Category: Health
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Population Growth: Potential Healthcare Issues
Table of Contents Population Measurements Healthcare Issues and Illustrative Examples Conclusion References Nowadays, epidemiologists are concerned with the correlation between population growth and healthcare issues. The measurement called the “total mid-year population” is most frequently employed instead of the “end-of-year population” because it provides a more comprehensive statistical picture than the latter approach. The correlation…
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Health Promotion by Nursing Professionals
Health promotion has been a major priority for healthcare providers for several decades, but many nursing professionals still fail to understand their role in this process. Sharma (2017) stresses that an advanced nursing professional has responsibilities in such areas as planning and evaluating health services and promotion programs, communicating health needs and concerns, applying research…
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Teamwork in Professional Healthcare and Nursing
Introduction Teamwork and collaboration in professional health care and nursing are regarded as the paramount elements in ensuring positive health outcomes in patients and increasing the quality of health care delivery. It is possible to collectively consider such issues as problem-solving, decision-making, and goal-setting. Also, teamwork allows knowledge and skills sharing that, in turn, inevitably…
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Continuous Quality Improvement: Healthcare Professionals
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) initiatives necessitate the focus of healthcare professionals on the following dimensions of practice: overuse, underuse, and misuse (Sollecito & Johnson, 2013). The occurrence of any of these quality problems undermines the quality of delivered care, thereby creating the chance for the occurrence of medical errors. Under the essentials of master’s education…
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Health Services Pricing and Its Factors
Table of Contents Consumer price-quality assumptions about health services Governmental influence on price setting in the health care system Intermediaries and the cost of health care products and services Reference Consumer price-quality assumptions about health services Consumers tend to equate price to quality in ordinary healthcare decision making. They generally hold a belief that whenever…
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Anthem Blue Cross: Strategic Healthcare Planning
Table of Contents Introduction TOWS Matrix: Analyzing Organizational Structure Strategic Organizational Plan for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield References Introduction The environment analysis and TOWS matrix both contribute to creating a strategic plan for an organization since they synthesize the factors that influence the operations. The external components of an industry (such as major trends)…
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Nursing and Healthcare System in Colorado
Discussions In my opinion, this action was disadvantageous for the entire healthcare system of the Colorado region because the State Board of Nursing is essential for identifying particular health issues that might be present only in this particular territory. However, a national board might be beneficial due to its major conclusions and new policies because…
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Patient Satisfaction in Health Care
Table of Contents Introduction Evaluation of Research Methods Conclusion References Introduction The research problem that the authors of the selected article sought to answer in their research is on how to improve the level of patient satisfaction in the delivery of health care within medical homes and other health care organizations. The research questions that…
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The New Horizons Community Mental Health Center
Introduction The New Horizons Community Mental Health Center serves the diverse population of Miami, FL, which predominantly includes Hispanic, White American, African American, and Haitian clients. Patients with depression constitute a large part of the population that the Center serves, but the Center’s health providers have been reporting issues in determining the treatment for certain…
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Health IT Projects’ Risk Management
Executive Summary This study focuses on a risk management process for implementing a new IT program to store patient data. The risk management process is defined by a scope statement, which includes different risks, deliverables, risk types, and risk changes, which include software and hardware changes. The critical elements involved include scope creep, dependencies, risk…