Ambulatory care

One of the first events that helped to cement my interest in the pharmacy field was from my experiences of taking care of my grandmother. Being a diabetic and a survivor of breast cancer, my grandmother had difficulties managing her vast amounts of medications. Her health had begun to decline and our family became worried as what to do.We followed the recommendation of a doctor to take her to a pharmacist to reevaluate her medications. It was during that trip that I initially learned how much a…

Some of the key factors of the hospital and the healthcare systems include the acute and the long-term care. The acute care in most cases involves the provision of the outpatient services. The long-term care in the community includes the care for the terminally ill patients in the community (Williams & Torrens, 2008). The degree of success in the provision of the short term and the long term care depends highly…

Part 1B: Based on the physician reimbursements for several CPT codes on physician lookup function on CMS, there is a variation in Medicare payments that are provided at facility setting (inpatient, outpatient or ambulatory) to that of a non-facility setting (physician’s office). In most cases, the Medicare’s non-facility pricing is higher than the facility pricing; this difference in payments accounts for three aspects which are categorized into Relative Value Units (RVUs) under physician’s…

healthcare, policymakers, HCOs and practitioners focus on value, trying to deliver best health outcomes at a given cost level. “In the United States, there are at least three major payers for health care: governments (Federal, State, and local); employers, through employer-based health insurance; and health care consumers themselves, through out-of-pocket payments” (CDC…

for health, and how much the country pays for health insurance. The United States and Japan are different when looking at the cost of health care and the healthcare efficiency. The differences and similarities between Japan and United States are private or federal insurances, health care efficiency, methods of payment, and how much we spend on certain health care necessities. In the US there are different health insurances for people who need it and from people who have it. There are two types…

Planning has been a positive function at Jackson since the system has been under Migoya’s leadership. Jackson’s plan is to continue providing the residents of Miami-Dade County with the best quality care possible by creating ways to satisfy their healthcare needs (Community Health Needs Assessment, 2015, para. 1). In 2015, Jackson collaborated with the Health Council of South Florida to orchestrate a health needs assessment to evaluate areas that can be improved to better serve the residents of…

employees hours to avoid covering the employees. By reducing hours, businesses are able to get by the 30-hour-per-week definition of a full-time employee. In Logan’s opinion this is not fair for some Americans to pay for someone else rather than taking care of their own family and…

at home care technology and electronic medical record system, most checkups and post-surgical care can be done at home." When you elaborate on the suggestion of home verses hospital or outpatient, I anticipate that most of us would prefer the comforts of home, supposedly surrounded by loved ones who prepare homemade chicken noodle soup and periodically, check your temperature. It is quite understandable, however, that more patients prefer care at home in lieu of a higher level of care. By…

Job description Registered Nurses provide and coordinate the care of patients, educate the public and patients about various health conditions, and offer advice and personal care to patients and the patient’s family. While registered nurses treat and care for patients, they must also offer emotional support while doing their occupation. RNs work in a number of different working environments. These environments include: in hospitals, physicians’ offices, home healthcare services, and nursing…

providers have numerous concerns about the system security, confidentiality, and impacts on patients’ care processes. The authors mention about previous researches had shown that many factors can affect EMR implementation, such as documentation time, ease of fixing mistakes, workflow’s efficiencies, and more. The article describes a survey, which was conducted at an adult ambulatory care and an urgent care clinic. There were 25 providers, about 70 residents, 17 nurses, and 30 medical assistants…