Category: Healthcare

I once met an absolutely low-level service in a hospital. The dissatisfaction started with the time of entering the hospital, as the personnel on the reception could not find my record, and instead of asking me to wait and figure out the situation on their own, the hospital employee suggested leaving the premises and making…

Today, the status of healthcare as a right or a privilege belongs to highly debatable topics. As is stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights created by the UN, healthcare is recognized as the basic human right that should be guaranteed to all people without regard to their race, age, and financial situation (“Health…

Nowadays, when there is a sufficiently large flow of solvent patients who want to receive high-quality medical care, there is a demand for expensive treatment. Such demand plays a crucial role in stimulating the introduction of new approaches and treatments. However, if the innovations being introduced are focused exclusively on paying patients, inequality in access…

Every team has the potential to be dysfunctional at some point and understanding the type and severity of dysfunction is crucial to improving a team’s performance. In this regard, Peduzzi and Agreli (2018) analyzed the five dysfunctions of a group to further guide in analysis of the disparities that could occur in a team. This…

The HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) consists of 5 titles and has complex regulations. This act ensures the confidentiality of the patient’s medical information and guarantees that it will not be revealed (Moore & Frye, 2019). The violation of the HIPAA rules is followed by costly compensation that ranges from $1,000 up to…

The achievement of the desired result of the activity of an individual employee, group, or organization depends on many factors. The most important one is the work performed by an individual employee, which has both a content side, answering the question of what should be done, and a procedural side of accomplishing activities, giving an…

Introduction Accessible and affordable healthcare services are a significant part of a nation’s well-being, which ensures that all citizens are capable of maintaining an appropriate level of health. Nowadays, various pathways of offering the population medical services are available, ranging from government-funded to privately sponsored options of sustaining clinical institutions. As such, a possible strategy…

Table of Contents Introduction The Effects of Increased Coinsurance Rate Effects of Increased Coinsurance on Hospital Merger Conclusion References Introduction Resources allocation in the healthcare sector involves some economics, representing a comprehensive equity analysis. This analysis ends in decisions that either directly or indirectly impact healthcare stakeholders such as members (Klonschinski, 2016). An example of…

Application of research, scholarly evidence, and technology to inform the delivery of care I had a strong feeling that using scholarly evidence to support the decisions for care delivery is the right approach. Scholarly evidence can point at effective interventions in care delivery, which could be left unnoticed otherwise. For example, research by Ashcroft et…

Table of Contents Strategy Development Strategic Alternatives Reference List Strategy Development Strategy Formulation Strategies Strategy Development (SD) is a powerful concept that can make many healthcare organizations successful. Healthcare providers can use various strategies in order to implement their SDs. Directional Strategy: This concept refers to “the missions, goals, objectives, visions, and values targeted by…