This essay will focus on the role of the Assistant Practitioner and its introduction and establishment into the NHS career pathway. It will explain how the role of the nurse altered, which in turn led to the position of the Assistant Practitioner being created, the relevant changes that happened in the NHS at that time, where the role of an Assistant Practitioner slots into the existing hierarchy of nursing care and how its planned expansion will possibly impact on medical establishments in the United Kingdom. It will also cover other aspects such as training and potential regulation and where other than a hospital an Assistant Practitioner might come to be employed. The principles of accountability will also be outlined. Various factors have led to the creation of this new position of Assistant Practitioner, one of the main ones being a general shake-up in the world of nursing that came as a result of Project 2000, which came into being in 1986.
Which type of bill is used for physician services? Which type of bill is used for hospital services? Abstract The health care delivery system of today has undergone tremendous change, even over the relatively short period of the past decade. Health care utilization also has evolved as the population’s need for care has changed over time. The growth of managed care and payment mechanisms employed by insurers and other payers in an attempt to control the rate of health care spending has also had a major impact on health care utilization.
The following assignment intends to provide a brief overview of the role of Assistant Practitioner (AP), the requirements and responsibilities associated with the role, whilst exploring how it is currently being utilised in the English National Health Service (NHS). The Journal of Nursing Management (2009) acknowledges that in the last decade, there has been an increase in nursing support workforce numbers and the scope of their practice in NHS acute hospital trusts. This has coincided with a fall in the number of registered healthcare professionals, and more significantly - the cost of healthcare that has dramatically increased, as highlighted by the Royal College of Nursing (2009). With increasing demands on the NHS, and decreasing budgets being faced by ward/department managers – this has resulted in an exploration of the AP role and its implementation. It is suggested by the NHS directorate that developing the role of the AP may assist in employers ensuring they have the suitable and flexible mix of skills to meet complex patient needs, freeing up registered practitioners such as Registered Nurses (RGN) and Operating Department Practitioners (ODP) to deliver care of which they have been uniquely trained for.
According to Rosenau, Lai, and Lako (2012), the United States health care industry P4P is one of the most important developments after capitation and managed care. The target of P4P is to change the behavior patients, physicians, and those working in the health care industry through a system of rewards and punishments. The P4P bonus for physicians can become the form of an add-on to his or her salary to the general fee-for-service. A bonus for a hospital can be additional payments beyond the payments received through the diagnosis group based payment. A punishment through the P4P system can end in the reduction of compensation or other penalties.
History[edit] The Department of Health was formally created in 1988, through The Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order. Like many others, the Department with responsibility for the nation's health has had different names and included other functions over time. [3] In the 19th century, several bodies were formed for specific consultative duties and dissolved when they were no longer required. There were two incarnations of the Board of Health (in 1805 and 1831) and a General Board of Health (1854 to 1858) that reported directly into the Privy Council. Responsibility for health issues was also at times, and in part, vested in local health boards and, with the emergence of modern local government, with the Local Government
Running head: Advanced Heart Care Transitional Program Transitional Care Proposal Health Care Systems and Finance July 24, 2011 Transitional Care Nurse Proposal The new Health Care Reform is implementing many new practices within the health care system. One, in particular is the reimbursement on 30-day readmissions. Reductions of hospital admissions and emergency room visits have been proposed as a strategy to reduce costs by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Nearly 20% of Medicare beneficiaries were re-hospitalized within 30 days of hospital discharge as an estimated cost to Medicare at 17.4 billion (Bobay, Yakusheve & Weiss, 2011). Readmissions have been identified as a potentially preventable and are considered an
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It stated that LTC facilities with EHRs will have a new competitive edge. This edge will help the LTC facilities communicate data with local acute care sites (Tabar, 2013). As our population ages the number of people seeking LTC facilities after an acute hospital stay has increased. Chronic diseases, which affect older adults disproportionately, contribute to disability; diminish quality of life and increased health and long-term care costs (Hall, 2013). The implementation of EHRs in LTC facilities or home health can manage patients care to promote improvements in the patients outcome and possible help decrease medical cost.
Healthcare Access October 13, 2013 Deborah Conway Search for proposal(s) by your state governor to deal with a health care access problem and write a paper of 1,250−1,500 words on the following: President Barack Obama’s health care plan is supposed to be in full effect by the year 2014, which will mandate everyone to have health insurance and the country’s Medicaid system to go into an expansion helping the poor and the uninsured. Insurance companies will no longer be able to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions or the very ill. Implementation of the new healthcare law will not be easy the country’s budget is number one on the list. How is this country going to fund for the new health
Why? What steps should health care administrators take to absorb or mitigate the rising credentialing requirements? Why? Grand Canyon HCA812 Week 8 Discussion DQ 1 & DQ 2 Latest 2015 October DQ 1 Which of the current trends in health care regulation reform will have the most positive influence on quality of care and organizational sustainability? Why?