Category: Healthcare

  • Healthcare Economics in Budgeting the Limited Resources: Opioid Crisis

    Table of Contents Introduction Opioid Crisis Organizations involved in Treating the Condition Policy Analysis Framework Ways of Controlling the Opioid Crisis Evaluation References Introduction Healthcare economics is the application of economic principles in solving healthcare issues. The production theory of healthcare economy principles can be applied in determining the efficient use of the hospital’s resources.…

  • Patient Education and Its Impact on Healthcare

    Introduction There is a need for personalized health care, especially for older patients, through education programs that make them self-aware and care for themselves. As such, physicians should spend quality time with patients to improve the health care results. The manner in which health education is offered is key to sustainable health practices. The physician…

  • Analysis of Healthcare in Gonzales, Louisiana

    The system of public health pursues global objectives, addressing issues of immense magnitude on a nationwide scale. However, the field remains multifaceted, and meaningful efforts at a lower level should not be disregarded. Aside from global concerns, local communities demonstrate a range of varying hazards, the nature, and severity of which depend on the particular…

  • Healthcare Delivery and Shift in Healthcare Organizations

    Several decades ago, people realized that healthcare delivery must become more complex in the future. There needed to be a significant paradigm shift that came with establishing High Reliability Organizations (HROs). Such organizations were developed to operate in complex, high-hazard domains for extended periods without serious accidents. They cultivate resilience by prioritizing patient safety over…

  • Strategic Management in Healthcare

    The growing rate of medication errors poses a serious threat to the hospital in question and requires a close examination of its roots to determine the steps required for its reduction. One of the universal solutions to the issue is the adoption of a digital framework that will help medical personnel control prescriptions. A drug…

  • Life Stages and Impact of Age on Healthcare

    People graduate from one stage of life into another throughout their entire life based on their advancement in age. Specifically, life stages are infancy, childhood, youth, adulthood, and old age. People in these subdivisions exhibit varying health needs and complications, and their needs are addressed distinctively by the family and the health care system. Inevitably,…

  • Operation Management and Value Chain in Healthcare

    Operation management is essential for any organization to ensure effective administration and maximize operating profit. Supply chain management and the value chain of any industry require planning and management of production, logistics, and collaboration with partners (Yanamandra, 2018). Indeed, supply chain management was proven to be helpful in cost reduction in various spheres of business…

  • Social Media in Healthcare: Building Awareness and Preventing Epidemics

    Introduction Due to the ongoing technological breakthrough, social media has become part and parcel of everyday life. Furthermore, social networks have started to be viewed as the tools that can be used to improve communication processes in business and other domains of people’s lives (Kass-Hout & Alhinnawi, 2013). Healthcare is one of these areas, and…

  • Complex Moral Dilemmas for Healthcare Administrators and Providers

    A regularly used method in handling ethical challenges emphasizes moral principles, including respect for patient autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice. The four-quadrant approach is utilized to analyzing moral values as it questions a given case based on the patients’ liking, value of life, and appropriate features. Accountability is tolerating one’s actions in that nurses have…

  • Governance, Management, and Organization of Healthcare Facilities

    Table of Contents Introduction Healthcare Costs Drivers in Wisconsin Average Cost of a Stay in a Hospital in the Milwaukee Area References Introduction Healthcare professionals play an essential role in society because they treat the sick, assess risk factors, advise the public against unhealthy behaviors, and mitigate outbreaks, among other roles. Jobs in healthcare include…