Suggest the key financial drivers that most likely will cause health care organizations to merge. Provide support for your rationale. Cost is the driver that will most likely cause healthcare organizations to merge. Most healthcare organizations have issues with spending. Most industries today are faced with a variety of obstacles in achieving or remaining profitable. The healthcare industry is no exception. Profitability is enough of a challenge under normal circumstances‚ but especially so during
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HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS * Laboratory Medicine (clinical pathology) * A medical discipline in which clinical laboratory science & technology are applied to the care of patients. * Comprises several major scientific disciplines: clin chem & urinalysis‚ hematology ‚ microbiology‚ immunology & blood banking‚ for some laboratories cytogenetics‚ toxicology & other specialized divisions are present. USE OF THE CLINICAL LABORATORY * Serve to educate the physician
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University of Phoenix Material Types of Emerging Health Care Information Systems Based on your review of the course materials for Week One‚ review your current health care organization or an organization with which you are familiar. Then‚ in the table below‚ provide a list of systems used‚ the scope of each system‚ its components and uses‚ and how the system supports the health care organization’s strategies. In the section following the table‚ include APA-formatted citations for the sources
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Organizational Responsibility & Current Health Care Issues HCS - 545 11/19/2012 Organizational Responsibility & Current Health Care Issues In today’s modern world with plenty of technology‚ it is hard to believe that we cannot figure out how to reduce Medical errors. The issue of medical error is not new in health care organizations. It has been in spot light since 1990’s‚ when government did research on sudden increase in number of death in the hospitals. According to Lester‚ H
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other caregivers. These caregivers are only a part of the staff required to manage an efficient hospital. Behind the scenes there is hidden‚ incredibly important role in health services delivery - healthcare executive administration. Healthcare executives are responsible for providing the most basic of social services‚ the care of dependent people at one of the most vulnerable times in their lives. The goal of a healthcare executive is to make a positive difference in the lives of people and communities
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While the field of health care is primarily led by knowledge and health sciences‚ it is also is guided by ethics. These sets of moral principles help the professionals make justifiable decisions about patient care may it be about treatment or procedures. Ethics in health care are influenced by many different factors‚ including our sense of what is moral and what is immoral.. Ethics are important because It creates a safer environment for all. For example‚ if a nurse realizes that a co-worker is abusing
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Ethical Health Care Issues HCS/545 September 10‚ 2012 University of Phoenix Ethical Health Care Issues When working with patients and their families‚ the health care professionals occasionally will face unpopular and difficult decisions that relates to medical treatments which questions moral issues such as religious beliefs and even professional guidelines of ethical or not. Health care ethics is used as a parameter for staff to exemplify the
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Justice in Health Care Amy Sleeger West Coast University Health care in the United States compared to other countries is horrible. Health care should benefit all parties involved not just the big insurance companies. As I watched Sicko I thought to myself “oh gosh I hope I don’t get sick with cancer I can’t afford it.” It is very sad that we as one of the wealthier countries do this to our own people. Health care should meet certain moral standards like making sure all of the individuals
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According to issue 4 of Prescriptions for Excellence in Healthcare‚ Walter H. Ettinger‚ President of UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester‚ states that over the next decade‚ hospitals will need to make significant improvements in clinical performance such as the safety‚ effectiveness‚ and efficiency of medical care‚ in order to satisfy the demands of patients‚ and insurers (Ettinger‚ W. H.‚ 2008). Quality problems are reflected today in the wide variation of use in health care services‚ the
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Ethical Health Care Issues HCS/545 Ethical Health Care Issues Breast Cancer is a serious issue that affects almost every woman worldwide‚ either directly as someone diagnosed with cancer‚ or indirectly through the illness of a loved one (Women’s Health Resource‚ 2014). Breast Cancer is found in women‚ in their twenties and thirties‚ and those with a family history of the disease. In 2006‚ approximately 212‚920 new cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed in the United States alone (Women’s
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