Required Medicaid Lock-in Program Medicaid is a federal and state funded program for people who can’t afford medical care. Through taxes, Missouri residents currently help pay the medical care for approximately 818,900 patients. Those patients consist of people who legitimately need help and who follow the rules of the system and people who try to cheat the system. Within the Medicaid system is a lock-in program that helps eliminate harmful practices such as medication abuse and the duplication of medical services and treatments. The way the program works is simple.
Evaluation of Website for Credibility: American Heart Association Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 500: Foundational Concepts and Applications Summer 2014 Evaluation of Website for Credibility: American Heart Association The American Heart Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization that provides health education on various cardiovascular diseases to the public. The purpose of AHA is to eliminate cardiovascular disease by educating the public, health care professionals, and lawmakers. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2014, states cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the United States and it is important to educate the public in order to decrease mortality. The AHA website’s goal is
Caring for the patient not only physically, emotionally, and spiritually, but also socially. Obtaining accurate background information from the patient and family members, treating the patient as an individual will help the care delivered be at a higher standard. This will also help make the hospital experience a pleasant one. "It is critical for practioners to keep in mind that groups are composed of individuals, and we should not stereotype individuals in terms of their group characteristics"(De Chesnay, p.3, para 2, 2008). In conclusion, the vulnerable population has been identified.
Douglas County Clinic Budget Cut Charlotte Gardner HSC/514 August 19th, 2012 Albert Hart Douglas County Clinic Budget Cut Douglas County Clinic is small clinic in Lee Nebraska that provides quality healthcare to all of its patients. It is a facility that accepts Medicaid patients and does its best to meet the needs of its patients. However, recently there has been a slight budget cut of 15% in the department and a decision must be made as to what services can be eliminated or introduced, while keeping the best interest of the patients at mind. The goal of this paper is to explain what decisions have been made concerning these services, and a detailed description of how this organization came to its decision. In an effort to start
7 of the text, and this week’s articles on cardiovascular health. Remember—you will come into contact with seniors from all walks of life, so write questions that are direct, yet friendly. Apply judgment when writing questions; you cannot possibly cover all forms of cardiovascular disease with one 10-question interview. Finally, imagine you are actually conducting the interviews within a retirement community when one interviewee says her sister has been diagnosed with a particular cardiovascular disease. She wants you to explain what must be done to treat the disease because her sister did not understand the doctor’s explanation.
Mid-Columbia’s mission is to lead and act as a catalyst in promoting health for all people. They want to recognize the individual as a whole human being with different needs and to communicate a vision of health and education to upgrade the quality of life in the community environment. They believe it is important to empower people to become partners in their own healthcare. Mid-Columbia’s commitment to meet or exceed expectations of patients and to create an exceptional experience, results in industry leading levels of patient satisfaction (MCMC,
One of those organizations is the Joint Commission and another one of them is the National Committee of Quality Assurance (NCQA). These organizations are responsible for developing and improving the quality of care. The Joint Commission is responsible for trying to continually improve the health care of the public they do this by working with stakeholders and evaluating different health care organizations while encouraging them to go above and beyond in providing safe and effective care at the highest quality and value (Spath, 2014). The NCQA is responsible for developing standards that will continue to improve the quality of health care. If an organization is interested in acquiring the seal of the NCQA they must first be able to pass a rigorous and comprehensive review as well as report annually on the continued performance of the organization (About NCQA, 2014).
UNDERSTANDING HOW OWN ROLE FIT WITHIN THE WIDER CONTEXT OF THE SECTOR 3.1 How Own Role Fits with the Delivery of the Service Provide The mission statement of my own work place is to observe and promote the principle of mutuality in the provision of healthcare. My Role to make fit in to the fulfilment of the mission includes a) Communicating promptly with the service user, other colleagues and my employer to coordinate care of patients as allowed by regulations. Information systems should be accessible and allow easy exchange of data in a confidential and responsible manner. b) Making sure patient’s advance directives are identified and utilized c) Assists patients and, where appropriate, encourages self care and self management of self-limiting conditions through good interaction d) Provide quality services in the most effective manner consistent with the best interest and convenience of the patient e) Help to maintain a unified, common, clear medical history and record of patient. 3.2 The Effect of Own Role on Service Provision The effect of my role in provision of health care service includes i.
Also to be aware of the diversity and needs of your patients and identify areas where needs could be better satisfied and where the diversity of patients could be improved. This is where the training improves my ability because it is for me to action the hospital’s written equality, diversity and inclusion policy and make sure that I work within the guidelines set. Understand support available for addressing dilemmas that may arise about duty of care 2.1 Describe dilemmas that may arise between the duty of care and individual’s right. In the healthcare profession we always try to give the best service which we can and ensure that people are happy with the service that we provide but sometimes dilemmas occur as we don’t always agree with everyone. Unfortunately having codes of conduct/procedures etc do not always match the wishes of the person.
The goal of cultural competency is to decrease the racial and ethnic disparities that currently exist in the United States of America. The Joint Commission has identified culturally appropriate care as a priority and the standards now mandate educating staff in providing culturally appropriate care to all clients ("TJC," 2010). b. Thesis statement: Research suggests that providing culturally competent care improves healthcare quality because it influences healing, wellness and perception of illness. c. Main points: i. Understanding that cultural beliefs and practices of the clients will influence healing and wellness and establish a respectful relationship.