Topic: Acute Hospital Care Course: Health Care and Insurance Date: November 28th‚ 2012 Acute Hospital Care Acute care is medical treatment at a hospital which is short-term. Acute care is a level of health care in which a patient is treated for a brief but severe episode of illness‚ for conditions that are the result of disease or trauma‚ and during recovery from surgery. Acute care is generally provided in a hospital by a variety of clinical personnel using technical equipment‚ pharmaceuticals
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Manage health and social care practice outcomes for individuals 1. Understand the theory and principles that underpin based practice Explain outcome based practice In 1990 health care providers had just began to discover what appeared to be a very powerful tool for reducing variation in patient care practices - clinical paths. A clinical path includes descriptions of key events that‚ if performed by caregivers as described‚ are expected to produce the most desirable outcomes for patients
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Abstract This paper examines the role of health care providers in giving care to patients and families of different diverse faith groups. Three specific faith groups‚ Voodoo‚ Buddhism‚ and Shinto will be discussed and contrasted in relation to the philosophy of Christian perspectives. Spiritual perspectives and critical components of health will show religious beliefs are apparently diverse but with some similarities. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is
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The health care industry can sometimes be a little tricky. There are so many types of health care plans. Continuum of care is a system that tracks patient’s comprehensive health care services of all levels of intensity of care. This system is broken down into several different categories. Which are extended care‚ ambulatory care‚ acute hospital care‚ wellness‚ home care‚ outreach and housing. Continuum of care may provide healthcare from birth to the end of life for that particular patient. Managed
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the writer aims to identify and explore in depth the role development of the specialist palliative care nurses in the community setting‚ and in particular how their role has evolved over the last 5 years. The writer aims for the first part of the assignment to provide the reader with a brief background into the development of palliative care and a history of how the traditional role of a palliative care nurse has expanded from a more generalist perspective to that of a position of specialism. The writer
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Managed Care Managed care refers to a method of healthcare that strives to restructure health services‚ as well as ensuring cost-effective healthcare. This kind of care aims at ensuring a definite benchmark of care‚ extent of performance‚ and cost management. It guarantees this by ensuring a thorough supervision‚ monitoring‚ as well as counseling. Moreover‚ certain sorts of managed care programs aim to support members to live healthy by preventing diseases. Ideally‚ managed care covers partly or
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foster care. Placement in the foster care system affects children in a unique‚ individual fashion. The affects of child-care by non-parental custodians‚ though subjective in nature‚ have common parameters that must be addressed and examined. Understanding foster care placement is crucial in order to fully evaluate both its advantages and disadvantages. WHAT IS FOSTER CARE? According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System‚ "Foster care means 24-hour substitute care for
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of health care provider. And they do it all‚ from delivering preventive care to our children to helping seniors manage chronic disease. There is virtually no setting where health care is delivered where you won’t find a nurse. The health care law – the Affordable Care Act – has given nurses and other health care professionals a historic opportunity to improve the health of millions of Americans. The nursing profession is positioned to contribute even more to both health and health care. With implementation
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Hospice Care 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Definition 1.1.1 Hospice Care Hospice care refers to an exceptional program that offers care services to individuals who are fatally ill and their family members. It is offered to patients who have been acknowledged by doctors as having completely exhausted all forms of cure there is and they are destined to die. These services include mental‚ emotional‚ spiritual physical and medical support which are aimed at ensuring maximum comfort and hope to the
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CHAPTER 6 Ambulatory Care Chapter Objectives After completing this chapter‚ the reader should have an understanding of: • The definition of ambulatory care. • The variety of settings for the delivery of ambulatory care. • The importance of ambulatory care services as a part of the U.S. health care system. a number of other ways ambulatory care is delivered‚ and they are described in this chapter. In recent years the number and type of ambulatory or outpatient facilities have increased to
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