Category: Health Care

The Case for Open Heart Surgery at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital

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Open Heart Surgery

Read Case 19: The Case for Open Heart Surgery at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital

Why is the hospital considering this additional service?
Does the hospital and community really need this service? Why or why not?
What should be the most important characteristics of a hospital in which one would want to have an open heart surgery?
Is it financially viable for a hospital to offer this service? What costs and revenues would you predict to know the viability? Would any revenues cover the costs of offering this service?

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The Benefits and Cautions of E-Prescribing

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E-Prescribing

E-prescribing is the transmission of prescription or prescription-related information using electronic media between a prescriber, dispenser, pharmacy benefit manager, or health plan, either directly or through an intermediary, including an e-prescribing network.

In an effort to understand the benefits and cautions about e-prescribing, conduct thorough research. For your assignment, create a 4- report in Microsoft Word document consisting of your research findings covering your responses to the following questions:

Evaluate three pros and three cons of e-prescribing.
Summarize the e-prescription standards as described by the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs.
Evaluate the projected cost and time savings as estimated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Comment on the controversy surrounding the 2013 e-prescribing penalty.

Use the following resources, and 2 outside resources and your text book for this assignment.

Ratanawongsa, N., Lenny L. S. Chan, Fouts, M. M., & Murphy, E. J. (2017). The challenges of electronic health records and diabetes electronic prescribing: Implications for safety net care for diverse populations. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2017 doi:10.1155/2017/8983237

Juszczyk, D., Charlton, J., McDermott, L., Soames, J., Sultana, K., Ashworth, M., . . . Gulliford, M. C. (2016). Electronically delivered, multicomponent intervention to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections in primary care: A cluster randomized trial using electronic health records-REDUCE trial study original protocol. BMJ Open, 6(8) doi:http://dx.doi.org.southuniversity.libproxy.edmc.edu/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010892

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The Benefits and Considerations of Cross-Training Staff in Hospitals

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Cross Training Staff

The practice of cross training staff (learning another type of job) is an old and often successful practice at hospitals.

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research cross training techniques. Based on your research and training, respond to the following:

What steps would you take in deciding whether or not to cross train lab technicians as x-ray technicians?
What are the negative and positive financial considerations in making this decision?
What steps will you take to deal with a weekend staffing crisis whereby your small hospital has no x-ray technicians in-house, yet the demand for their services is very high including 30 percent of the need emanating from critical care units?

 

The Effects of Social Media on Mental Health

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Research Outline and Paper: The Effects of Social Media on Mental Health
how to effectively analyze the provided evidence and link it back to your thesis, and how to include proper in-text citations using MLA formatting within your rough draft.  Must write out a research outline and a research paper. (The outline can be 1 page and the research paper will be 3 pages, the research paper will be considered as a rough draft). The files consist of the research outline example, my research question/topic, and the sources that will be used for THIS research paper.

 

 

Case Analysis: Community Blood Center of the Carolinas

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3 CASE Community Blood Center of the Carolinas: Donations, Donations, Donations This case was written by Linda E. Swayne, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Thomas Hassett, Group Vice President for Carolinas Healthcare System. It is intended as a basis for classroom discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation.

Complete and Answer the following questions:

Complete a traditional SWOT analysis for the situation
Who is the decision maker in this case?
What appears to be the problem and its significance?
Why has the issue arisen and why is the decision maker involved now?

Make sure that you include an introduction and conclusion to your post.

Complete a full case analysis incorporating your work from your SWOT analysis this week. Use the following format to complete this assignment.

An introduction
Definition of the problem.
Identification of the stakeholders.
Identification of alternative solutions.
Evaluation of alternative solutions.
Solution chosen and how to implement it with the stakeholders.
Conclusion and reflection of this process.

 

 

Resolving the Legal Dilemma in Indigent Patient Care: A Decision Analysis

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Legal Dilemma

You are the hospital administrator for a county hospital, which is funded in a large part by that county’s property taxes. You discover that you have an indigent patient who has been mistakenly admitted as an inpatient to the hospital strictly for dialysis treatment. The hospital does not, as a general practice, provide only dialysis treatment for patients. This is beyond the scope of the hospital’s mandate and is therefore, an inappropriate use of local property tax funding.

If the indigent patient is discharged from the hospital and dialysis treatment is terminated, the patient will become toxic and experience severe physical consequences, even death. However, if the patient is kept in the hospital for purposes of dialysis treatment only, the hospital must assume the burden of the patient’s debt, without revenue to cover the associated cost.

Based on your understanding of the above scenario, create a report in a Microsoft Word document that includes an analysis using the classic decision model to keep the patient in the hospital or discharge them.

Include:

An introduction
Definition of the problem.
Identification of the stakeholders.
Identification of alternative solutions.
Evaluation of alternative solutions.
Solution chosen and how to implement it with the stakeholders.
Conclusion and reflection of this process.

cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

 

 

 

 

How Can We Help Children Maintain a Healthy Body Weight?

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Choose 3 abstract topics. typed 300-word summary per topic, researched and summarized in your own words, on the abstract topics that you have chosen
Abstract Topics:
How Can We Help Children Maintain a Healthy Body Weight?
How Dangerous are Long-Term Consequences of Anorexia?
What Are Side Effects of Blood Transfusion?

Mental Health

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Choose 3 abstract topics. typed 300-word summary per topic, researched and summarized in your own words, on the abstract topics that you have chosen
Abstract Topics:
Mental Health
Environmental Quality
Health Consequences of Eating Disorders