Masters of Science in Health Administration (MSA) is a veteran nurse with over 30 years of experience in health care. In addition to his impressive credentials‚ he is also the Central Valley Service Area Director of the Emergency Department at Kaiser Permanente. Larry was an easy choice when choosing a hospital administrator to interview regarding an ethical dilemma‚ not only for his significant experience in healthcare administration‚ but also because of his vast experience with patients‚ their families
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Personal Impact Paper Franklin M Verdugo University of Phoenix Health and Chronic Disease Management NUR/427 Liana Garrett Personal Impact Paper A Chronic Disease is a long-lasting condition that can be controlled but not cured. Chronic Diseases are the Leading Causes of Death and Disability in the U.S. Seven out of ten deaths among Americans each year are from chronic diseases. Heart disease‚ cancer and stroke account for more than 50% of all deaths each year. In 2005‚ 133 million Americans
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Ethical Issue Facing Health Care Cynthia Battle University Of Phoenix November 30‚ 2009 Health record breach violations are an ethical issue facing healthcare. In the article from the Journal of AHIMA titled “Reports Pour in under CA’s New Privacy Laws‚” the writer Chris Dimick discusses record breach violations. Reports have been pouring into the California Department of Public Health since the state began requiring healthcare entities to report all incidents of unauthorized record access
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The Beginning: Paper Trail SlumThe medical and healthcare field is characterized with the cumbersome practice of obtaining and maintaining extensive documentation of patient information. Medical staff‚ physicians and healthcare practitioners are legally responsible to maintain a comprehensive‚ efficient as well as effective way to collect‚ maintain and archive patient information. Traditionally‚ this process of information collection and maintenance was accomplished manually resulting in an endless
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KP Video 20: Outcomes Research and Evaluating Change in Nursing Practice. This Kaiser Permanente research training is presented by June L. Rondinelli‚ RN‚ MSN. It is the twentieth video in a series of twenty that goes over nursing research. In this online lecture‚ she focuses defining outcomes research describe the components of Donabedian’s Model of Quality Health Care‚ listing nurse sensitive outcomes‚ and discussing places to find practice guidelines. Overall‚ the presenter discusses outcomes
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Understanding the Future of Managed Care Saida Ali Holyfield Abstract At one point‚ managed care was the viewed as a resourceful tool in efforts to help assist employee‚ physicians and hospitals with quality health care‚ while controlling the cost of medical care in the United States. Over the past 30 years‚ managed care has been in the limelight of health insurance‚ as a dictator of how it will pay for medical bills. There have been many factors playing a role with managed care over the
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In the early 1930’s‚ the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Organization led consumers to hospitalization and medical coverage under their own charter for everyone who sought coverage for one prepaid fee. Years later‚ other insurance companies‚ such as Kaiser Permanente began to offer coverage to consumers within their geographic boundary. However‚ health care spending is on the rise. Over the last couple of decades the expenditures have risen from 724.0 billion dollars in 1990 to 2‚486.3 billion in 2009(US
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On August 3‚ 2004 a baby girl named Sophia Sadek was born. That baby girl was me. I was born at Kaiser Permanente in Riverside. I still live in Riverside today. Today‚ I am 13 years old. I am an Egyptian Christian girl. I have blackish‚ brownish‚ and curly hair. I have tan skin and big brown eyes. I’m 5’1‚ which is average‚ so I’m not tall but I’m not short either. I am very involved in sports and other hobbies. When I’m bored i like to draw while listening to music. I like drawing things from tumblr
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newer technology. What should he do? Four experts comment on this fictional case study in R0707A and R0707Z‚ authored by John P Glaser‚ Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Partners HealthCare System. George C Halvorson‚ the Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente‚ warns against using untested methodologies such as SOA in a health care environment‚ where lives are at stake. He says Peachtree’s management must clarify its overall IT vision before devising a plan to achieve each of its objectives. Monte
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is essential during shift report in order to provide safe care and meet goals for the patient. There is a trend where hospitals are bringing shift report to the bedside in order to improve the effectiveness of communication between the nurses. At Kaiser Santa Clara‚ the facility I currently work at‚ has a standard policy and procedure regarding the handoff communication during shift change‚ according to the policy the two nurses are to review information that is standardized to the following: •
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