Health Care Simulation Analysis

In the healthcare industry, services provided by the healthcare staff are converted mainly by the inputs such as: Doctors, nurses, hospitals, medical supplies, equipment and laboratories. The processing involved in the healthcare industry includes: examination, surgery, monitoring, medication, and therapy. The output of the mentioned process would of course be healthy patients (Operations Management, 2004, p.6). Healthcare workers have a higher degree of customer contacts, for the customers are our patients that we provide comprehensive care to. Services, such as providing healthcare have a variable amount of inputs for a specific case. For instance, a critical care patient may need several nurses that need to attend to all of the needs for that patients, whereas, a telemetry patient may only need one nurse to provide care for. The measurement of productivity in healthcare services is also more difficult than the manufacturing of goods. In healthcare, it is rather difficult to measure the productivity of healthcare providers because healthcare is not quantitative. Less inventory is needed on hand in providing services (Operations Management, 2004, p.6 & 7). The scope of operations management in healthcare requires several different activities performed. Forecasting in healthcare may include ordering sufficient amounts of flu vaccines half a year ahead of time

broad range of individual patients. The patient should be able to benefit maximally from the care he/she receives.

One of the biggest issues in the medical field sector in United Arab Emirates is the lack of work forces such as doctors, nurses, and pharmacists (Gov of the UAE). According to Ministry of health statistics, the number of doctors in United Arab Emirates is 1.75 per 1000 people which is a very low ratio. While the nurses represent 2.7 per 1000 people ( MOH of the UAE,2014 ) . The country had realized the huge gap that impaire the health care system. Thus , the priority was set on its agenda for the plan of the year 2030. where it focuses on the issue and state the following " The Authority is also working on a comprehensive plan to attract, train and retain health care professionals with the focus on increasing the number of Emirati work force" (HAAD,2014).On the other hand the main obstacle that is facing Singapore heath care system is finance . The government is only responsible for the basic health care services. Therefore each individual is expected to take responsibility for his/her own health requirements (Lee & Wong ,2008 ).This issue has the major impact on the health care system of Singapore .However an outstanding country as Singapore would not stay still while such a problem exists in its system

-The Institute of Medicine recommends simulation as a method of teaching interventions in high risk situations.

When working as a health care administrator, one must make important financial decisions that can make or break the future of the organization. To give students a peak into some of these financial decisions, online simulations are used. This is the breakdown of one such simulation.

The use of simulation allows students to experience hypothetical clinical scenarios without threat of harm to patients. One of the objectives of running the simulation is to allow to experience and learn from various scenarios that they will likely encounter on the nursing floor and provide an opportunity to apply theory into practice. Prior to this simulation, we were introduced to several literature covering concepts on nursing responsibilities when floating, impaired nursing, diversion of medication, reasonable suspicion, and the AACN standards for establishing and sustaining healthy work environments. Such concepts help the nurse to practice her profession safely and transform into a leader that can initiate and influence change towards the success of an organization.

Cardiac diseases alone have been estimated, direct and indirect costs, for the overall American population are “approximately $165.4 billion for 2009” (CDC, 2013). A survey found that heart disease accounted for 4.2 million of the hospitalizations in 2006. In 62% of these cases were short stay hospitalizations and occurred amount peoples ages 65 and older. These hospitalization rates also vary by gender, racial, and ethnic groups.

During my clinical make-up simulation, I had the opportunity to partake in different scenarios with other nursing students from different semesters. I was also able to watch and criticize other students from different simulation scenarios. In regards to what students did well, certain examples included communication, collaboration, teamwork, and organization. Communication and collaboration went hand and hand with every group during their simulation scenario. For example, each student that called the physician utilized the tool SBAR in order to prevent gaps in communication. Another example was when two students from different groups called laboratory to ask for lab results. These students showed effective communication by stating the patient’s

While I didn’t realize it at the time, the process of answering key questions about why the Clinic would build a family history-based clinical decision support platform exposed dimensions that are clearly linked to macroergonomics.

The x-ray department of the County Hospital has various departments, which include: ultrasound, computed tomography, interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, and magnetic resonance imaging. The five groups have partially their own processes

As technology evolved and based on the number of epidemics or even disasters being reported in recent years, most hospitals including the Veterans Hospital where I currently work have already opened a simulation lab. The simulation labs unlike before do not only focus on everyday concerns, but they have been having simulating drills for natural, epidemics, and man-made disasters. Based on my experience, the exercises are very intense and portrayed to be as real as it could be.

Aetna is one of the largest health insurance companies in the United States; with more than $58 billion in revenue and servicing more than 46 million people, they are a leading provider of medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, and group life just to name a few (Aetna, 2015b). The core business for Aetna in 2014 was commercial managed care and health insurance products in the United States. This paper will focus on Aetna and provide a detailed SWOT analysis. In addition, key goals that can be used for strategic planning with be discussed along with defining Aetna’s competencies and competitive advantages.

The presented article from the New England Journal of Medicine discusses the relationship between the changes in healthcare regulation and the ways in which these changes serve to diminish concerns from the general public. The nature of the global health law system was then discussed and it was identified that in place of a treaty monitoring body are several “soft” and “hard” law instruments that the World Health Organization (WHO) utilizes to establish the “legal norms” that serve to establish the best practices in healthcare throughout the world (Gostin & Sridhar, 2014). Healthcare regulation at the international level is carried out via a combination of laws which are established at the national level and are then enforced by various governing health services in different countries. These legal norms are comprised of a combination of these soft and hard legal

1. Provide examples of the three types of modeling discussed in the material for this unit. Discuss how each type might be applied to today’s healthcare systems.

Sometimes failure can really be the best teacher. This was the case with the Lakeview Regional Hospital Simulation Exercise. During the simulation, I learned a lot about working with a team, knowing when to stand firm and when to compromise. I have been a part of plenty of projects, but sometimes I can be a little lost when it comes to the healthcare aspects of things. It was during these times that I looked to my teammates to assist with filling in some valuable blanks about the healthcare environment. I do have a lot of experience with introducing technology, training and media relations. It was during these parts of the simulation that I could really lend a helping hand. The simulation illustrated the importance of buy-in amongst the implementation team as well as other members of the entire organizations. It showed that there will always be some inherent resistance, but that doesn’t mean that change is impossible as long as there is some flexibility.