Health Care America has a highly developed health care system‚ which is available to all people. Although it can be very complex and frustrating at times‚ it has come a long way from the health care organizations of yesterday. Previously‚ most health care facilities were a place where the sick were housed and cared for until death. Physicians rarely practiced in hospitals and only those who were fortunate could afford proper care at home or in private clinics. Today the level of health care
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Patient Falls and Prevention in Health Care Patient falls are a significant representation of adverse events in health care organizations worldwide. There are several common risk factors intrinsic to patients‚ which include reduced vision‚ musculoskeletal disease‚ altered mental state‚ history of falls‚ and other chronic diseases. Health care organizations are expected to focus on those intrinsic factors as well as the extrinsic‚ which are those present in their patient’s environment. For example
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Patients rely on health care professionals and institutions for their safety and well-being (“Quality and patient‚” 2009). According to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2000)‚ “medical errors are responsible for injury in as many as 1 out of every 25 hospital patients; an estimated 48‚000-98‚000 patients die from medical errors each year. Errors in health care have been estimated to cost more than $5 million per year in a large teaching hospital‚ and preventable health care-related errors
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Request for Project (RFP) Organization: Patton-Fuller Community Hospital Requester: CEO Background of Request Patton-Fuller Community Hospital is looking to upgrade its current network architecture over the next 5 years. As a result‚ it is imperative that a complete review of current architecture is completed and a revised network design is developed to include both proposed upgraded hardware and software. As the CIO for the hospital‚ it is your responsibility to complete this project
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Quality Improvement: Measuring Consumer Satisfaction Bonnie Forward HCA375 Continuous Quality Monitoring & Accreditation Instructor: Paula Arceneaux October 17‚ 2011 The determining factor for providing a dynamic‚ ongoing relationship between your patients/clients and your healthcare facility‚ making certain your patients/clients come back to you for additional services‚ and encouraging affirmative word-of-mouth referrals from previous patients is consumer satisfaction. A noteworthy
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HCS/588 Measuring Performance Standards Quality improvement is an organizational approach to improve quality of care and services using a specified set of principles and methodologies. Principles of quality improvement are measurements‚ which the data is used to improve care‚ focusing on the important patient outcomes and consumer needs‚ being involved with participants‚ such as encouraging direct participation in teams by those individuals who implement the processes being evaluated. Ensuring
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essential feature of high reliability and one of the key 2009 patient safety goals of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO 2002). Closed-loop communication is an essential feature of high reliability and one of the key 2009 patient safety goals of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO 2002). Literature Review The researchers approached the grounded theory‚ “An open‚ exploratory approach was used to identify recurrent meaningful
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Maintaining Confidentiality Course 117 TWO contact hours By: Monica Oram‚ RN‚ BSN Upon completion of this course the reader will be able to achieve the following objectives: 1. Define confidentiality and related key terms 2. Define the concepts concerning confidentiality 3. Understand what is considered confidential information 4. Understand the outcomes of breach of confidentiality 5. Understand responsibilities as a healthcare worker with private and confidential information
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life style. “Meeting patients’ spiritual needs” is a medical professional duty as defined by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (Bensing‚ 2000). In 2001 JCAHO revised its accrediting standards and it is mandatory to do the spiritual assessment of every client in hospital settings. JCAHO suggests that assessment of patient’s spiritual needs should be carried out not only to determine religious denomination‚ but also to identify spiritual and religious beliefs and practices
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Regulatory Agency paper Name HCS/430 Legal issues in Health Care: Regulations and Compliances Date Instructor Regulatory Agency paper The United States government implements many resources which help govern health care organizations’ level of quality and safety of provided services. One agency which strives for continued improvement in the standards of health care seen in the United States is the Joint Commission. The Joint Commission currently evaluates and accredits over an estimated
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