Health Care Organization
How does the Government contribute to positive changes in health care?

The Government affects positively the health care industry in several ways. First, it makes sure that the industry abides by the lawful activities. Second, the Government makes a substantial amount of financial aid to support the health care in the country so that it can provide the highest quality of care at the affordable prices to the patients. Although Government's original involvement in health can be traced from a preventive point-of-view: control the conditions that might lead the spread of contagious diseases among people, this role becomes more much critical in the healthcare industry. For example, when the main role of the Government was to educate people about the sanitary conditions and control the spread of the contagious disease, it was not uncommon for the Government to establish different kinds of health-boards that regularly checked the toxicity of…...

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References

Goodman, J.C. And Musgrave, G.L. (1992). Patient Power. Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute.

Starr, P. (1982). The Social Transformation of American Medicine. New York: Basic Books.

Health Care Organization- Memorial egional Hospital Florida |
Health care organization-memorial regional hospital Florida

memorial egional Hospital Florida was established in the year 1953 and since then for about more than five decades it has been associated with the community health care programs and committed to serve wide range of population in the region. Memorial regional Hospital has enjoyed the stature of being one of the largest hospitals in Florida. It has the privilege of offering wide range of health facilities and services with highly qualified doctors, specialist and medical staff team. The formation of Memorial hospital was initiated with the telegraph received from S.S (Sid) Holland to build the hospital near controversial 35th Avenue street Johnson in the vicinity of Central to South Broward Country. The first members constituting the board committee were Nelson A. Elasser, Frank Stirling, D.M. Jordan, H.C Schwartz and Henry D. Perry. The existing committee constitutes chairman…...

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References

Barney, J.B. (1986). Organizational Culture: Can It Be a Source of Sustained Competitive

Advantage? Academy of Management Review, 11(3), 656-665.

Cameron, S. & Quinn, E. (2005). "Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture:

Based on the Competing Values Framework," The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series

It could occur through customization, whereby the manufacturer works with the health care provider to build something, or it could occur as the result of competition. In that scenario, the manufacturer needs to offer a higher level of service and better quality of product to the health care provider in order to win contracts. Increased competition drives changes in the way that the manufacturers do business, and these changes result in a more value-oriented approach, while retaining an emphasis on providing supplies to the customer.
Beyond that, a search of "supply oriented service" turns up nothing, and since all suppliers are in the business of supplying things to their customers, it is hard to envision how that element of the business could possibly be de-emphasized. Value and supply are not mutually exclusive, and can readily co-exist, such that a health care manufacturer would compete by offering supplies at a good…...

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Works Cited:

HHS.gov (2012). Health information privacy. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved October 10, 2012 from  http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/ 

Medical College of Wisconsin. (2012). Confidentiality and privacy of patient information. Medical College of Wisconsin. Retrieved October 10, 2012 from  http://www.mcw.edu/GME/AR/ConfidentialityandPrivacyofPatientInformation.htm 

MUSA Technology. (2012). The value-oriented service model. MUSA Technology Partners. Retrieved October 10, 2012 from http://www.musatechnology.com/files/PDF/The_Value_Oriented_Service_Model_-_MUSA_Technology_Partners.pdf

Healthcare Organization Statement of Purpose: Kaiser Permanente
The mission statement of Kaiser Permanente is to provide affordable, high quality healthcare services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. The values statement is "to be the model of quality health care in the nation by being the best place to work and the best place to receive care."

Analysis Of the Mission And Values Statements

The Kaiser Permanente mission statement concentrates on the two most critical characteristics that many American face today with regard to healthcare, and that is affordability and quality. Sadly these two characteristics continue to auto correlate in the Untied States with the lowest priced healthcare affordable by the middle class often being the worst in terms of quality. Kaiser's bold mission statement reflects a compelling call to action by members to be of greater serve to the communities they serve, which is one of…...

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Bibliography

Collins, J.C., & Porras, J.I. (1996, Sep). Building your company's vision and mission. Harvard Business Review, 74, 65.

Stewart, T.A. (1996, Sep 30). A refreshing change: Vision statements that make sense. Fortune, 134, 195.

Healthcare Organizations
Performance Studies

Effects of Performance Study in relation to Organization Performance

Performance Studies

An organization is a social entity. Most organizations have goals that have to be attained; hence, they must be goal-oriented. Organizations have well defined structures, which coordinate the entire system through necessary communication channels. For there to be recognizable performance, organizations ought to relate to the external environment. This is because no organization has the monopoly in any field. There has to be a mutual relationship between them (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2009).

Healthcare organizations are, therefore, those that indulge in activities that are aimed at promoting and maintaining the health of individuals. They also ensure the restoration of health to people. The healthcare organization, therefore, comprises of the workforce (healthcare workers, nurses, and care attendants), the community at large, and the environment that is usually made of health policy makers (Kotler, Shalowitz & Stevens, 2010).

Leeway to process improvement

The Centre of…...

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References

Brown, T.R. (2005) Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy Practice: New York, ASHP Publishers.

Frederickson, D.G. & Frederickson, G.H. (2006) Measuring the Performance of the Hollow State: Washington DC, Georgetown University Press.

Joint Commission Resources (2003) Joint Commission International Accreditation Standards for Medical Transport.

Kotler, P., Shalowitz, J. & Stevens, R.J. (2010) Strategic Marketing for Healthcare Organizations: New York, John Wiley and Sons.

Healthcare Organization and Finance
Scenario

Medicare covers healthcare services such as surgeries, laboratory testing and doctor visits. It also covers supplies such as walkers and wheelchairs. These services and supplies must be considered as indispensable in the treatment of a certain disease or condition (King, 2009). Therefore, the expenses related to the walker that was prescribed to Mrs. Zwick after her discharge would be fully met in this section of the Medicare.

Essentially, part A of Medicare covers a host of services, which include hospital care, skilled nursing facility care, hospice, nursing home care, and home health care services. Concerning Mrs. Zwick case, Part A of Medicare will meet the cost for the 5 days she received at the hospital as well as the 21-day care she received under the care of skilled nursing home. However, it is worth noting that copay applies to most of these services.

Part B of the Medicare covers…...

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References

Daly, K.L. (2010). Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Deficiencies in Contract Management Internal Control are Pervasive. New York, NY: DIANE Publishing.

Harrison, S., & McDonald, R. (2008). The Politics of Healthcare in Britain. London: SAGE.

King, M.K. (2009). Medicare and Medicaid: CMS and State Efforts to Interact with the Indian Health Service and Indian. New York, NY: DIANE Publishing.

Stevens, W.S. (2003). Health Insurance: Current Issues and Background. Michigan, IL: Nova Publishers.

Open lines of communication are the biggest factor in making the rest of everything run smoothly. Everyone in the organization must feel that they know what is going on, not just managers but the line staff as well. If workers feel as if they know what is expected of them and are provided with the right resources in order to do their jobs the organization will have a good culture in which to thrive. If an organization has a good culture the organizational behavior will fall into place and it will achieve the effectiveness and efficiency for which it strives. There must also always be an continues learning environment happening so that the employees all feel as if they are up-to-date on what is going on within the industry. This component is so very important in the health care environment since it is ever changing.
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Effective Communication in the Workplace.…...

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References

Effective Communication in the Workplace. (n.d.) Retrieved March 15, 2009, from Patricia

Beaugard Executive Coach and Trainer Web site:  http://www.patbeaugard.com/ 

Organizational Behavior. (2008). Retrieved March 15, 2009, from Web site: http://www.skagitwatershed.org/~donclark/leader/leadob.html

Organizational Culture. (2009). Retrieved March 15, 2009, from Web site:  http://managementhelp.org/org_thry/culture/culture.htm

Healthcare Organizations (HCOs)
Healthcare organizations -- whether they be for-profit or nonprofit -- are a vital component of American society, and as such need to be performing their duties and living up to their missions in order to provide the best healthcare services to the public that is possible. This essay covers many of the issues and points that are important to of any healthcare organization.

hat are the advantages and disadvantages of the different forms of ownership of Healthcare Organizations (HCOs)? In the book Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States, the authors assert that "…it is commonly acknowledged that the weakness of nonprofit organizations" -- when compared with for-profit and governmental organizations -- is that they "lack formal accountability either to voters or shareholders" (Kovner, et al., 2011, p. 299).

In the first place, whether a healthcare facility is for profit or a nonprofit organization, the pivotal point…...

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Works Cited

Carroll, Roberta. (2009). Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations. Hoboken,

NJ: John Wiley and Sons.

Cleverley, William, Cleverley, James O. And Song, Paula H. (2010). Essentials of Health Care

Finance. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Insured/Uninsured and the Effects on Hospice
As a Healthcare Organization

The United States healthcare system includes health plans, physicians, hospitals, clinics, consumers, and public health programs as well as hospice organizations. This report will present insights into how the insured and uninsured affect Hospice organizations in our healthcare system. As the median age of the population of the United States continues to rise, more Americans will need the services provided by a hospice organization. Hospice is not a process or facility for curing a fatal disease. Instead, hospice is a healthcare provider that has created an excellent reputation for dealing with the pressures related to the care of terminally-ill patients most of the time in the final stages of life. Hospice is also known for assisting those patients that have a confirmed life-threatening illness no matter what the stage of progression. The main objective of hospice care is to maintain the best…...

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Works Cited

(Hospice Benefits and Utilization in the Large Employer Market)(Hospice Benefits and Utilization in the Large Employer MarketBeth Jackson, Teresa Gibson and Joline StaeheliMarch 2000)Hospice Benefits and Utilization in the Large Employer Market. Ed. Beth Jackson, Teresa Gibson, Joline Staeheli. March 2000. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 28 Sept. 2004 .

The implications of this information are to underscore why health care costs are rising. This is accomplished by looking at different factors and how this is helping to contribute to the problem. Then, there is an emphasis on how the combination of these issues is making the problem worse when compounded with economic challenges. This information is helping to provide a basic background as to what are the causes of the problem and how it is affecting the industry. This is serving as warning to administrators about what will happen in the future (if these issues are ignored). Those individuals who understand what is occurring will be able to help their organization to adapt with these challenges. (Hassan, 2010)

The review clearly states how this information could be of benefit to Healthcare Administrators.

For administrators, these reports are providing them with specific insights about how a number of issues need to be…...

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References

Hassan, B. (2010). Health care Cost Trends. Bay Point Benefits.

Outline some considerations that an organization must address when negotiating a risk contract.

Some considerations that must be taken into account during any part of the negotiation process include: the overall impact that this will have on revenues, possible effects that this can have on the business model, the downside of entering these kinds of agreements and the overall benefits that can be realized for both organizations. These different elements are important, because they are showing how there are possible benefits and drawbacks from these kinds of contracts. As a result, an approach must be taken that will reduce the risks, while at the same time creating win-win situations for all parties. ("Celebrating a Decade of Making Communities Healthier," 2009)

Describe ways to reduce the financial risks involved in a risk contracting

Two possible ways that will reduce the underlying hazards for risk contracting is to: ensure that no agreement will result in…...

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Celebrating a Decade of Making Communities Healthier. (2009). Life Point Hospitals. Retrieved from: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NDEwMDQ1fENoaWxkSUQ9NDIwMDI1fFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1

 http://www.physiciansnews.com/law/806saxton.html 

Life Point Hospitals. (2011). Yahoo Finance. Retrieved from:  http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=lpnt&ql=1 

Draper, D. (2002). Risk Contracting. Academy for Health Services Research 19 (5)

Magnet Status in Hospitals
Overview of A Magnet Facility

A Magnet facility is defined as a healthcare organization where nurses have a high level of job satisfaction, nursing delivers excellent patient outcomes, and there is low nurse staff turnover rate. A health care organization that manages to attract, and retain top nurses within its facility is defined as a magnet facility. Magnet recognition is the highest and prestigious distinction that a healthcare organization can receive for high-quality patient care and nursing excellence. This is not a prize or an award, but rather it is a performance driven recognition credential that is awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). This is clearly a gold standard in healthcare provision with only 8% of U.S. hospital earning Magnetic status. Earning this status brings internal benefits and external prestige to the healthcare organization. Taking the journey to becoming a Magnet facility results in a striking…...

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References

Fitzpatrick, J. J. (2010). The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health. Nursing Education Perspectives, 31(6), 347-348.

Tinkham, M. R. (2013). Pursuing Magnet designation: the role of structural empowerment. AORN journal, 97(2), 253-256.

" (nd, p.1) There are stated to be eight elements of 'Enterprise Risk Management' which include those as follows:
(1) Education and Internal Environment: Staff should be educated in the overall risk management philosophy and risk appetite, integrity and ethical values and the environment in which they operate.

(2) Objective Setting: The process of understanding how corporate objectives and risks interrelate and how they can affect the achievement of an entity's goals.

(3) Event Identification: Determine significant events that would affect the entity's objectives. Distinguish risks vs. opportunities.

(4) Risk Assessment: Risks are analyzed, considering likelihood and impact, and should be evaluated on an inherent basis or a residual basis. Inherent risk occurs without consideration of mitigating controls currently in place and residual risk occurs in light of existing controls.

(5) Risk Response: The method by which management responds to risks whether through avoidance, acceptance, reduction or sharing (also known as avoid, retain, control and…...

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Carlisle, Arby (nd) New Dimensions in Clinical Risk Management Strategies. Aug 01, 2005. Cath Lab Digest Vol. 1305, Issue 8. online available at:   Management Programs:http://www.cathlabdigest.com/article/4554Risk 

Components for Success (2009) Chubb. Online available at:  http://www.chubb.com/businesses/csi/chubb1148.pdf 

Brannan, Wayne L. And Taylor, Jennifer R. (nd) A Model for Enterprise Risk Management within a Healthcare Organization. Session No. 527. Online available at:  http://www.asse.org/practicespecialties/riskmanagement/docs/Brannan%20&%20Taylor%20Article.pdf 

Adams, G.W. And Campbell, M. "Where Are You on the Journey to ERM?" Risk Management

Healthcare Organization Quality Improvement Plan
The purpose of the QI (Quality Improvement Plan) is a formal process by which organizations use the objective measures to evaluate and monitor the QoS (quality of service) both operational and clinical being provided to patients. Typically, the QI plan addresses behavioral health, general medical as well as oral healthcare and services. The QI plan also uses the systematic approach to identify as well as pursing opportunities to improve healthcare services and resolves problems within an healthcare organization. (Kelly, 2011).

In other words, the QI is an overarching organization plan that healthcare organizations employ to achieve service and clinical quality improvements. The board of directors and leaders within the organization are responsible in developing the QI plan to achieve organizational objective.

Objective of this project is develop the strategy to achieve the quality improvement plan through effective patient education.

Organization, Structure and Authority

Organizational structure refers to a formal and…...

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Resources.

Waldman DA, Lituchy T, Gopalakrishnan M et al. (1998). A qualitative analysis of leadership and quality improvement. Leadership Quarterly. 9:177-202.

Health Care Organization Strategic Plan: The Case of Samaritan Medical Centre
Strategic Planning and Organizational structure

Organization Structure

Strategic Planning and Organization Structure

Present strategy of the Organization

Environmental Analysis and Setting Strategic Goals for Samaritan Medical Center

Internal Environment Analysis

External Environment Analysis

III Financial Analysis of Samaritan Medical Center

Budget Strategy Assumptions

The elements of a projected budget

Implementation of Strategic Management

Communication of the Plan to the Employees

Evaluation and Control of Strategic Plan

Strategic Planning and Organizational structure

The process of formulation and implementation of the company objectives and goals the considerations of which are based on the resources available with the company and the internal and external environment that the company is functioning and competing in is termed a strategic planning (Nag, Hambrick & Chen, 2007).

In this context strategy can be defined as the course of action that an organization develops with the optimum use of resources with the aim of achieving its long-term goals. The process of providing guidance…...

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Cameron, E., & Green, M. (2004). Making sense of change management. London: Kogan Page.

DuanYuanPeng,. (2011). Differential Strategy Research of Budget Hotel. Energy Procedia, 13, 10089-10094. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2011.12.844

Dugdale, D., & Lyne, S. (2010). Budgeting practice and organisational structure. Oxford: CIMA Pub.

Floyd, P. (2002). Organizational change. Oxford [England]: Capstone Pub.

Understanding Health Policy and Health System

Health Policy

Health policy refers to the decisions, laws, regulations, and plans that guide the organization, financing, and delivery of health care in a society. It encompasses a wide range of issues, including:

Access to care: Ensuring that all individuals have the ability to receive necessary medical services.
Quality of care: Establishing and maintaining standards for the delivery of safe and effective health care.
Financing: Determining how health care is funded, whether through public or private mechanisms.
Health equity: Promoting fair and just distribution of health resources and outcomes across different populations.
Public health interventions: Addressing....

1. Statistical data demonstrates the importance of interoperability in healthcare information systems.

2. The challenge of sharing data between different administrative ISs highlights the need for standardized protocols.

3. Effective data sharing in healthcare relies on seamless integration and communication between various systems.

4. Interoperability issues in administrative ISs can have direct impacts on patient care and outcomes.

5. Collaboration between healthcare providers and IT professionals is essential for achieving true interoperability in ISs.

Sources

• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
• Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• American....

1. Startling Statistic: According to a recent study by the American Health Information Management Association, nearly 80% of healthcare organizations use at least one administrative information system (IS).

2. Anecdotal Experience: As a healthcare professional, I have firsthand experience with the challenges and opportunities of data sharing among administrative ISs.

3. Thought-provoking Question: How can healthcare organizations effectively share data among administrative ISs to ensure seamless patient care?

4. Historical Perspective: The evolution of administrative ISs has significantly impacted data sharing and interoperability in healthcare.

5. Comparative Analysis: By comparing different administrative ISs, we can identify the strengths and limitations of data sharing and....