...prior to the production of the service or product is the best thing that can be done. After all factors have been thought about, the price and distribution channels can help make the product or service a success. With the information that is available within this paper, one will be able to determine what decisions would be best for a different product or service. Marketing is the purchasing and selling of a service or product to either, consumers or businesses. But that it has much more to do with the environment in which this product or service is being provided. Marketing of any product or service can help or hurt the promotion of the product and the business. The service that was chosen to do further research was Home Healthcare Services. The Home Healthcare Service that was chosen is New Horizons Home Healthcare in Rock Hill, SC. This is a very well-respected company that delivers services in: Assisted Living, Micro-Community, and Alzheimer's Care. This home healthcare service is located within minutes of a well-known hospital. New Horizon's Home Health Care Service helping the elderly persons with many daily functions. These functions include: preparing meals, housekeeping, helping with medication, laundry, and regular check-ins with the residents. With the high prices of nursing homes, this home health care service offers better prices and the same nurturing atmosphere that clients would receive in a nursing home facility....
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...Practice 08/02/2015 Economics and Change Introduction Health care in America is at the center of controversy. It is a progressive and rapid changing entity. Since the 1970s, America has seen many different types of programs and funds created to help solve the issue of the cost of health care. Many of these programs are on the brink of bankruptcy and have not done far enough to make it more affordable and assessable. Actually America has the most expensive healthcare system in the world and not only is it the most expensive, but in many areas such as quality of care, America is no where near the top among developed countries (Davis, Stremikis, Squires, & Schoen, 2014). The purpose of this paper is to show how democratic leadership along with power-coercive and empirical-rational can help implement this new healthcare law. This paper will also discuss the importance of committees and economics on this new law. Democratic Leadership To enact such a massive law as the affordable care act one must be willing to work and listen to others to get the best information on this topic. In this type of leadership it is of the utmost importance for the leader to have participation from the group. There are major political differences in the United States right now. Using this type of leadership would bring representatives from both sides of the aisle together. This type of leadership uses open discussion and questions to help come to a conclusion. Many people do not...
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...The people in Douglasville, Georgia need to know that the health care of the community is crucial. It is because of the price of the insurance today too many people go without medical care that they need. If Douglasville, Georgia had a free clinic more people could get the health care of that they need. There are more people dieing everyday because they cannot afford to get the medical care they need. That is why now more than ever the community needs to open a free clinic here in Douglasville, Georgia for the low income families and the uninsured. The public needs to know why a free clinic would be beneficial to Douglasville, Georgia. To begin with the state of Georgia population is 9,687,953 and of that 132,493 live in Douglas county (US Census Bureau,2010). According to ( healthyfuturega.org) nearly 2 million people in Georgia are uninsured that is among the highest in the nation. There is a total of 44,131 uninsured in Douglas and Carroll County it is the third highest in the state of Georgia. The presence of free primary care clinic reduces hospital costs associated with non-urgent ED use and inpatient care (Journal of Health & Human Services Administration. Mar2012, Vol. 34 Issue 4, p456-470. 15p). That is why someone needs to find a way to help the uninsured and low income families get the health care they need. One of the best ways for Douglasville, Georgia to help these families would be to open a free health clinic. The clinic staff is here on a voluntary basis...
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...chance to prove to the American people that this is a better and affordable health care law and should be allowed to be passed. This paper explains the benefits and advantages of Obamacare and also compares Obamacare to the health care system we previously had. OBAMACARE In recent years, there have been several political controversies and court proceedings on the Affordable Care Act: Obamacare. On March 23rd 2010 President Obama signed the affordable care act into law putting in place comprehensive reforms that improves access to affordable health coverage for everyone. We are now left with the question, is Obamacare a law that will benefit the people of this country, and how can we benefit from this law. I think Obamacare has given rise to many benefits which includes Protecting Consumer Rights, Better Access to Care with Affordable Coverage, the Strengthening and Expansion of Medicare and Medicaid. Obamacare protects the rights of people by preventing the discrimination of people with preexisting conditions. In the past, insurance companies have turned down people with preexisting conditions: They deny coverage to children who had asthma and were born with heart defects, or deny coverage to some seniors with chronic diseases like cancer and heart problems. Besides, they also put a life time cap on the amount of care they would pay for or cancel your coverage when you are sick. But the affordable care act creates a new patient bill of rights that protect people from this and...
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...doctor’s office you get the care needed pickup your proscription and go on your way. Money is never an issue. But we all know that not how it works. The future of healthcare is one that will require everyone to contribute and that would be patients, doctors, insurance companies and the law makers. Patients should be and need to be more health conscience and work together with their providers to treat whatever ails them. Doctors need to stop treat and start being more preventive. Stop placing band aids on wounds and prevent them from occurring all together. Hospital need to stop worry about who has coverage and put more focus on compassion with care. Putting a value on saving lives not the value of a dollar. In the end the future of healthcare resides with congress. And we all know that congress in corrupt and they are playing Russian roulette with healthcare. The need to left provision on Medicare as well as putting those pharmaceutical companies in check....
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...Executive Summary UPMC is the largest health network in Pittsburgh area, comprising of several hospitals with many specialties where they are highly ranked as some of the first in quality care in the nation. UPMC is nonprofit organization and it is the first health network with this status to fully comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley law. UPMC is also the largest employer in Pennsylvania with more than 55,000 employees and a large innovator in information technology, where products are commercialized nationally and abroad. Besides specialty hospitals, UPMC also operates several academic and community hospitals, as well as more than 400 outpatient centers (UPMC, 2013). This paper will measure UPMC's performance utilizing a balanced scorecard in order for the organization to focus on what they need to maintain or improve their future perspective and performance. UPMC's main objective is to remain the largest provider, innovator, employer while being a charitable organization. UPMC also focus in customer satisfaction, therefore the balanced scorecard will also help measuring this important area. Introduction The balanced scorecard was created in order to focus on the objectives of an organization to achieve success. To build a workable scorecard it is necessary to link measurements to strategy and focus in how the organization will look different to customers, shareholders, internal process and learning, the critical process to achieve the four perspectives and the key measurements...
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...A Look at John Q HCS/235 History of Health Care Utilization in the US November 20, 2013 Brett Robinson A look at John Q Too poor to afford private health care insurance coverage, but lucky enough to qualify for Medicaid John Q faces yet another challenge. John’s father recently suffered a heart attack which brought into question his own mortality. John like many Americans is a working class man who works full time but still under the poverty level and into a substandard and overworked Medicaid system. He like many others has high blood pressure and with his father recent heart attack he would like to be checked out. Due to John’s low income he qualifies for Medicaid coverage, but also has work within his restraints. John lives in a rural community where there are local doctors however none accept Medicaid. The closest primary care physician who takes his insurance is a forty minute drive away. John also is without a car, he relies on a friend or public transportation. There are many mutable and un-mutable factors in this case. John could get a better job, which could result in better insurance coverage. “The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services states that one-quarter of America’s population lives in rural areas”(Jones, 2013). John Q lives in a rural area where his son has heart condition and is in need of a heart transplant and the closest primary care physicians is 40 miles away. John usually gets a ride to work from a friend or relies on public transportation...
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...How Much Emergency Room Visit Cost With Insurance Patients visit emergency rooms when they have critical health conditions. Depending on the condition of the victim’s body, visiting an emergency room without a valid insurance cover can be extremely expensive. According to the health rules in the United States and other countries, when you visit a room of urgency without an insurance cover, the medics should treat you before referring you to another health facility for admission. For instance, if you get a bleeding wound, they should assist you in covering it. They should not leave the wound open. They should help in saving your life. The law prohibits the health practitioners working in the emergency rooms from dumping patients who need urgent health-related assistance. They should offer them high-quality treatment services until the victim stabilizes. However, that does not mean that you will not have to pay for the services. Without a health insurance cover, after stabilizing, you will pay huge amounts of money. The condition may bring hectic financial constraints to you and your family members. There are numerous benefits of having a health insurance cover from a reliable insurance company. When you get ill, they will pay the medical fees according to the...
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...FACILITY PLANNING: SUTTER EXPRESS CARE Evelia Anaya-Fernandez HCS 446 July 29, 2014 Jacqueline Tobar FACILITY PLANNING: SUTTER EXPRESS CARE In reference to choosing a facility close to my living area, surprisingly I found Sutter Express Care located in an actual Rite Aid on Del Paso Road. Sutter Express Care is basically a walk-in medical clinic, which is located inside of the local Rite Aid store(s) right next to their pharmacy. The facility appears to be small, provides quick, efficient, convenient health care for common health care conditions, and is available to treat individuals who are not able to see their doctor. Patients will be able to see a nurse practitioner/physician assistant, get prescriptions, and get back on the road in no time. Going to a Sutter Express Care would be efficient enough for visits to take 20-30 minutes, no appointments necessary, no insurance necessary (whereas most health plans are accepted), is affordable for a flat rate of $75, and is open 7 days a week. It is open for practically anyone who is 18 months of age or older, you do not have to see a Sutter doctor, and at the end of a patients visit they provide directions for follow-up care and report to the patients doctor. Each clinic is staffed by an actual nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant who has advanced training and will be able to diagnose and be able to properly prescribe medication for common conditions. Sutter Express Care clinics provide additional medical services...
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...Globalization in NZ: Laws, local markets, farmers, what we need to consider to enter, what we need to appeal to the NZ population, what I expect them to do, PESTEL analysis, Auckland (how many people live there, find an article on health in NZ) marketing the product Whole Foods has a strong reputation of being one of the top premium organic grocery stores here in the United States, but their business could grow to other countries, such as New Zealand. New Zealand has a population of over 4 million people who are very culturally health conscious. There is a very good market for Whole Foods to come into New Zealand and become a successful chain of stores around the two islands. For Whole Foods to successfully come into this country they would have to look at the laws, environment, socio-economics, marketing and technology. Whole Foods has to implement a strategic plan before they even enter the country. Auckland, the capital of New Zealand, is an excellent place to open up a Whole Foods. “Many New Zealanders engage in some form of Self Care: sustaining a physically active and health conscious regime to maintain or restore good health.” (1) Auckland has a population of 1,300,000 residents which is roughly 31 percent of the country's population. This gives a good and diverse target marget for Whole Foods to enter into. Whole Foods would first have to register with New Zealand’s government before they were to start implementing their plan.” If you form a company, various formal...
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...Puce Health Clinic Case Analysis Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………3 Objective of the Report ………………………………………………..3-4 4P’S and STP…………………………………………………………..4-6 Market Analysis………………………………………………………..6 Competitors Analysis ………………………………………………….7-8 SWOT Analysis………………………………………………………...9 Recommendations………………………………………………………10 Conclusion………………………………………………………………10 Appendix A……………………………………………………………...11 Income Statement………………………………………………………..11 Puce Memorial Hospital (PMH) is, an independent, not-for-profit, general hospital located on the southern periphery of a major western city. Being debt free and dependent on inner city residents, the board of trustees authorized PMH to expand operations by adding an ambulatory facility in the downtown area ten blocks north of the hospital. Being open for 11 months now, Puce Health Clinic (PHC) has seen success by becoming self sufficient, increasing cliental, reducing bad debts by 2 % and minimizing the increase in their expenses. Sherri Worth, Assistant Administrator of PMH, has recognized a potential threat that could hurt their facility. Medcenter, a possible competitor, has been proposing to develop their own facility overlapping in service areas with PHC. This threat has the potential to take a third of PHC’s northern portion of personal illness patients and also 40% of potential personal illness patients in this area will go to the new location. After speaking to her boss Roger Mahon...
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...of organizational managers play in creating and maintaining a healthy organizational culture. We will explain how the four functions of management and strategies management can use to create and maintain organizational culture. The University Of Washington School Of Dentistry is dedicated to excellence in education, research, and community care. The school is the leading provider of dental care in the Pacific Northwest. According to University of Washington (2010), Primary mission is to educate a progressive oral health network, develop community collaborations and bring advance in science to address the pressing needs of our state, nation, and world. The manager of the department of oral surgery organizes and allocates human capital. She takes into consideration of the type of personalities that works in the department. She will try and match characteristic that will enhance productivity between coworkers in the current open position. The human capital has to meet qualifications and fit in with the present employees. If an employee is not working to full capacity, she will try to work with him to correct the issues. If it is apparent the working relationship is not going to work, she will give the employee the option to leave on his own accord or be involuntary released from current duties in the organization. Each employee works together to provide excellent care for the patients but have an individual’s tasks to perform. All staff has to be knowledgeable regarding their...
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...Emily Auerswald and her children need care for minor illnesses or injuries, they head to a shopping center near Annapolis that has a Starbucks, a Five Guys hamburger joint and an urgent care center. Such centers treat the most common injuries and illnesses -- including colds, ear infections, cuts and back pain -- in addition to taking X-rays and performing simple blood, urine and drug tests. Doctors Express in Edgewater is open nights and weekends, and accepts walk-ins without an appointment. Since 2008, the number of facilities has increased from 8,000 to 9,300. That includes about 400 in the District, Maryland and Virginia -- and that's not counting smaller and more limited walk-in clinics in pharmacies...
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...Health Care Reform in the US Introduction Health care reform is a general term that is used for analyzing and discussing major health care changes and provisions. Most health care reforms are typically served with the responsibility of broadening the population so that they can receive adequate health care coverage through private or public insurance companies. Also they improve quality of existing health care system and decrease the cost (Weiner & Robert, 2009). The health care reform legislation act of 2009 is a bill that was enacted in USA to direct the health care insurance providers to draft and develop regulations in implementing a comprehensive policy aimed at providing effective and cheap insurance cover to all American citizens. Though beneficial to the public, since the bill was signed into law the implementation of the act has faced numerous economic, social and political challenges. In addition, the political climate is such that real challenges appear to be emerging, including legal challenges at the state level (Farber & Blustein, 2007). Finally, polls are showing that voters are not yet on board. In fact, some voters are unaware that a health care reform bill had been passed. Therefore this paper Identifies and describes the major challenges to health care reform implementation and gives an analysis of how these challenges can be resolved. Reasons and Recommendations for Health Care Reforms There is minimal question regarding the need to restructure the America's...
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...should be insured. Driving factors for the basis of a consumer seeking insurance and how it compares to the empirical measurements were discussed in detail as well as how to measure the demand for insurance. Lastly, the paper breaks down the lemons principle in terms of how it applies to health care and where we are today. Key words: insurance, health, supply, demand, insured What is insurance without risk? When we think of the term insurance the first though that comes to mind is something that we are given by our employers or others in the event that something should happen to us we are covered. One can say that insurance for consumers is almost the same as the insurance we purchase for our cars. The insurance covers us for medical procedures that might have to be incurred at the time of an accident. The proper description of insurance is that of the providing by a company to the consumer in the return of a premium or co-pay (Folland, Goodman, Stano, 2013). Insurance now has become more important to have than ever with all of the recent changes to the health care laws and what they can and cannot provide the consumers. Now, let’s look at the term risk and its meaning to us and how this all relates back to the thought of insurance. A risk to me is the taking of actions without knowing if there could be a possible adverse reaction to the action. Basically taking a risks means that you are open to the unknown...
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