Case Study: The Mount Sinai Hospital Ecosystem

One of the issues with the electronic systems in health care for MU is the ability to retrieve laboratory results during a patient’s visit. In 2013, Hinrichs and Zarcone reveal that over 70% of medical decisions are determined by laboratory results. In 2007, AU Health implemented Cerner Millennium PowerChart that displays clinical data to improve the point of care for patients. With the PowerChart solution, the patient’s information can be easily verified, vital signs can be entered, and family history can be updated. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) signed by President Obama in 2013 places emphasis on expanding insurance coverage of medical care for everyone. As part of the ACA, the improvements in the way these results are exchanged and transmitted will add value to quality, safety, efficiency of health information (Hinrichs & Zarcone, 2013). The transmission and availability of EHR affect how other health professionals send and receive information at the local, state, and national levels.

The use of mobile technology in the healthcare industry has exploded in the last ten years. Mobile health or mHealth, provides an entire new aspect of the relationship between patients and their doctors and other medical providers. Mobile devices place important and critical information into a medical professional’s hands in real-time. Doctors can monitor a patient’s condition more frequently, allowing them to make better and more informed decisions and diagnoses.

NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System is an integrated healthcare organization that makes up a division of acute-care hospitals, all types of facilities, continuing care facilities and ambulatory care centers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Most patients of NYP are academic affiliates of either Weill Cornell Medical College or Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City (Rodak, 2013).

The implementation of the EMR system has also had close ties with CVS, so that healthcare providers and CVS can work in collaboration on patient care. CVS highlights that they, “heightening our ability to provide collaborative care. We added 19 health

NY Presbyterian is made up of six campuses(About Us): NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian / The Allen Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian / Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian / Lower Manhattan Hospital, and NewYork-Presbyterian / Westchester Division. NewYork-Presbyterian Regional Hospital Network comprises of leading regional hospitals in the New York metropolitan region which includes: NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian / Lawrence Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian / Hudson Valley Hospital, and NewYork-Presbyterian / Queens.

Supporting Point-According to the author Culp-Ressler (2014), the new government data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one quarter of American families have trouble paying their health care expeneses (Culp-Ressler 2014).

Recently the Antelope Valley Hospital Foundation (AVHF) marked its 40-year anniversary of supporting the Antelope Valley’s only hospital offering full-service acute care by presenting a donation of almost $1 million.

Healthcare changes occur rapidly, and it’s a costly venture to constantly pay staff to research trends, and assist with implementation procedures. Organizations such as OAHHS have been developed to help remove that pressure individually, and allow Oregon hospitals to utilize the information that is provided and advocated for at the state level. Hospitals that take advantage of such programs benefit from this growing organization, which continues to hire new staff, are able to tackle specific projects that are of importance to those digesting information to tailor it for specialties.

This office represents Teamsters Local 251. I have your letter of March 15, 2016, regarding Edmund C. Carreiro and his bill for services rendered by Rhode Island Hospital. We understand that this matter was not a workers’ compensation claim but Mr. Carreiro has health insurance and the matter should be processed under his medical coverage.

Women, Infant and Children program, WIC is a Federally-funded program designed to improve nutrition and health of low-income women and their children under the age of five. This program has decreased the premature births, and elongated the pregnancy of mothers by providing a rich diet full of vitamins and minerals such as iron, vitamin c, vitamin B6, thiamin, and niacin (USDA, ). WIC provides nutrition education in order to improve health and decrease the infant deaths. Patient care is a priority for health care providers due to the increasing demand for quality care. This essay will analyze three processes that enhance patient care at Coney Island Hospital, which include accessibility to food services, competence of personnel, and counseling.

This is causing doctors to become too reliant on the EHR’s to communicate for them. The EHR’s should not replace oral communication between doctors and nurses.

In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Health Information Technology (HITECH) act provision was passed into law. Billions of dollars was allocated by the federal government to provide financial incentives to hospitals and healthcare providers who will implement health information technology and electronic health records. HITECH seeks to improve American health care delivery and patient care through an unprecedented investment in Health Information Technology (HIT) (healthit.gov). Technology is changing fast and the use of digital technology has transformed the way people exchange and use information. Laptops, smartphones, tablets, and other digital devices are now the main tools that people use to create and send information. In order to cope up with these changes, the healthcare industry must adapt the use of technology to record, store and exchange information.

From a previous visit and learning more about the city from a friend growing up there, I have developed a strong interest in Philadelphia. Aside from the unique arts, food, and culture, Temple University Hospital’s location offers opportunities that best suit my career goals. Since I have an interest in pediatrics, the notable primary care shortage in Pennsylvania, and especially in Philadelphia, will allow me to help a large amount of people. As a large urban city, Philadelphia has many parallels to the familiar Los Angeles area I have grown up. Similarly, Philadelphia is a diverse community with people of varying cultures and socioeconomic classes. The seven affiliated hospitals in the area are also in differing locations. This will present

For a medium-sized urban hospital with 160 beds and 1,500 associates to be able to gain the trust and confidence of patients and compete with mega-hospitals in the healthcare industry, the management of the hospital would have to explore new technologies that would enhance the quality of services and patient care rendered to customers. Further, to ensure that all the departments in the hospitals such as ICUs, mother & baby, emergency services, radiology, oncology, surgery, and operating room (OR) would have to function efficiently and improve the patient experience. New EMR application would improve the security of patient’s information and ensure timely retrieval of medical records such that the quality of diagnosis would be enhanced significantly. As the IT director, it is my responsibility to make sure that the hospital system has a robust IT network that would enable efficient information flow within

The healthcare system has seen significant change over the past decade. This is due to improved technology, healthcare reform, and the economic crisis (Hendren, 2010). With the changes that are occurring,