Care Plan Elements of Hypertension Susan Salby American Sentinel University Care Plan Elements of Hypertension Worldwide, hypertension is the most common contributor to death of any medical risk factor. HTN contributes to the development of heart disease, heart failure, chronic renal failure requiring dialysis, stroke, peripheral vascular disease and cognitive decline. The risk of cardiovascular events doubles for every 20/10mmHg rise in blood pressure above 115/70mmHg. Untreated HTN
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discharged with CHF and readmitted within 30 days. The information provided will examine the process of enhancing patient knowledge and provide additional resources essential for effective health care management. Research evidence provides data that proves patients who are diagnosed with CHF needs a variety of health care needs during admission and after discharge. The proposal will display an evaluation plan, implementation plan and a dissemination of the evidence. Provide at least 1 evidence based literature;
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Heritage Assessments Guide Care Plans Heritage Assessments Guide Care Plans As we examine a person’s health status; it is important to note how one has formed beliefs of wellness and health promotion. In a populated, culturally diverse country; it is vital to comprehend and respect the traditions of these beliefs as we teach health promotion, set goals for health restoration, and evaluate health maintenance. Just as recording the vital signs of a patient becomes the blueprint in determining
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that would change the face of health care as we once knew it. Towards the middle of the Presidents Union Address, he states “By computerizing health records, we can avoid dangerous medical mistakes, reduce costs and improve care. To protect the doctor-patient relationship and keep good doctors doing good work, we must eliminate wasteful and frivolous medical lawsuits” (Bush, 2004). “President Bush outlined a plan to ensure that most Americans would have electronic health records within the next ten
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Health Care Reform: Impact on Patient Safety, Quality of Care, and Economics November 7, 2015 Health Care Reform: Impact on Economics, Patient Safety and Quality of Care With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, never before in the history of the United States has there been a more opportune time to cater to the stakeholders, American citizens, and health care industry to improve quality and the way in which health care is delivered. Health care reform has
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agenda (World Health Organization, 2008). The process of medication reconciliation identifies the most accurate and comprehensive medications list, which contains all prescription medications, herbal supplements, vaccines, vitamins, and over-the-counter medications (Barnsteiner, 2008). This is a very important part of the care transition process, in which healthcare providers come together to improve upon medication safety, as the patient goes to and from different levels of care (www.uthscsa,
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Heritage Assessment Family centered health promotion Heritage Assessment Culture is a powerful human belief and behavior. Culture involves multiple influences including race, ethnicity, nationality, language and gender and also sociocultural factors, patient’s health belief and behavior. All culture has its own beliefs and values. Most of the people does not know much about own culture until they interact with another culture. In this world there are many different cultures. Having a sound understanding
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Finance in the healthcare industry can be a very tricky subject. The primary role of finance in the health services is to plan for, obtain, and make use of resources to increase the productivity and value of the business (Nowicki 2007). Finance is a very important part of the health care industry. It keeps everything on track and in order so that things operate successfully. Without the right person(s) helping to operate the place of business the company can be in a great deal of trouble. When
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view of Elecdyne Examples here could include (from the various tasks):- * Location of Production functions * Supply chain management * Taxation * Production cost * Innovation * Social Innovation:- * In health and education there are changes occurring, due to social innovations in social networking (use of internet to provide information that used to be delivered face to face e.g. online education and diagnosis websites), and also structural changes (e
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The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, better known as HITECH, is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. ARRA contains incentives related to health care information technology in general and The HIPAA Privacy Rule gives you rights over your own health information, regardless of its form. Whether your record is in paper or electronic form, you have the right to your records. HIPPA contains specific incentives designed to accelerate
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