The Primary Care Clinic January 31, 2015 HSA 300 - Health Services Organization Management Professor Janet Kaplan The Primary Care Clinic Many important factors go into play when running a healthcare organization. I plan to discuss some of the key components that have influenced the development of this health care facility. The clinic mission statement will be stated and addressed to clear up any confusion. I plan to identify the three performance measures I would use to measure the clinic’s
analyze in detail things about each position. The 2nd step I will need to do is look at the outpatient clinic position, and see exactly what is required for this clinic. Next I will need to make a decision on who will be the
Leadership and Team Development Marilyn Vecchio Western Governors University Organizational Leadership and Team Development UOT2 December 18, 2014 Organizational Leadership and Team Development Current Practice Setting The Family Health Center is a clinic that is under the umbrella of Bear Valley Community Hospital, a small rural hospital. The hospital is located in a ski resort town in the mountains above San Bernardino County. The next closest medical facility is an approximate hour drive on curvy
To begin with, efficiency, with the aim of maintaining time for doctors take care of patients. Efficiency means the optimum method for getting from one point to another. For general out-patient clinics, making appointment is necessary before you get consultant. Doctors only spend around a few minutes consulting to a patient, and one case per each time in order to manage large amount patients who were waiting. In addition, there is an accident and emergency service provides for public. Nevertheless
There are other clinics located throughout Pocahontas county, encompassing a total of only sixteen providers of similar specialty to care for a population of approximately nine-thousand (Pocahontas Memorial Hospital, 2013). The Pocahontas Health Needs Assessment (2013) determined
The first objective that we made for him is to help identify the triggers that cause him to get angry. The second objective was to utilize various outlets two times a week to help him destress when he is feeling overwhelmed. He mentioned that he enjoys doing karate, boxing, and running and would like to make it a priority for his mental health. The two interventions that we added to the treatment plan were to continue attending psychotherapy sessions and medication management. The psychiatrist instructed
Lastly, we had the chance to observe a treatment session of a current police officer whose gun had a faulty discharge and shot through his finger. With this incident, he injured his FDP and FDS tendon of his pointer finger. Following his injury, he immediately had surgery to successfully reattach the tendons to avoid any adhesions or further retraction of the tendon proximally. As mentioned in class and consistent with the literature, he began physical therapy immediately after to begin early range
For the last six months, I have been part of a group of clinicians who have wanted to improve Hollywood Mental Health Center. We examined current problems at the clinic and identified the following major patterns: Employees need adequate work space, they need health and safety and equity problems resolved, accountability for doctor’s actions and inactions, engineer a gamut of safety issues ranging from clinicians being stalked/harassed by clients to unsafe neighborhood/parking problems to OSHA,
Summary Cystic fibrosis [CF] is a chronic disease in which preventative treatment with nebulised antibiotics can reduce pulmonary exacerbations that otherwise require rescue therapy. However, adherence is low. Making adherence to maintenance treatment visible is a crucial step towards improving adherence. In this article, we discuss how adherence data can be used to support Quality Improvement in CF through behaviour change in both people with cystic fibrosis and their clinical teams. Keywords: Adherence
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Pocahontas Memorial Hospital (PMH) is the only hospital in rural Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It is a 25 bed critical access hospital with a rural health clinic (RHC) located within the hospital. Like other rural healthcare systems, PMH faces face a myriad of challenges due to geographic isolation, lack of economies of scale, lower socioeconomic status, higher disease burden, and substantial access barriers (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services