Improving Healthcare Interview

The person I interviewed is Raegan. Raegan is a patient advocate in a nursing home. Raegan received her Bachelor’s Degree in psychology at Western Michigan University. She received a Graduate Certificate in patient advocacy from the University of Toledo. Raegan has been a patient advocate for 5 years. She became a patient advocate because she likes helping patients with their direct care needs, and enjoys helping patients navigate through the complex health care system. As a patient advocate, she helps patients in numerous ways. Raegan ensures that patients see the correct doctors, coordinates care between doctors, ensures the patient has access to all available treatment options, and that the treatment plans are being followed. She also educates the family on how to

The nurse I chose to interview has been a family friend for a while, as she has worked closely with my mother for several years. She is the first nurse I met when I decided I was interested in going into the nursing field, and she is actually the person who encouraged me to apply to Truman State University’s nursing program. I was confident that she would be able to share her capacity of nursing knowledge and wisdom with me when I asked if I could interview her. I will expand on our interview which took place in her office at work throughout the next couple of pages, and to keep confidentiality, I will allude to her by her initials, J.W.

I have Interview 3 separate individuals representing three generations my parents, my mother in-law, and my husband.

I interviewed Abduallahi Abdi with Compassion Home Health Care LLC. Shown below are the questions and answers from the interview.

The Master of Healthcare Administration degree is a popular choice among professionals aspiring to leadership roles in healthcare, but the research requirements for an MHA degree often represent a bit of confusion for prospective applicants. Many people assume that all graduate degrees require an extensive research component, even as students are attending rigorous classes in their chosen field. While true in many cases, this is a blanket statement that doesn't represent all graduate degrees or even all Master of Healthcare Administration programs nationwide. Before enrolling in such a program, it's important to understand the potential research requirements as well as the many alternatives to traditional graduate research placements.

During our lives, serval blissful, traumatic, culture event that established the transformations during cognitive, social, physical, and characteristic changes in our lives from the time of birth through our death. A person’s existence is shaped and molded by the experiences that have set us physically and mentality. The interview conducted for this project for an understanding of, Mrs. Candi Jones, is a mother, daughter, and sister. She was the middle child of in a physically disable household where father and sister hearing-impaired; a mother who is deaf. They are a mixture of a sibling through birth, adoption, and foster. During the interview with Ms. Jones, she discusses experienced numerous events in her life that play a major influenced

There are many sides to how one may view the current health care system. Patients, Providers, and Government all have their idea as to how things should be taken care of when it comes to the policies and the finances involved. Unfortunately these groups don’t always see eye to eye in the methodology. This essay is about one Chiropractors opinions in regards to Government and health care system, the ACA involvement and Obamacare, and the providers’ role in health care and with the vulnerable population.

In today’s rapid changing world, leaders are very pertinent, especially in the field of nursing. Good nursing leaders have the ability to provide direction, facilitate structure to reach goals, and cohesiveness throughout team members. Leader by definition is “someone who uses interpersonal skills to influence others to accomplish specific goals” (Sullivan & Decker, 2009, p. 329). On the other hand a manager is different. Their goal is geared toward being responsible and accountable for the goals of the organization. Below is the summary of an interview with L.A. Patient Care Manager of Endoscopy/ Special

In today’s health care organizations, Continuous Quality Improvement is a structured organizational process created to improve the quality of health care. The CQI system uses data collected to make positive changes and to recognize trends even before a problem exist. I had the opportunity to administer a “one on one” interview with one of University Medical Center‘s Epic Application Coordinators. Debra Lewis is Senior Analyst whose job entails building systems or designs in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) department for end users. The Health Information and Compliance Departments are her clients within the hospital. Debra usually deals with the Health Information Modular (HIM) to create applications request which consist of release of information and identity, deficiency tracking, and hospital coding. If the client recognized that the current application needs improvement to be more efficient, they can send a request to see if a system can be built to a specific model for a particular provision. Her educational training has enabled her to perform at an advanced level throughout her professional career. Debra received her A.A.S degree in Health Information Technology, a Bachelors and M.B.A. in Business Administration, and also received credentialing as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA). With over 25 years of healthcare experience, she is no stranger to Continuous Quality

For my Health Science Exploration interview, I interviewed my mother, she is a Surgery Schedule. She went to Bryant and Stratton College for Applied Science in Medical Assisting. During this time she got her Associate's degree which took 2 years to complete with medical experience. Which means she worked in Doctors Offices, Patient First, and Hospitals to get her current job. Some of the classes she took were Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Medical Ethics. She told me that her favorite class was Anatomy and Physiology because she liked learning how the body works, why it works, and what each part of the body does.

Grace Pettigrew, my mother who is 67 years old received a $1,101.00 pension check once a month with no other income or assistance from the governments’ states that she is unable to afford health care insurance and that she over qualify for government assistance. The Medicare plan is expensive and would leave Grace short on bills or food. Therefore, my mother rely she said on community based services at a hospital in Georgia name Grady Memorial Hospital Grace (2012). The reduce plan for the hospital card is based on her income and charges he $20.00 for office visits with no deductibles to meet and three dollars for her medication. Grace (2012) describe her experience with health care services and providers as being good and because this is all she can afford that there are no complaints except for she would like to go to doctors of her choice. Unfortunately, this is not an advantage because no other doctors are willing to take on patients who do not have insurance coverage. Grace (2012) states that she has never seen so many medical offices and that there are hospitals in every neighborhood. My mother is not sure how these facilities make their money where there are so many people without jobs or insurance. According to my mom Grace (2012), People would have to call and maybe wait days for a doctor to make it to your home if there were an emergency but not

The health history assists health care providers and patients. Information is obtained that can lead to a diagnosis and the treatment options available. It is important that trust between patients and medical professionals is obtained. The information will determine what is normal and expected for the patient. The interview process is the best and most common way to obtain information from the patient (“Health History,” n.d.). The patient interviewed has numerous pulmonary and cardiac issues that have affected her quality of life.

In response to your assignment from last week this memo will be about Susan Manzolillo a registered nurse, and the writing nursing entails. Her academic path has been one of hard work and dedication. As a result, Susan received her associates from RACC (Reading Area Community College) and her bachelor’s from Kutztown University. In addition, she has also been working in long term care for approximately twenty-two years: at Berks Heim. Susan job parameters here are the following; working with Alzheimer’s residents, residents with dementia, those that have fractures, and those that need assistance with activities of daily living. Most of her patients are 70 years or older.

The Gardens at Columbine is a family owned business “that provides unparalleled comfort and care for seniors and their families.” The company strives to give the best care, make the residents as comfortable as they can, with engaging activities as well as providing love and support for residents. The organization really embarks the home feeling to the residents and their employees. Candace McMeans is the HR director of Gardens at Columbine who shows compassion, love for her employees and residents as well as the ambition to teach and learn from employees. Candace has been an employee/ co-worker for seventeen years, therefore, grabbing my attention to have an interview with her to gain her knowledge of the organization and working in an assisted living and memory care facility. Understanding ones’ passion for the job, the challenges they have faced through the job, what continues to motivate the employee and how they motivate others is a knowledge that is important in wanting to work as well as possibly own an assisted living home and memory care home.

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