Health Care Case Study

The main problem is that some agencies within the Department of Veterans Affairs across the States have been rigging client schedules in an illegal fashion for different illicit, unprofessional purposes. One can only imagine the disorder that this practice causes. Not only does it wreak havoc on clients that are in need of a health care service but also provide, if not stopped, institutionalization of an illicit practice which in turn breaks down transparency and accountability. It is therefore important that policy-makers and the new heads of the Department act as quickly as possible in order to make critical short-term changes that will eventually make way for long-term goals. One major consequence of this problem is that supervisors were asking staff to alter the scheduling sheets in order to “meet” the fourteen day goal required to attend a veteran (Cohen, 2014). In other words, fourteen days is the appropriate span of time that the local agency has to call up a veteran to provide him/her with the suitable health service. Because of mounting pressures of trying to meet this goal the local agencies, seeing there were too many patients and impediments, made up unofficial lists of those patients they were going to make wait longer and only input those patients they knew could be called up within

With the increase in information technology, it has allowed data to be accessed almost anywhere in the world. Gone are the old ways of looking at data such as going to a data resource centers. In the medical world, Health information technology (HIT) open up vast new opportunities to physicians and medical care providers all over the world. The introduction of Electronic health records (EHR) allows healthcare providers to record patient data digitally and can assist in health care delivery. With EHR being readily available, they can increase the health and span of an individual’s lifetime regardless of socioeconomic status. When looking at American health care, the OECD has the US as one of the worst developed health care systems and a large part of it is due to our health information technology. Health care

Adding electronic health record (EHR) systems, dashboards and electronic data warehouses to a healthcare practice enables administrators and managing physicians to modernize their service delivery model and work toward high-quality continuity of care. While EHRs provide a cost-effective mechanism for documenting patient encounters and improving patient experiences, some organization leaders don't understand how to leverage analytics to strengthen their practice.

In the last decade of USA medical history there have been little to no change in medical errors in regards to improvement of care. Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records and Health Information Technology are practices and programs that can be possible solutions for this issue. The goals of meaningful use include improving quality, safety, efficiency, and to reduce health disparities, improve care coordination and ensure adequate privacy and security of personal health information (Hoyt,2014). With meaningful use, there are three stages: stage one begins the process of capturing date and sharing the information. Stage two is advancing the data processing and sharing and building off of the first stage. Stage three is the examination of the outcomes. Meaningful Use is defined under the Center of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and is essentially an incentive program through the government to create a health system that is run electronically and provides higher quality of care through technology. Since the goal is to create safer and higher quality through HIT by providing an incentive for EP’s to further develop their use of the technology there must be a time line in place in order to know whether the Ep’s hitting the requirements. This year, 2014, is originally a major year for Meaningful Use however, with changes in the time line, the cost of HIT, and the increasing of objectives can lead to major complications in the initial timeline created.

On Monday, September 14, 2015 at approximately 12:45pm Kathleen A. Kane provided me with information pertaining to Mr. Sutherland whereabouts. According to the hospital records Mr. Sutherland return on 9/11/15 to the hospital and was admitted to 5-Central room 236B located in the Greenberg Pavilion.

Additionally, I support your notion that providers need to be aware of the balance between managing information and actual “hands on” patient care. Since, health care information systems can be an extremely valuable tool, it may be easy to spend too much time focusing on the data. Seemingly, there are endless possibilities with unlimited potential when it comes

The American Healthcare System has been the topic lately in the news. This attention comes down to the executive order that President Trump has forwarded to the legislation. However, there is much debate going on about this executive order that has been issued. As stated in The New York Times, (Qiu,L) “Most people think of the term “bailout,” as a political pejorative,”(A17). This is currently one of the competing solutions to the “ObamaCare” or rather the Affordable Healthare Act, where a type of bailout has been placed into order as a solution to the deficit the AHA has had on the economy. Another solution is an executive order from President Trump to repeal and or replace the AHA, which in many views seems to be a desperate measure to

1. Managed care plans (PPO/HMO) have had different successes in medicine and dentistry. Explain those differences and why you think they have occurred.

Certainly, Accountable Care System(ACS) or accountable Care Organization (ACO), which is an entity that can implement organized process for improving quality and controlling the cost of care, and can also then be held accountable for these care results and the resultant costs associated with the outcomes. In this system, outpatient, rehab, long-term care, and even palliative care would be the responsibility of the ACS (Berkowitz 2017, page 37)

My client’s, Miles Meredith, goals are to decrease disease risk, body fat, as well as improve strength, flexibility, and performance. The physical examination determined that Miles is 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 166lbs, and has a waist circumference of 34 inches. That puts him at a BMI of 25.24. According to the skinfold test his body fat percentage is at 15%. His other vitals are all within normal ranges. His resting heart rate is 76 bpm, and he has a resting blood pressure of 78/110 mmHg.

Within the last 25 years the health care has underwent radical changes. The two reasons that the changes have occurred is due to the rapid growth of managed care and the government’s inability to reduce the growth of health care expenditures this has contributed greatly to the changing of the health care market. In the managed care plans arena there is an attempt to control health care cost by changing the patterns of the health care delivery system. The federal government has altered the delivery of services as well with the Medicare payment system. A lot of providers have engaged in mergers and agreements in response to cost control pressure from health insurers and government payers. (Argue, 2016) Each change made known to not only advances

In reciting of her journey, Michelle made it evident that it was both professional and unprofessional behaviors which impacted her experiences with triple positive breast cancer. The key components of Patient care relationships are built up on integration, decision making, communication, and collaboration. (Nicoloro-Santabarbara, J., Rosenthal, L., Auerbach, M. V., Kocis, C., Busso, C., & Lobel, M. (2017). In the code of conduct, section 2.3 ‘Shared decision- making’ signifies that making decisions based on healthcare is the ultimate responsibility between practitioner and patient who may wish to involve their family. (Medical Radiations Practice Board of Australia, 2014). Cancer triggers psychological difficulties in responding to the treatment

"An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.(Covey,2011)." Financial management within an organization is crucial to the success and stability of the organization. Financial information on Patten Fuller Hospital will be covered in this paper. More specifically, difference between audited and unaudited statements and reporting on the hospital 's ratios will be included. Finally, information related to the relationship on revenue sources and expenses which included how the hospital revenues and expenses are grouped for planning and control will be included.

loss of income of the patients and their caregivers due to an inability to work due to the TB. However, the authors did not specify clearly whether their cost estimation covered the pre-designated hospital/TB dispensary treatment expenditure, although their discussion seemed to indicate so.

continuous focus remains on the restructuring of the delivery system. According to Si and Singh