adviser on rural health issues to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from 1993 to 1994. She left UnitedHealth in 2007 to join Minneapolis-based Piper Jaffray & Co. (NYSE: PJC) where she worked in strategic investing for the green economy and health until her departure in 2009 (Keranen, 2011). Lois Quam has the foresight to realize that some illnesses in children and pregnant mothers are linked to environment damages. This vision also helps in her selection to head the Global Health Institute.…
words the problem of rising health care costs has many causes all of which need to be addressed if we are going to have a significant impact. We need to be realistic about the potential of addressing each contribution, however. It is tempting to blame the culture of medicine and overuse of procedures, because that is entirely fixable. I also agree with Gawande that optimizing health care to take maximal advantage of expertise and specialists is a good way to go. Specialty care is generally more…
replace Affordable Care Act to repair the United States health care system, can it be done? In the coming years, we will experience a tremendous growth in the healthcare field as justifiably as an increase in the usage of new technology. In understanding the future of health care, we are left with the inner working of new administrations, who insist the future of health care is to repeal and replace the current Affordable Care Act. As part, his campaign promise in repealing the health law, which…
The element of ethics in the healthcare information age is still a grey area for this day and age: Establishing technology healthcare information, communication and security are threatened. As ethical issues begin to arise everybody is talking about this new e-word. Electronic is now being represented as “e”, for instance e-health. Electronic health is evolving in multiple establishments in hopes to enhance quality and efficiency. The political effort put in place to encompass everyone has…
information to make health care more efficient and safer. The overall improvement of the quality of professional care given to the patient is the catalyst of EHR. The purpose of this discussion board is to describe the Electronic Health Record (EHR), the six steps of EHR and how my facility implements them, to describe “meaningful use” and how my facilities status is obtaining it, and to further discuss the EHR’s and patient confidentiality. Description of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) EHR…
of Narayana Hrudayalaya Foundation. The Bangalore campus offers medical, physiotherapy and nursing programs. Na-rayana Hrudayalaya Foundation, aims at being the leader in Human growth through higher education services with 14-years of excellence in health sciences, also owns and operates campuses in Kolkata and in the near future in Cayman islands. My internship is with the Corporate Learning and Development (CLD) team and my guide is Ms. Blossom Noronha, Senior Executive Corp L&D- HR. My topic…
In the United States 4% births resulted in a baby being still born in the year 2013 (World Health Statistics, 2015). While in Canada 3.4% of births resulted in still born babies (World Health Statistics, 2015). In the U.S., despite seeing a decrease in infant mortality, blacks continue to have the highest mortality rate than any other races. The United States has been the slowest country to improve its infant mortality rate, and Canada is close behind. Approximately 1,500 cases of malaria are…
cohesion (McDowell, Herdman, & Aaron, 2011). In health care, when a new interprofessional is forming there are many different disciplines that are brought together to be part of the team. Each practitioner has their own perception of the value they add to the team. Individual perception and attitudes can cause barriers to effective interprofessional collaboration (Sommerfeldt, 2013). When a interprofessional team forms to discuss difficult health care cases for a short duration of time, it will…
facility which includes 25 critical access beds. This facility also houses the community clinic for laboratory tests, and x-ray services. Because of the rural status and the lack of a continuum of care for the community, Pocahontas Memorial Hospital is considering creating a comprehensive satellite health clinic. This clinic would be located closer to the community in Marlinton, WV. An evaluation of the community, such as the needs and environment, recommendations for the clinic, and feasibility…
Introduction The purpose of healthcare organization is to make sure that the health of those surrounding or those who can access them is checked and that no adverse health effects are reported in areas with operating health centers. As a result of a good number of people having this kind of perception, people tend to think that there are no issues experienced in the health centers but this is not actually the case in reality. As such, this paper will look at some of the key issues that are…