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Cliff, Barbara (2012). "Excellence in Patient Satisfaction within a Patient-Centered Culture." Academic journal article from Journal of Healthcare Management, Vol. 57, No. 3.
This article can be used to explain how the scores of HCAHPS has become an important consideration among the healthcare leaders. Furthermore, this resource is also important because it explains the Value-Based Purchasing program that would be implemented nationwide in the fiscal year 2013 for better reimbursement. This article also explains the breakdown of the payment in this particular system; 70% would be the cost of the clinical care and medication of the patient, meanwhile 30% would be based on patient's satisfaction. In this paper, it has also been explained how HCAHPS surveys forms the basis for the patient's domain.
Bernhofer, E., (October 25, 2011) "Ethics and Pain Management in Hospitalized Patients" OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing Vol. 17 No. 1.
This particular resource is important as it gives the statistics and results of some of the HCAHPS surveys that were done in the year 2011 pertaining to the satisfaction of the patients regarding their pain management while they were admitted in the hospital. According to the results of HCAHPS surveys that have been mentioned in this article, we find out that 63-74% of the patients who were hospitalized (nationwide) reported that they received proper pain management services. This article therefore, emphasizes on the importance of such surveys for the better treatment of the hospitalized patients. Moreover, this column also sheds light on the ethical side of HCAHPS surveys.
3. Taylor, Jane and Rutherford, Patricia (2010). "The Pursuit of Genuine Partnerships with Patients and Family Members: The Challenge and Opportunity for Executive Leaders." Academic journal article from Frontiers of Health Services Management, Vol. 26, No. 4
The main theme of this article is the analysis of how the introduction of HCAHPS surveys and considering patients as consumers have made things better for the patients and their families. It has been explained in this paper how the survey works and how the patients can get access to this information, and so can their families. The fact that this information is, and has to be, kept transparent by the healthcare leaders has also been emphasized. By using this resource, one can explain that through the results of the HCAHPS surveys and other information that is available at this portal, patients can chose what hospital they should go to for their treatment.
4. Zamora, Debra (2012). "Using Patient Satisfaction as a Basis for Reimbursement: Political, Financial, and Philosophical Implications." Academic journal article from Creative Nursing, Vol. 18, No. 3
This article yet again provides us with statistics pertaining to the number of state hospitals that have started or are planning to start the implementation of the Value-Based Purchasing programs. In this particular article, some 3500 hospitals have been considered for research. Moreover, this article also explains how HCAHPS will help hospitals improve their quality of healthcare services that are being provided to the patients and therefore avoid the cuts in the revenue. Another interesting point that has been raised in this article is the debate that has been taking place among many hospital administrators regarding the placement of monetary value on the satisfaction of the patient.
5. Felt-Lisk, Suzanne; Barrett, Allison; Nyman, Rebecca (2007). Public Reporting of Quality Information on Medicaid Health Plans." Academic journal article from Health Care Financing Review, Vol. 28, No. 3.
The main theme of this article is the identification of the extent to which the Medicaid health plan quality check data is available for the people to access online. Some statistics are also available in this article regarding the researches that were carried out prior to the publishing of this article. The patterns and information was reviewed in many categories regarding the health plans. Among these categories were included the non-profit vs. for-profit plans, smaller vs. larger plans, Medicaid-serving vs. Medicaid dominated plans and within the category of Medicaid dominated plans category were the types known as the other ownership vs. provider-owned plans.
6. Brown, Gordon D (1997). "Consumer-Oriented Managed Care: Oxymoron or New Direction?" Frontiers of Health Services Management.
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Family Communication There is a lot of information on dementia, and even a lot about the concerns that families may have about the treatment of their loved ones in facilities, however there is very little if not any research regarding communication between dementia patients and their families before and after placement in a long-term care facility. Clark, Bass, Looman, McCathy, & Eckert (2004), reported that while various quantitative and qualitative analyses have
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Family Narrative Every family has a story. Or rather every family has a number of different stories. This does not mean that there are not important overlaps and consistencies among the stories that different family members tell. Both what is the same (or nearly the same) from one family member to the next and what is different is important to attend to as one tries to make sense of the story
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