...Submission) Google database technology is such a familiar tool in the operations of HIM departments in hospitals. This technology is usually adequate to allow HIM professionals to work with vendors or information services staff. Database technology is moving from the task of supporting paper systems to actually becoming the central digitized health information system. The success of Google database technology depends on the skills of HIM professionals to entering the data to the database accordingly. Reports that more countries and states in the world such as the United States has are becoming nations of databases. Today, Google database technology is being used to track patient information. Many patients die in hospitals or at their homes due to errors that arise from medication errors and that’s why the healthcare institutions are adopting use of Google database technology to track everything from prescription medications and laboratory tests to patient outcomes. The reason for the shift to Google database technology is that most medical information is recorded on paper, a practice that has led to a great deal of record waste and data duplication which leads to inappropriate treatments. Hospitals are now creating a Google database structures that contains electronic medical records to track patient’s interaction with the medical staff from birth to death. To stay current in ever changing technology hospitals has adopted a strategic plan called electronic health information...
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...expanding health insurance coverage across the United States improve disease management? Landon, Hicks, O'Malley (2007). Improving the Management of Chronic Disease at Community Health Centers. New England Journal of Medicine. 356(9):921-934. Retrieved from http://www.commonwealthfund.org/ This article examines how we can improve the management of chronic diseases. It also focuses on the disparities in quality care associated with the patients’ race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. A group of researchers enrolled 9,658 patients that were being treated for various illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, or asthma. These diseases affect more than 25% of the total population. The goal of these researchers is to expand health care in order to treat every single patient. One of these ways is by expanding insurance. This article was written by Dr. Landon, Dr. Hicks, and Dr. O’Malley. After doing further research on these authors, I was able to find that there information is relevant and have published numerous scholarly articles. They have performed numerous research studies regarding improving healthcare and managing diseases. This article was found in MEDLINE database. Bailit M., & Koller, C. (2009). Using insurance standards and policy levers to build a high Performance health system. Commonwealth Fund. 70(1). Retrieved from http://www.commonwealthfund.org/ This article was found in MEDLINE database. Currie, J. (2008). Has public health insurance...
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...Research Database Assignment Form Type your answers to the following questions using complete sentences and correct grammar, spelling, and syntax. Click Save as and save the file with your last name and assignment, e.g.,NR439_Research_Database_Smith. Submit to the Research Database basket in the Dropbox by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday at the end of Week 4. The guidelines and grading rubric for this assignment may be found in Doc Sharing. Name: Aimee Gemme Describe briefly your topic of interest (15 possible points): My topic of interest is, Hospital readmission’s within thirty days of patient discharge. The federal government has gathered that one in five elderly patients are back in the hospital within thirty days of being discharged. The cost of readmission’s for medicare patients alone are at $26 billion yearly. The rate of hospital readmission is often avoidable if patients receive proper education at discharge regarding medications and follow-up care, coupled with verifying that the patient understands the information being given. #1 Database (or collection) (30 possible points): Title of source: ERIC-The Education Resources Information Center Location of source (URL): www.eric.ed.gov Owner or publisher:Institute of Education Services of the United States Deparment of Education. Describe (in your own words) the research database or collection of research including the purpose and the subject matter it covers: ERIC’s mission is to provide educator’s, researchers...
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...VI. COMPARATIVE STUDY ON BIG DATA AND TRADITIONAL DATABASE IN HEALTHCARE Features Traditional database Big data Data architecture It uses centralized database architecture in which large and complex problems are solved by a single computer system. It is based on distributed database architecture where a large block of data is solved by dividing it into several smaller sizes. Cost To manage large amount of data traditional database requires complex and expensive hardware and software devices. Whereas in big data as the massive amount of data is segregated between various systems, the amount of data decreases. So use of big data is quite simple and less cost. Performance Performance is low Performance is high Computational power Computational...
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...You Decide Assignment on Merck’s Acquisition of Medco By Zankhana Desai FIN 561- Mergers and Acquisition Professor: Yvan Nezerwe Keller Graduate School of Management Table of Contents C5.1.0 Executive Summary…………………………………………….3 C5.1.1 The Major Driving Force of the Merck-Medco Acquisition.. 3-4 C5.1.2 The Role of PBM Companies……………………………….. 4-5 C5.1.3 Utilization of Medco’s Database……………………………. 5-6 C5.1.4 Competitive Reactions to Merck- Medco Acquisition ……. 6 C5.1.5 SWOT Analysis……………………………………………..6-8 C5.1.6 Impact on Marketing and Sales………………………….. 8-9 C5.1.7 Impact on Operational……………………………………..9- 10 C5.1.8 Impact on Financial Consideration………………………...10 C5.1.9 Benefits of the Acquisitions……………………………… 11 C5.1.10 Recommendations……………………………………… 12 References…………………………………………………… 13 C5.1.0 Executive Summary The purpose of this paper is to present the reader with an overview of the changing Health Care industry and the benefits of a vertical merger to the consumer with the Merger of Merck, the worlds’ largest drug manufacturer, and Medco Containment Services Incorporated, the largest most efficient prescriptions benefits management company. The merger would reflect the dynamic changes that have taken place in providing effective healthcare to consumers based on need rather than on insurance coverage. In essence two major players in the same industry would combine their attributes to better serve their clients...
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...process, and manage information. Emphasis on technology based health applications which support clinical, administrative, research, and educational decision making enhancing the efficacy of nursing endeavors. Course Purpose: This course provides an overview of nursing informatics for all student nurse. Focus is on developing an understanding of concepts relevant to health care informatics. Current trends and issues in using, designing, and managing heath care information systems will be examined. Students, applying knowledge from assigned readings, will analyze the design and implementation of health care information systems. The course includes email, electronic discussion forums, computer applications, worldwide web, and internet assignments. Course Objectives: 1. Identify key trends and issues in nursing informatics and the impact on health care information systems. 1.1 Describe the historical perspectives of nursing and computers 1.2 Discuss the term nursing informatics. 1.3 Define basic terms related to hardware, software, World Wide Web, and the Internet. 1.4 Identify informatics visions for the profession of nursing. 1.5 Discuss technology applications utilizing speech recognition, genomic informatics, date warehousing, and virtual reality. 2. Explain how theories, such as communication, information, management, systems, and nursing relate to health care information systems. 2.1 Define classic change theories: ...
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...recommendations of your three associates, make your recommendation to the Board of Directors. What will you recommend? Yes? No? Yes with some conditions? What are the reasons for your recommendation? | The Major force driving this acquisition of 6.6 billion dollars between Merck & Company and Medoc Containment Services Incorporated the largest prescription benefits management company and marketer of mail-order medicines in the United States was due to fundamental changes taking place in the pharmaceutical industry such as the growth of managed care in the health care industry which according to the industry experts by the turn of the century 90% of Americans will have drug costs included in some kind of managed health care plan and 60% of all outpatient pharmaceuticals will be purchased by managed care programs (Weston, Mitchell and Mulherin). Other factors driving the acquisition is the fact that industry experts predict that managed care providers will rely on a single drug company to deliver all of its pharmaceutical products and services rather than negotiating with several drug companies, as well as believing that only a handful of pharmaceutical companies will exist on the international scene in a few years (Weston, Mitchell and Mulherin). The...
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...investing in the use of Epic Electronic Record (EHR) solutions to improve quality of patient care and efficiency. With the growing reliance on digital records for everything from patient test results to medical records to billing and HIPPA reporting, high level of availability Epic HER environment has never been more important. Epic creates and provides integrated software to health care organizations so they can take better care of patients by improving outcomes, enhancing the patient’s experience, and supporting research. All of Epic’s applications are built on a single database, providing an integrated solution that supports patient care and continuity throughout hospitals, clinics, and physician offices. Using these applications, health care organizations and professionals can access the appropriate patient information instantly whenever and wherever needed. Epic is privately held health care software company. In 1979 it was founded by Judith Faulkner. The company headquarters was in Madison, Wisconsin, but in 2005 the company moved to Vernon, Wisconsin (Epic, 2013). The software’s market is largely healthcare organizations, and it is an interesting suite of healthcare software centered on a MUMPS database. Epic System provides the healthcare management software that integrates financial and clinical information across the organization in one database. The systems software includes scheduling, billing, registration,...
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...software, servers, and the many advances in information systems, including internet. However, Economies of scale, complementarities seems to be an efficiency gain to be achieved in order to stay competitive in the today’s economy characterized by the globalization. By the way, Lot of changes has taken place in the health care industry. And the most significant change involves the growth of managed care in the health care industry. Managed care plans typically provide members with medical insurance and basic health care services, using volume and long-term contracts to negotiate discounts from health care providers. In addition, managed care programs provide full coverage for prescription drugs more frequently than do traditional medical insurance plans. Industry expert’s estimate that by the turn of the century, 90% of Americans will have drug costs included in some kind of managed health care plan, and 60% of all outpatient pharmaceuticals will be purchased by managed care programs. Knowing that the responsibility for managing the provision of prescription drugs is often contracted out by the managed care organizations to PBMs. As the key aspect of the shift to managed care is that the responsibility for payment is...
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...Definition Worksheet Definition of Terms The health care environment is constantly changing, new systems arise every day with terminology of their own to reflect the changes. As a health care professional, it is important for you to stay up-to-date with the terminology and its proper use. Define each term in the table below. There’s only one definition for each terminology. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HCS 533 Week 2 Individual Assignment Database Worksheet (2 Set) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hcs533study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Set of Answers (2 Paper) HCS 533 Week 2 Individual Assignment Database Worksheet Databases Worksheet Write a 50- to 150-word response to the following question. Be clear and concise, use complete sentences, and explain your answers using specific examples. Cite any outside sources. For additional information on how to properly cite your sources, check out the Reference and Citation Generator resource in the Center for Writing Excellence. 1. What is the difference between database types and capacities? 2. How do data inaccuracies affect patient care and reimbursement? 3. Review the databases below and explain the relationship between each of the databases and their impact on the medical records system. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HCS 533 Week 3 Individual Assignment Evolution of Health Care Information Systems (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES...
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...Health care Ecosystems Kaiser Permanente is known as the largest integrated managed care organization which is based out of Oakland, California. Kaiser Permanent was founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and a physician by the name of Sidney Garfield. Kaiser’s Mission Statement is “to provide affordable high-quality healthcare services and improve the health of our members and the communities we share.” Kaiser’s Vision/Value Statement” is to be a leader in total health by making lives better.” Kaiser Permanente prides itself with community involvement and support throughout their regions. Kaiser Permanente supports a diverse selection of organizations that work to improve the health of the area residents and the surrounding communities. Kaiser Permanente also funds events that support business, economic vitality and community growth and development. The diverse involvement impacts the growth of the organization by marketing themselves to being a “leader in total health”. In visiting the many Kaiser medical groups or hospitals you can’t help but run into the farmer’s market which promotes fresh fruits and vegetables for the community to purchase. The cooking demonstrations of healthy eating is a social as well as an economic event open to the patient’s, employee’s and the community. With our focus on childhood obesity within our nation, Kaiser Permanente helps promote a healthy lifestyle to all walks of life. Social responsibility and community involvement validates...
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...century deep. Having different names and different partnerships over the years; the merger of Appleton Medical Center and Theda Clark Medical Center formed Novus Health Group, Novus partnered with United Health of Wisconsin Insurance Company and became United Health Group. Finally in August of 1999 ThedaCare is born from its modest beginning as a merger of two community hospitals. But In 1997, ThedaCare was an organization facing increased competitive pressure; higher costs, lower reimbursements, and a nationwide nursing shortage. The organization encompassed 3 hospitals, physicians' offices, and a health plan. Regrettably, ThedaCare was not connected to the Internet or intranet. All organizational and business communication was conducted by snail mail, phone, and fax. Current State ThedaCare grew through consolidation and acquisition. It became a fragmented organization growing beyond its ability to operate as a cohesive unit. Its infrastructure had a disparate computer system, a disconnected care process and often-conflicting goals. The ThedaCare organization encompassed 3 hospitals, physician's offices and a Health Plan. Each hospital had its own system for registration, scheduling, pharmacy, lab, radiology and billing. Physician's offices had their own system for registration, scheduling and billing. The Health Plan system included registration, coverage and billing. It was functioning as a conglomeration of independent units. Future State ThedaCare realized its challenges...
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...as a whole are health care costs. They are having disastrous financial consequences for families as well as individuals. Many consumers have to go without coverage entirely due to the high costs of premiums. However, the costs incurred without health insurance can often threaten an individuals’ financial well-being. Many Americans have already started seeking medical attention abroad due to various economic issues, level of care given, and procedures currently not available in the U.S. Employers have also started seeking different health care options abroad by offering incentives those employees who are willing to go overseas for their major medical surgeries versus having them done in the U.S. at a much higher cost. Ultimately, the U.S. has to do something in order to make healthcare more affordable for Americans, otherwise consumers are going to be forced abroad to look for health care services (McCallum & Jacoby, 2007). By the year 2015 one out of four Americans are expected to be without health insurance. From the year 2000 to the year 2006 health insurance premiums have increased at a rate of seventy eight percent. Since then employee contributions for health insurance premiums have also significantly increased with employers passing the additional costs they have incurred directly to the employee. Many of the insurance plans offered have higher plan deductibles, co-pays and out of pocket expenses, thus increasing more debt for consumers for health care. Many of these...
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...(Roger, et al., 2012). The presence of peripheral arterial or carotid disease detected during community cardiovascular screening changes risk stratification. Evidence-based treatment guidelines, such as aspirin and statin use can be implemented in those with risk factors to minimize the risk of a life threatening or debilitating health event such as myocardial infarction or stroke. The Dare to Care (DTC) program is a community cardiovascular screening program that utilizes ultrasound to screen for carotid atherosclerosis and abdominal aneurysm, in addition to peripheral arterial disease, hypertension (HTN), and self-report risk factor assessment. A clinical question of interest: How effective is a community cardiovascular screening program in identifying persons with subclinical atherosclerosis, who are at risk and not on appropriate preventative treatments such as aspirin and statins? The purpose of this paper is to identify potential data sources, discuss data access implications, and identify strengths and weaknesses of data sets and identity potential data analysis testing tools. Potential Data Sources The DTC program utilizes an old FoxPro SQL database to enter screening results, risk factors, anti-platelet and statin use, and risk assessment categorization for each participant. This information can be electronically downloaded into an excel worksheet for data analysis. Specific data elements of interest include: demographics; presence of carotid disease by ultrasound; presence...
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...mail-order medicines in the United States. This merger reflected fundamental changes taking place in the pharmaceutical industry. GROWTH IN MANAGED CARE Managed care plans typically provide members with medical insurance and basic health care services, using volume and long-term contracts to negotiate discounts from health care providers. In addition, managed care programs provide full coverage for prescription drugs more frequently than do traditional medical insurance plans. Industry experts estimate that by the turn of the century, 90% of Americans will have drug costs included in some kind of managed health care plan, and 60% of all outpatient pharmaceuticals will be purchased by managed care programs. The responsibility for managing the provision of prescription drugs is often contracted out by the managed care organizations to PBMs. The activities of PBMs typically include managing insurance claims, negotiating volume discounts with drug manufacturers, and encouraging the use of less expensive generic substitutes. The management of prescription benefits is enhanced through the use of formularies and drug utilization reviews. Formularies are lists of drugs compiled by committees of pharmacists and physicians on behalf of a managed care organization. Member physicians of the managed care organization are then strongly encouraged to prescribe from this list whenever possible. Drug utilization reviews consist of analyzing physician prescribing patterns and...
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