Healthcare

Healthcare consumerism brings with it both positives and negatives to the consumer and to the payer. A driving force in healthcare consumerism is the internet and how easy it has become to ‘google’ something. In my opinion, there is so much information on the internet it can be difficult to know whether the information is reliable. If providers and payers can provide their customers with links to reliable information; the consumer has a starting point for research; however, whatever resources…

The healthcare environment has many variables in the culture of an organization. The commitment of quality of care for patients and continuation of improving the workplace on regular basis. Organization cultures are reflected by the values, assumptions, and beliefs of an organization (Fallon, Begun, & Riley, 2013, pg.157). The culture is difficult to change because of the history and values, however, it has the potential to transform in an organization (Fallon, Begun, & Riley, 2013, pg.158). The…

proper healthcare. Each patient requires something different then the next, nothing is a one size fits all. Challenges arise especially when there seems to be a conflict between policy and patient wishes. Every situation is different, bringing forth new challenges for healthcare staff. The bottom line of healthcare is to provide excellent patient care. However ethical dilemmas can arise when dealing with patients. Ms. Susan Kramer explains in her article titles 5 Ethical Challenges in…

trillion dollars on healthcare, which is in excess of 17% of the gross domestic product (GDP). This cost is more than the total GDP of Great Britain, the United Kingdom, and Northern Ireland combined on their healthcare systems. The healthcare costs per capita in the US were substantially higher in 2012 than any other world country. Regardless of the excessive spending of healthcare, many US citizens did not have healthcare insurance and numerous comprehensive processes of healthcare quality and…

reinforced and expanded my knowledge regarding things that I already knew about. I have been in the healthcare field for over 30 years and as this class reinforced it is always changing. I learn something new every day therefore allowing this profession to be one that I remain challenged by and interested in even after 30 years. This class reminded me that everyone is a stakeholder in the healthcare system and every stakeholder brings something different to the field. This class reinforced…

1. Introduction The healthcare delivery quality and patient safety improvement are prominence issues in healthcare systems. Delivery of healthcare depends on implicated procedure and interaction between patient, providers, organization and technology[1] which all of them may be causes of medical error or faults in a system. This condition, most of the time accompanies with uncertainties making the healthcare a high-risk system and it is confirmed by some information such as the annual death…

Over the past years hospitals, and healthcare organizations in general, have started to alter their structures and are moving from a relatively functional and hierarchical structure to structures that are more focused on client processes, cross-functional teams, and flattened across the organization (Vos, van Oostenbrugge, Lim, van Merode, & Groothuis, 2009). This leads to an increasing process-oriented organization of care within the sector and hospitals are looking to increase their Process…

The healthcare system in the United States can be very simple to some and mind-boggling to others. It is constantly changing and sometimes hard to keep us with. Having a clearer understanding of how the healthcare system works can help solve some questions that one may have. Being able to know what works in the healthcare system, what’s work historically, and what the strengths and weaknesses of the system are, will be the key points to this paper. The United States of America is the only…

the welfare of the patients and their interest in ethical issues in the healthcare institution. As such, most of the members of the ethics committee should be doctors, nurses and other health care providers. These committees may also have social workers, chaplains, legal representatives or community representatives. The members of the ethics committee should have knowledge of the relevant code of ethics, knowledge of healthcare law and ethical assessment skills. They should be diverse…

Katlin Campos MHS 4408 Professor Epps November 28 , 2016 Diversity and Cultural Competence in Behavioral Healthcare Abstract This paper is about the effects of diversity and cultural competence in the behavioral health care work setting. It is oftentimes overlooked how important one 's ethnicity is not only to ourselves but for the clients as well. Making all efforts to make a client feel comfortable with their background when seeking treatment will ultimately lead to better results. This…