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ineffective communication, regulatory and organizational policies act to impede collaboration. Personal experiences from nursing practice provide samples of collaboration efforts. This paper discusses the significance of collaboration in today’s healthcare environment as well as the author’s experiences with barriers to and instances of collaboration in clinical practice. Collaboration and Collective Competence Collaboration is a process involving at least two entities who…

Introduction With all the changes that have been recently made in healthcare, including how it is delivered to the general public, organizations and businesses are searching for better, more effective means of healthcare delivery. Challenges such as preventative care, healthcare accessibility, healthcare system abuse, and the need to reduce hospital readmissions are being examined for possible solutions. One of the solutions they discovered is the use of Community Paramedicine and Community…

50 years, the OECD has shown the strength and weaknesses of developed and developing countries with the hopes to promote economic growth, prosperity and, sustainable development. The United States in the past decade has seen a trend that the US healthcare system is the most expensive on the planet but still post beyond second-rate results. With recent OECD studies comparing the US to other developed countries like Switzerland, UK, France, Germany, Sweden and, four others with their own unique…

The healthcare profession is a technologically based career. Companies are constantly introducing new technologies to healthcare professionals such as doctors and physicians. One recently developed device introduced to the healthcare industry is holographic technology. These images serve a valuable role to analyze various parts of the human anatomy such as human hearts. Holographic images have a complex makeup, are proven to be beneficial for medical professionals, and serve a significant role…

Mrs. Thomas and her son have been my neighbor for over 15 years. I have been to her house on many occasions and to see her unable to move around because of Alzheimer’ is very difficult. Her lack of memory and inability to take care of herself has placed a great strain on her son as he is unable to take care of her personal needs. After weeks of trying to take care of his mom the best way he knows how, he has begun to contemplate about long-term care facility that can take over the care of his…

Cultural Competency in Healthcare Organizations Culture refers to a framework that directs the way societal members behave and interpret other people’s behaviors (Rose, 2013). Culture provides us with guidelines on how to interact, how to solve conflicts, and how to express ourselves. In a health care context, culture impacts the way people experience illness, express illness, pain, and how people make health care decisions (Ihara, 2004). Cultural competence in health care is the ability of…

wanted to pursue in healthcare I had to do extensive research to figure out what fit me best. I have experience in the healthcare field as I worked as a CNA as well as a physical therapist assistant for almost six years. Through this journey I found myself wanting to be in a position where I felt I could give the best quality patient care I possibly could. That is what lead me on the path of becoming a Healthcare Administrator. There are many responsibilities to being a Healthcare…

Many people expect health care workers to make healthy choices, but at the end of the day, it is their choice to be healthy or not. Usually, health care workers recommend patients to be healthy. However, the patients have the choice to make the decision on their own. In the article, “Health Care Workers Protest Mandatory H1NI Vaccination”, by Declan McCullagh, health care workers want to have the choice to decide whether they want to get the vaccination or not, but because they work in the…

is perhaps one of the most challenging aspects for health care providers. Although there are plenty of other benefits of telemedicine—reduction in medical bills is likely to be one that would make it succeed since projected costs for traditional healthcare is set to rise even higher. Spending a night in a hospital without insurance can often end up with a financial burden that accumulates to thousands of dollars. With telemedicine, a simple consultation through the internet is often times enough…

The use of electronic technology in effective communication is going to be a big plus between the practitioners and patients, it is an amazing communication tool to everyone, and provides a smaller gap for mistakes. We need to consider the importance of good communication between different encounters such as, laboratories, radiology and many other services the patient will receive the moment they get their diagnosis. The importance of having access to their personal health history will bring a…