Service Line Development AMT2 Task 2 Western Governors University March 22‚ 2015 A. Trinity Community Hospital Community Health Assessment 1. Major Risks Factors Identified After review of the community health needs assessment‚ there were major risk factors identified that will affect the primary service area over the next five years. The demand for oncology services is expected to grow 34% in the next five years and primarily target men over 65. As with oncology‚ cardiovascular
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A1. Procedure The preoperative procedure of using with chlorhexidine-alcohol (CHG) before surgery has been proven to be more effective to reduce the number of surgical site infections (SSI) than the use of povidone iodine. By reducing the number of infections post surgery‚ it can lower patient morbidity and can reduce hospital stay time and eliminate further unnecessary costs. A2a. Basis for Practice (who determined ) The basis for changing the method of using chlorhexidine-alcohol bath
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Medicare part A is hospital coverage for inpatient hospital stays. More specifically‚ Part A is coverage for critical access hospitals‚ inpatient rehabilitation facilities‚ and long-term care hospitals. Part A also covers inpatient care in a skilled nursing facility (not supervisory or long-term care)‚ hospice care services and some home health care services. Inpatient care in a Religious Nonmedical Health Care Institution is also covered. In the scenario provided‚ Mrs. Zwick is admitted to the
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surgery and was ready to go before she returned. Prior to Tina’s mother returning Tina’s father showed up to check on her‚ and finding that she was ready to go he took her to his house until the mother could pick her up. When Tina’s mother returned 2 ½ hours later she found Tina missing and the staff did not know that her father took her. The hospital activated a Code Pink and notified the local police department. When the hospital security interview the mother they learned the parents were divorced
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Western Governors University NUT1 Task 2 Quality Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are becoming more widely used across the healthcare spectrum. One of the reasons for their popularity is the potential that is presented for increasing the quality of care delivered to patients by decreasing handwriting interpretation errors‚ reducing medication administration errors and eliminating lost charts. Time management is a crucial skill to have as a nurse. It allows for a smooth workflow which translates
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According to the Internal Revenue Service‚ a taxpayer has the choice between five different filing statues. The five statuses are‚ Single‚ Married Filing Separately‚ Married Filing Jointly‚ Head of Household‚ and Qualifying Widow(er) with dependent child. For the couple in question‚ the recommendation I am making is that they use the filing status of married filing jointly. Since the couple has three children they will qualify for three dependency exemptions as well as two exemptions for themselves
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A. Create three organizational policy statements that may have prevented the security breach. During a routine audit of the electronic health record system‚ a security breach was discovered. The lack of a log retention‚ log audit‚ or remote access policy contributed to the unauthorized access. * Log retention policy statement: The intent of this policy statement is to provide the organization guidance on information systems security log retention. Log rotation will be conducted on a
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A. Discuss elasticity of demand as it pertains to elastic‚ unit‚ and inelastic demand. Elasticity of demand is gauged by the percentage of change in demand when the price of an item varies. If the change in the quantity demanded is greater than 1 the demand is elastic. Elasticity of demand is calculated by ED=quantity demanded/decrease in price. If you reduce the price of milk by 6%‚ and that causes an increase of quantity demanded by 9% the demand for milk is elastic (ED= .09/.06 = 1.5).
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Advertising encourages consumers to buy in quantity rather than promoting quality. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Words: 281/ Time: 45’ Whether or not customers are encouraged by advertisers to purchase products in quantity without promoting quality is a controversial question. Some people would say “yes” with that idea. However‚ as far as I am concerned‚ I strongly oppose that perception. First and foremost‚ although nowadays consumers are bombarded with information of products and
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