Pearland Health Center is a facility that caters to emergency type needs. The needs of the clients are of minor care; if the care is major; they are advised and transported to the nearest hospital; such as those that are need of a CT or MRI. The service delivery area is typically walk-ins instead of ambulances. Although the cases that looked into are minor, but the injuries themselves can be somewhat major due to the training and experiences of the professionals and physicians on site. The professionals and physicians are trained and have experience with high volume emergency trauma within a twelve-year and more spans.
As CEO of Middle field hospital I believe specific strategies need to be developed in order to improve the financial performance of the hospital. One of the problems at Middle field is competition from a nearby hospital. The nearby hospital that competes with Middlefield has opened a wellness center that offers a comprehensive array of preventative and wellness services to the community. This facility is attracting young families to seek services at this location. At Middlefield we have been relying on our reputation too much.
The expansion of 340B discounts, where oncology drug makers provided outpatient drugs at deep discounts to facilities that met their criteria, also faced lots of criticism since the facilities where to pass on the discounts to the patients but did not (Wang, Tao & Hamilton, n.d.). All facilities are recruiting additional physicians. With the shortage of oncologists and other specialists many cancer facilities are using non-physicians such as nurse practitioners or physicians assistants to treat patients. The patients rated their care with non-physicians at 92.5% satisfaction rate (Acheson, M.D., A., n.d.). b. Orthopedic
Then there will be a biopsy to determine between a primary and a cancer that has spread from another organ. Chemotherapy may result in tumor shrinkage, but does not prolong survival. There are many investigational drugs, but you have to fit into a very tight fit of criteria to receive these drugs. While you are waiting, your liver is not functioning at full capacity due to the tumor taking up space. It pushes against the arteries in the liver.
Pros and Cons of Managed Care PROs | CONs | Managed care is a set of techniques designed to make the providers of health care more accountable for the quality of the health care they delivered. | Premiums for private health insurance are getting costly. | Often negotiate lower rates for basic healthcare procedures with physicians, labs and various types of healthcare facilities. | Members may not be fully satisfied with the care that is given by a primary care physician and would want to consult with another who is not included in the network. | Many health insurance plans operate with the use of a wide range of physicians and specialists who are connected with the insurance provider network.
The organization has to target the potential customers according to its products. As these days the diabetes is getting popular among people and our hospital is marketing the medicine that controls the diabetes among the children and elderly parents. To market the new medicine the marketing group needs to know the population make up in terms of age, gender, marital status, occupation, and income level. It can help to get the information on the consumer. Most of the research is done on the basis of demographic but now the psychographic marketing is becoming popular.
Health providers are contracted with insurance companies to provide health care services. The interaction begins with the office visit: a physician or their staff will typically create or update the patient's medical record. This record contains a summary of treatment and demographic
Communication and Information technology Melissa Liesmann HCS 320 September 19, 2011 Sue Cox Communication and Information technology When thinking about communication and information technology, not many think that they can go hand in hand. This paper is going to discuss one type of information technology that can provide information but also be used as a way of communication. By now many know what electronic medical record is or EMR. It is a computerized medical record created in an organization that delivers care such as a hospital or physician’s office. It is a way to transmit patient information electronically and allow for physicians and staff to communicate by EMR instant messaging.
Solving the Medicare Crisis Your Name Health Policy and Economics Devry University/ Keller School of Management 11/7/11 Abstract Health care programs for aged and retired individuals of the society are critical in countries that aim at bettering the medical health care of its inhabitants. Designing advanced Medicare programs enables collection of revenues and premiums from individual workers by health care related companies. Medicare programs assists aged and retired individuals get access to health care at any time of ill. Usually, retired individuals do not have other serious sources of income for supporting themselves in the lines of and acquisition of health care and basic human wants. Medicare comprises the largest
Medical pluralism is defined as the utilization of more than one medical system or the use of both conventional medicine and CAM for health and illness (cf. Wade et al. 2008). Study conducted medical questionnaires reported medical pluralism in diabetes mellitus are still limited. However, the recent patterns of MP and associated factors in diabetes mellitus treatment particularly in Indonesia need to be investigated more closely.