Kindred Healthcare

The learning experience in this class with readings and weekly assignments allowed each of the course objectives to be thoroughly explored and met. The political process and development of political actions to develop policies to impact the provision of health care was examined through the research of the Affordable Care Act established in 2010 and through the development of MACRA legislation. Together both political changes are working to improve health care and the outcomes of patients. Both are

Introduction According to the National Hospice and Palliative Care organization, in 2011, an estimated 1.651 million patients received services from hospice care, while 1,059,000 patients passed away from this form of care in the same year (NHPCO pdf, 2012). Hospice end of life cares mission/goal is to provide compassionate care for patients and their families who are living with a life limiting illness. This type of medical service gives expert medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual

Inadequacy of the United States Mental Health Care System: Barriers to Care According to the World Health Organization, mental illness will affect approximately 25% of people at some point in their life (“WHO Qualityrights”, n.d.). Despite that, the current mental health care system in the United States is inadequate. Many aspects of the system need improving, especially the barriers to service. In fact, approximately 20% of individuals are left without necessary treatment for their mental health

to do my cross cultural report on The United States, Washington DC in relations to London England. The topic that I have chosen is Mental Healthcare. I have often witnessed our mental health people in Washington DC and believed enough has not been done in the to rectify this problem especially the youth. First let’s examine The United States Mental healthcare system and then London England. We will discuss the developmental domains of both countries, the laws and practices, attitudes as well as

REPORT ON HEALTH FACILITIES AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN LINCOLN COUNTY, ARKANSAS This is a brief report on health facilities, and supply and distribution of health professionals in Lincoln County, AR, addressed to the Mayor of the County Seat. As an employee of the Arkansas Department of Health, it is a great pleasure to provide you with the information you have requested on Lincoln County. I appreciate your passion to improve the health of the people of this county. In this report, I will be talking

Wellstar Hiring Dilemma Wellstar health administrators like many others across the country face the dilemma of hiring the best employees and retaining them. The trends facing them are making recruiting difficult, causing turnover rates to be high and are resulting higher costs. The first line of defense is to retain the employees in which they currently have because of heavy competition. Wellstar administrator’s staff can use more help, should have a better atmosphere and be more diversified

Medical tourism is trending as time goes on and as the population increase throughout the world. Medical tourism is a concept where individuals from their native countries visit foreign countries to receive the medical attention they need that is not available in their native country (CDC, 2016). This is further divided into outbound and inbound, inbound refers to the patients coming to the country and outbound refers to the individuals leaving the country (Horowitz et al, 2007). First world countries

In his Modern Healthcare article, “HIPPA Hurdles”, author Joe Carlson exclaims his concern for the new rules set in HIPPA that will be put into place this month. HIPPA is a set of measures, and laws, that healthcare provider’s take to ensure they are “safeguarding” patient’s health information (Carlson 2013). Carlson is speaking up for most healthcare providers when he describes his distaste for these new provisions in the Omnibus HIPPA Final Rule. The main issue in these provisions states that providers

Introduction Holding values in life is the best way to live a moral life. Values are a pile of knowledge to our foundation of living. It gives us purpose and the reason to move on in life. Focusing on what is worthy and valid in life helps people understand their real values in life. By definition, “values are the things that you believe are important in the way you live and work”, (Mind Tools, 2017, p.1). They usually regulate your priorities and quantify them to determine how your

and multi-dimensional. It was saddening to learn that in this day and age problems of inequality persist; more surprising still is the fact that inequality is prevalent within the healthcare system. This is a shocking and deeply disappointing realization for me. In retrospect, I acknowledge that my view of modern healthcare has been somewhat naïve and limited, as I incorrectly assumed that given the increase in education, social reformation, and the wealth of historical perspective available to us today