Introduction According to Australian government (2010: para4) the healthcare in Australia is offered by both the government and the private sector. The health policy in Australia is set by the ministry of Health and Aging. In 1984, the government established a healthcare system known as Medicare. Medicare exists alongside the...
Introduction For many people, psychotherapy takes a long time to complete (Hoyt, 2001). As psychoanalytic thinking became more complicated, therapists adopted techniques and strategies that require lengthy treatment sessions (Budman, Hoyt & Friedman, 1992). The aforementioned conventional treatment modality forces clients to undergo therapy sessions regularly without a clear end...
Introduction Health care in rural and remote regions of Australia has been a priority of the government health department. Supply and retention of medical practitioners in remote regions has been an important area of concern for the health policy makers. This paper aims at evaluating the health care facilities available...
No matter how unique an organisation might be and how unprecedentedly its goals and strategies could be shaped, it needs to be based on a set of standards and notions that are deemed as generally required for any company. Particularly, it is crucial to establish a set of values based...
Introduction Research on the impact of the location of EMS stations on EMS response time began almost 40 years ago. As the scope of the interest in EMS expanded, researchers were impelled to examine other spheres excluding location, which affect the response time. These included predicting the number of resources...
Objective I am writing this memo to bring to your attention the need for universal healthcare for Americans. It analyzes the problems and providing necessary policy recommendations to address the needed changes in the general healthcare provision in the United States. Summary of Issue The weaknesses in the American healthcare...
Introduction Quality for services has always been a concern for all professional services. It determines how customers respond to the services provided, and finally, the success of the whole thing. Healthcare providers in the public scene have tried to provide quality services, which are essential, not only for the well-being...
Cyna, McAuliffe, Andrew, 2004, in their study titled “Hypnosis for pain relief in labor and childbirth: a systematic review,” examined the evidence regarding the effects of hypnosis for pain relief during childbirth. The method used in the study was an electronic search (gathered from Embase, Cochrane library, Pubmed, and Medline)....
Abstract In the years between the 1950s and 1960s, nutritionists started developing a questionnaires as a technique for assessing habitual food intake based on recorded food consumed over a set time period because of the increasing health problems associated with nutritional risk factors in the elderly, adolescents, pregnant and adult...
Choosing a career path or a profession is one of the most critical decisions we make in life. Several factors should be considered, since one’s profession is a label of who the person is, what he or she does, and perhaps tells something about his or her personality. Out of...
Introduction The paper has provided two designs for experiments as an alternative for the diagnosis and treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) The paper has first presented the existing treatment, diagnosis and treatment of BPD and then provided two experiment designs. The first experiment is based on the Hamilton Depression...
Minimally invasive procedures continue to increase in popularity since these techniques mean substantially less trauma for the patient, less expensive for them, and less workload for the surgeons. “The field of image-guided procedures is one subset of minimally invasive procedures in which medical images are used to provide guidance during...
Marijuana is a plant that is sometimes also referred to as ‘cannabis’. This plant is grown worldwide for different purposes; however, marijuana’s bud is used to smoke, for recreational or medicinal purposes. In most parts of the world, marijuana is an illegal drug; whereas in other parts, it can only...
Introduction In a rather busy hospital near a slum, I work as medical personnel. Numerous patients report to the hospital day in day out. Various conditions are presented including serious illnesses that require dedicated attention on the patient besides carrying out a follow-up on the progress. Professional ethics At work,...
Introduction The Australian Healthcare System (AHS) provides healthcare benefits for millions of Australian citizens and is regarded as one of the best examples of healthcare providers. The system is modeled along the lines of the US and UK healthcare systems and is funded by the government, employers, and their employees....
Introduction The employment of cloning and human embryonic stem cells is of the most significant innovations in medicine (Wobus 640). The discovery of the ability to manipulate embryonic stem cells has created the fields of regenerative medicine and cellular therapy, which aim to treat debilitating and/or fatal conditions that were...
Abstract This paper intends to find out the factor which affects the satisfaction and retaining levels of nurses at their work places. For this purpose an introduction is provided which briefly introduces the topic to the readers, secondly the body of paper starts with the definitions of the key terms...
Is it helpful to women that reproductive technologies, such as hormonal contraception, egg selling and surrogacy, are available in the international marketplace? In this essay, I have shown that it is helpful to women that reproductive technologies are available in the international marketplace. Reproductive technology is the term used to...
Introductory project description A blood clot is defined as “the clumps that occur when the blood hardens from a liquid to a solid (coagulates). A blood clot that forms inside a blood vessel or within the heart and remains there is called a thrombus.” (Stitham, 2008) There are several causes...
Introduction Smoking has long been associated with cancer of the lungs and other respiratory diseases. It is estimated that about 33 percent of the male adults in the world smoke varying number of cigarettes. In addition to causing health and lung problems for the smoker, passive smoking is in which...
‘Health’ Defined Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines ‘Health’ as the condition of being good in body, mind, or spirit that is particularly free from physical disease or pain. Definition of Health Promotion In its simplest form, the word “health” means the absence of disease. This well-known definition was expanded in the 1970s...
The development of multiple conditions has a significant effect on a patient’s health. In the discussed case, M.K., a 45-year-old female has a history of Type II diabetes mellitus (T2D) and hypertension. Her current diagnosis is chronic bronchitis, as the patient experiences chronic cough with sputum, excessive peripheral edema, nocturia,...
That the inadequate healthcare system needs a significant and immediate overhaul is undeniable. Health care professionals understand the problems associated with the failing system more so than anyone and are the first to voice their concerns. Americans of all political ideologies agree too many individuals and families are uninsured or...
The electronic medical record (EMR) is at the forefront of medical technology. Numerous companies are making it available, and physician groups and hospitals are investigating the potential benefits it can provide. The push to get there has now entered the political arena, with candidates from both parties proclaiming how the...
Introduction Health is a state of good functioning and the balance on the spiritual, social, mental, emotional, perceptional and physical level. Absolutely it is seen that nobody is perfectly healthy because since childhood all kind of childhood diseases and even the small imperfections are visible; a perfect health will result...
Limitations of the Study The significance of emotional intelligence as a part of the general notion of emotional competence is critical in nursing. The ability to decipher the changes in a patient’s attitudes and emotional stage, as a whole, is critical in meeting the needs of the patient in question...
Research question The research question chosen for the current exploration is the following: “Is there a connection between patient satisfaction and patient outcomes?” The research question was chosen due to the need for hospitals to consider the metric of patient satisfaction when increasing the quality of their care and ensuring...
Executive Summary This project aims to collect relevant data related to chronic condition management. The topic of this project is chronic disease management and the problem is that Anthem has 85% of diabetes readmission rates while the national standard is set at 56.8%. Data review will be done by examining...
Lobbying Government for Funds to Support Nursing Issue The direct activities for health care improvement compose one of the key nursing profession essentials. Lobbying implies that a nurse is to speak out against or in support of a specific proposed or introduced legislation (Franck, 1997). To make a health care...
Introduction A health information system (HIS) supports integrated functions such as patient data collection, compilation, management, and transmission. Hospitals use HIS to ensure patient-centered care and improve quality and safety (Sittig & Singh, 2017). This paper discusses a HIS project implemented in a satellite facility in compliance with current HITECH...
Introduction Healthcare reforms in recent years have focused on quality improvement (QI) and patient-family-centered care (PFCC) delivery in a bid to cut down costs and enhance efficiency. Developing essential skills in organizational leaders and interprofessional teams is critical to building a patient-centric culture to support these goals. In particular, competencies...
Abstract When finishing an educational program, it is essential to stop and think where one is. That is, what has been already achieved and what is to be next. The current paper, explains my concerns in psychology, describes the career goals, analyzes what is needed to achieve them. This assignment...
Abstract Florence Nightingale’s model of nursing is based on accentuating the role of the environment in affecting patients’ health outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to investigate Nightingale’s theory and assess its contribution to nursing and application in a modern healthcare context. The analysis of the model indicates its...
The idea of physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia raises a number and disputes and disagreements in regards to whether a person or their immediate family members should have the right to choose medically aided death. As it stands, current clinical practice, ethical, and legal practices leave decisions regarding medically assisted death...
Problem Statement and Proposed Solution The ultimate goal of healthcare is to provide quality care based on a patient’s needs and recent evidence. The quality of care depends upon many factors, including the level of staffing among frontline care providers. According to Martsolf et al. (2016), nurse staffing level positively...
Introduction The modern healthcare sector faces a significant problem that limits its further evolution and prevents it from performing the central task, which is the provision of care to all people who might need it. This issue is a too high price for the majority of available treatment plans or...
Although the US healthcare system is often regarded as exemplary in the world, it is rather cost-ineffective and characterized by a lack of equity. Medical error is one of the major factors that have an adverse impact on American health care. Makary and Daniel (2016) note that medical error is...
Introduction Diabetes is one of the key chronic diseases that seriously affect the health of populations, along with obesity and cardiovascular dysfunctions. In Australia, the rates of people diagnosed with diabetes mellitus increase, which creates the need to properly understand its pathophysiology and potential steps to assist patients. This paper...
Introduction The Australian health system had undergone and continues to experience rapid change and innovation. It is part of the social governance of the country with an objective to enhance public health. Health policy is the primary focus of the political agenda as significant challenges remain. The report will investigate...
The problem of medical errors has been persistent in the nursing and healthcare setting for a while, causing numerous negative outcomes and endangering the lives of many patients. Medical errors occur at several levels and lead to injuries, traumas, nosocomial infections, and other consequences that affect patients negatively. However, from...
Quality management in hospitals is crucial to achieving better patient outcomes. In neonatal and pediatric intensive care, high-quality services can also help to save patients’ lives. Quality, costs, and deliverables are the key indicators of performance that can be applied in this environment. Managers have a unique role in Gemba...
Abstract This article is devoted to the question of human resources management in the health services sphere. Development a business-processes, enterprises in the public health, the transition to insurance medicine puts before the leader of medical founding a problem of improvement of organizing culture and quality of management, the fullest...
In the context of healthcare, value-based purchasing (VBP) is defined as the strategy of linking the payments for received services to the improved performance of healthcare providers. This type of payment ensures that providers hold themselves accountable for both the quality and the cost of services they offer. Therefore, inappropriate...
The Healthy People federal initiative has experienced moderate success in the United States by identifying and addressing various issues in public health that affect the population and health system. Healthcare has taken a leading spot in the UAE National Agenda for 2021, and there is an increased surge of health...
Public Health Theory: Supporting Implementation and Health Promotion Since the program aimed at managing the issue of obesity implies altering patients’ behaviors and eating habits, a model that encourages change is required for managing the situation. Therefore, change-oriented public health theories will have to be considered. Because of the necessity...
Introduction The gap in Healthcare Delivery Ensuring the improved outcomes within the sphere of mental health for veterans is among the critical healthcare priorities due to the high intensity of the work they have done as well as the range of adverse consequences that occur as a result of it....
The provision of care to people suffering from chronic conditions is often associated with the focus on pain management. Such patients tend to endure constant or frequent pain, which hurts their quality of life (Schmidt, 2016). One of the most effective ways to assist these patients is to provide educational...
Uninsured patients represent a target demographic of patients that do not have health coverage. The problem is high on the agenda because the United States is the only industrialized country that does not offer universal and all-encompassing health insurance to all people, and the coverage has been changing and deteriorating...
Hospitals are focusing on transforming the clinical environment to ensure patient safety and quality care through improved shift handoffs. They implement evidence-based interventions at the point of care to minimize the risk of medical errors and incidents and for quality performance consistent with value-based purchasing. Effective nurse-to-nurse information transfer is...
Abstract African-American women constitute the most significant population exposed to HIV infection in the USA. They are about 20 times more likely to be HIV positive than white females of the same age range. AIDS as the outcome of the virus infection, as well as cervical cancer and other severe...
The term beneficence implies all forms of actions aiming at contributing to persons’ welfare. The principles of beneficence appear to be different from those of nonmaleficence. Beneficence requires taking positive actions to help others, whereas nonmaleficence means avoidance of causing harm. It is also necessary to differentiate the concept of...
Demographics Assessment The total population of Sentinel City is 663,862. Broken down by age, persons under 5 years of age consist of 7.4% of the population, under 18 is 21.7%, and persons 65 and older comprise 10.5%. Racial distribution includes 80.6%, 31.5% Hispanic, 10.4% black, 3.7% Asian, 2% American Indian...
Introduction Autism is one of the neurodevelopmental disorders with a wide range of severity and symptoms. It is a complex disorder caused by multiple mutations of genes, epigenetic factors, and environmental conditions, such as pollution, food, and diseases (Christensen et al., 2018). Owing to multiple and interactive causes, it is...
Information technology (IT) is an integral part of all segments of life today. Since its first sprouts in the 1940s with the development of the electronic computer, the field has expanded to become a dominant player in every industry imaginable. From finance to agriculture, IT systems have interspersed into the...
Despite serious advancements in medical technology and successful transition to evidence-based practice, healthcare systems in the United States and a variety of other countries continue to face challenges. The present paper analyzes the problem of challenges within health systems by reviewing a number of scholarly articles that pay maximum attention...
Background Information The current global projections by the World Health Organization on the trend of obesity indicates that more than 3 billion peoples would be overweight by the year 2015 while childhood overweight is now considered by the body as the “most serious public health challenges of the 21st century”...
Introduction Obesity has become one of the major problems of modern society in the United States and other developed countries. According to Ogden et al., “more than one-third of adults and 17% of youth in the United States were obese in 2011–2014”, and these results are only getting worse each...
HU Effects on Progression of SCD Symptoms Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with specific chronic and acute patient complications, including organ and tissue damage and severe episode of sickle cell crisis (SCC), which increase the risk for premature mortality. However, research evidence suggests that HU may change the prognosis...
Introduction This project aims at exploring the phenomenon of dyslexia. It is the disease that manifests itself in reading difficulties. Most of all, it is identified in children reached school-going age. The paramount goal of this project is to determine factors that promote dyslexia as well as the ways to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Problem Identification A patient’s safety is a worldwide priority in preventing medication errors before they lead to permanent or temporary harm, financial loss, psychological trauma to patients and health care providers, and death. As stated by Aronson (2009), a medication error is characterized by the incorrect performance of prescriptions, negligence,...
Introduction The narration of a story, irrespective of whether it relates to other people or is about oneself, is the same across the world. The advancement of language in human life, both on a personal and evolutionary basis, leads to the intricate use of metaphors and features of speech. This...
Market structure According to the US government report of 2007, the market structure for both the prescription drugs (brand-name drugs) and generic drugs are changing significantly. It notes that for the last four decades there, is a small increase, in demand, for prescription drugs due to the increasing use of...
Introduction Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most frequent mental disorders all over the world. It belongs to the category of anxiety disorders and is considered to be a “highly prevalent, chronic, costly and disabling mental disorder” (Cuijpers et al., 2014, p. 131). GAD can develop as an...
Introduction In clinical practice, there are many patients who may have several health problems and require special assessment and treatment. As a rule, there is one main health problem and several co-morbid conditions which may influence the development of the primary disease and the effects of a chosen treatment. In...
Introduction Psychotherapy has gradually evolved during the past few decades closing the bridge with the medical world. Increasingly, studies are stressing on the biological substrate evidenced in human disorders. It has been claimed that neurological or chemical mechanisms are responsible for the disorder. On the other hand, Biopsychology has come...
The paper provides a detailed diagnosis of the disorder manifested by the patient in case study 18. Theoretical orientations and historical perspectives on the diagnosis, risk factors, as well as evidence-based and non-evidence-based treatment strategies for the disorder are presented. A separate annotated bibliography indicating the relevance of different sources...
Introduction Different scholars have developed numerous definitions of the term learning. However, Wright, Street, and Gousy (2011) define learning as the continuous permanent acquisition of cognitive, behavioural, and other technical and non-technical skills. Learning is a nonstop process, which commences during childhood and continues throughout adulthood. People have different learning...
Introduction The cost of health care has grown tremendously over the past few decades, necessitating the need for the implementation of efficient strategies to cut down healthcare spending. Various scholars have come up with proposals on the best ways to deal with the ballooning cost of healthcare without compromising its...
Introduction Behavioral health conditions account for mental and substance abuse disorders. It is estimated that by 2020, mental and substance use disorders will outperform all physical conditions as a critical source of disability globally (Williams, 2013). Data also indicate that about 26% of Americans aged 18 and more are living...
Knowledge is a common way to create value. Its role is critical in terms of corporate value and improving organisational performance, especially in the case of the creation of new knowledge through sharing with colleagues (Carlile 2002). As such, there is a popular tendency to implement knowledge management technologies in...
Introduction Patient waiting time, as is aptly described by various scholars, has varied dimensions to it. The two broad definitions, however, include the time the patient spends in the hospital waiting to be served plus the total contact hours with the doctor or physician (Katz & Larson, 1991). The other...
Introduction and Background African Americans comprise 13 percent of the overall population, however, they account for a disproportionate percentage of heart disease, breast cancer, and other health-related problems. Based on the drug trials that have been done on the white populations, the outcomes often prove ineffective for these highly-vulnerable African...
Introduction The existing health care system in Germany is considered to be one of the most efficient in the world. The original ideas of the current health care system were introduced by Bismarck, who developed a scheme of social insurance. This system was based on the “sickness funds” which became...
Introduction The organization under analysis is a large hospital that provides services to people from different ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The hospital commonly uses teams of healthcare professionals to deal with difficult problems and suggest improvements. Based on current analysis of the organization, it is facing the following main...
Introduction The acronym AIDS refers to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The term AIDS was adopted in 1982 to describe a condition in which the body develops low immunity levels on acquiring HIV (short form for human immunodeficiency virus). According to Carr, quoted by Timewell, Minichiello, and Plummer (1992), AIDS is...