Regulatory Agency Briefing Paper: The Joint Commission Ragini Kaur California State University, Northridge Seminar in Health Care Organization Andrew Oppenberg April 27, 2015 Abstract Accreditation provides a competitive advantage in the health care industry and strengthens community confidence in safety of care and treatment. Accredited hospitals provide higher quality of care to patients. It improves risk management and risk reduction and helps in organizing and strengthens patient
relations as the most commonly used and earliest form of public relations, in which the aim is to get publicity at any cost. In this model, the press agent does not carry out any sort of surveys or research, rather aims to manipulate behavior and public opinion (Meng & Berger, 2013) argues that seldom has research been carried out to validate facts in this model, as major aim is to influence a propaganda by using not necessarily complete truths to promote information biased or misleading nature. An
pregnant and postpartum women within the United States. This study examines data collected during the first wave of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). The NESARC was carried out by the U.S. Census Bureau under the guidance of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). This survey was carried out through in-person interviews of 43,093 respondents in total. For the experiment at hand, the results of 453 currently pregnant women, 994 postpartum
Quality measures are strategies that gauge, evaluate or compute health care processes, results, discernments, patient insight, and administrative structure. In addition, quality measures are frameworks that are connected with the capacity to deliver first-class health care and/or that are able to identify with one or more quality objectives for medicinal services. These objectives include: compelling, protected, effective, quiet focused, impartial, and opportune consideration. Quality measures can
Mass tragedies occur on a daily basis in almost every nook and cranny of the world. No matter the severity, they all appear to have a similar effect: deterioration of mental health stability among those involved. Children and adults alike possess the risk of suffering from mental disorders, such as depression and PTSD, following exposure to a traumatic event. However, the circumstances of these events differ, simply because not all mass tragedies are the same. No matter what type of event occurs
Personal Health Record and Patient Portal Use The Personal Health Records (PHRs) are the innovative solution to the problems associated with fragmented communication and lack of interaction among the Medical Record Systems (EMRs) (Henriksen et al., 2008). It allows patients to access their healthcare data in the secure environment and increases patient 's engagement in medical care. The PHRs are also known as patient portals. They help patients in getting relevant medical data from their provider
implemented the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) 1994 in the industry. In general, OSHA is an organization formed to guard the safety of the workplace and safety regulations. OSHA collects data of the fatalities as well as workplace injuries and finally used it to allocate its enforcement resources. (HR Specialist, 2014). Figure 1.1 Occupational Accidents Statistics by Sector until June 2014 (DOSH, 2014) The role of Malaysia’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) has been in existence since
be credible. In a survey conducted by the World Health Organization’s department of World Mental Health, data was gathered on the prevalence of mental health disorders in 14 countries around the world. The results of these surveys conclude that mental health disorders are more prevalent than any other chronic illness. The author of the article “Prevalence, Severity, and Unmet Need for Treatment of Mental Health Disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys”, named Koen Demyttenaere
The Correlation of Health Plan Surveys and Quality Standards The standards of care makes a real difference to the quality of our lives, whether we are the patients or the relatives of those who are. Because of budget constraints, nurses are now forced to be a jack-of-all-trades and management is placing resources wherever the need is greatest. Qualitative measures must be scrutinized in order to produce satisfactory results when considering the best care possible for our nation. Sentara CarePlex
The 2011-2012 California Student Tobacco Survey (CSTS) provides an opportunity to explore this relationship as this will be the first investigation into this relationship with this particular data set. The 2011-2012 CSTS is a large-scale in-school student survey that asks questions about smoking behaviors, SHS smoke exposure, attitudes about school and local smoking policies, and depressive symptoms. Hypotheses & Specific Aims This study was a secondary data analysis of the 2011-2012 CSTS. The