Economic Tools and Concepts There are numerous economic tools and concepts that relate to the health care field. When discussing the current nursing shortage, and the nursing shortage that will continue through the future, scarcity, supply, and demand are just a few of the important concepts to address. According to Explorehealthcareers.org (2012), “The United States has a serious shortage of practicing nurses” and “demand for frontline workers is expected to increase 50% over the next five years
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link between poverty (state of being extremely poor) and mental health / illness with reference to primary health care principle and practices. The term mental illness is defined, as a health issues that considerably affects how people thinks, behaves and cooperate with other people (Government of Western Australia Mental Health Commission, 2010). The word poverty means not be able to have basic needs such as food, health care, clothing, and education. Aboriginal community is suffering
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will discuss what healthcare industry is, the evolution of technology, financial, and the economic perspective from the past, present, and what we can expect in the future. What is healthcare industry? The healthcare industry is a set of comprises of providing diagnostic, preventive, remedial, and therapeutic services (like physician, nurses, hospitals, etc.). And to include medical equipment, health insurance forums, and pharmaceutical manufactures. The Past Since 2005, the healthcare
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Presentation Annotated Bibliography Buchbinder, S.B., & Shanks, N.H. (2012). Introduction to health care management (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. • Summary: This is are course textbook and it support an overall view of health care management. This book provides details on how to maintain and sustain a position as a health care manager. The functions and tools needed to perform your job. Each chapter gives details on a variety of topics such as; strategic
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a hospitals process to advance the quality of care and outcomes for patients using an explicit set of philosophies and procedures (Walker, 2012). This paper attempts to describe some of the areas of potential advances for quality improvement at Washington County Regional Medical Center (WCRMC) nursing unit. One principle of quality improvement is measurement, which is the collection of data to improve patient care. Using these measurements and tools can help leaders understand the direction of quality
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Economic Terms and Health Care History Economic Terms and Health Care History Over the time of history, the economics of the United States has overcome many of transformations. Formerly, the economic alterations in health care may be due to the evolutionary changes in the United States. The main contributing causes for economic health care changes are the development of technology and how medical treatment is presented. The late 1800’s is when America started to realize the establishment
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The Health Care reform bill has the creation of an Institute for Comparative Effectiveness as a key component with the hope of improving quality and reducing health care costs. The institute would have the authority to make official determinations of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of medical treatments, procedures, drugs, and medical devices. President Obama's initial nominee as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), former Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD), has likewise
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factor in health care delivery. The way health care is financed impacts it’s delivery. The continual increase of health care cost caused health care reform initiatives to control cost to focus on reimbursement models. Pay For Performance (P4P) is an increasingly popular initiative. The use of pay for performance has effects on the cost, quality, and efficiency of health care. This paper will discuss the effects the use of pay for performance has on patients, provider, and the evolution of health care
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Decision-Making of Health Care Information Systems HCI/500 Concepts of Health Care Informatics December 5th 2011 Decision-Making of Health Care Information Systems Today’s health care delivery model is undergoing an unprecedented evolution driven by industry-wide initiatives to improve patient safety, quality of care, and efficiency of delivery. At the heart of this evolution is Health care Information Technology. This paper discuss about the two types of health care information system are
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factor in health care delivery. The way health care is financed impacts it’s delivery. The continual increase of health care cost caused health care reform initiatives to control cost to focus on reimbursement models. Pay For Performance (P4P) is an increasingly popular initiative. The use of pay for performance has effects on the cost, quality, and efficiency of health care. This paper will discuss the effects the use of pay for performance has on patients, provider, and the evolution of health care
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