Healthcare Educational Resources Rachel Landry & Sonya Jordan BSHS/375 March 14‚ 2015 Donna Zeh Does your state provide a comprehensive database of services and technologies available? Mississippi offers many different informational databases on the different types of services available to individuals who live in the state. There is a specific division set up for Assistive Technology within the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services‚ this service offers resources to the community
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Innovation and Technology in Healthcare In recent times‚ healthcare has been revolutionized by technology. Modern healthcare relies heavily on a number of electronic gadgets. These gadgets can take the blood count of a patient to keeping them alive through heart-lung machines. Telemedicine has now come into its own. The delivery of healthcare and exchange of data across vast distances through the transfer of basic patient information such as CT scans‚ MRI pictures‚ ultrasound studies and pathology
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important part of a healthcare team‚ it is important for diagnostic imaging professionals to maintain a credible professional image‚ promote professionalism‚ and practice high ethical standards in order to save the patient and the community they serve well. There are many ways to develop and promote professionalism in healthcare and some of these professional characteristics are developed early in life experience‚ and as well through education‚ training‚ and work experience. Most healthcare professionals
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The relationship between a healthcare professional and a patient is intended to be beneficial in nature‚ as the patient has a need for healthcare services from the practitioner who is the healthcare expert and is qualified to help the patient. The ability for the healthcare practitioner to maintain the level of professionalism is very important because this will give assurance to the patient that the healthcare practitioner knows his/her job. A healthcare professional should be able to supply a measure
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It is our job as nurses‚ our piece to the healthcare puzzle‚ to provide the BEST possible care to every patient‚ every time. In doing so‚ we as nurses need to be diligent and compliant with our documentation‚ using the proper standardized healthcare terminology to establish a uniform representation of nursing care; an “unambiguous description of how nursing problems‚ interventions and outcomes are documented” (Hebda & Czar‚ 2013‚ p. 300). Our textbook (Hebda & Czar‚ 2013‚ p. 298) uses the definition
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Healthcare reform The issue of mandating healthcare has been a hot topic for many years in the US government. Even though there is no mention of the right to healthcare in the United States Constitution. Some speculate that it is implied under the 14th Amendment‚ which states in the first section that no state shall deprive any citizen of life‚ liberty‚ or property without due process of law. Some argue that the government is violating the 14th Amendment by not making healthcare available to people
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the most in a decade. Like in other industries‚ this developing trend in hospital consolidations encourages price fixing and contributes to rising healthcare costs and excessive medical billing. In order to manage healthcare costs in the United States and address unfair medical billing practices‚ anti-trust laws should be enforced within the healthcare industry. Hospitals receive nearly all of their income from insurance companies‚ which are considered third party payors. Hospitals and insurance
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GrattonGrand Canyon University College of NursingEthics‚ Policy‚ and Finance in the Health Care SystemNUR 508Kris BoivinDecember 18‚ 2013Cost and Quality AnalysisQuality and Cost Both cost containment and quality improvement are critical topics related to healthcare. Unfortunately‚ the relationship between the two remains controversial and poorly understood. On one hand it is argued that increasing quality would cause an increase in cost and vice versa decreased quality if cost is reduced. On the other hand
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Running head: HEALTHCARE FRAUD AND ABUSE Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Abstract Rising costs of healthcare is a valid concern for many households in America. A factor in the cost of healthcare insurance is fraud. Fraud is often very difficult to detect. The magnitude of healthcare fraud is unknown. Initial reimbursement and payment and billing timeframe of 90 days allows for fast payment of services‚ however‚ many times before there is an indication of fraudulent billing the company has closed
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Article Critique: Finding the Money for Healthcare Reform Laura C. Sukle Liberty University Online Article Critique: Finding the Money for Healthcare Reform Summary Finding the Money for Healthcare Reform‚ written by Mark Hyman‚ M.D. (Hyman‚ 2009)‚ provides a realistic perspective that the current healthcare reform model only focuses on lowering the cost for healthcare services and not improving the quality of health for patients. Hyman (2009) argues that if quality of health and
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