In fact, UnitedHealth Group made significant investments in research and development, technology and business process improvements – nearly $3 billion in the past five years. These investments led to changes that are improving the way care is delivered and administered across the entire industry (United Healthcare, 2013). United Healthcare continues to meet the demands of future generations with such creations such as Health4me app, MyHealthcare cost estimator, and UHC TV (UnitedHealth Group, 2012). Health4Me, that brings important health information to people on the go. Features include easy access to registered nurses, personal health benefits information, and the ability to locate nearby physicians and hospitals (United Healthcare,
In the last 25 years, however, certain phrases like evidence-based practice and patient outcomes have become common in healthcare. Statistics have played a role in how and why these terms have become part of the language used in daily practice. Nursing care and healthcare management practices are centered on evidence-based research, making it necessary for healthcare professionals to learn a basic understanding of statistics to evaluate research studies. The quality improvement department in an upstate New York hospital uses statistics to collect, measure, and evaluate data form patient outcomes, falls,
I have personal experience with learning about these two jobs- I shadowed numerous orthopedic sports medicine surgeons and physician’s assistants during my senior year of high school as part as an academic internship. I observed many different surgeries and watched how these doctors interacted with all kinds of patients. This internship got me interested in these two careers, which is why I picked them for my research. An orthopedic surgeon operates on patients with musculoskeletal problems- either degenerative, traumatic, congenital, or just plain-old injuries. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons ,half of what an orthopedic surgeon’s practice is geared towards are non-surgical, and the other half surgical management.
ENG 211 DE Writing a Persuasive Memo Scenario You supervise and manage 15 employees at Medequip, Inc. who assemble Haemonetics Cell-Saver machines for use during blood transfusions. Medequip, Inc. is an international company that manufactures various medical equipment, and your factory specializes in the production of various hematological machinery. The Factory Manager, Ms. Anita Prufrock, is known for hosting yearly picnics, family outings, raffles and other fun activities that build a sense of community at Medequip, Inc. She has developed a favorable reputation at the factory in the 5 years that she’s been the factory’s manager. Recently, she began considering implementing a random drug testing program. She has asked what she considers to be her best line supervisors and the shift managers to consider implementing a urinalysis testing program at Medequip and to provide her with feedback.
Joint Commission Safety Goals in the Hospital Joint Commission Safety Goals in the Hospital The Joint Commission is an organization that audits, accredits, and certifies health care organizations in the United States. The main purpose of this commission is to ensure the safety of the patients in these facilities and improve health care delivered to the public. To fulfill its purpose, the Joint Commission issues safety goals for the prevention of medical errors in healthcare organizations. Two of the safety goals for hospitals are: identifying patients correctly, and using medications safely (“National Patient,” 2011). An Institute of Medicine report estimates that medical errors cost the nation 17 billion dollars in preventable medical errors each year (“A Guide,” 2011).
Introduction For the purpose of this assignment I have chosen to review a client with atrial fibrillation in a primary care setting. I will discuss the patient’s original presentation, including analysis and interpretation of his 12 lead electrocardiogram (ECG), diagnosis and subsequent management. Throughout the assignment I will discuss local and national guidelines and the evidence behind the chosen management for this client. For the purpose of this assignment the client will be referred to as Mr. Jones. Cardiac arrhythmias affect more than 700,000 people in England is one of the top ten reasons for hospital admission (Department of Health 2005).
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) offers the Hospital Compare quality care measures database of over 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals in the United States (HHS, n.d.) The care measures data process was developed with the “effort of the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in collaboration with organizations representing consumers, hospitals, doctors, employers, accrediting organizations, and other Federal agencies” (HHS, n.d.) to provide easy access to consumers and health care facilities to compare quality care among other health care organizations in the nation (HHS, n.d.). Varkey defined external quality improvement “as the review of a physician or health care organization’s performance by an external or outside
This organization, along with other alliances: (patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers) collaborate among each other to advance the standards of pain care through education and advocacy (Partners Against Pain website 1). Purdue Pharma has spent hundreds of millions of dollars developing new forms of analgesics that are resistant to
Electronic Medical Records 1 Running Head: EMR’S AND NURSING EFFICIENCY Electronic Medical Records and Nursing Efficiency Fatuma Abdullahi, Phuong Doan, Cheryl Edwards, June Kim, and Lori Thompson July 22, 2009 HSM 5003 Management of Health Service Organizations Texas Woman’s University Electronic Medical Records 2 Introduction Across our nation healthcare organizations are beginning to implement electronic medical records. Electronic medical records (EMRs) are computerized medical records that are taking the place of paper medical records, which have been the standard of clinical documentation for centuries. The advantages of an EMR are many, such as the consolidation of patient medical information into a single record across the healthcare continuum (Robles, 2009). Further, evidence demonstrates that EMRs improve the quality of patient care by improving legibility, enhancing communication among caregivers, decreasing medication errors and improving clinical work flows as well as billing processes (Robles, 2009). In addition to improving quality, evidence also supports that EMRs save physicians time and reduce costs for ambulatory practices (O’Neill, 2007).
AMT Task 2 Western Governor’s University October 27, 2014 In order to determine the needs of the community, Trinity Community Hospital conducted a health needs assessment focusing on oncology, orthopedic and cardiovascular services. Utilizing a multitude of sources such as surveys, focus groups, and interviews with healthcare professionals the community’s needs were used to develop service line recommendations. Risk Factors Oncology Services The health needs assessment indicated that ~15% of the population will age to greater than 65 years within the next five years. New cancers are expected to increase by 34% in the next five years. It is estimated that 50% of men and 30% of women are anticipated to develop some form of cancer in their lifetime.