I am writing to express my interest in the Healthcare Systems Engineering track in the Industrial Engineering MS. This track ties in neatly with my career goal of reducing the cost of health care in the United States and is my primary motive for applying. Furthermore, this track will bolster me as competitive candidate for Florida Hospital’s Performance Improvement department.
My four years of professional experience has been a mixture between working as an engineer and a tactical consultant for companies in Life Sciences, Health Care, and other Service Industries. In these roles, I have helped re-design systems and processes in departments such as Surgical Rapid In and Out, Finance, Internal Audit, and Information Technology. Furthermore, using value based care research, I have modelled
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Our analysis, which was vetted by hospital staff, indicated that the root cause of surgery late case starts was due to siloed and uncoordinated scheduling departments for lab tests and surgery. Our recommendation was to integrate the departments using existing technology. This would result in a 9.76% decrease in cycle time and increase throughput by a little over 200 patients per year. Note, the final presentation poster for this project is in the Engineering II building.
My experience in Financial Planning & Analysis departments were for Deloitte, a Top 5 Pharmaceutical Company, and Verizon. Most of these projects were focused around reporting optimization, consolidation and automation. This was typically achieved by working with key stakeholders and using tools such as QlikSense, Tableau, Teradata, SQL Server, Oracle, and SAP to drive the development of comprehensive dashboards and analytics. These dashboards were built to be user friendly, low cost, and used as a one source of truth for the
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Improving Coordination of Patient Services and Access Supports a lean efficient operation ideal for staff collaboration and enhanced patient satisfaction We would assess patient demographics and compare As more and more patients demand seamless access to care and value-based care, we will work closely with you in designing and implementing innovative patient access strategies. These strategies will assist in retaining patients within the network of clinics, expanding market reach, and increasing patient engagements. c. Physician, Staff, and Administrator Alignment
I have always sought new experiences and wanted a personal "Wheel of Fortune" in life to guide me. Regardless of how I spin that wheel, it consistently lands on one crucial connection: bringing happiness to others by aiding them in their recovery journeys. Witnessing my grandfather's challenging journey with prostate cancer profoundly impacted me, igniting a passion to join the healthcare field. I aim to be an empathetic, loyal, and steady support system for my patients as they overcome obstacles, advocating for them as a Physician Assistant (PA). From a young age, I witnessed the trials and tribulations of my grandfather's recovery journey.
Furthermore, it is important that the medical practitioners prepare the patient(s) on what is to happen so that they know what to expect and also prescribe a post-operative guide which has to be followed until the patient has fully recovered. Which model(s) would you recommend for implementation to this research problem?
For Kaiser, the implementation process began with their budding HealthConnect system in 2004. For a majority of health providers, key staff member can be the part of the organization holding back a health system roll out. In a point of care communication evaluation by the Spyglass Consulting Group found that 83 percent of physicians expressed difficulties trying to use EHRs and clinical support tools (Malkary, n.d.). Mr. Valli said that Kaiser was an exception this common problem in healthcare. He credits Kaiser’s successful use of change management strategies to help move things along.
The strong Lutheran foundation at Valparaiso University that prepares students to lead and serve in the community. In addition to the church, and society offers me the opportunity to pursue a Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree. The university's foundation and family-centered focus make it a great place for work-study. Although no one ever suggested that my journey to become a Registered Nurse would turn out to be a faith-based journey, I transitioned from Medical Assistant to Registered Nurse in 2017. I enrolled in an LPN program with only 12 weeks until graduation, but the school closed with no further information.
Competencies gained from this course will be found in foundations of nursing informatics with benchmarking, outcome probabilities, and expert decision support. Healthcare Project Management (N527PE) Healthcare project management shows methods of managing healthcare projects, aiding the strategic goals of the institution. This course will add to competencies in each of the areas listed under systems life cycle in my previous paper. The skills necessary for performing needs assessments, gap analysis, and feasibility analysis will be acquired as well as creating clinical and data work flow diagrams.
Whether it was from going on mission trips and working alongside my peers to help rebuild a community or performing and competing as a dancer, being a part of a team is something that I have always been very comfortable with. In 7th grade I found a new team that I would since aspire to be a part of. I became utterly fascinated with the medical field and all it had to offer because as a young teen I spent a lot of time as a patient in and out of the hospital and saw many providers from different specialties. I loved seeing the way in which different members of a healthcare team worked together for my benefit. While being the patient may have initiated my infatuation with the field, I knew that one day I had to be on the other side.
After 10 years working as a registered nurse in many aspects of healthcare, felt an overwhelming desire to advance my career and myself to expand my role in caring for others. Becoming a nurse practitioner has always been a goal of mine. During my time working as a nursing manager, I became acutely aware of the need of skilled and talented providers that desire to provide passionate care to all individuals. I became especially concerned with the needs those with limited access to healthcare services. I knew my desire to care for individuals in a more autonomous role and I set out to develop the skills needed to meet the need I witnessed.
The favorable variances exhibited on the same table are the insurance payment revenues (550), donations revenues (50), and clerical/technical expenses (200). On the other hand, the unfavorable variances are the managerial/professional expenses (-750), benefits expenses (-200), supplies and materials expenses (-100), and travel expenses (-150). Additional information should be collected and analyzed in order to explain the positive and negative variances. These factors include the monthly patient census, patient acuity, staff turnover rates, staff meetings and orientation, paid time off utilization, and mandatory staff training and workshops (Yoder-Wise, 2011). Different
A career as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner is a natural extension of my personal, educational, and research experiences. Although my path to nursing has not been a straight line, every experience that put me on this path has shaped my passion and dedication to psychiatric nursing. After losing loved ones to suicide at a young age, I made a promise to myself and to them that I would dedicate my life to helping individuals struggling with mental illness. This promise led me to study Psychology at UC Berkeley, where I fell in love with clinical research investigating the efficacy of treatments for mental illness.
The healthcare industry generates a great amount of data every day, as a form of record keeping, patient care, compliance, and regulatory requirements. Just a decade ago, all this data was stored in the form of hard copy form, now it is rapidly transforming to digital data which is called EMR (Electronic Medical Record). The digitalization of the healthcare has not just reduced cost of care, but also improved quality of care due to the abundance data that organizations receive from the EMR to identify the flaws in their system. I work in the healthcare industry where improving quality of care is our primary goal. We use software called eCW , which is an integrated system.
The healthcare system, specifically nursing, has always had a major influence in my life. I come from a family of nurses and have seen healthcare from an inside point of view as a
Ever since I can remember I have always wanted to make a difference and help anyone in need that I possibly could. From the start of my childhood, I can recall helping my mother care for my great grandparents, so they would be able to live out the rest of their lives from their home, instead of in a nursing home. As a young child it was extremely difficult to live with and watch my loved ones deteriorate as they got older, as their condition got worse and worse, and saw my mother having a difficult time keeping up with caring for both of my great grandparents 24/7, it put a lot of stress on the family. However, I am grateful to have been able to help my mother care for them. Growing up in such a caring and loving household made the situation
Healthcare management operates in an environment of aggressive pricing, tough competition, demanding patients, and changing guidelines. To meet this challenges, healthcare management must respond quickly to identify critical system process, recognize relevant resources, access real time information, and analyze the “what if’ cases. There are two applications of computer simulation to healthcare management and operations (1) Applications to healthcare systems at various levels of communities, regions, or other nations which is intended to study the provisions of mental health, public health, health reform, or healthcare reforms with policy implications (2) Applications to specific operations, processes or service in healthcare institutions which includes applications intended to improve facility design, staffing, and scheduling to reduce patient wait times and operating costs. The common objective of these simulations models is to reduce patient waiting times in the emergency department or other settings