Nurse-managed health center

systems. The CDC estimated that there were “25 million influenza illnesses, 11 million influenza-associated medical visits, and 310,000 influenza-related hospitalizations” during the 2015-2016 flu season (cite cdc). Influenza is a major public health concern, and nurses play a direct role in the…

Assess the various management levels and their role in Johns Hopkins Hospital. Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC offers a one of kind structure of health management programs for their partners; Johns Hopkins Employer Health Programs (Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC, 2014) and Johns Hopkins US Family Health Plan, members…at no cost. Within these programs members, depending on severity, are placed into one of three categories: complex case management, monitored case management, or lifestyle management.…

Payment Bundling Strategy The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief explanation of the components of the retrospective payment bundling consistent with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Model 2 for a 90 day period post-discharge for community acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients. Additional focuses will be placed on health care services needed across the continuum for the bundle payment to be successful. Further emphases will be positioned on the eligible awardees and how the…

Health information management (HIM) professionals play a vital role in for the quality, availability, and timeliness of health information, they have distinct roles in the current policy and practices. HIM professionals must strengthen their roles in promote electronic exchange for access and use of health information while protecting the privacy and security of patients ' health information. This paper discusses variety of roles that health information mangers play in acute and subacute setting…

I arrived here, in this rural town of Palm Desert, five years ago to live with my grandfather. My mom got a job as an Rn nurse in Eisenhower hospital. She loves her work of helping people. But setting that aside, I want to say that my mom and I are from Puerto Rico born and raised. Puerto Rico is a gorgeous island people call it “Isla del Encanto”, which means Island of Enchantment. We lived in a great place, at the time, located close to the beach, with neighbors and happy healthy stores, all…

P1: Describe four legislative factors that influence health and safety in sports. Health and safety in sports is one of the very vital parts of any sports activity. It is necessary and important for these to be observed before an activity takes place or starts. There are laws and regulations as to what is needed to achieve certain levels of health and safety. The laws are here by governed by several bodies and organisations that ensure the respective laws are hereby followed and adhered to. I…

patient’s condition According to participants, ethical leaders are sensitive to matters related to patient and constantly monitor all aspects of his/her condition. One supervisor commented her nursing experience: “In emergency department our head nurse never allowed us to be indifferent to patients condition, and he himself was never indifferent… Also we had to attend to all patients coming there straight away. We were all very sensitive to admission, discharge and all issues of the patient”.…

Question 1: Most healthcare organizations are inefficient, so cost reduction can increase revenue over expenses. Can process redesign negate inefficiency? One of the most vital challenges for healthcare systems in America is health care costs. Therefore, reducing costs has become a priority in the short-term as well as the long-term. Studies conducted show that financial challenges and healthcare reform were the primary concerns for most organizations with healthcare reforms primary concern…

entrance into the profession or for medical education. Many physicians lacked self-confidence and in general, the populace did not esteem them. The movement toward health professionalism took…

she was one of the many Canadians living without a family doctor. Attending regular check-ups with a GP are important because they can help identify problems in early stages when the chances of a positive response to treatment and cure are higher (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). Had Anna been regularly seeing a GP, they might have caught her cancer earlier, as her symptoms could have been detected as those commonly associated with ovarian cancer. Additionally, if Anna had a…