Abstract TranslateAbstract Despite extensive research on defining and measuring health care quality‚ little attention has been given to consumers ’ perspectives of high-quality health care. The purposes of this study were to (a) identify the importance to consumers of attributes of health care quality and nursing care quality‚ and (b) examine the relationship of consumer perspectives to health status and selected demographic variables. Exploratory. Consumers (N = 239) were recruited from waiting
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World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is the principal agency responsible for providing guidance and authority on global health matters within the United Nations System. WHO was founded in 1948‚ by Chinese physician Szeming Sze (1908–1998)‚ Norwegian physician Karl Evang (1902–1981)‚ and Brazilian physician Geraldo de Paula Souza (1889–1951)‚ they proposed the formation of an international health organization in 1945 at the United Nations Conference on International Organization
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Title: The Delivery of Quality Nursing Care: A Grounded Theory Study of the Nurses ’ Perspective Abstract The purpose of this study is to explore and describe the delivery of quality nursing care from the perspective of practising nurses working in the acute public hospital setting of Western Australia (WA). The study will examine the actions and interactions attributed to quality‚ and factors identified as enhancing or inhibiting the delivery of quality nursing care. A grounded theory approach
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mission of an organization is the enduring statement of purpose and identifies what the organization does‚ whom it serves and how it does it. And the value statement‚ To be the recognized healthcare provider and employer of choice‚ helps define the organization’s culture. We believe that Parker Memorial Hospital‚ the nation’s first hospital‚ has a responsibility to: Ensure access to superior quality integrated health care for our community and expand access for underserved populations within the community
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Managed Care Organization USLegal.com A managed care organization (MCO) is a health care provider or a group or organization of medical service providers who offers managed care health plans. It is a health organization that contracts with insurers or self-insured employers and finances and delivers health care using a specific provider network and specific services and products. They provide a wide variety of quality and managed health care services to enrolled workers keeping medical costs down
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Lead and manage a team within health and social care Sharon Chapman 3171/1.1 explains the features of effective team performance An effective team which performs at the highest level‚ whilst completing their work efficiently to the best of their ability. An effective team will always consist of certain features enabling effective team performance. Some of these features are as follows; develop goals and plans‚ i.e. an effective team will always devise a development or goal plan‚ which will describe
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The Future of Managed Health Care Delivery System: Accountable Care Organization Veronica L Nelson MHA 628: Managed Care & Contractual Services Dr. Hwang-Ji Lu June 1‚ 2015 Abstract The health restructuring dispute has centered on compensating providers particularly more when delivering quality care to their patients than for enhancing the volume of services they provide (Ries‚ 2014) Accountable care organizations (ACOs) is a single proposed way of altering compensation methods to
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Optimal Model for Health Care Stephanie Fontes ECON 402—Wednesday’s Class Due Date: November 2nd‚ 2011 What is an optimal model for health care? This is a highly debated issue internationally. Much of the debate centers around whether health care should be treated as a type of public—good supplied by the government and funded by taxpayers. Others believe that a better system is delivered by the private sector. Another model advocates a public/private mix. This analysis will consider
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dealing with two particular incidents or emergencies in a health and social care setting. Fire‚ When you are working within a health and social care setting the most important thing is to evacuate the people that is in your care out of the building first. When you are working in an organisation you should always familiarise yourself with where the fire exits‚ fire alarms and fire extinguishers are located. If you are working within a care setting with elderly residents and there is a fire it
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High quality health care must be accessible and appropriate for the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander just like us health professionals would in a normal health professional environment. In addition‚ acknowledging that those with disability may face additional barriers in accessing health care. Coordinated‚ culturally appropriate services across the health system— including primary health care‚ hospital care and aged care addition Indigenous Australians experience unequal levels of
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