Ambulatory care

surgery and due to the complexity, the provider notes that he needs an assistant surgeon. The patient will need to be hospitalized for 3 to 5 days, be provided with a Continuous Passive Motion Unit, and a cold unit for 3 weeks, front wheel walker for ambulatory assistance, a 3-in-1 commode, and outpatient postoperative physical therapy twice a week for 6 weeks. Based on the amended medical report dated 10/06/16 by Dr. Schiffman, the patient is a candidate for a right total knee replacement.…

records. Studies shown several request for A-EMRAM system, majority of all healthcare activities approximately 70% requires face-to-face physician visit in recent survey. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, 26% of patient are ambulatory care. The newly arranged A-EMRAM offers leading-software programs that digitally transcribe paper information into electronic medical records. The A-EMRAM industry metric helped push the healthcare IT toward Stage 7, while compliance section…

Accreditation is proving to an official organization that has authority to state if your organization meets the demands that are set for facility to show the team of accreditors that you are competent and have met a set of standards. When your facility gets accredited by the official organization the stakeholders are ensured that the facility meets a set of standards in quality and safety. Being an accredited facility means you have reached the gold seal in quality and safety for your patients…

clinical setting and at times I think nurses advocate for patients in ways they are not even aware. Currently I work in the ambulatory care setting of a busy neurosurgical practice. Nursing has a critical role to ensure that patients are prepared for surgery. This is done through education and through thorough review of their medical/social history. Specifically, the ambulatory…

The process of certification of Healthcare Personnel Services consists mainly of three key elements: Compliance with the standards of health care personnel services and elements of performance. The upper number of a proportion (fraction) is the numerator and the lower number is the denominator. The denominator is the total population or opportunities and the numerator is the number that complies. The Joint Commission standards The standards of the Joint Commission are the basis of an objective…

A comparison of 2 computerized management systems and each of their benefits offered to patient care and nursing care delivery are also defined below. How can the use of the computerized management systems increase the quality of patient care, along with the use and integration of handheld devices? Computerized management systems provide many opportunities to increase the quality of patient care; one example is computerized physician order entry (CPOE). CPOE requires the physicians to…

healthcare professionals need to work together as "a close-knit team". Having this collaborative culture ensures the most efficient, progressive care possible to its patients.DMG goals are to care for its patients by following a common vision where all healthcare professionals and its employee staff members work together to offer the highest quality care that enhances the physical and mental well-being of the patients. Furthermore, to accomplish the DMG's mission, the healthcare professionals…

for patients to find fast answers to their health related queries and providing new ways to communicate with medical personnel, such as remote monitoring technologies that encourage preventative behavior among patients and medical staff. While acute care facilities grow in numbers, more medical services venture into the…

Nurse-Midwife managed care improves satisfaction Satisfaction has become a metric that helps determine reimbursement by Medicare and insurance companies. This change is due to the Affordable Care Act(ACA), and was done to improve the care provided by hospitals and providers to patients. The ACA has gone into effect since Paul, Jordan, Duty, & Engstrom (2013) released their article on using certified nurse midwives(CNM) to improve patient satisfaction and care. (Paul, J., Jordan, R., Duty, S.,…

in 1990's managed care plans managed reducing costs by negotiating discounts from providers and used lower cost settings (i.e., hospital versus ambulatory surgery center). As consumers required less restrictive care their utilization increased and such health expenditures increased. This is not because the managed care organizations (MCO's) have failed or they do not contain costs, it is a function of consumer demand. MCO's work diligently to control costs by ensuring the care is delivered…