Health Care Portfolio

Thank you for viewing my portfolio. This portfolio contains a compilation of my academic and professional achievements throughout my educational course work and professional career. Please take a moment to look within each tab to see my academic and professional activities.

Additionally, this report discusses the most valuable lesson that I have learned about healthcare management and/or administration as a result of taking the class of HSCI 312, Introduction to Health Administration.

A health care provider is any individual, institution, or agency that provides health services to health care consumers otherwise known as patients (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Health+care+service+provider). Health care providers are vital because they are trained to provide health services to patients which help treat illnesses, diseases, broken bones, or any injuries or health issues in which they are trained to treat.

Health care administration is a professional challenging environment with some of the most critical issues and problems in our society. Health care administration combines my knowledge and experience in business and health care. My accomplishments are a result of my ability to assess situations, generate a plan of action, and work the plan. Following is my plan of action for my career in health care:

With a great passion for healthcare and helping others, I started my healthcare career by enrolling in the Paramedic Certification Program through Johnston Community College after I graduated high school. After six years of working as a Paramedic with the Johnston County Emergency Medical Response System, I decided to go back to school to further my education in healthcare and work toward obtaining a Master’s Degree as a healthcare professional. I now occupy a position in Patient Services Administration with Johnston UNC Healthcare as the Cancer Accreditation Analyst where I oversee all aspects of the cancer accreditation processes and procedures and work closely with all oncology staff and physicians to insure compliance with the Commission on Cancer (CoC) Standards. With healthcare being so broad, even within the Oncology setting, I have researched the Cancer Registrar profession to get a better understanding of what a cancer registrar does. I work closely with Johnston Health’s cancer registrar but I still do not know what all is involved in her chosen career path.

Health care administration is a very important and crucial role in today’s healthcare system. With an ever-changing national health care system, the role of a Health care Administrator or Healthcare Executive more than ever is needed. Healthcare facilities, organizations, and or offices rely on health care administrators to plan, direct and coordinate all medical health services (United States Department of Labor , 2014). Some areas where one might find administrators are managing entire medical facilities, specialized clinical departments, or a medical practice for a group of physicians (United States Department of Labor , 2014). The need for high-quality health care administers is more now than ever with the fast-changing health care laws.

The purpose of this paper is to describe the planning and design of a focus group for recent graduates of the XXX Program at YYY State University in Northridge (UN). The mission of the XXX program is to produce graduates that can function effectively in staff, front-line management and middle management positions for a variety of health care sectors. Insufficient data exists to determine qualitatively if we have fulfilled our mission. This qualitative research is intended to

To be successful in the healthcare industry, a healthcare administrator graduate needs to understand the connection between accounting and finance, and the inner components that determine the healthcare organizations financial viability. The financing department mostly focuses on the net cash flow. On the other hand, accounting focuses on the net profit. Both financial and accounting are dependent on the accuracy of the data that they both produce. The viability of a healthcare organization is determined through the collaboration and accuracy between the financial, and accounting, departments. It is important for graduates entering into a healthcare administration position to be part of the collaboration to help ensure the financial

There were a lot of interesting things that I’ve learned in this class. With this being my last year at Western Illinois University, I will soon be in my work profession as a manager. I will need to apply all of this information that I learned for my future. Even though Health Resources Management is not my major, I still learned a lot of useful information in this class. Health Service Management has some similar duties as well as Health Resources Management, which are recruiting, training, and creating work schedules. I will discuss what I will take away from this class, the greatest experiences, and what I plan to implement in my career.

During the term of this class I’ve learned several topics that will advance my career in health care administration. A health administrator is a person that manages the delivery and service of health care. This position handles finance, admission, organizational functions, and employee personnel. In Foundations of Health Care Administration, this class has taught me strategies on scholarly/professional writing and specific strategies for a health care administration in the master’s program.

As a student in the Health Care Management program at Metropolitan State University of Denver, an internship is required before completion. Usually, the internship is fulfilled during the student’s last semester upon graduation, when they are a senior. Recently, the Health Care Management Foundations course (HCM 2500), has become a prerequisite before beginning the internship hours. A total of 150 hours are required during the internship course (HCM 4610). In order to register for HCM 4610, an internship site must be approved and locked down. This paper will discuss a potential internship program with the National Institute of Change. It will provide a brief overview of the organization’s history, the purpose of an internship, potential

For this purpose, I sought a health administration program based on its maturity, the student to teacher ratio, experiential learning, location, and the opportunity to do service. I became elated when I learned the Master’s in Health Service Administration (MHSA) program at Xavier University exceeded the criteria. The value system of Xavier University aligns perfectly with that of Thomas More College, which has become a large part of my identity; they both challenge students to find their

The science courses I learned about in high school are what introduced me to healthcare, but it was ultimately my undergraduate degree coupled with my experience working in a free health clinic that has solidified my decision to wholeheartedly pursue a career in healthcare management. As a GMU healthcare administration student, I have learned about the sociological, political, business, and medical components found in the healthcare system. Furthermore, by reading and learning about the positive and negative aspects that exist in the healthcare industry, I feel that my time volunteering at a hospital setting and working at a free health clinic is what has allowed me to observe, learn, prepare, and gain perspective on what healthcare is today and the potential of what it can be tomorrow.

This portfolio is reaching its end and it is now time for me to start reflecting about my practicum period. Last year was a great year and a challenging one as well.

Assembling and preparing a portfolio for any discipline can be a daunting experience. Preparing a portfolio means that there needs to be substantial evidence of the person's practice and skills developing. At the start of the portfolio experience, I felt both nervousness and determination. I knew the portfolio had to be done and I knew I wanted my portfolio to make me proud as well as score high with my instructor. I felt nervous because I put extra pressure on myself to perfect my work and eradicate any errors or flaws that were unintended or out of my control.