Healthcare

Nurses work with all the healthcare workers (Whitehead, Weiss and Tappen, 2010) this is the reason why nurses need to acquired a good leadership skills is to learn how to work effectively and on form with them. It involves having a broader concept on having the abilities to diagnose or understand the situation that nursing leader wants to influence (Whitehead, Weiss and Tappen, 2010). In order to create solutions to solve problems in areas of nursing which includes health service administrations…

In 2001, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century that identified deficiencies and trends in the United States healthcare system. In this report, the IOM outlined the essence of quality health care as safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient and equitable, paving the way to today’s health care quality programs in an effort to produce optimal care and outcomes (IOM, 2001). Kelly (2014) states that “health quality…

nurse I want to do everything possible for my patients, and believe that everyone should have access to the best care available. As a taxpaying American I know that lines have to be drawn and difficult decisions made. For the sustainability of our healthcare system we have to be our own stewards of resources. I do not know how to fix the system, but pray that those in charge use good and thoughtful decision making as they proceed to make changes. Resources Haislmaier, E. (2013, September 1).…

plans, healthcare clearing houses, and healthcare providers who electronically transmit any health information in connection with transactions for which HHS has adopted standards. These can be billing and payment for the insurance coverage’s and they can be such as, hospitals, physicians, and academic medical centers. Health plan is that group plan that pays for the cost of medical bills and medical care. Healthcare clearinghouse is a private entity such as, billing service. Healthcare…

Accessibility in the healthcare services means the visiting structure of the physician, first-line reception, availability of different personnel and the follow-up appointments. Countless issues have steered patients to feel unsatisfied when they are admitted to a hospital typically indicated as a humiliating aspect is the nonattendance of clinical staffs in any working shifts especially at night time. Emergency circumstances can occur anytime without notice therefore prompt and critical…

adjusted many times. The simplest way to summarize Canada’s health care is that it is mostly publicly funded and privately delivered to the people (Hutchison, Levesque, Strumpf, & Coyle, 2011). The early 2000’s were a time of major changes to the healthcare system. New policies were being introduced that allowed for some distance from complete uniformity across the country. As explained by Hutchison et al,, “there is no single “right” model for the funding, organization, and delivery of…

I am interested in using the skills and knowledge I have attained to find a managerial position in a hospital or healthcare facility. My strengths are in perfect alignment with the goals and missions of most managerial positions in any health care facility. For this role, you should understand healthcare regulations and be able to handle medical information discretely. Healthcare Administration duties include budgeting, ordering medical supplies and maintaining employee records. The ideal…

compensations. According to Auerbach, Buerhaus & Straiger (2007), in order to stabilize nursing workforce the healthcare organization need to have a proper recruitment and retention program. There is no doubt that by hiring nurses will be a solution to the problem but then it is only for short term measures. The best strategy is to retain the nurses as the main objective of any healthcare industry is to deliver high quality care and cost effective (Siew, Chitpakdee…

Effective communication between healthcare practitioners and patients is very important for delivering high quality healthcare and safe patient care. Failures in communication are an extremely common cause that leads to poor patient outcome and even harm patients inadvertently. Effective communication can make patients feel secured to disclose their health condition to healthcare practitioners, thus it is able to enhance the quality of healthcare services and contribute towards better long-term…

commonly referred to as quality improvement. This is where information is gathered by various means to improve the quality of safe care to be provided. This is performed on the basis of a reporting system. When an error or near miss takes place, healthcare staff must revert back to holding each other and their selves accountable by reporting the action. Once the action is reported by the party, a group of people such as risk management, quality improvement team, and many others gather to analyze…