Post Week 1 Health Care Information Systems Terms HCS/483 Healthcare Information Systems - Week 1 Name: Guidelines: Please use this form to submit your assignment and NOT the one on the UOPX website. Define the following terms. Your definitions must be in your own words; do not copy them from the textbook. After you have defined each term in your own words‚ describe in at least 50 words the health care setting in which each term would be applied. Utilize a minimum of two research
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Characteristics of the U.S. population in 2025 The United States is the third most populated country in the world. This country holds about 4.5% of the world’s population. The U.S. population is currently estimated to have 308.7 million persons. This number is more than double of the population from 1950. Besides the fact of the population has doubled its size‚ the population has also become qualitatively different from the one from 1950. As noted by the Population Reference
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KPJ Healthcare Berhad (KPJ MK) Company profile ( by MBB) Overview. KPJ Healthcare Berhad is the largest private hospital operator in Malaysia‚ operating 20 hospitals and licensed for 2‚505 beds. It also runs two hospitals in Indonesia with a total of 140 beds. KPJ maintains an asset-light structure by selling its hospital buildings to Al-‟Aqar REIT and then leasing them back. It owns a 49% stake in the REIT. Johor Corporation‚ a government-linked corporation of the Johor state and one of
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When caring for patients in any healthcare facility‚ it is important that healthcare organizations make sure that they hire competent healthcare providers. In order to determine competent providers‚ the process of credentialing is used. Certain qualifications must be met by any individual that is caring for the lives of others. However‚ qualifications for every healthcare discipline varies from state to state. In Idaho‚ physicians and nurse practitioners differ in credential requirements. Before
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Quality improvement among the healthcare industry is needed on a continuous basis. Staying familiar with the different trends and changes in policies is imperative for all health care organizations. Prior to any quality improvement a review and analysis of the current process is needed to determine whether or not additional adjustments are necessary. Once the areas of concern are identified a course of action plan needs to be executed. Along with process improvement quality improvement is needed
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the healthcare environment. With the implementation of Obamacare to take place over the next ten or so years‚ healthcare managers are being called upon to evaluate‚ plan and implement operations‚ tactics and strategies to ensure a smooth transition from the past and make sure that it is worthwhile. It is extremely important for these professionals to be able to change‚ adapt and evolve so that they can keep a competitive advantage against the competition with the rapidly changing healthcare environment
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supports the notion that there is no one specific method or style that works all the time. Rather‚ the leader of an organization must understand and identify with employees and tailor his or her approach accordingly. Patient DesignRecent research into healthcare architecture has emphasized the design of patient areas
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Peachtree Healthcare Difficult decisions are necessary for the Peachtree Healthcare leadership team‚ including the Chief Information Officer (CIO)‚ as they discuss issues associated with the company’s deteriorating information technology (IT) structure. Before deciding on whether the change should be organization-wide at once or department-by-department‚ the team must consider and include doctors’ and other vested parties’ opinions. The team has to study the important aspects of this type of network
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Healthcare: HIPPA and the Law ‘The basic requirement of the final privacy rules is that a covered entity may not use or disclose an individual’s protected health information‚ except as otherwise permitted or required by the rules. The original privacy rule required that the use or disclosure of personal health information would only be permissible provided a covered entity had received a prior “consent” or “authorization” from the patient for the release of personal health information” (Giacalone
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Competition in Healthcare Melissa Aranda HCA/421 Professor Denton September 17‚ 2012 In all industries‚ competition among businesses has long been encouraged as a mechanism to increase value for patients. In other words‚ competition ensures the provision of better products and services to satisfy the needs of customers (Glover & Rivers‚ 2009). In the health care industry‚ competition has an impact on many relational perspectives. There have been several studies examining the relationships
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