Primary care

Issue/Problem Statement Missouri law should be changed to grant APRN’s full practice authority allowing more access to care, decreasing health care costs, and better patient outcomes in Missouri. Removing restrictions will also attract more nurse practitioners to practice in primary care in Missouri (Westat. 2015) Stakeholders As with any major change to policy, key stakeholders are noted for stating their position to the table. Changing the law to grant full practice rights to Missouri has…

With prices of insurance and doctor visits continuously rising, people are now looking for cheaper primary care options. Low-cost primary care is providing families with cheaper doctor visits, they offer the same or better quality of care, and most locations have convenient hours. These facilities are being utilized more as opposed to visiting standard doctor offices because of their low price health care. They can often be found in Walgreens, Kroger’s, CVS, and there are also some stand-alone…

The two concepts of both the public health and that of the primary care often understood to be two entities, which provides complimentary services within the care sector. Their purpose is to address health matters that are very common in communities. However, public health deals with prevention of diseases, promote a healthy life- style by prolonging life. This is achievable through activities encompassing all organized effort, which will protect, promote and improve the health of the individual…

Discussion 4 The SWOT analysis and competitive market analysis are two useful tools health care organizations can utilize to develop effective strategic initiatives that will increase the quality of services they deliver and their profitability. The SWOT-Analysis examines internal capabilities (strengths and weaknesses) and external developments (opportunities and threats) when determining strategic alternatives for organizations (Van Wijngaarden, Scholten, & Van Wijk, 2012). However,…

patient about the waiting time or appointment confirmation. • Greg was referred to a urologist due to failing health conditions, but there was no system in place to notify Greg or the primary care clinic that the urologist is out of town for an extended period. • After the CT scans, Greg did not hear back from the primary physician or the walk in clinic about the results of the test for a week. The missing vital health informatics solution here is an eReferral system, patient portal system.…

The senior population around the world is significantly increasing with the expectation that older adults aged 65 and over will make up 16% of the world’s population by 2050 (Global Health and Aging, 2011). This population surge could be the result of a decline in fertility, along with inflation in the population’s maximum lifespan (Global Health and Aging, 2011). Chronic diseases including cancer, diabetes and heart disease are the leading cause of death worldwide, specifically for those aged…

In transparency: Informed Consent in Primary Care by Howard Brody”, he believes that conversations of informed consent sends the right message but it is somehow legally unworkable. A physician has the responsibility to make his reasoning transparent to the patient. Should informed consent therefore be based on beliefs? Should the practice of informed consent and theory be far apart? In addition, “Capacity to consent”, it is very important for physicians to have consent from their patients before…

62,000. The Belvoir Primary Care Clinic should therefore use care to fill positions as the need for these services grows. Also, by providing education and training the clinic can expand existing roles and offset some these staffing costs (Gray & Aronvich, 2016). Modifying clinic layout and or adding additional office space can be costly. These types of costs should be thoroughly considered as they are fixed costs. In the initial stages the clinic can contain costs by finding innovative ways to…

(ED), accounts for up to $38 billion in wasteful spending each year (McAllister, 2013). The increase in ED visits could result in excessive healthcare expenditures, labs, diagnostic test, and treatments. More importantly, it can weaken patient-primary care provider relationships (Uscher-Pines, Pines, Kellermann, Gillen, & Mehrotra, 2013). Because more individuals have insurance, they are improperly utilizing medical resources. Before patients having insurance, many hesitated to go to…

At OMP Primary Care Clinic, it is a standard practice to update each patient’s medication list at each visit. The medication list is always updated because the provider needs to see what medications the patient is currently taking; this can play a valuable role in the patient’s treatment plan because some medications can interfere with others. I have been able to update medications at the clinic every time I room a patient. Also, the clinic always prints out each patient’s medication list at the…