient care‚ nurses are the key stakeholders in any change in the structure of the medical field. As the healthcare
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Health Care Professionals Denise Brinson Dr. Manuel Johnican Health Services Organizations HAS 500 007 May 30‚ 2011 Health Care Professionals 1. Identify and describe three reasons there may be a physician shortage rather than a surplus in the United States. One reason for shortage is widespread dissatisfaction‚ particularly in managed care. Both physicians and patients feel there is a limit on choice. “Medicine’s distaste of tightly controlled reimbursement and of non-physicians’
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Disparities in Health Care Thanks to medical advances and advanced preventative care‚ Americans are living longer and healthier than ever. However‚ these benefits don ’t seem to apply to everyone equally because a great disparity exists. Not a disparity based on access or clinical needs‚ preferences‚ or appropriateness of intervention‚ but a racial and ethnic disparity that divides on socioeconomic lines. When all medical care being accessed and administered is considered equal‚ the poor and racial
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is defined as characterized by visibility or accessibility of information especially concerning business practices and readily understood" (American College of Physician‚ 2010‚ p. 3).Transparency when applied to health care focuses on sharing of information and processes. The health care provider needs to disclose the cost of the most common procedures they perform (“Gov. Doyle‚” 2010). It will help consumers get price estimates prior to the procedure‚ make comparisons on prices‚ and help them determine
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Affordable Health Care Act Name of Professor Institution Affiliation Affordable Health Care Act According to the journal ‘The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing’ Sorrell attempts to ascertain how legislature‚ individual and communities struggle to enact health care reforms that are upheld constitutionally in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The health care act was first enacted in 2010. The Affordable Care Act outlines important ethical reforms of justice that provide
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Benchmark Assignment Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V Benchmark Assignment Healthcare is forever changing testing professionals to provide excellent care to the communities it serves. Seeing hospitals as healing environments and not as the customary place of curing an illness is an example of a present paradigm shift in health care now. By seeing hospitals as a healing environment instead of the current curing environment can change the way most moral issues and current
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of physical‚ prayer‚ and magic spells. Temples were health centers. From the 1st-10th century initial care was at the local bishop’s house. They had deacons and deaconesses. In the 19th century‚ nurses cared for patients while at the risk of exposure to disease. Nursing in hospitals expanded in the 19th century‚ but nursing the communities did not increase significantly until 1893 when the Henry Street Settlement opened and focused on the health needs of poor people who lived in tenements in New York
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Ageism: Causes‚ Consequences and Recommendation Kunda (1999) noted that people have a tendency when they perceive others in social settings‚ to automatically categorize them into three major dimensions: race‚ age and sex (as cited in Nelson‚ 2004‚ p.ix). Barrow and Smith (1979) noted that only a small proportion of theoretical and empirical research within psychology has been directed towards understanding ageism (while much of the research has focused on the other two ‘isms’: racism and sexism)
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