Ambulatory care

few years. Even more so that it now branches out to a broader range of technology known as Telehealth. Telehealth allow physicians to provide care and monitor their clients while at a distant location, using the latest technologies. According to the Center for Connected Health Policy, telehealth is described as a collection of methods for improving health care, public health, and the support of health education delivery using telecommunication technologies. The same article continues to…

make sure that the personnel that is taking care of them has been well trained and certified. No one who goes to the hospital, wants someone without a degree to treat them because it is…

Clinical Health (HITECH) Act to support the widespread use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) as a way to save costs thru “meaningful use” (healthIT.gov, 2015). How does the EHR impact health care consolidation? The Obama administration has tried to entice physicians, hospitals and health care providers…

When you’re suffering with the health and improper functioning of your heart, it is important to do your own research and find a cardiologist who’s right for you immediately. The overall quality , excellence in this field and reputation of cardiac care of the hospital where they practice is often a good benchmark for cardiologists. When you are looking for best Cardiologist, experience and reputation does matter. The more experience a cardiologist has with a condition or procedure, the best your…

On 11/10/17 I met Mr. Hamlin at the ARM physical therapy to remove the surgical dressing as directed by Dr. Clarkson. Mr. Hamlin was alert and oriented. He was cooperative and willing to provide his medical history. MEDICAL FACTORS Mr. Hamlin reports that while at work he was using a press to change a bearing when the bearing slipped hitting his left middle finger. He was sent to the emergency room. Later when the finger was not functioning he was sent to Dr. Clarkson. He was told he had a…

other health care providers and patients. The health department where I live uses this. Anytime that I have been in the hospital or went and got a shot somewhere other than the health department they have all the information in my health record; information from the hospital and information from the doctor’s office here in town. There are other ways to exchange…

As we all know, nurses are the largest group of health care professionals (Shi and Singh, 2015). When a registered nurse is qualified through advance training, education and clinical experience, to assume some of the duties and responsibilities formerly assumed only by a physician, becomes a Nurse Practitioner (Nurse Practitioner, n. d.). This program was first developed in the United States by Loretta Ford and Henry Silverman in 1967 at the University of Colorado (Kippenbrock, 2017).…

The key problems that Ms. Jones may be facing in her new role as CEO of King Memorial Hospital are financial challenges which consist of government funding cuts, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues, bad debt, decreasing inpatient volume, increasing costs for staff and supplies, and competition from other providers; health reform implementations consist of reducing operating costs, aligning provider and payer incentives, shifting to value-based purchasing, working with physicians more…

of health care services (The Joint Commission, 2015). “Communication is central to organizational effectiveness and survival because the essence of organizations is cooperation, and no cooperation is possible without effective communication (Communication Challenges).” Miscommunication is known to be the third leading cause of death in America (Noguchi,2014). Researchers have found that improving communication between providers through initiatives can…

increased length of stay, an increased amount of health care resources and poorer health outcomes when specific fractures occur. Soft tissue injuries or minor fractures can also cause significant functional impairment, pain and distress. Even “minor” falls can prompt the older person to fear falling, causing him/her to limit activity, resulting in loss of strength and independence. (HRET 2013) Falls have been recognized for decades by health care professionals as an etiology for injury, but were…