A1. Risk Factors After examining the community health needs there are many risk factors identified for the service line for oncology, orthopedic and cardiology services. Each service line and the risk factors associated will be discussed below. Oncology Currently Trinity Hospital has no oncology specialist that serve the hospital. They do have a group of eight oncologist and two radiation oncologist have expressed interest in an affiliation with the hospital.
The professionals and physicians are trained and have experience with high volume emergency trauma within a twelve-year and more spans. Most medical situation such as fractures, infections, and lacerations can be done before referral to a major hospital. The services provided are in-house laboratory, ECGs scan, X-ray scans, and airway equipments. The eligibility requirements are basically to have the proper insurance available; in which most major private insurances and Medicare are accepted. Because the Pearland Health Center is a business of urgent care; referral are not necessary.
Patient's are the main/only ones we should focus on when implementing an EHR because as the name states, it is their electronic health RECORD. FALSE 3. When starting process mapping for an EHR implementation project, it is important to include all processes in a facility, not just those that will be touched by the EHR project. FALSE 4. At Hospital XYZ, during the morning period of 8am to noon, the wait time from when a physician orders an X-ray to the time the patient returns from having it done is too long as this is when most of the X-Ray orders are given and there is a backlog of patients.
Nursing Outlook 2021 The healthcare industry, as well as business, is in a state of chaos. Not only are our healthcare policies inadequate but the looming enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is to come into effect in 2014, will pose the dilemma of how do we absorb 32 million newly insured patients. This will place an extraordinary burden on our already overloaded health system of rapidly aging patient population and their complex medical problems. Currently, very few nurses are involved in policy-making even though we represent the largest sector of healthcare providers with more than three million currently registered (Chen, 2010). First and foremost, nursing practice in the year 2021 will require diversification
CMS in 2008 created a list of hospital-acquired conditions that are non-reimbursable because they were considered to be preventable (McNair, 2009). Included in this list are Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) following coronary artery bypass grafting, bariatric surgery, laparoscopic gastric bypass, gastroenterotomy, laparoscopic gastric restrictive surgery, and orthopedic procedures involving the spine, neck, shoulder, or elbow. HACs are preventable conditions that are not present when patients are admitted to the hospital, but become present during the course of the patients’ stay (Conventry Healthcare, 2009). SSIs are the second most common type of adverse event occurring in hospitalized patients, and an estimated 40 to 60 percent of these infections are thought to be preventable. Adverse events as defined on pg.
According to the U.S. House of Representatives, majority of nursing homes do not have enough staff to meet the levels recommended by federal officials; the levels recommended are 3.45 nursing hours per patient daily. Senior’s usually lose their primary care physician, who is most familiar with the patient’s medical history and conditions, when they enter a nursing home. As a result of entering a new living environment, elders are given a doctor who has minimal knowledge when it comes to their medical history, and unfortunately physicians in nursing homes have an overload of patients and are constantly in a rush. Under federal law, physicians in nursing facilities are only required to see the resident once every thirty days for the first ninety days after a new patient is admitted to the nursing home. After the
Person- centred care is a fundamental aspect that has become very widely used by all healthcare professionals; however it is often misunderstood as it can be a very broad subject. Person Centred Care has never been simple for both service users and health care ‘professionals as it was suggested by Steve Coulson {2007} {K217, Chapter 7 .P.50}. Personalised care packages are now at the centre of most UK government policies {. In the past few years there has been numerous ‘registrations’ being printed regarding more individual care packages these are, {Department {DH} of Health},2006; HM Government,2007;Office for Disability Issues,2008; Scottish Executives,2006,2007;Social Services Improvement to Agency, 2010} {K217, Chapter 7.P.55}. These recent developments towards ‘normalisation’ and person-centred care policies will look at examples of what these changes means for service users, including Tom, Rory, Carl and Alison { K217, Learning Guide 61., Activity 1.1, Audio ‘Basic
Via Christi Clinic includes more than 200 doctors practicing in more than 40 specialties in Sedgwick, Harvey and Butler counties ("Via Christi Clinic", 2015). They target their patients throughout their many clinics to use their immediate care locations when needed. Via Christi Clinic targets their existing patients to use their Immediate Care so they can save then time and money over using an ER, because minor illnesses are kept waiting at the ER to give priority to patients with life-threatening conditions. Co-pays are also less for Immediate Care and Via Christi Clinic Immediate Care offers online check-in at Wichita locations. In order to target consumers who do not see a primary care physician in the clinic, they advertise on television, radio, print ads and through social
Since the mid-1970s, the prison population in the nation’s largest state has risen by more than 750%, from about 20,000 to more than 160,000 (Equal Justice Initiative, 2010). California’s prison system is among one of the worst in the system and part of it is due to their adaptation of their “Three Strikes” laws. The laws are harsh and the criminals, especially the ones already having two strikes don’t seem to care about the seriousness of committing crimes. California’s prisons, 33 total, are operating at almost twice their design capacity. Overcrowding is a very serious issue that worries the state officials such as Governor Schwarzenegger.
All British citizens are covered by health care unlike the United States where approximately twenty percent of our population has no form of health care coverage. There are no copays or deductibles except for small copays for prescriptions, optical and dental coverage. These benefits are strengths for the British citizen. Patients in Britain often have very long waits to see the physician. Much of health care is rationed in Great Britain.