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Home Healthcare, 2008.
This paper discusses the home healthcare industry in the U.S. market.
1,631 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 36.95
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The paper relates that the vast majority of home healthcare industry consumers consist of the sick and the elderly, with Medicare/Medicaid programs comprising a significant percentage of the payment revenues. The paper looks at a specific competitor, the Heritage Homecare Agency located in Florida and discusses the results of a survey of home healthcare patients. The paper concludes that home healthcare is seen as one of the most promising alternative healthcare programs that might result in an overall cost reduction for healthcare services and delivery over the next several years.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Industry Analysis
Overview
Case Study
Home Healthcare Patient Survey
Conclusion
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"The home healthcare industry in the United States (U.S.) is receiving a great deal of interest recently because of the ever increasing costs of healthcare in general which is leading many healthcare constituents, both industry competitors and consumers, to seek alternatives. The home healthcare industry in the U.S. is valued at approximately $40b annually and has some 20k unique industry competitors that focus primarily on 2 target patient markets: the elderly and the sick (Buckley & Van Giezen, 2004). Furthermore, the industry itself is not dominated by a few large companies as many other segments of the healthcare industry are. In this sense, the home healthcare industry is highly fragmented in nature because the 50 largest companies hold less that 24% of the total market share (Geisler, Krabbendam & Schuring, 2003)."
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Home Healthcare, 2006.
This paper discusses the application of nursing theory to practice regarding home healthcare.
1,215 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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The writer discusses that one of the most important factors promoting the importance of nursing in terms of patient wellness has been the development of favorable theories and educational programs, supporting the nurse as an integral part of the patient's wellness program. However, the writer maintains that the true power of nursing is in the recognition of the nurse's contribution to the healthcare system and the knowledge and complex decision-making skills that are necessary to care for patients. The writer mentions that although there are many nursing theories, albeit the Newman's system model, Leininger's Trans-cultural Model, The Orem Model or Orlando's Nursing Process Theory, part of this paper reflects upon the Watson model with respect to its place in nursing practice. The report also applies the basic tenets of these theories to a specific practice setting, namely nursing the elderly in the home healthcare environment.
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"According to Watson, her philosophical orientation is extremely existential, spiritual, and somewhat metaphysical. Watson describes nursing as an art and a human science with the major focus being the process of a human care for individuals, families and groups rather than on the sole tenet of academic expertise. Nevertheless, Watson also states that harmony is required among the three and that the nursing goal is to help people to reach which is accomplished through transpersonal relationship development.
Within the Theory of Human Caring, during the transpersonal caring moment, the nurse and the patient gain entry into the living knowledge of each other - similar to Benner's self-reflection stage. In order for transpersonal contact to occur both the caregiver and patient experience a process of being and becoming wherein both are influenced by the nature of transaction. Watson goes on to define human caring as a moral ideal and that the ideal will assure a certain needed behavior at the time of the caring occasion."
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Improving Healthcare in a Healthcare Facility, 2006.
Describes a system for improving the patient incident reporting system in a typical tertiary healthcare facility.
2,249 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 16 sources, APA, £ 47.95
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This paper examines the patient incident reporting system at a hospital and explains that the present system, which is designed to track patient incidents such as falls, patient abuse and medication errors, as well as provide a means of implementing corrective action, is highly labor-intensive and cumbersome. The paper then proceeds to identify and describe six different initiatives that would improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the current patient incident reporting system.
Table of Contents
Initiative No. 1. Use Existing Hospital Information
System for Patient Incident Reporting for JCAHO
Quality Assurance Tracking Purposes
Initiative No. 2. Installation of Hospital-Wide Patient
Records Database
Initiative No. 3. Use Existing IT Systems to Trend
Adverse Patient Incidents for Inclusion in Hospital-Wide
Quality Assurance Reports
Initiative No. 4. Applying Existing Information Systems
for Improved Inventory Control
Initiative No. 5. Implement Interactive Menu-Processing
System for Inpatients
Initiative No. 6. Improve Hospital and Grounds Security
by Using IT-Based Web Camera Applications
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"The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has already mandated that all accredited healthcare facilities have in place a means of tracking patient incidents such as falls, patient abuse, and medication errors and to provide a means of implementing corrective action when deficiencies are identified (Bryan & O'Connell 23). Although our hospital does in fact have such a patient incident reporting system in place, it is a highly labor-intensive paper form-based approach that requires copying and hand-delivery to the Office of Quality Assurance; furthermore, this paper-based system is easily transferable to the existing hospital-wide information system intranet. In this regard, the proposed online replacement should replicate the existing patient incident reporting system as closely as possible to ensure staff acceptance of this alternative (Auerbach, Beckerman, Cohen, Goldstein, Quitkin & Rock 134)."
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Healthcare Communication, 2008.
This paper focuses on healthcare communication between the providers of healthcare and their patients.
1,454 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the term healthcare communication can refer to all types of communications used in the healthcare industry, be it communication between and among healthcare agencies, healthcare providers, and healthcare clients. In this paper, however, the writer concentrates on the topic of healthcare communication between healthcare providers and their patients-clients. The paper emphasizes the importance of this communication and looks at the current movement in healthcare education to bring back the human touch into healthcare practice in order for medicine to regain its soul.
Outline:
What is Healthcare Communication?
Relevance of Healthcare Communication
Emergency Room Situations
Confidentiality
Dealing with Family Issues
Dealing with Sociocultural Issues
Communication in the Process of Healing
Principles of Therapeutic Communication in Healthcare Settings
Verbal communications
Verbal communications
Nonverbal communications
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"Communication is an exchange, a two-way process. But sometimes this is forgotten in the healthcare setting when the patient-client becomes the passive, receiving end while the healthcare provider does all the talking and fails to listen. However, for healthcare delivery to be effective, there should be an exchange of information between the two parties.
"Healthcare providers have a 2-fold responsibility towards their patients who are basically their clients. First, they must have the technical skills, and second, they much have the ability to communicate and empathize. In other words, a healthcare professional does not only need the brain and skill to perform his/her work. He/she must also have his/her heart into it."
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The Economics of Healthcare, 2006.
Discusses the healthcare budgeting process and its impact on the broader healthcare industry.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, £ 54.95
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This paper discusses healthcare budgeting process as it impacts the economics of the industry relevant to the government rules and regulations that define the overall process. Of particular importance are the Medicaid and Medicare programs and how recent changes in policies and the regulatory environment have impacted the healthcare industry. Overall, the regulatory environment of the Medicare and Medicaid government programs has made healthcare budgeting and economics a much more problematic endeavor.
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"While most administration officials view the economics of healthcare budgeting to be nothing more than a specialized version of the normal business budgeting process, in the healthcare industry, this viewpoint can be problematic. The core activities of the healthcare budgeting process are fairly straightforward and can be largely automated through specialized industry software. But the economic impact on the wider community that this process engenders is an extremely important consideration because the budgeting process determines pricing for services, taking into consideration insurance and government restrictions, and this process impacts affordability. Within this process are such line items as staffing requirements, workload activities, as well as a host of variables."
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Healthcare Costs, 2008.
A discussion on how consumers can get better value and reduced healthcare costs that are now out of control.
762 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, APA, £ 18.95
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This paper presents a plan for reducing the high costs of healthcare in the US. The writer makes the argument that we as consumers bear the primary responsibility to control healthcare costs. Specifically, the writer contends that if we pay our own insurance premiums, and a significant part of our healthcare expenses, we will help bring down the costs of healthcare. The writer then expounds on this contention and explains why it would work. The writer concludes that if we were to play a more active role in choosing our insurance provider and our healthcare providers we would help lower costs and improve the quality of our healthcare services.
Outline:
Introduction
The Cost of Healthcare is too High
We as Consumers Bear the Primary Responsibility to Control Costs
If We Pay for More of Our Healthcare, We Can Lower Costs
Conclusion
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"I recently accompanied my brother to the emergency room of a local hospital for a broken arm. While I was pleased with the overall care he received, the bill for setting his arm and an overnight stay for observation topped $2,000! Medical professionals may argue that the amount paid reflects their need to cover the costs of overhead and the indigent, but no medical professional can defend $10 for an over-the-counter pain pill or $800 for the use of a room overnight."
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Healthcare Clinics, 2007.
A review of the issues of strategic management in a primary healthcare provider clinic.
4,829 words (approx. 19.3 pages), 22 sources, MLA, £ 84.95
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This paper examines the quality improvement processes in a primary provider healthcare clinic. It describes organizational excellence, defines and applies the concepts of quality care in healthcare organizations and determines the individual healthcare facility's performance. Further, this work utilizes current technologies in healthcare settings and identifies organizational behaviors that enhance and detract from quality healthcare. It then reviews the issues of strategic management in an organization and identifies specific examples of each from existing healthcare operations.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Introduction
Eight Characteristics Of Excellent Organizations
Business Excellence Theoretical Framework
Comformance To Standards Unreliable For Excellence
Climate For Change And Collaborative Culture Creation
Technological Considerations Geared Toward Excellence
Necessary Leadership Skills In Healthcare
Patient Safety Considerations
FMEA: Failure Moded And Effects Analysis
Terms Used In The Fmea Risk Assessment Model
The Importance Of A Hazard Analysis
Severity Rating Scales For Failure Mode Effects
Severity Rating Scales For Failure Mode Effects
Failure Mode And Probability Rating
Root Cause Of Critical Failures
Evaluation Of Effect Of Redesign Of Process
FMEA Implementation Timeframe
Organizational Overview
Fmea Process Worksheet
Promoting Healthcare Workplace Excellence - The Georgia Dialogue
Problem Statement/Improvement Project
Analysis Of Problem
Proposed Solution And Anticipated Outcomes
Proposed Solution And Anticipated Outcomes
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"One method of assessing and correcting process failure is the method referred to as FMEA or 'Failure Mode and Effects Analysis' is an unfamiliar concept to the majority of health care providers currently. However, it is a vital tool due to the reduction of risk that it has within its potential if implemented correctly, which will identify and prevent process problems before their occurrence in a systematic approach. This is to make identification of the ways that failure can occur within processes and for the identification of why failure might occur and how the process can be ensured to be safer."
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Marketing Audit for a Healthcare Facility, 2004.
Explores a SWOT analysis of a fictitious healthcare facility and the 4 Ps (product, price, place, promotion) of marketing and how they apply to the healthcare industry.
3,859 words (approx. 15.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 72.95
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This paper presents a marketing audit that assesses, analyzes and measures marketing effectiveness of a fictitious healthcare system's current marketing plan in relation to the demographic and economic changes happening in the healthcare arena, while highlighting the immediately serviced areas. In addition, the marketing audit also considers current trends in healthcare, local competitors and the need to maintain and expand market-share within the community and surrounding areas.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
SWOT Analysis
Environmental Analysis
Marketing Objectives, Strategies and Tactics
Organization
Conclusion
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"Founded in 1954, XYZ Health System is the leading health-care provider for Cannon County located in Southern Georgia. XYZ Health System is comprised of XYZ Medical Center, a 202-bed acute inpatient hospital located in Cannonton, Georgia. XYZ Medical Center provides a wide range of both inpatient and outpatient services, including a state-or-the-art obstetrics (OB) unit, same-day surgery center, open and closed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) center and 24-hour emergency services staffed by board-certified Emergency Medicine physicians. Other medical services include a dedicated women's center, a state-of-the-art cancer center, and occupational health services. XYZ Medical Center has recently completed an impressive four level parking deck and construction is under-say for a new Intensive Care Unit and Trauma Center. XYZ Villa Rica is a brand new facility under the XYZ Health System umbrella, opening in October of 2003. It features a beautiful birthing center and an expanded imaging department that includes MRI technology along with high speed CT and PET scanning."
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Healthcare, 2005.
A discussion on the type of prepayment system for healthcare and its effect on the costs and quality of healthcare.
1,600 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 35.95
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This paper expands on the relationship that exists inextricably between the length of the patient stay in hospital or other medical institution and the type of insurance held by the individual patient. It discusses an idea for an effective prepayment system for healthcare. It also reviews literature about the conflict of the interaction between the business, management and financial realm within the institution affected by the diagnostic-related groups and the professional medical staff. The author offers a personal opinion on the importance of the balance of the interrelation of the financial paradigm and healthcare giver in order to create a successful result for the patient.
Abstract
Objective
Introduction
Length of Inpatient Stays Found Influenced by Insurance Type
Business Management versus Medical Profession
Clustering of Patients in Industrialized Healthcare
Financial Schemes and Endeavors
From Medical Economics to Health Economics
Discussion
Summarization
Importance of this Study
References
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"The DRGs were an attempt by the medical professionals in an effort of standardization of medical practice. DRGs would allow the hospital to operate on a productive basis and yet the DRGs were not a commodity that could be traded and was not a product that could be stickered with a price tag. The result was the clustering of patients into groupings in order to utilize the hospital's resources more effectively and efficiently. The presumption of industrial engineers did not take into consideration that patients were consumers and had choices they could make between and among the products, services, and healthcare. The intention of the DRGs was not for a market that was administered in healthcare or for the purpose of price competition buildup between different providers of healthcare. However the understanding is that DRGs are a mechanism for fostering competitive forces in a quasi-market for healthcare."
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American Healthcare and the American Government, 2008.
This paper looks at the American healthcare system and the American government healthcare agenda.
1,024 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 24.95
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In this article, the writer notes that in generations gone by, medical treatment in America was little else than a local doctor, while small, regional hospitals existed to take care of surgeries and major medical issues, but in both cases, the options for treatment were limited, and in many cases, patients did not fare well. Luckily, as technology has advanced, so too has the American medical system to the point where many consider the American medical system to be among the best in the world. The writer discusses that this progress has come with a heavy financial burden, however, turning American medicine into an industry, and like most industries, the federal government has taken up a role. In this paper, the federal healthcare agenda is discussed and explored from several points of view in an effort to better understand the many facets of the topic. The writer concludes that American healthcare has in some respects been the barometer of social and economic change in the nation.
Outline:
Introduction
Healthcare Becomes Part of the Federal Agenda
Proposed Alternatives to Address the Issue
Successful and Potentially Successful Alternatives/Who Developed the Alternatives?
Concessions in Developing the Alternatives
Conclusion
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" Introducing this paper, the assertion was made that American healthcare has become an industry and part of the federal agenda. Better understanding of how this came about requires an explanation of the evolution of the American healthcare "industry", and to look at that requires a glimpse into post Civil-War America, of the late 1860s. In that period, two very important events took place-one in America itself and another in Europe- which set the pace for the birth of the American healthcare industry. Domestically, America entered into a period of economic and commercial advancement that would in retrospect become known as the Industrial Revolution, attracting millions of people from rural areas to urban areas in search of work, which led to the demand for organized healthcare in the cities where industrial accidents and the disease associated with large numbers of people living in cramped areas became commonplace. In Europe, scientific discoveries into the nature of germs helped to develop more medicines which could be offered to the sick- at a price, of course."
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Public vs. Private Healthcare, 2005.
An evaluation of public versus private healthcare in the United States and Canada.
2,241 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 47.95
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This paper looks at the current situation of healthcare in the United States and compares it to the situation in Canada. It begins by providing statistics and data about the uninsured in America. The writer then discusses reasons for rising healthcare costs, followed by an analysis of the advantages of universal healthcare. The disadvantages are then listed, followed by the writer's conclusion about the current healthcare situation.
Outline
Introduction
Reasons for Rising Healthcare Costs
Advantages of Universal Healthcare
Disadvantages of Universal Healthcare
Final Thought
Works Cited
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"The healthcare system in the U.S. is one of the most technologically advanced and expensive in the world. Despite these high honors, we are facing a severe healthcare crisis if current public policy does not change. The current system is haunted by lack of health insurance, lack of affordability of prescription medication, drug re-importation, and lack of trained caregivers for the growing population. On top of all this, the price of healthcare and medicine are skyrocketing. A possible solution that has picked up some steam is changing the current healthcare system into a free system. One very important question that needs an answer is if we switch to a free healthcare system, then who would pay for it since "free" healthcare is not really free at all?"
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Canadian Healthcare System, 2006.
An analysis of the Canadian healthcare system.
4,606 words (approx. 18.4 pages), 17 sources, MLA, £ 81.95
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This paper describes and critically analyzes the Canadian healthcare system in terms of J. Frenk's policy framework. It also outlines the key issues influencing health policy in Canada, including politics and the news media, as indicated by research and current surveys.
Outline:
Introduction
Background of Frenk's Policy Framework
Canada's Healthcare Systems
Frenk's Theory of Fairness in Financial Contribution
Healthcare Consumer Studies in Canada
The Relationship Between Economics and Healthcare
Political Factors Influencing Healthcare in Canada
Canadian Perspective According to the News Media
The Increasing Amount of Elderly People in the Canadian
Healthcare System
The Competition in Canada
The Current State of Affairs of Healthcare in Canada
Conclusion
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"The current state of affairs in Canada's healthcare systems are not very satisfying, both in the eyes of consumers and healthcare employees. The Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada has reported several intimidating results related to staffing in Canada's healthcare systems, including announcements that Halifax's Capital District health Authority is in need of 175 more nurses to meet the demands in its hospitals. Additionally, there are reports that the same health district authority canceled a successful liver-transplant program because there were no surgeons to perform the operations, with similar tragedies being reported across the country. Goals to improve this area of Canada's healthcare system would be that governments and healthcare employers should change laws, regulations, and employment agreements to better match healthcare practitioners' jobs to their training and that the government should invest in increasing the number of doctors and nurses working in Canada as well. Furthermore, governments should use financial incentives to better distribute healthcare practitioners between and within provinces."
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