Abstract “Skill mix as the range of different skills possessed by the members of a group or required for a particular job” (Richards et al., 2000, p. 186). Its role in transferability of skills and knowledge in the community nursing context is highly debated among different stakeholders. While many agree...
The target population for a risk-reduction program is children aged between five and ten years because of the significant increase of their outdoor activities, pre-school and primary school attendance, as well as behavioral development changes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015), around 12,000 children die each...
The study investigated the impact of policy amendments on the medical coverage for young cancer patients. The authors observed that the United States healthcare reforms under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) comprise a critical policy approach to the improvement of the quality of lives among young cancer...
Major Means Used to Judge Abnormal Behavior Sue, Sue, Sue, and Sue (2012) suggested a four-dimensioned multipath model approach to judging abnormal behavior. It is worth noting that the four methods complement each other and none is comprehensive on its own. Two of the methods include the social and the...
Rising healthcare costs pose a challenge to patients because it limits access to health services. This problem is associated with people’s quest to live longer and healthier lives because a combination of high demand for health services with an inadequate supply of resources has created an imbalance in the provision...
Introduction Nursing, like many other professions, has metamorphosed over the years due to changes in technology and institutions. In this paper, I look at the milestones in nursing since the 1800s and professionalism in the nursing practice. Difference between Nursing in the 1800s and in the Twenty-First Century Unlike today...
Demographic Data Initials: X Age: 13 Sex/gender: female HPI Context: The patient has been experiencing significant pressure due to the rise in anxiety over the separation of her parents. The fact that she started communicating less frequently with her mother as a result of the latter getting another job aggravated...
Discuss the professions involved in database design, integration, and management. Include who the major stakeholders are and who you’d like to work with and why? At first, the answer to the question may seem obvious, because any uninformed person would say that professions connected with databases (DBs) are DB developers...
The Implications of Change in the Health Care Delivery System on Nurse Leadership Methods of administering aid are continually changing in an attempt to procure the best possible outcome for patients seeking help. However, constant updates leave specialists in a continuous race to adjust their team goals following these changes....
Abstract Sociology is one of the core courses undertaken by many nursing students. This paper explains why “The Black Family” is an important course for nursing students. The paper identifies the best sociological lessons towards a better nursing practice. Nurses should use different sociological theories to support the health needs...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a bill passed into law by the U.S. president Barrack Obama in the year 2010 (Goodson, 2010). This act is normally referred to as Obamacare. The act collectively with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act symbolizes the most important government development...
Introduction The National Public Health Performance Standards (NPHPS) framework is useful in improving public health practice in a country (CDC, 2013a). These standards strengthen the public health systems at local, state, and national levels. In addition, the NPHPS helps in assessing essential services provided in the public health system. This...
Assessing Quality Improvement Efforts Many quality improvement processes are continuous because they are subject to periodic reviews (Soklaridis, 2014). However, nurse managers need to employ the right tools for proper evaluations to occur. This paper explores the use of the learning organization as an evaluation tool for assessing quality improvement...
Introduction Medical knowledge is useful for guiding the trajectory of business development, depending on the trends in the healthcare industry. One viable option is to pursue the opening of a specialized pharmacological venture. It is considered realistic in this case due to previous experience in pharmacodynamics and clinical trials. Even...
Abstract In the United States, the economy and health care are two critical issues. The two issues cannot be separated because they are mutually dependent. The increased spending on health care is the driving force to the local economy. The development of several towns and ICT infrastructures in the US...
Importance of Weighting in Secondary Data According to Pike (2008), the weighting is often done in secondary research studies that involve multiple values of assessment. Weighting allows us to understand the importance of different facets of analysis. In public health research, the weighting is instrumental in aligning a study’s findings...
Complexity Science and Chaos Theory Complexity Science and Chaos Theory is a model that explains how different triggers or events catalyze significant changes in a given organization. When uncertainties occur, organizations are compelled to change in an attempt to remain competitive. These developments can be explained using the nonlinear dynamic...
Description of Selected Article The selected article for this paper is by Chirowa, Atwood, and Van der Putten (2013). They analyzed the relationship between gender inequality, health expenditure, and maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Their unique analysis explored gender inequality using the Gender Inequality Index (GII). Health expenditure and maternal...
Positive and Negative Findings Positive findings in the patient assessment include: Dizziness, nausea, inability to get out of bed for 4 days; Excessive urine production; Increased thirst; History of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, coronary artery disease; Excessive blood sugar (405), excessive blood pressure (190/101), tachycardia (102), increased respiratory rate (20); The...
Depression is a well-recognized psychological condition that is experienced by several people at some point in their lives. As with other mental disorders, depression requires medical attention as it may evolve into a life-threatening condition. However, treatment of depression, as well as other mental illnesses, is greatly affected by the...
Compare bottom-up to top-down modeling. What is the best approach to arrive at an effective data model? The task to create an effective data model can be tackled from two opposite directions, which can be beneficial in certain circumstances. The top-down approach to database design is considered to be the...
Can you think of ways to validate the information from SQL queries or reports, to assure a level of accuracy in the results? When, if at all, is it better to extract raw data instead of summary information, and what are the best ways to present any retrieved information (e.g.,...
Healthcare industry requires setting high standards of performance and evaluating the current efficiency of an organization with regards to those standards. As Krause (2017) states, benchmarking is an essential component of strategic planning in any industry. The practice is vital for both motivating the employees and in encouraging them to...
Policy Involvement Advanced practice nurses are in a powerful position within a healthcare system as they spend much time in direct care for patients and know their challenges and needs. Nevertheless, according to the report by Heale and Rieck Buckley (2015), there is a lack of political strength of nurses...
Introduction PDI (2017) says positive deviance is based on the assumption that “in every community, there are certain individuals or groups whose uncommon behaviors and strategies enable them to find better solutions to problems than their peers while having access to the same resources and facing similar or worse challenges”...
Introduction There is a propensity toward conflating the notions of leadership and management in many business settings (Rokstad, Vatne, Engedal, & Selbæk, 2015). Although the notions are very close, there is a major difference between them. While management is primarily task-oriented, leadership is supposed to change employees’ attitudes toward their...
Adhering to the principles of social justice and provision of human rights, the United States aspires to provide all individuals with affordable, accessible, and effective health care, irrespective of their social, economic, or racial status. Over the last decade, the United States has progressively taken measures, such as the Affordable...
Initial Post The article ACA’s Performance-Based Health Care Standards – Accreditation Based on Results by Kathleen McKim is devoted to the changes in the health care program. In particular, the author pays attention to the ACA Performance-Based Health Care Standards, which have been developing to coordinate the work of the...
Definition of human capital management Human capital in an organization can be defined as a planned approach to people management. It focuses on attributes portrayed by an individual that is regarded to be productive in some way to the success of that particular organization. Commonly, human capital is related to...
This paper is about “Improving Sepsis Collaboration through computer documentation.” Preventing and treating the life-threatening infection that is sepsis requires one of the most rapid reactions from healthcare professionals regarding time. Thus, identifying and documenting sepsis cases becomes another critical step in the patient’s healing process, requiring a specific set...
What does “universal health care” mean? Which countries in the film have universal health care? Universal health care also referred to as united health care, is an essential healthcare service system that incorporates all legal residents of a society or a country, usually provided by the government. The government settles all...
Concept of Insurance in the US health care Health insurance refers to an arrangement involving payment of medical expenses for patients (41). Under this concept, the entities involved in catering for the expenditure are private insurance companies, social welfare organizations and social insurance schemes (Niles, 38). Thus, some insurance programs...
Medical Staff The delineation of clinical privileges is important for improving the quality of patient care. This process is aimed at determining whether an individual practitioner can be allowed to perform diagnostic tests or therapeutic procedures (Pozgar, 2011, p. 182). It is essential for ensuring that the treatment is provided...
With the implementation of the Affordable Health Care Act, there is a growing number of people to be given cost-effective healthcare. Healthcare providers and government are promoting online health services, including electronic health records (EHRs) and patient portals (PPs) to give high-quality care to active and more demanding people. The...
Introduction From what I saw at Ester Seals day care, interacting with the elderly who suffer from a combination of old age and degenerative mental illnesses requires a lot of time, experience and most importantly patience in making sure that their needs of this particular class of patient are met....
A cognitive approach to psychopathology is associated with the notion that conscious thought is able to change a person’s emotional state and their response to a particular stimulus (Sue et al., 2013). Cognitive models suggest that individual interpretations of various situations become determinants of behavior. According to the proponents of...
Introduction The issue of obesity has attracted many scholarly debates in the recent past due to its global spread. Obesity is a health aspect that is linked to being overweight and/or having excessive body fat. This research focuses on childhood obesity, which has become a public health menace in most...
Evaluation is a critical part of quality improvement processes because it allows healthcare practitioners to identify gaps in quality management (Hickey & Brosnan, 2017). This paper reviews the methods for evaluating quality improvement initiatives, possible metrics for integrating quality indicators, tools for data presentation, and techniques for achieving an integrated...
Nowadays, many countries continue taking steps to move their healthcare systems to achieve a universal level with all options and opportunities available to people. However, despite numerous attempts to improve the field, millions of people remain uninsured and face considerable challenges in receiving medical services. In this paper, special attention...
Abstract Many governments have implemented unique healthcare delivery systems to meet their citizens’ medical needs. A single-party payer model has continued to deliver positive outcomes in different countries across the world, including Taiwan. The hybrid system associated with the United States has failed to meet the medical demands of many...
Describe how cultural practices can promote good physical and mental health, as well as how they can discourage good physical and mental health. Provide an example for each. List a cultural practice that you grew up with or that you believe in strongly that is a health benefit. Please remember...
Model Implementation The policy change I would like to introduce is the elimination of rotating shift work. The reason for such an action is that rotational schedule can cause severe harm for nurses’ physical and mental health. According to Petrov et al. (2014), around 15% of American employees, including nurses,...
Target Population The target population for the Ebola awareness campaign is the residents of Sierra Leone. This target population includes all demographic groups in Sierra Leone because the prevention of Ebola needs everybody’s involvement. Social Marketing Plan Aim The aim of the social marketing plan for the proposed public health...
Compare traditional paper health records to electronic records. What can one do that the other cannot? Some of the formats of electronic data include spreadsheets and databases. What are some of the trade-offs between using a spreadsheet versus a database to record, analyze, and retrieve data in a health care...
Process maps have been used in different fields to understand or illustrate organizational processes or activities as they occur (NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, 2010). In the healthcare sector, they have been used to provide insights into systems and processes associated with service provision (NHS Institute for Innovation and...
Consider the following scenario: You are in a hospital setting that uses an enterprise EHR system with multiple interfaces to other health information platforms. What types of data would be kept in each system and what steps would be needed to allow for analytics to be performed across multiple disparate...
Implementing Health Care Reform — An Interview with HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Politician interview overview Sebelius is the current Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has taken over when Congress was debating the sweeping healthcare reform bill that was put forward by the Obama administration. The Following...
My long-term objective is to become a skilled family nurse practitioner (FNP). This profession will make it possible for me to provide evidence-based services in a primary health care setting. In such a situation, a FNP will focus on disease prevention and wellness. Such a caregiver will also diagnose and...
A project requires adequate project management to be successful, where the Advanced Practice Nurse Project Manager (APN PM) can build a roadmap, support the project team, define the tools, and implement the project tasks. In modern nursing, it is not uncommon that Informatics Nurses (IN) and Informatics Nurse Specialists (INSs)...
AABB quality systems are important to the facilities that seek to improve the outcomes of their facilities. However, the most efficient facilities do not dwell on one method of quality assurance but they take a holistic approach when embracing compliance. According to administrators, quality assurance goes beyond the basic guidelines...
Quality Management Quality management is the act of managing all activities and responsibilities required to uphold a desired level of quality. This consists of evolving and executing quality planning and reassurance, in addition to control of quality and quality development. It is also termed TQM. By definition, it does not...
Comparison Questions Market-Based Approach Government-Funded Approach 1. Who is provided access? Access is provided to all individuals. However, the barrier of access is the pricing of health care services and insurance. Therefore, only those able to afford to finance their healthcare without support from government programs are provided access. A...
The typical patient experience will be one that leaves a lasting impression due to the manner in which they will be handled. As mentioned in the practice definition, one of the core values to guide the practice will be professionalism. The patients will be given priority at all accounts and...
Proposal In this paper, I will argue that abortion is morally permissible and the argument on the immorality of abortion is essentially untenable. The essay will utilize the views of several authors who have contributed to the topic in the recent past. Most of these views are published in books...
Introduction Universal Health Services (UHS) takes the leading position among the healthcare organizations located in the United States. However, to analyze the company’s performance, it is relevant to refer to financial ratios that can reflect the organization’s profitability and liquidity (Universal Health Services, 2016). The analysis of ratios is also...
Introduction Evidence-based research will definitely improve the management and leadership skills of nurse leaders because it allows the professionals to cognize various theories and methods for improving the working setting and handle human resources. However, theoretical frameworks are useless unless they are effectively applied in practice. In this project proposal,...
General Problem Trying new equipment in the operating room and its effectiveness will depend on the amount of training offered by the manufacturing company and “the spectrum of abilities” acquired by the staff (Gallagher, O’Sullivan & Traynor, 2014, p. 296). Specific Problem Doctors and all operating room team members are...
Identifying Resources In studies, the rising cost of medical services emerged as a major problem affecting the health sector. The SWOT analysis conducted recommended a redesign of the healthcare payment system and the inculcation of an innovation culture to improve efficiencies and cost-effectiveness in the management of health services. Implementing...
Programming Tools Description of the Logic Model and the Reasons for Its Selection According to Allmark, Baxter, Goyder, Guillaume, and Crofton-Martin (2013), the logic model is a visual depiction of the relationships between different resources needed to implement a successful health program. The model also outlines the planned activities and...
Introduction Health care has been improving over the past decades, and patients expect quality services and products from medical institutions. This is only possible if these institutions maintain good records about their patients. Health information for use by the medical personnel should also be available to ensure that personnel is...
The title of the proposed investigation To investigate the success of public health sector privatization in Saudi Arabia Aims of the research Though the study has been designed to test the independent and dependent variables empirically, the aims of the study include To ascertain the impact of privatization of the...
Introduction A healthcare system constitutes the model through which a country or region mobilizes, accumulates, and allocates resources to cater for the health needs of the population(1). Regarding the role that the health care financing system plays, the literature indicates that if it is dysfunctional, there is a likelihood that...
After reviewing the United Kingdom’s healthcare system, how does it compare to the United States. What are the similarities? What are the differences? Each of the countries that make up the United Kingdom has its own National Health Service. Access to healthcare is a basic right to all citizens and...
The healthcare system of a given country dictates the quality of medical services available to its citizens. The United States and Canada have adopted diverse models and policies to ensure that more people have access to superior care. This paper compares and contrasts the health care systems of these two...
Description of Map and Health Data it Represents The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) developed the chosen GIS map as an interactive atlas showing the incidence of avoidable heart disease and stroke in America. It did so by highlighting the death rates per 100,000 people. The data cut across all...
The worldwide epidemic of prescription drug abuse is largely affected by the role of nurses caring about patients. Historically, nurses were vital to combating opioid through the anticipatory guidance. Today, they also remain essential in providing health care services to those who are addicted and those who are newly prescribed...
According to Dossey and Keegan (2013), “healing involves physical, mental, social and spiritual processes of recovery, repair, renewal and transformation” (p. 60). Dr. Donald Moss implies that the science-based inquiries of the convergence between spirituality and providing health care are not predominantly innovative, quoting the study of scientist Francis Galton...
Decision making is the process of developing an answer to a particular problem. The dichotomy of individual and group decision making is paramount for nursing due to the fact that professional choices directly influence people’s wellbeing and life (7. Shaban, 2015). Administering the wrong dosage of a drug could lead...
Ethics is clearly one of the basic issues in healthcare. Without a proper ethical code, healthcare industry will not be able to provide its patients with high quality services. However, ethics depends heavily on leadership issues, and the case study conducted by Lawrence and Morris (2009) is a graphic example...
Abstract While autism has received a lot of attention from scholars, its cure and causes are yet to be cleared diagnosed. This is due to many factors that contribute to the development of the condition. This paper looks at the arguments from scholars on whether or not autism is triggered...
Plan Presentation The presented project can be summarized in the following PICOT question: In senior hospitalized patients, what is the effectiveness of increased patient education and participation with regular exercise/physical therapy versus current hospital fall prevention programs with limited exercise/physical therapy in promoting balance and stability thus minimizing falls and...
Introduction The purpose of this study was to examine the risk factors predicting asthma among adult foreign-born African Americans in California. I used a quantitative correlation approach to undertake the research. The associated variables included the dependent variable (asthma status), independent variables (tobacco smoking, alcohol use, education level, income level,...
Introduction Canada, as a developed nation, is currently experiencing an aging population in its demographics. It arises from low birth rates, good quality healthcare, and longer lifespan for its citizenry. Due to advancement in healthcare, more people are living longer than before, despite an increase in the number of chronic...
Item No. Action Alternatives (check one) Action Content for Item (quick notes / bullet points) Scott Little – e-mail Call Immediately Note to call w/in 2-3 days Email immediately Email w/in day Meet with ASAP Forward to:______________ Note to meet w/in 2-3 days Other (specify:__________) No response needed Email Jane...
Introduction Any company comes to a point when adjustments in the operational process become necessary to provide better customer satisfaction and employee engagement. Process improvement programs are vital elements of organizations’ development. Therefore, managers who care about the constant progress of their companies take care to apply the best improvement...
Introduction Change processes are inevitable in every sphere of life because change is crucial for development. Changes frequently become a problem due to the resistance of stakeholders and other obstacles. Change theories are supposed to empower the process of change and make it less painful for the parties involved. Thus,...
The healthcare organizations chosen for the review are the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), and the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). The membership fees of IEEE depend on members’ countries of residence and the duration of membership. The fees for...
How does understanding the database design assist with information retrieval and analytics? Database design is a crucial aspect of working with databases (DBs), which refers to a complex of procedures aimed at creating a structure that will be used to store and manage end-user data. If the end-user realizes the...
Abstract This paper aims to investigate the relationship between asthma and smoking among African immigrants in California. The research problem is founded on the failure of many health studies to include African immigrants as a minority group in health studies that investigate the relationship between asthma and smoking. From this...
Introduction The main role of global medical industry is to provide quality, reliable, and affordable medical care services; in above light, world Health Organization (WHO), European Union, United Nation bodies, and different regional and national bodies have continued to support programs that improve medical care provision. Jointly, the above bodies...
What are the primary reason and the need to aggregate data in health care? Explain your answer with examples Data aggregation in health care means collecting many different types of information into one unified data asset. The primary reason for the practice is that it allows an organization, such as...
Roy Simpson Professional accomplishments Roy Simpson is an informatics pioneer who is the current Deputy President for the Cerner Corporation. He is also the Senior Executive for the Corporation. In the early 1970s, he worked as an assistant to a Chief Nursing Officer in a community-based hospital owned by a...
The points proposed to be discussed in the presentation address the idea of unity because all the sections relate to the thesis. It is important to discuss the necessity of the merger for HealthPartners, the situation of the strategic shift, and the impact observed as a result of the merger...
Forms of Medical Group Practice Nowadays, private physician practices are in decline. The major disadvantages of these practices include high risks associated with practice-management responsibility, financial risks, and problems with autonomy balance (Kash & Tan, 2016). Medical groups, in comparison, offer fewer risks and disadvantages. Some forms of group practice...
If lack of mental health awareness is related to the society’s acceptance of mental institutes, then raising mental health awareness among the Saudi society will make them accept AlAmal complex for mental health According to Jorm (1), failing to provide health literacy to the public may result into lack of...
HealthPartners merged with Park Nicollet Health Services in 2013, and the organization has undergone a significant strategic shift because of the merger (HealthPartners, 2014). The purpose of this project is to state what impact the strategic shift had on the progress of this non-profit health care provider. Thus, the focus...
Abstract The population of children affected by AD/HD has a range of behavioral challenges that are difficult to manage in a group or team environment. Therefore, many families suffer because they are placed under great stress to monitor their child’s hyperactivity and impulsive behavior constantly. The result of AD/HD is...
Define quality in health care and explain the key principles and characteristics of total quality management and continuous quality improvement in the health care context. In your answer include a brief discussion about how TQM and CQI approaches differ from industry, or business-based, quality management, and performance improvement methods. Refer...
What are the largest expense categories incurred by health care services organizations? America’s health care spending has increased at an alarming rate over the past few years. Cleverley, Cleverley, and Song (2010) note that government spending on health care has almost doubled in recent times compared to its spending in...
Introduction Training sessions are directed at improving a particular aspect of operations in an organization. Barnes Jewish Hospital needs changes to respond to the evolving environment of healthcare in the US, and to enhance the efficiency of work to adapt to the Affordable Healthcare Act requirements. It is critical to...
A Brief Description of Inpatient and Outpatient Settings Inpatient and outpatient services refer to analytical and therapeutic processes carried out on patients undergoing various forms and levels of treatment. Inpatient implies that the individual is admitted to the hospital where the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are conducted to ensure the...
Houston Methodist is a leading healthcare institution in the United States (About Houston Methodist, 2016). The organization provides “a wide range of health services to more patients in the Greater Houston Area” (About Houston Methodist, 2016, para. 2). The hospital’s major centers are characterized by qualified members of staff. The...
Introduction Commitment in a team can be described as a sense of free-flowing excitement and passion, where members are willing to anything that is required to enable the team to succeed (Larson & LaFasto, 1989). To provide effective health care, teams of health care providers need to work together as...
Model Evaluation Improvement science models are often used to enhance quality and safety standards in healthcare settings (Ernst et al., 2010). Particularly, they are designed to integrate evidence-based improvement practices in service delivery processes through improvements in patient safety and service quality (Ernst et al., 2010). In this assignment, two...
In today’s world, organizations are expected to use the latest technologies to improve customer experiences. Leasing mobile devices instead of purchasing them allows organizations to cut their expenses while also enhancing the quality of services provided to customers. A Request for Proposal is a useful document that allows sharing the...
The steps involved in the process of project planning Post #1 The steps in planning a project starts with knowing the parameters. It is important to give you a framework based on reality and will allow a good starting point. If those involved know the requirements and resources, it is...
National Infrastructures Within the past decade, the US government has been focusing on the best approaches to transform the country’s healthcare sector. One of the strategies entails the use of modern technologies. This objective has led to the establishment of efficient Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Health Information Exchange (HIE)...
Introduction According to Bourke Health Service (n. d.), Bourke is located to the northwest of Sydney along the Darling River. is a town with a population of about 4000 people (Linke n.d). The area boasts of a health facility which is referred to as the Bourke Health service. This facility...
The present work contains a handout for patient education on diabetes management, which is meant for people with diabetes; also, their families and caregivers may be interested in it. The handout is predominantly devoted to helping the audience to educate themselves on the issue. Diabetes is a chronic health condition,...
Introduction to the Project Obesity is a serious public health concern in the United States that puts millions of children and adolescents at risk of having poor health. Despite the intentions to control and prevent this condition among the chosen population, its prevalence remains high, and certain improvements are expected...
The state of California is engaged in State Health Information Exchange (State HIE) program that is aimed at creating IT infrastructural solutions for meaningful, rapid, and secure exchange of patients’ health data across states. The state of California as a participant is responsible for the availability and adequate flow of...
Research Proposal HealthPartners merged with Park Nicollet Health Services of St. Louis Park in Minnesota in 2013 (HealthPartners, 2014). The leaders’ focus on the cooperation strategy is explained with references to expectations regarding the improvement of the delivery system and expansion of services in the community. The selected cooperation strategy...