North Mississippi Health Services is a diversified regional health care organization, which serves 24 counties in north Mississippi and northwest Alabama from headquarters in Tupelo, Miss. The NMHS organization covers a broad range of acute diagnostic and therapeutic services, offered through North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo; a community hospital system with locations in Eupora, Iuka, Pontotoc, and West Point, Miss., and Hamilton Ala.; North Mississippi Medical Clinics, a regional network
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Future Trends in Health Care Sukhwinder Kaur HCS/533 November 19, 2012 Sheryl-Anne Murray Introduction The findings of a review of trends in health care delivery that are associated with innovations in electronic communications are topic of discussion in this paper. The review focuses on four specific issues. The first issue concerned the ways in which electronic communications may be applied effectively as an external delivery mechanism in the communication of patient-specific information
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Federal Ministry of Health: A Study into the Information Management System and How Best the Ministry can Implement FOI Ordinance 2002 Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) Centre for Civic Education, Pakistan (CCE) Implementation of Freedom of Information Ordinance 2002: A Case Study of Ministry of Health 1. Freedom of information is impossible to conceive in the absence of elaborate and efficient information and data management systems. Only when such systems are in place and
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ASSESSMENT FOR URBAN HEALTH IN SLUMS OF JAIPUR Dr. Manoj Kumar ABSTRACT This paper attempts to analyze the spatial distribution of Health Care Delivery System with a focus on Reproductive Child Health and its relation to geographical distance from the slum population. The socio- demographic profile and its correlation to the barriers for accessing the health-care is also attempted. The suggestions include removing spatial inequities, a region specific plan for health care for increasing accessibility
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Medicaid EHR incentive programs a few years ago. The nation has seen a groundbreaking growth in the adoption of the Electronic Health Records. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, have created a new timeline which is in reference to the implementation of meaningful use for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, ONC, also has proposed a better approach to update their, the ONC, certification regulations. One
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known for cattle, cotton, and peanut farming. Several areas of this community do not have broadband or adequate internet speed to maintain health information exchange this is a barrier to EHR implementation and health information exchange. Although there are some businesses and many family-owned farms they do not heavily use technology and often do not offer health insurance benefits to their employees. The community also has a significant population of undocumented immigrants that work on the farms
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MOV E R S S H A KE RS A LOOK AT HUMANA’S INTEGRATED HEALTH APPROACH: A Conversation with Chief Medical Officer Dr. Roy Beveridge March 2014 “We Accelerate Growth” MOV E R S & S H A KE R S Movers & Shakers Inter view with Dr. Roy Beveridge Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Humana March 2014 Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading provider of commercial health plans, specialty insurance plans, and integrated health and wellness services. Headquartered in Louisville, Ky
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Associate-degree versus Baccalaureate-degree Nursing Benjamin Botengan Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS 430V Professor Luci Hanus May 30, 2015 Associate-degree versus Baccalaureate-degree Nursing In the dynamic world of health care, change is always in demand. To keep up with this, there seems to be direct correlation with quality care and a nursing workforce equipped with the proper educational levels. Higher level of nursing education, better patient outcomes. Numerous
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Nursing informatics is defined as “the integration of nursing, its information and information management with information processing and communication technology to support the health of people worldwide”. Nursing informatics has applications in different areas of administration, education, and clinical information. It can also assist vendors to create and implement better solutions goaled at improving the care of patients. At my place of employment, the informatics phenomenon known as “Healthstream”
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electronics, automotive industries, etc. The United States health industry has also been exploring how information systems can imitate the same results. There are many ways that a fully operational health information system can help alleviate the high cost of healthcare in the U.S. Each year, the U.S. spends approximately $1.7 trillion in healthcare costs, but yet our system still delivers poor health quality (Hillstead, R. 2005). Investing in health information systems however, the results have been an
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