Ambulatory and acute facilities differ in many ways. Although‚ they both have one major goal and that is to do what is best suited for the patient. According to the textbook‚ ambulatory care is the involvement of a patient who does not require an overnight stay (Gartee‚ 2011). Most of these facilities are filled with different types of physicians and are usually privately owned. Although they are owned by a clinician‚ they are managed by administrators (Gartee‚ 2011). Nurses have an important role
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10/5/2012 Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center Kimbrough ambulatory care center is an Army base medical care center for most health needs. It is a facility in which all ambulatory care may be performed. This means it excludes emergency care and long term or overnight care. The facility houses Primary care such as Internal medicine which helps those with long term problems such as diabetes‚ cancer‚ and chrones disease to manage and monitor treatments. There is a practice for routine care‚ minor acute illnesses
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Personal beliefs‚ is just that‚ 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
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called product transformation curve. It is defined as a curve that illustrates the possibility of producing two goods or services within a specified time with all the resources given such as (labour‚ land‚ capital and the technical knowledge). As we can see‚ here is an example of how the (PPC) looks like‚ a graph that compares between the productions rates of thetwo goods or services by mapping the production of one good on the x-axis and the production of the other good on the y-axis. It also illustrates
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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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When discussing inpatient and outpatient services you are discussing to different processes that issues and medical facilities or private practices. When looking for differences in inpatient and outpatient services‚ one of the major differences would be the type of service they provide and the coding and billing process. An inpatient service requires the patient to be admitted into a health facility for at least 24 hours. Some inpatient overnight cares can be done at a hospital‚ skilled nursing
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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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“HR and Changing External Factors.” Students will respond to the following: Define the major shifts in the workforce that require updated HR practices. As noted in our text‚ there have been major shifts in the American workforce that require the HR professional and the company to continually update their practices. Of these are: an aging workforce‚ a diverse workforce and skill deficiencies of the workforce. Aging Workforce: Some employees are now working past normal retirement age while
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Netflix Case Study 1) Compare Blockbuster’s and Netflix’s profit models and value proposition prior to the establishment of Blockbuster online: Blockbuster’s Value Proposition and Profit Models: • By establishing over 5000 locations to represent “70% of the U.S. population by a 10 minute drive‚” Blockbuster’s
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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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