Risk and Quality Management Assessment Jennifer McKissick HCS 451 February 8‚ 2015 Jodie Sapaugh Risk and Quality Management Assessment Chosen Organization The organization that I have chosen is a hospital. A hospital is an organization providing treatment for patients with a staff and equipment specific for that hospital. The most common and most known type of hospital is the general hospital which has an ER for the major emergencies. . A district hospital is the major health care facility
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THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM) IN ORGANIZATIONS Globalization in the business theater is driving companies toward a new view of quality as a necessary tool to compete successfully in worldwide markets. A direct outcome of this new emphasis is the philosophy of total quality management (TQM). In essence‚ TQM is a company-wide perspective that strives for customer satisfaction by seeking zero defects in products and services. TQM functions on the premise
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Role of Management Functions Used by Health Care Managers Laura Ayers HCS/325 July 30‚ 2012 Dawn Sienkiewicz Role of Management Functions Used by Health Care Managers Today‚ health care managers are responsible for many things to make a health facility run efficiently. The management process includes: organization‚ planning‚ controlling and leading. Health care managers must be able to control. They must be able to determine how to measure their employees’ performances and take actions
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In this file of HCS 483 Week 1 Healthcare Information System Terms you will find the next information: Consider the following scenario: Health Care - General Health Care You have been selected to participate in a prestigious internship in a health care organization by working for the chief information officer (CIO). Your internship will consist of a series of projects you will complete throughout this course. In your first meeting with the CIO‚ she says‚ “I am giving an important
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01/01/2012 The telecommunication technology in health care is providing cost-effective treatment options for both patients and physicians. Telemedicine is the use of audio‚ video and other telecommunications and electronic information processing technologies for transmission of information and data relevant to the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions‚ or to provide health services and aid health care personnel at distant sites. "According to federal data‚ about 20% of U
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The American Telemedicine Association (2012) defines telemedicine as “the use of medicine information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve a patient’s clinical health status. Telemedicine has been in existence for over 40 years and was originally used to provide care for patients in remote areas who encountered limited access to health care. With the increasing use of technology in the healthcare realm‚ the use of telemedicine is rapidly expanding into “ongoing
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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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Types of Telemedicine?. (2006-2011). Retrieved from https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/cwe/citation_generator/web_01_01.asp Types of telemedicine include remote monitoring‚ interactive telemedicine services‚ store-and-forward telemedicine‚ specialist and primary care consultations‚ and imaging services ("What Are the Types of Telemedicine?"‚ 2006-2011). Remote monitoring‚ interactive telemedicine services‚ and store-and-forward telemedicine are the three main types that telemedicine are classified
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Performance HCS/451 Health Care Quality Management and Outcomes Analysis This paper will propose how TriCity Medical Center will monitor performance‚ achieve regulatory and accreditation compliance‚ and improve overall organizational performance. It will describe ways TCMC will communicate with leadership to ensure alignment of organizational goals and gain buy-in from staff to achieve compliance with the standards and requirements issued by regulatory and accreditation bodies. Also it will
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DEFINITION: Telemedicine is a rapidly developing application of clinical medicine where medical information is transferred via telephone‚ the Internet or other networks for the purpose of consulting‚ and sometimes remote medical procedures or examinations. EXPLANATION: Telemedicine may be as simple as two health professionals discussing a case over the telephone‚ or as complex as using satellite technology and video-conferencing equipment to conduct a real-time consultation between
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