Its Primary purpose is to ensure quality patient care and managing the cost of that care. Its secondary purpose as defined by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) deals with individual users for education, regulations, policies and public health from data entered, verified, corrected or analyzed directly or indirectly. Homeland Security has recently been added to the list of users, including patient care providers, managers and staff, coders and patients themselves. Patients can make changes as necessary. Other users might include lawyers, employers, law enforcement and researchers.
An assessment of Internet capabilities, financial ability, clinical priorities, and specialy specific requirements. Assessment of staff computer abilities, knowledge, and attitudes toward the EHR ("How To Implement EHR'S", n.d). The AMA has developed a needs assessment checklist that includes integration with current processes, workflow features, interfaces, reporting needs, and technical configuration (American Medical Association, n.d). To obtain the data for the needs assessment a committee should be formed with all areas of the
According to Neuman’s Systems Model, the person is composed of psychological, sociocultural, physiological, developmental and variables (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). These variables affect how the person views surgery and the type of pre and postoperative teaching. Environment as described in Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory is external and connected to the patient forming a cohesive system (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). The environment is a key concept in perioperative nursing. It includes the preoperative area, operating room, the sterile field and the post anesthesia care unit (PACU).
According to Kaplan University (n.d.), medical office managers must be competent in medical records management, billing and coding, and insurance processing. Medical office managers, also known as medical practice managers or medical practice administrators, oversee single and multiple medical offices within the same company. A manager’s responsibilities can vary depending upon the type and size of the medical practice, along with the structure of management. (Medical Office Manager Job Descriptions & Career Opportunities, n.d.). Whether in a large facility clinic or a small medical office, managers are responsible for the overall business operations.
Assignment 3 Corporate Governance and Ethical Responsibility Research Paper Lateefah A. Muhammad, J.D. Professor of Legal Studies 1) Determine at least three (3) different internal and external stakeholders that Dr. DoRight might have to deal with on a daily basis at the hospital. Hospital facilities are important in the well-being of patients’ health. People attend hospitals in a fragile state, trusting that the staff of the institution will act in their best interest, and that their judgment will be base on ethics, professionalism, and training. Their medical expertise and training are crucial.
Competency was frequently employed to determine staff skills against the requirements of a position. It was also used to support staff development, as a tool to facilitate individual performance review, and to identify the ongoing professional development needs of individual staff (Baker R., 2003). Each staff in the ward should have their own competencies on functional, team and organization effectiveness according to their different levels of position including Registered Nurse, Enrolled Nurse and all the supporting staff working in hospital. Since the competency of each level of staff is embracing or adding on to that below, being an APN, he or she should familiarize with each level’s core competency in order to lead and supervise them to ensure the high standard of care in the ward. According to World Health Organization, “standard of care” is defined as a generally accepted level of care or set of processes that all practitioners should follow in dealing with a specific patient or disease.
I am currently a Registered Nurse in the telemetry unit where most of my patients range from middle age to the elderly with heart-related conditions. My duties and responsibilities includes assessments of patients, creating necessary nursing diagnosis, care planning, nursing intervention within my scope of practice, evaluation of the provided treatments, and notifying the doctor when necessary. In addition, I also provide continuing education to patients upon admission, during hospitalization, discharge, preventive measures, treatments, self medication, and home care. As a patient advocate, I will continue to provide compassionate and quality nursing care to my patients. My long-term goals are to obtain a Master’s degree in Nursing in the next five years and to become a practitioner.
Personal and Professional Healthcare Communication Pape/350 HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATION12/13/2011Randall WebbHealthcare Communication Health care communication can be defined in different ways. Health care communication is between health care providers or between providers and patients or communities. It is the process of communicating heath information for the use of patient care or for individuals to obtain, process, and understand the health information needed to make appropriate health decisions. Many times it occurs either verbally or non-verbally and is a process that enhances the sharing of ideas and knowledge. The relevancy of effective personal healthcare communication with other healthcare professionals, clients, patients It is very important for the health care team to communicate with all team members regarding assessment, intervention, outcomes, and client status.
Georgina A. Martin MAN 324 Feb. 26, 2015 Healthcare Delivery Systems: Employment in Health Care Healthcare Delivery Systems: Employment in Health Care Health Care Delivery Systems are organized systems that professional healthcare workers and administrators work together and provide services for health care; these systems could include hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, home health care, assisted living, physicians, health treatment plans, and other services. This paper will cover the roles of health care providers as well as other clinical and non-clinical health care providers. Doctors and nurses are the strength of the health care system in the United States. “Of course, many other medical professionals, such as orderlies, radiology technicians and dietitians are employed in the health care industry, but the vast majority of diagnosis and patient care is performed by doctors and nurses” (Browne, 2015). Physicians are extremely educated medical specialists that completed undergrad degree then four more years of medical school followed by 3- to 6-year residency working doctors of their chosen specialty.
FETAC level 5 Medical Terminology SN2428 “The Role of the Medical Secretary Within a Chosen Healthcare Setting” Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………….. 1 Part One – Common medical terminology used in ….. Gastroenterology area …2 Part Two – importance of correct medical terminology usage in communicating with patients and medical practitioners …………………………………………………………… 5 Part Three – Illustration the rational and procedure to be followed in preparing and assembling X-ray reports………6 * …..6 * 8 Conclusion 10 Recommendations ...11 Bibliography.........................................................................13 Introduction, Aims & Objections A medical secretary has very important function in the medical profession. The job incorporates aspects of administrative duties with medical knowledge. They are usually the first point of contact for patients in a physician's office, a clinic or hospital and make the first impression for the entire office. Apart from having excellent general secretarial skills, they should be knowledgeable in medical terminology, lab procedures and legislation relating to the healthcare sector. The aims and objections of this project is to introduce common Medical Terminology in healthcare setting.