Standards for Better Health

With duties commonly encroaching upon personal life quality, carers are one service user group who would significantly benefit from informative information explaining rights. Aldbridge and Hughes (2016) report 1.2 million informal carers experience poverty because the demands of caring restricts working. Social and emotional support are key to overcoming pressures as stronger caring situations, like devoted and supportive mother/daughter, usually help each other achieve better outcomes (Reblin and Uchino, 2008). On the other hand, strained relationships with mixed emotions potentially fosters substandard caring and imposed risk towards vulnerable adults, who if blamed for a predicament, fall upon the mercy of carers (ADASS, 2011). Resentful…

provide numerous benefits for your household, from reduced risk of disease or infection to better water taste and smell. Here are 10 of the biggest benefits of getting an advanced water filter installation. 1. Cost Effective A water filter costs you far less per gallon than it would cost you to buy the same amount in even the absolute cheapest bottled water, or even jugs of water. An Advanced water filter system is even more cost effective than a standard filter system, as well as lasting far…

In the past decade the US Coast Guard has made weight standards a part of its military service. All Coast Guard military personnel will be screened against weight and body fat standards every April and October. Although having weigh-ins semiannually is a good start, it still is not enough. There are so many people in the Coast Guard that do not eat healthy or exercise enough regularly even with the weight and body fat standards program in place. These people end up waiting until a few weeks…

(FHIR) is a data exchange draft standard that is published and maintained by Health Level Seven (HL7). It is less complex and more user-friendly than earlier data exchange standards. It facilitates real time data exchange through web-based technology. https://www.hl7.org/fhir/overview.html Technology Driven Changes The federal government, regulatory bodies and major health care organizations have been advocating for the adoption of electronic health record systems for some time now. Today, the…

Health care information related regulations, laws, and standards There are a variety of health care information related regulations, laws, and standards. These together through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act aim to produce better health care. These regulations, laws, and standards, cover items from the transfer of information between involved parties through what constitutes acceptable…

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serves (CMS) The HHS agency responsible for administering the Medicare program and past of the Medicaid program (ANA.org). CSM is the Plays a large role in the way health care is delivered and presented to its patients. CMS cover 100 million people it is one of the largest programs in the health care system, and they state that coverage is not their only goal. To achieve a high- quality health care system, we also aim for better care at lower costs and improved…

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provides important and, oftentimes, life-sustaining services to Nebraskans. The mission of the Nebraska DHHS is "helping people live better lives," with the motivation to find ways to effectively provide these services and make a difference in the lives of so many people. This project was implemented to address one of the reasons for health inequities in Nebraska—communication and lack of access to health care among residents with limited…

Public health nursing is defined by the American Nurses Association (ANA) as nursing practice that focuses on the health of the population through continuous surveillance and assessment of multiple elements related to health with the intent to promote health and wellness; prevent disease, disability, and premature death and improve neighborhood quality of life (p.2). Public health nurses are advocates for change to help improve the health of the whole community including private, public, and…

Introduction: Accreditation is the global benchmark of a health care organization to safety and quality of care which is demonstrated to the patients and all other stake holders. Rapid changes are taking place in the health system environment in areas like social, economic and technology as result of privatization in health sector, new technology, social policies, globalization etc. raising concern for the quality of healthcare. Standard setting is only one of the dimensions in the process of…

Pager goes off for the third time in less than ten minutes due to the seventh code blue call of the night. From the start of medical school to the end of a physician's career the mental health of physicians is continuously challenged by multiple factors that lead to physician suicide. Physician suicide has become one of the biggest problems that the health care is encountering. Many variables contribute to physician suicide which include stress, sleep deprivation, and societies standards. Stress…