Act (PPACA) into law; this was the first major legislation overhaul of the American’s health care system in over forty years. The President was concerned with the estimated fifty million Americans without health care insurance coverage and sky rocking health care cost, and the United States health care system consumed 18 percent of American’s gross domestic product (Ridic & Howard, 2012). The basic goals of the PPACA is to improve affordability, accessibility, and quality of health for more Americans
Who cares if you have Healthcare? Imagine this: You have been going back and forth to the doctor for years for minor sicknesses, paying your premiums and copays. Then one day you go to the doctor and you have terrible upsetting news. You have been diagnosed with cancer. A killer disease which has affected someone in your family or maybe a close friend but this time it’s you. Not only have you just been told the worse news ever you get a letter in the mail stating your insurance company is going
prevalence rates of workplace violence show that violence is a more common phenomenon than previously believed. Workplace violence has been recognized in three main levels: the organizational, the societal and the individual level. The most vulnerable health care workers are nurses as they are the most effected by workplace violence. The reason behind is that nurses are in close contact with their patients. During both day and night shifts, they are the most available caretakers and are the frontline staff
Health information exchange is an electronic system that allows healthcare providers and patients to access and share a patient’s vital medical information in an appropriate and secure way. This effectively improves the speed, safety, quality, and cost of patient care. ("What is HIE (Health Information Exchange)?" • What are the various models of HIE? o Directed Exchange Currently, there are three forms of HIE. Directed exchange is one of the models of health information management. It allows health
morals as a nurse. This paper will discuss the video Crossing Professional Boundaries as a Registered Nurse and highlight the anomalies in regard to the professional behaviours, attitudes and presentation of the nurse, Nurse Nickie. Quality patient care must be delivered respectfully, responding to the concerns, needs and values of the patient, and it is evident that these qualities are lacking in this video (ACSQHC, 2010). The unprofessional actions exhibited by the nurse will be emphasised and analysed
Kaiser subscribers are able to view most of their personal health records online, including their lab results, medication history, and treatment summaries. Patients can enter their own readings from blood pressure and glucose meters. They can also securely email their healthcare providers, which cuts down on the amount of time patients spend on hold waiting
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sustains to reduction use of restrain and advocate for continue research to support evidence based practice for preventing and management of behavior emergency. Furthermore, the American Nurse Association (ANA, 2001) supports to reducing restrain in health care setting, also uphold the patient autonomy and dignity. The restrain practice can be achieved by strategies which recognize relevant ethical, legal, evidence-based practice that focused on alternative solution to restrain. So the nurse struggle to
Furthermore, themes like accountability in health care, organizational reform, rationing and priority setting, and cost containment were discussed in the book regarding the health care reform. (Gooijer, 2007, p.225) Cost sharing measures on the demand side of healthcare have hardly resulted in cost containment mainly because of many detailed exemption regulations that came with the introduction of the reform measures. On the supply side cost containment has led to a negative influence on the equality
Healthy.ny.gov states that a pregnancy is considered full-term at 280 days or 40 weeks gestation. Typically plus or minus 2 week is (38-42 weeks) is an acceptable range for gestation to be within normal range. Advances in health care and neonatal care have been able to sustain preterm deliveries, routinely after 28 weeks and that timeline continues to move up. There are documented cases (cite the reference) where babies have lived when delivered at 23 weeks gestation. In addition there