Category: Healthcare
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The Role of Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare
Evidence-based inquiry practices are vital in the modern healthcare sphere, providing the basis for high-quality services. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a healthcare procedure that analyzes data based on the latest available medical data to derive optimal patient intervention and enhance their outcome while lowering the overall treatment cost (Hoffmann et al., 2018). Both nurses and…
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Reimbursement and Revenue Cycle in Healthcare
Reimbursement in healthcare organizations describes the form of payment that a hospital, diagnostic facility, healthcare professional, or other practitioners receive once they have provided healthcare services (Clyne and Jewell, 2019). Mainly, the government pays for its citizens, but for the individuals who can afford health insurance, their insurers cover medical costs, whether in part or…
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Shortage of Healthcare Personnel
The problem of the lack of qualified medical personnel has been relevant in the last decade. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the American health care system faced increasing life expectancy and, as a result, more extended care for the elderly. In addition, the new generation is more likely to seek help from doctors, and quite often…
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Work Environment Assessment in Healthcare
Table of Contents Introduction Work Environment Assessment Reviewing the Literature Health-Based Strategies to Create High-Performance Conclusion References Appendix A Introduction The purpose of this paper is to reflect on a work environment assessment regarding healthcare. Operating in healthcare can, at times, be stressful. Due to the job’s stressful nature, sometimes healthcare experts neglect to speak…
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Developing Organizational Policies and Practices in Healthcare
Today, the healthcare system continues to function in a highly complicated environment. As suggested by the current policies, an additional emphasis on the quality of services is expected in order to meet the growing needs of the population. Nevertheless, healthcare faces systemic impediments, which prevent it from working at full capacity and fulfilling its potential.…
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VA Loma Linda Healthcare System: Marketing Plan
Table of Contents Introduction and Background Industry Background Consumer Analysis Target Market Reference List Introduction and Background Name of the organization: The Veterans Affairs Loma Linda Healthcare System. Geographic location: The organization has several community clinics; The community clinics are located in California in: Palm Desert; Corona; Sun City; Rancho Cucamonga; Victorville. Organizational mission: Central…
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Outcome Measures of Healthcare Systems
The healthcare system is always seeking to improve its quality of patient care, and one method of doing so is standardizing and quantifying performance to evaluate the effectiveness of different procedures and identify areas for improvement. While there are several types of performance indicators, most organizations target outcome measures because they reflect the effectiveness of…
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Staffing Shortages in Healthcare
Table of Contents Performance Improvement Initiative Implementation of the Plan in the Organization References Appropriate staffing levels at healthcare facilities are important for ensuring safe working conditions for healthcare providers (HCPs) and safe care for patients. Thus, maximizing interventions and performance improvement initiatives is essential for protecting HCPs, patients, and visitors at all times, including…
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Conflict Resolution in Pediatric Healthcare
Table of Contents Introduction Conflict in Healthcare Overview of the Case Study Objectives of the Study Results from the Training Done on Paediatric Staff Conflict Types in Healthcare Institutions Resolving Conflicts in Nursing Conclusion Reference Introduction When two people hold opposing viewpoints, a conflict results; conflict is essentially a quarrel, whether between two people or…
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COVID-19 and Competing Needs in Healthcare
Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened many issues that arise from the competing needs of various healthcare actors, including policymakers, pharmaceutical businesses, hospital leaders, frontline medical workers, and patients. In this regard, one of the issues that hospital managers encounter is the desire to provide better service with…