Healthcare

"price fixing." We see this in the United States quite often, we have one of the highest medical cost in the world. Granted we also do have very good health care and several advancements that most of the world do not have. I will write about how the healthcare in this country has Price Fixing. Price fixing causes a shift…

The healthcare ethics principles were developed by Tom Beauchamp and James Childress to help the healthcare providers and administrators deal with the challenging situations. The four core principles of health care ethics are: 1. Autonomy: “In medicine, autonomy refers to the right of the patient to retain control over his or her body.” (“How the Four Principles," n.d.). It is an agreement between the provider and the patient to respect the patient’s independent decision-making. It is one of…

Colorado State Sepsis Initiative Objective To save over 10,000 lives and $200 million in lower healthcare costs over the next five years. Background Sepsis kills over 3,000 Coloradans annually, more than breast cancer, stroke, and automobile accidents combined. Timely diagnosis, administration of IV antibiotics and fluids can reduce the mortality rate by 50% or more. These are simple solutions that can be implemented quickly with focused community effort. The Coalition for Sepsis Survival…

It is so vital to learn medical terminology when going into any kind of healthcare related career path. It is an excellent aid in helping healthcare professionals communicate with one another; but knowing a term itself and being able to break it down and really understand it are two different things. Too many people come into the healthcare world thinking they can just memorize individual terms and succeed. What they may not realize, is that being able to break down your words is so much more…

Communication is a part of our everyday life. Not being able to communicate, especially in the healthcare field, can create problems in providing good patient care. There has been research done stating that good communication can raise patient satisfaction rates and prevent illness and/or death. The article “The Importance of Clear, Effective Communication in Healthcare” by The Hospital Housekeeping System (HHS), tells readers the steps in which they followed and were able to raise their patient…

challenging the status quo and peering beyond the walls, to bring outside innovations into Health Care. Therefore, strategic planning is an absolutely necessary and vital tool for guiding healthcare organizations towards success. Health care has seen broad changes in recent years that have impacted all healthcare stakeholders. These changes have lead some health care executives to believe that external factors which affect the industry, such as local and federal policies, payers, cost of doing…

Unknown Benefits of Using a Free Personal Health Records Information is the key to delivering value in healthcare delivery. In today's ever changing and the complex medical world, it is no more worthy to be a passive patient in your healthcare and to leave all the choice making to the health care professionals. There are a lot of reasons that numerous patients now should be more involved in their healthcare and their well-being decisions. Being a supporter for you means being dynamically…

communication and relationship management, professionalism, leadership, knowledge of the healthcare system, and business skills and knowledge to practice evidence-based health care management (Stefl, 2008). Terms ethics, morals, morality, and values are used for different occasions, but meaning is the same. Simple meaning of ethics is a right human conduct or behavior. Ethics is a totally inexplicit term to define in healthcare. Medical ethics are complex and need to be addressed frequently and…

lead to misunderstanding. Words and symbols also have different meanings to various people. In healthcare, information regarding medical care is often communicated to the patient (or the patient 's family member). This information often contains a significant amount of medical jargon or acronyms that non-medical personnel cannot understand thereby confusing them. As an example of this jargon, a healthcare worker may use the abbreviation "SOB" to explain a patient 's condition to a colleague. A…

regards to the actions of the healthcare practitioners in relation to the concepts, legislation, professional codes and the needs of the patient. It begins with an introduction to professionalism within the context radiographic practice. It then examines key themes of unprofessional behaviours with respect to appearance, communication, integrity and competence; exploring the possible effects of such behaviours on the patients. It concludes by looking at ways the healthcare professionals can…