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the ever-changing world of healthcare comes the numerous issues the nursing profession faces today. Just a few of these issues include economics, politics, epidemics of disease such as Ebola, and healthcare reform. One of the biggest issues within the nursing profession today is the nursing shortage. This issue is not only a concern for the nursing professional, but also a concern for the whole health care system as well as consumers. With the implementation of healthcare reform in the United States

Supplying the Demand for Qualified Nurses BACKGROUND: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Employment Projections 2010-2020 published in February 2012 indicated that registered nurses are the top occupation with respect to job growth through 2020 (Nursing shortage, 2012). These projections also indicated that the number of active nurses will increase from 2.74 million in 2010 to 3.45 million in 2020, representing a 26% increase of 712,000 nurses; however, these projections also highlight the

Electronic Health Records: The Role of Electronic Health Records and Health Information Exchange in the Delivery of Quality Healthcare R Arku Community College of Allegheny County Health Information Technology, Cohort 5 Tutor January 14,2011 Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Quality Definition 6 Data Collection Challenges 7 Electronic Records and its influence on quality 9 Data Infrastructure – Performance Measurement Foundation 11 Quality Measurements and Data Extraction

Linear Programming in Healthcare Systems: Linear programming is one of the qualitative tools in the decision-making process of Operations Research. Similar with the other methods in Operations Research, linear programming consists of a series of mathematical optimization and simulation means and models. Currently, the use of linear programming in providing optimized solutions has helped in lessening costs significantly across medium and large-sized organizations in various industrialized countries

paper serves as an introduction to a dissertation. It shall introduce the scope of the dissertation by discussing the problem, the background of the problem, the purpose of the proposal, the scope of the proposal and the general organization of the proposal. The thesis of the dissertation is wait times at clinics and how that time can be reduced to obtain efficiency at clinics. Problem Statement The subject of this paper is waiting times at clinics and how that time can be minimized. What is wait time

Understand problem / opportunity WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW & WHAT ORGANIZATION KNOWS: INTERVIEWS • Company Timeline: The Accidental Start 2011-2012 Based on a recent interview with both managing partners of Prime Time Healthcare, our team has a solid understanding on how data visualization can create numerous advantages for our clients (Spencer & Dries, 2014). In 2012, Prime Time Healthcare was created by accident after a lawsuit changed the entrepreneur’s original business plan, and the result of

as full access to healthcare, there are many others who only have limited access to the basic necessities. Because of this issue, the affordable care act was developed creating new laws, regulations, taxes, and subsidies as a way to ensure all Americans have equal access to healthcare. Although the law aimed to be a solution for those with little to no access to healthcare, it resulted in a number of problems that frustrated doctors and patients, and complicated the healthcare system. While some

Introduction The healthcare industry, like any others, is going across a term of ?glocalization,? a combined concept of both globalization and localization. Although healthcare service is often supplied locally, the trends of changing in global healthcare industry still influence local health systems. On the other words, different health systems are sharing some challenges and opportunities worldwide (46). The workforce is always playing a fundamental role in health systems because they delivery

It is time, at last, to speak the truth about my community. As an 18 year old living in Ottawa, the Nation’s Capital, I have had many feelings regarding the homeless and the poor living within my community. The homeless and the poor require much needed assistance, as their situation is miserable. Being given the power to make changes, I think this issue would be the first priority. As a member of my community, Ottawa, I must aim for a positive change. The change could be in housing, food services

Why is the United States spending $3.2 trillion on health care while most of us aren’t really healthy? The healthcare system in the United States is currently insufficient in supplying care to all United States citizens fundamentally as a result of the enormous costs. We currently have a health care system primarily made up and controlled by a private sector, government owned, for-profit, and non-profit organizations that all partake to keep our population healthy and well. This is not actually what