Ambulatory care

The Healthcare Insurance Exchange offers plans for everyone. In the marketplace there are four various tiers of coverage, ranging from, bronze to platinum. The four plan tiers range from the lowest to highest which are the bronze, silver, gold and platinum. The bronze plan is the lowest level and offers the most minimal coverage while the platinum plan is considered a premium plan. On the lower levels, the deducible are much higher but the premiums are lower. As we move to the tope tiers we see…

As people age they want to remain in their homes and retain their independence. Not all seniors want to live in a community setting. Giving care to older family members is difficult because they are not trained in care coordination, navigate the healthcare system, nor are they knowledgeable about how to assist their loved one in regaining their independence of maintaining their health (Lamb, 2014). This problem is further compounded because family members may not live close to their aging parent…

Examples of primary care sites include physician offices, school health, ambulatory, or outpatient clinics, surgical centers, and health departments. The acute care environment encompasses the pediatric inpatient, intensive care, and intermediate care units, the pediatric emergency room, same day surgery center, and pediatric rehabilitation facility. Primary care PNPs have the additional knowledge and skill to diagnose and treat episodic illnesses; manage ongoing care of children with chronic…

work year-round conducting off-season rehabilitation, conditioning, and preventative programs. You might also find an AT working in a sports medicine clinic. Their role in these clinics may vary from being the physician extender to providing outreach care at a local high school. The U.S. military is one of the fastest growing employment markets within athletic training. AT’s may provide for a military school sports team, work in on- and off-base fitness and wellness centers, be a part of the…

for health care services has experienced record growth which has led to an increase in employment rates. Ambulatory Health Care Services alone have projected an employment growth rate of 2.06% which is higher than any other sector (see figure 1) (IWIB Healthcare Taskforce, 2014). Much of this growth is due to changing federal regulations and the aging Baby Boomer population (cite). Since Primary Care accounts for 55% of all patient visits this growth will directly impact the way care is provided…

The Morse fall scale assesses the patient’s risk for falling using specific variables; history of falling, secondary diagnosis, uses an ambulatory aid, has an IV access, mobility, and current mental status. Once all variables are assessed, a numeric value is assigned which, estimate if the patient has; no risk of falling, a low to moderate of falling or a high risk of falling during their…

I came from Costa Rica, where everybody has access to private or public health care. Costa Rica is one of the few countries in Latin America that offers universal coverage, and it is an achievement that is sustained in a financing strategy based upon the contributions of workers, employers, and the State (Sáenz, Bermúdez, and Acosta 7). I used to get access to health care when I needed it, I had an ambulatory surgery and I did not pay anything for it. Also, if I was outside of my district…

course that teaches such things as accountability, staff development, conflict management, teamwork, how to develop a vision for the department and/or organization, and finances. This course will be completed in January of 2017. My career in health care service delivery spans over 20 years and has allowed me to grow in many areas. I became interested in administration, not because it was a natural progression to the next level. A teacher once told me that I should strive to be a change agent…

hands, no indoor plumbing and raw sewerage running through the streets, leeches as part of care…it almost sounds like a horror movie; but this is a fairly accurate description of early hospital care throughout the world. Originally known as ‘houses of God’ most of these primitive hospitals were little more than a few beds to provide care to the ill, infirm and insane who had no family or means for other care (Gormley, 2010). Between 1860 and 1930 a number of “almshouses”, the predecessors to…

such as ‘clinical pharmacy’, ‘pharmaceutical care’ and in the UK, even ‘medicines optimization’ are being used to aid in defining the role of pharmacists. The term ‘clinical pharmacy’ was created in the early of 1970s. Clinical…