Healthcare

increase the value of the access to the healthcare, such as preventing the medical fraud and abuse in the healthcare system, and encourage the standardized protection of individual health information system. HIPPA has effected to the healthcare commerce in many ways. The main purpose of HIPPA is to keep all patients privacy, including preventing the privacy violation of the healthcare system, and limit the administrated costs of healthcare. Therefore, all healthcare organizations that convey any…

the year’s healthcare organizations have increasingly used the Lean Six Sigma principles to improve operating efficiency in their organization to better deliver care to the patients (Poksinska, Fialkowska-Filipek & Engström, 2017). The Lean Six Sigma was originally used in manufacturing businesses as a strategy for improvement by increasing performance that inheres to better customer satisfaction and improved results of the bottom-line (Laureani, Brady & Antony, 2013). In healthcare, Lean Six…

learn from his/her culture. Ether person is in sickness or in the healthy condition the conduct followed by an individual is directly influenced by culture. And as culture is different the healthcare providers need to be aware for the rule, attitude, and morality to treat the patient by respecting it. The healthcare providers need to be culturally competent for that (Bacote, 2003). And as we have seen diversity increased…

Sick in America. Moore makes a variety of points about the high costs of medicare, as well as the generally unethical practices of of healthcare insurers due to their having preexisting conditions. While Moore does sort of have a bias of support towards socialized medicine, I don’t think this undermines, in anyway, his solid criticisms of the for-profit healthcare industry in this country. Yes he could go into both sides of the argument—but he’s emphasizing the side that typically gets…

if they prefer. The previous system of delivering healthcare was in desperate need of reformation, but the approach of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is too drastic and has strained an already stressed system. As a country, programs should be put into place to help the disabled, elderly, poor and working poor gain access to healthcare at rates that are affordable to their current situation. One of the biggest advantages of having access to healthcare is that people are able to seek medical care…

fact that there is a lack of cultural diversity of among the staff. Some of the factors affecting the patient influx include: a. Language barriers: Miscommunication in the healthcare sector can be life-threatening. The rising number of migrant patients and foreign-trained staff means that communication errors between a healthcare practitioner and patient when one or both…

groups. The other negative is the reversal of paymenst if criterias are not followed. The healthcare recipients must use the providers in their network. If one selects to go outside of their network, they may be in jeopardy of inferior healthcare and incurring personal cost. It has been established that in high areas of Medicare reimbursements, it yields lower unnecessary care being provided by the ACO healthcare…

arrays of healthcare needs for the returning veterans and their families, the ability to unite back into the community is vital. Assisting these families in rallying health provision and recovering healthcare insurance reporting is crucial (Jackonis, Deyton & Hess, 2008). A possibility of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mental illness warrant need for improved mental health care services with a strong social support. For the wounded veteran, there is a need for better healthcare…

Meaningful use has greatly impacted healthcare interoperability by implementing certified electronic health records (EHR). With EHR put into act we are now able to view real time information of patients medical history, past and current medications, immunization dates, any diagnoses or allergies, as well as testing and lab reports. It contains all complete and accurate information to give providers access to evidence based tools when making decisions of a patients care. Some EHRs now allow…

A large problem facing Kevin and Elite Orthotics Inc. is that they feel the ACA reforms try to streamline policy too much, and that by doing so it neglects their sector of the healthcare system. As a custom fabricator each product is different from the next, but the ACA mandated that all devices be treated as the same. What this means for Elite Orthotics is that no matter if a single device is small, for a child, and only take 2…