Week 3 PP Speaker Notes Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs Public and Community Health HCS 457 Dee Martinez April 08‚ 2014 Week 3 PP Speaker Notes • What additional suggestions for treatment or resolution did you find? There are no additional suggestions for the treatment of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). There are no alternative treatments. Antibiotic treatment is the only way to treat MRSA. A surgical procedure called an incision and drainage (I&D) is when a surgeon cleans out a lesion
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Affirmative Action Affirmative action is a phrase used to describe attempts to redress past discrimination by giving groups that have been discriminated against an advantage in allocating opportunities‚ such as jobs and admittance to colleges and universities. When affirmative action was first established over fifty years ago‚ the intended beneficiaries were African-Americans‚ but since that time‚ it has been used to help other groups that have experienced discrimination‚ such as women‚ Native Americans
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The Policy Process: Evaluation‚ Analysis‚ and Revision Barbie Tucker HCS/455 6/15/15 James McManus There are many stages in the policy making process. In the fight of fraud and abuse of healthcare programs‚ Congress implemented the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). (GAO‚ 2011). Policies are always evaluated to find solutions to issues which arise in policies. The analysis done to see if the policy
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In this pack of HCS 446 Week 3 DQs you will find the next information: DQ 1: Differentiate (i.e. compare and contrast) between regulations and accreditation standards‚ how do each effect design decisions? DQ 2: If the site selected for your new healtHCSare facility is not zoned for that purpose‚ what are your options? General Questions - General General Questions HCS 446 Entire Course / Facility Planning The earlier you register for your college classes‚ the better. Waiting too long
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Substandard Quality of Care HCS 451 Health Care Quality Management and Outcomes Analysis Professor Jodi Sapaguh By Lisa Gresley August 9‚ 2010 Substandard quality of health care is duly recognized as a major form of medical crises with potential to jeopardize the functioning and purpose of the American health care system. Whereas on the one hand medical costs of treatment are rising‚ on the other malpractices and non compliance on the part of medical professionals and institutions compounds
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Communication And Crisis Paper Judy Sigona HCS/ 320 June. 5‚ 2015 Marina Voronin Communication and Crisis paper When a certain crisis is going or a situation at the time then the emergency management office is going to be communicating with one another inside of the office and also outside of the organization as well. When dealing with and issue or matter however you look at it no matter what but also sometimes to it can be very difficult for the organization to meet up with one another
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Administrative Ethics Paper HCS 335 James Thomas Patient Privacy Patient privacy has been a major issue within the healthcare field for many years. With the increasing use of medical information technology more and more people are being authorized to view patient health information. Not only do physicians and nurses have access; but this has broadened to include allied health professionals‚ billing specialists‚ quality assurance employees‚ social workers‚ medical records technicians etc
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Affirmative action is a controversial topic topic‚ especially in American society. Affirmative action is an active effort to improve the employment or education opportunities of members of minority groups and women. It also means a similar effort to promote the rights of other disadvantaged persons. In America‚ affirmative action is for a disadvantaged group to have equal opportunities‚ regardless of: race‚ religion/creed‚ sex‚ national origin‚ and disability (OFCCP). Many surround the words affirmative
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Is Affirmative Action A Necessity? Affirmative action is a plan designed to end discrimination by guaranteeing minorities will be hired or accepted into certain schools regardless of race or gender. In 1955‚ President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment in the federal government because of race‚ color‚ or national origin (Affirmative Action). This policy‚ which started out as a phrase‚ was introduced in the
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Gerontology Conference Presentation HCS/548 Introduction Gerontology is the study of the aging process. “It includes the study of physical‚ psychological and social changes in older individuals and the investigation of societal changes resulting from the aging of the population” (What is Gerontology? 2015) This field is also concerned with the use of this knowledge to policies and programs. Current population trends in the U.S. show that people are living longer and the number of older adults is
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