United health Care Case Study United health care prevents patients by using advanced and analytical techniques. The company offers consumer oriented benefits that effectively measures and improves customer satisfaction. It also improves the level of performance. (Uhc.com, 2013) It is the most leading US health care that offers variety of health care plans to the patients in not less than 70 countries worldwide. It also shows the important bases of the customers for continuous service improvement and dedicated customer efforts.
Comparative effectiveness research has proven itself to be an important component in health care for identifying the best and most cost-effective interventions and standardizing their use. “A Comparative Effectiveness Research System (CER System) is a mechanism for synthesizing research about different medical interventions and translating it into guidelines for or restrictions on the use of different types of therapies, in an attempt to maximize good outcomes for patients” (Jonas, 278). The main goal of the CER System is to maintain and standardize quality and of health care and control the costs. In the comparative effectiveness research system, researchers can compare the benefits and harms of treatments, procedures, medications, and many more aspects in healthcare to see which one is more effective in preventing, diagnosing, treating, or even monitoring patients conditions. Treatments and procedures can be very different depending on the situation, and the comparative effectiveness research system develops the most effective approach to every situation.
The success of implementation of their EHR system followed the basic steps of strategic planning which are the evaluating of vision and mission of the organization, modification to vision and mission to move towards a better quality EHR to improve patient care, and develop goals that are reasonable, measureable, and tactical. Their EHR system successfully incorporates management, functionality, technology and value which is why they are HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award
In order for the health care manager to assure that operations run smoothly, I feel that planning is the most important role of these four roles. Within the role of planning a health care manager can make essential decisions concerning their facility. This allows them to identify preferred work results that can be achieved by staff with positive outcomes. Suitable decisions demand perspective-a clear, comprehensive view of actual performance. Such perspective demands are necessary for the planning of continuous performance improvement.
Future Trends in Health care HCS/533 Running Head: FUTURE TRENDS IN HEALTH CARE Abstract Information technology is a valuable asset in in the health care organization for improving today’s health care business competitiveness. In order to provide service in a competitive health care environment, demands on the quality of care and service should be met while maintaining the core values. Consumers are aware of their health care needs, and demands quick response, less waiting times and needs health care services near to them. Information technology has a great potential to meet consumers’ needs. Embracing e-Healthcare and using information technology as a strategic tool will enable health care professionals to benefit from information technology (Hovenga & Heard, 2010).
Health departments have been encouraging the development of EBP so the most effective health care is being used and so the best benefits come out of it (Xiaoshi, 2008, p.6-12). This encouraging is showing to be effective because there are many cases of using evidence-based practice in the medical field. Health care providers are being assisted in taking on evidence-based practice while having the guidelines for clinical practice. An example of challenging the traditional work routine is when a clinical question about the administering of intramuscular injections
Because health psychology gives its emphasis to major approaches like the behavioural approach, the cognitive-behavioural, psychophysiological, clinical psychology, general systems theory approaches et al, these theories will always make a great positive impact on addressing human problem, because the main role of health psychology is to apply health psychology to the promotion and maintenance of health, the analysis and improvement of the health care system and health policy formation, the prevention of illness and disability and the enhancement of outcomes of those who are ill or disabled (APA Divison 38). Health Psychologist have been promoting health by running programmes and campaigns to help people achieve good health, i.e. making people stop smoking and reduce the amount of alcohol they consume, this used in applying the Antonovsky’s ( 1979) sense of coherence is a one theoretical concept. Healthy Psychologist have been able to apply
An evidence-based practice is a continuous process that has the objective of bringing together clinical knowledge, the best scientific research evidence, and the opinion of the patient to provide high quality services focusing on their necessities and values. (Evidence-Based Practice, 2012). Experts consider that a best practice is a set of guidelines that have proven to be the most efficient courses of action. It involves reaching a certain level of agreement on research based knowledge, and the process of integrating it to improve healthcare delivery. They are usually set forth by an authority, which depending on the context could be a governing entity or management.
Better Teamwork, Better Patient Care Sabrina Haight Baker College of Cadillac Better Teamwork, Better Patient Care A health care team has a duty to provide effective, quality care in order to enhance the health and well-being of its patients. Every professional on that team has different roles to play in providing that standard of care. These roles range from CNA to nurse to physician, with many other interdisciplinary roles as well, like paramedic, respiratory therapist, or social worker. Each person has distinct expertise and skills to contribute that can be applied to the patient’s care. Organization and cooperation must be integrated into the team to ensure that needs of the patient are adequately met.
The goal of KM is to improve organizational performance by enabling individuals to capture, share and apply their collective knowledge to make optimal 'decisions in real time'... the new main goals of health care organizations are safety, efficiency and effectiveness, centrality of the patient, continuity of care, care quality and access equity. As a consequence, medical KM and health care process management are crucial to achieve the desired quality” [7]. Peter Szolovits, one of Stefanelli's co-panelists, says “AI in medicine is viewed today much less as a separate field and more as an essential component of biomedical informatics and one of the methodologies that can help solve problems in health care” [7]. Data is the lifeblood of