...In the healthcare field the wireless technology is being used extensively, with a broad assortment of situation. The Wi-Fi exposure has to be accessible from the emergency room all the way to the pediatric ward over to the intensive care unit, with every location containing different requirements as well as deliberation (Buck, C., 2012). Having a huge wireless network permits the providers to deploy technology at the bedside, as part of the normal health care flow. The providers are able to use a smart phone to access clinical data as well as biomedical devices are able to record and manage patient information. However, it has been researched that by the year of 2014 there will be 5.7 million patients that will be monitored with a wireless medical devices. The wireless network is a key when using medical radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to keep track of medical equipment throughout a hospital (Five steps to effective wirelessnetworking in…). In addition, it is able to give a boost to patient satisfaction, it will allow the patient and the visitors to use the WI-Fi while they visit the hospital. The network utilization between the hospital and offices mainframe would be that the IBM’s technology offers considerably huge servers within a distinguishing strength conducting a large amount of transactions as well as input/output operations in parallel (Network Management, 2013). However, the mainframe is accomplished by serving a huge numbers of network nodes...
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...Six Sigma Six Sigma Introduction Six Sigma is a quality improvement method that is being used more frequently in healthcare. This tool was developed and used in industry since around 1980 and began to be used in healthcare in the 1990's (Powell, Rushmer, & Davies, 2009). According to Lighter (2011) "This lean process management system provides quality improvement professionals with the ability to remove non-value added work and improve process efficiency" (p. 287). The healthcare industry needs to find a way to get rid of errors. Today's society demands a lot from the healthcare providers and will not tolerate unnecessary errors, no matter how small they may seem. Six Sigma works to recognize errors as soon as they occur so they will be corrected before the error is carried out. If the process is fully reliable, appropriate healthcare will be delivered in the same way to all patients every time. If the care is evidence-based, then every patient receives optimal care regardless of who actually delivers the care, when it is delivered or where it is delivered (Powell, Rushmer, & Davies, 2009). Six Sigma uses the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) approach. This approach first defines the problem, measures the defects, analyzes the cause of the defects, improves the process to remove the defects, and controls the process to ensure that the defects do not recur (Powell, Rushmer, & Davies, 2009). These steps need to take place to avoid variations...
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...prevention. This, along with other factors, creates poor patient care and vast costs to the pertinent facilities. The solution is to have interprofessional collaboration. The utilization of current advanced practice nursing staff as a resource for floor nurses and other involved healthcare workers is a must. This would obtain certification in wound care and be responsible for the ongoing continued education for wound prevention, monitoring and maintenance. The staff will be educated and trained at quarterly intervals on wound identification, staging, prevention, maintenance and monitoring. Key words: wound care, evaluation, pressure ulcers, multidisciplinary, specialist, evidence The Significance of Having a Multidisciplinary Team 4 Problem Identified The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) declared in October of 2008 that it will no longer provide reimbursement for hospital acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) because it is a preventable occurrence (CMS, 2014). Even though the percentages of occurrences have declined since then, HAPUs continue to cause financial strain on institutions (estimated $9.1- $11.6 billion dollars loss annually) (Leaf Healthcare Inc., 2014). Nurses are in a position to decrease these numbers but barriers remain. Staff nurses in acute care settings, as well as hospital based transitional units provide care for patients with multiple diagnoses. These nurses are required to identify potential risk factors ...
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...nurses take a proactive approach in preventing the increasing trend of chronic, complex illnesses by promoting health for our patients, family, and the community. There are three levels of health promotion that nurses can focus on including primary, secondary, and tertiary which will improve the health care system and the health of our society (Godwin, 2010). Implementing health promotion process gives people the opportunity to take control over actions and gives them the tools to improve lifestyle behaviors in order to optimize health (Jadelhack, 2012). The framework for health promotion is comprised of theories that include behavior, social sciences, and evidence based research (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014). Health promotion includes proactive participation at all levels of society and requires a multi-faceted approach by health care team members (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014). By providing effective health promotion, the overall health of society is improved and costs related to chronic illness are reduced (Jadelhack, 2012). Nurses must promote health through education, develop strategies to improve socio-environmental factors by participating in healthcare policy development and networking within the community (Richard, et al., 2010). Review of Literature: Health Promotion 3 Nurses make...
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...Literature Review - Business Intelligence Timothy Sheahan Liberty University Business 600 Dr. Jonathan D. Schultz December 19, 2013 Abstract Business intelligence (BI) is a popular and growing field that helps managers and decision-makers in deciding important decisions. Over the past two decades advancements in technology have elevated the importance of BI systems and software to an organized corporate strategy and overall success. Reliable and accurate BI systems are used by many large corporations; they can be custom-built by a service provider or by people working for the corporation. This is because they are very expensive, cutting edge software systems. Past research has shown that BI is one of the fastest-growing methods of intelligence gathering in the field. With all of the attention of advances in information technology (IT) and how helpful they are it is easy to overlook some of their repercussions. This paper highlights the importance of BI in decision-making areas and the techniques used to make them. Advantages and benefits are then discussed and one major problem is described in detail. Computer hacking is becoming more popular as the future comes closer and it is a larger problem than most think outside of the business world. The conclusion offers an insight into the future of BI and identifies the problem of hacking as its major threat. 1. Introduction ...
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...Unethical Marketing of Medical and Pharmaceutical Products-Part Two Tamara Floyd Sherome Graham Frances Kadambi Viviene Smith Grand Canyon University: NRS 437V Ethical Decision Making in Healthcare October 20th, 2013 Unethical Marketing of Medical and Pharmaceutical Products Part Two The pharmaceutical industry along with the manufacturers of healthcare products and technologies often encourage the misappropriation and distribution of marginally beneficial products and technologies in the healthcare industry. These companies often use various advertising methods to influence members of the public to request their products and services without adequate knowledge of their effectiveness and implications to their medical condition. This paper will provide a summary of the worldview s and philosophies of a hospital administrator, a spiritual leader, a health care colleague, and a lay person as their views relate to the concept of the ethical dilemmas and implications of the unethical marketing of medical and pharmaceutical products in the United States. Hospital Administrator The Hospital administrator who wishes to remain anonymous believes that many pharmaceutical companies and the marketing strategies they employ have had a negative impact on the healthcare industry (L.B, personal communication, October 17, 2013). She believes that many practitioners often prescribe needed products only after receiving biased information along with subtle influence from the manufacturers...
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...involvement and services aimed at providing information and education to individuals, families and communities. The goal is to help people change behaviors and lifestyles to help prevent illness and disease. Encouraging individuals to engage in a proactive approach geared towards a sense of well being and healthy living, changing one's lifestyle to move towards a state of optimal health is also a goal of health promotion (Edelman, Mandle, 2011). Additionally, health promotion includes efforts to encourage individuals, families, and communities to take an active role in taking steps to protect themselves from diseases, improving and maintaining their health, which will ultimately improve their quality of life. Involving people in their healthcare aims to promote a sense of empowerment and hopefully will compel them to make lifestyle changes that will contribute to their quality of life. A major, essential role for nurses is that of education, which includes promoting health and wellness, therefore improving quality of life. Another objective of health promotion is preventing disease, rather than treating it. The nurse's role is changing from an acute care setting to that of community-centered health. Having more of a community-focused approach allows nurses to have more time and interaction with patients, promoting health, which includes education on disease prevention (Edelman, Mandle, 2011). In nursing practice for...
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...The Health Care Reform LaNette Hardy HCS/440 November 28, 2012 Facilitator : Thomas Kehoe The Health Care Reform The United States Healthcare reform went under transformation with the changes of Presidents. During the year of 2009, changes were made when our country begin to face difficulties in the financial deficit, which the country still today experiencing. It will explain that the level of the National Health cares spending that was impacted whether it was for the good or worst. It also gathers the total expenditure percentage. The economic of the future of the expenditures is explained to be at a percentage that is represented. The National Expenditure level of the Healthcare in the United States in 2010 was in the round or about $ 2.6 trillion of the Healthcare expenditures .During the time of 1980 the Healthcare expenditure gradually spent over ten million dollars which was approximately stated to be $256 billion. So with the over spending the nation would be explained whether the there should be and cut and or why it was needed.(Expenditures Data, January 2012). A forecast of the health care system in the future economic has a need. The future according to the Health care spending, 2008 It has been predicted that the forecast will have a growth in a faster rate in the nation. During the earlier years the rate had begun to rise in the year of the 1900's and early 2000's the growth rate had slowed down tremendously. (Health care spending...
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...Facebook: It's About the Money - Case study The birth of Facebook was in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard student, who started Facebook as a means of allowing students to communicate with one another. It gained its popularity quickly through the university and education system and became a worldwide phenomenon(Ahmed et al., 2013). In just over ten years, Facebook expanded from a small networking site to a publically traded organization worth an estimated $50 billion. Part of its success is based on the fact that it is free to join and Facebook boasts it always will be. The estimated number of users/subscribers of Facebook at the time of this publication was stated to be over 1 billion (Laudon & Laudon, 2014). In 2011, the vast majority, eighty-five percent, of Facebook's revenue was derived solely from advertising sales with the remaining attributed to sale of Zynga games (Laudon & Laudon, 2014).Importantly, the revenue stream associated with Facebook’s success is leveraged on the collection of information provided by the users. Users of Facebook create on-line profiles and upload their photos, videos, communicate with one another, and join a variety of different groups on a myriad of different issues, using the “like” button to identify their likes (Ahmed et al., 2013). Without question, social media plays a large role in our lives every day, and Facebook is at the center of that movement. While Facebook provides a means to communicate with one another and a means...
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...Bon Secours Baltimore Health System Monique S. Cain GM591 December 11, 2011 Jere Ferguson The organization that will be the topic of discussion will be Bon Secours Baltimore Health System. The Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours was founded in Paris, France in 1824 after the French Revolution. Throughout their history, the Sisters of Bon Secours have been committed to administering quality compassionate health care to anyone in need throughout the world. Today, their health care ministries are located in Ecuador, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Peru and the United States. The first Bon Secours Hospital was on West Baltimore Street in Baltimore City in 1919. Bon Secours is a hospital in West Baltimore city that provides health for not just residents of the area and beyond and also for the Department of Corrections. Their primary care is emergency trauma and they have 125 acute care beds. They have eight core values: respect, justice, integrity, stewardship, innovation, compassion, quality and growth. Bon Secours used to have a good name in the city of Baltimore for being caring and helping those in need. Bon Secours Health System has other facilities in other states and even other countries. Their health system is part of the national health corporation sponsored by the Bon Secours Ministries. They serve in Baltimore alone around 7,700 patients that do not have health care coverage. For the patients, they have partnered with other organizations and have rehabilitation...
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...Position Statement Evidence-Based Practice Background Increased attention is being directed toward the development of methods that can provide valid and reliable information about what works best in healthcare. The careful scientific evaluation of clinical practice became a prominent focus during the second half of the 20th century.1 More recently, attention has been paid to methods of determining which of multiple proven approaches to a healthcare problem works best for which patients.2 Evidence-based practice encompasses implementing the best-known practices into the clinical setting using a scientific approach. It evolved from evidence-based medicine, which was developed in Canada to teach medical students. “Evidence-based medicine has been defined as the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.”3, p. 3 The National Quality Forum’s report A National Framework and Preferred Practices for Palliative and Hospice Care Quality is a consensus report that is a first step toward introducing evidence-based measures into palliative practice on a formal, national level.4 The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) supports organizations in their efforts to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare by facilitating the use of evidence-based research findings in clinical practice.5 The nursing discipline has also embraced evidence-based practice over the past 25 years, initially through its...
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...Somalia’s unique culture and belief system has a strong influence on the birthing practices of Somali women. These birthing practices vary from typical American birth practices in a variety of ways, including beliefs regarding cesarean sections, preferences for female care providers, issues surrounding infibulation, lack of prenatal care and education, religious influences, and views on pain, among a variety of other issues. It is important for nurses to be aware of cultural differences in order to provide culturally competent care to all women. Somalia is a country located on the horn of Africa. All Somalis share a uniform language, religion, and culture, unlike most parts of Africa. It is common for women to marry at a young age, and the ability to have many children is highly valued. It is estimated that the maternal mortality rate is 1,400 per 100,000 women, one of the highest in the world. Somalia’s lack of medical care during pregnancy and delivery contributes to their high infant and maternal mortality rates. The experience of pregnancy and the labor and delivery process in Somalia differs in many ways from that of women in the United States. It is important that health care providers in the United States are aware of these differences because 32% of the refugees in the U.S. are from Somalia, so it is likely that providers will care for a Somali female at some point in their careers. In Somalia, cesarean sections are rarely discussed and typically not performed (Ameresekere...
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...Running Head: Fraud and Abuse Fraud and Abuse in the U.S. Healthcare System Tenisha Howard Keller Graduate Professor Cutspec June 12, 2011 Background People can be affected by healthcare fraud and abuse directly and indirectly. Fraud is defined as an intentional deception, false statement or misrepresentation made by a person with the knowledge that the deception could result in unauthorized benefit to oneself or another person. It includes any act that constitutes fraud under applicable federal or state law. Abuse is defined as practices that are inconsistent with professional standards of care; medical necessity; or sound fiscal, business, or medical practices. Intent is the key distinction between Fraud and Abuse. An allegation of waste and abuse can escalate into a fraud investigation if a pattern of intent is determined (B, Tom). Both, fraud and abuse can be committed by physicians, patients, and private insurers. Situations of fraud and abuse that occur in our healthcare system are billing for services that have not been provided, overbilling for services provided, and misdiagnosing health conditions in order to avoid financial responsibility for the proper treatment of illnesses. Define the Problem What can decrease the high costs of premiums and co payments? With the decrease of fraud and abuse, premiums and co payments would not be high. Who pays for fraud and abuse healthcare bill? Medicaid and Medicare are the two federal programs that are...
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...care fits your needs and preferences (What is Qualityin Health Care, n.d). • Ensure that your health care does not cause harm (What is Quality inHealth Care, n.d). • Ensure that your health care is right for your illness (What is Quality inHealth Care, n.d). • Make sure that your health care is given without unnecessary delays(What is Quality in Health Care, n.d). • Ensure that your health care includes only the medical tests andprocedures that you need (What is Quality in Health Care, n.d). • Make sure that your health care is fair and not affected by such thingsas your gender, language, color, age or income (What is Quality inHealth Care, n.d). The Cleveland Clinics method of approach to quality management are toprovide lower healthcare cost, revenue generated , overall reputation, internal andexternal competiveness, motivate their employees and market and profit sharing. There are times where different terms or phrases can all be mean one and the samething therefore seek to achieve the same goal. With regard to quality management it Quality Management 3can be taken to mean: quality performance, quality management, performancemanagement, quality...
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...bachelors degree nurses (BSN) educated nurses with many ADN nursing programs arguing that their graduates pass the NCLEX at or above the rate of many BSN programs. In 2012 the Nevada State Board of Nursing reported that the associate’s degree school with the largest graduating class had a pass rate of 93.24% of their 74 students, whereas the largest graduating bachelor’s school graduated 96.97% of their 33 students. ("NSBN," 2012) It should be noted that the NCLEX represents the minimum competency necessary to function as a registered nurse, but a minimum competency is not enough for favorable high quality patient outcomes. A higher education level gives nurses more assessment skills, more confidence, more basic knowledge of physical systems and their subtle changes. Recognizing these...
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