Pleasant Bluffs: Launching A Home-Base Hospital Program While analyzing the case on Pleasants Bluffs, the main problem is how will they come up with a proposal for the pilot program for Pleasant Bluffs home-base hospital care and how to manage it. According to the case, it stated that Graff Salot, the director of Performance Improvement (PI), at Pleasant Bluffs Health System, is tasked with making these changes. (Erskine,2016) Therefore some potential solution might be to complete this task, he must first hired more people for administrative, and clinical. By doing this, will help to better manage the PI department and patients.
Mission Statement for West TN Healthcare “To improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve while providing exceptional and compassionate care” (WTH.org, n.d.). The purpose of the mission statement is to declare what goods or services a company or organization intends to provide (Kinicki & Williams, 2016). Based upon this premise, the mission statement for West TN Healthcare shows that the organization intends to provide health care that is both exceptional and compassionate and that by doing so its purpose is to improve the health and well-being of the communities surrounding it (WTH.org, n.d.). West TN Healthcare’s mission statement does meet the criteria set forth as a viable mission statement.
We continuously strive to improve the health of the community we serve and become the provider of choice for Health Care delivery and education" (Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, 2012). The biggest gripe that anyone should have with this is just how generic it sounds. This mission statement does nothing to make this organization stand out from any other ones in the area. On top of this, there was no vision statement to be found. Even though it does mention is it a safety net hospital, there a good chance that the people they serve would not understand what this means, It is something that needs to be stated in plain terms.
Continuous and efficient strategic planning for the medical center can help the organization adjust through persistent research and education. Investing in particular programs and services can be risky, as West Anaheim Medical Center offers a wide variety of services to its members and the surrounding community. Restructuring for the better can also occur with a successful strategic plan, given the long-standing number of years it has been servicing Orange County. Overall, the most significant benefit to a well-constructed strategic plan lies within the organization's direction towards their overarching goal: To provide up-to-date, high quality, and affordable health care to its
20) "improves organizational functioning and goes beyond the scope of formal job descriptions. " Sloat further goes on stating that "informal interactions and contributions often determine whether a company achieves sustainable excellence in performance" (pg. 20). CareSouth Carolina strives to improve access and utilization of their services by improving patient growth and retention. Furthermore, CareSouth Carolina aims to improve and maintain their percentage of patients identified in need of prevention services who receive care as a result of follow-up and tracking
Prior to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), few people anticipated employer-provided health care would disappear as a major player in the United State healthcare arena. However, ACA adoption and has put more than 169 million employees at risk for losing their workplace coverage. Several studies indicate employer-based coverage will decline rapidly over the next decade as the traditional US system is displaced by the healthcare exchange system. While consumers grapple with finding affordable coverage options and providers adjust to the new norms, there is another wrinkle in the mix. In January, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced the agency's push toward value-based and alternative reimbursement models.
This vision highlights their commitment to providing high-quality healthcare services that meet the diverse needs of their patients and the communities they serve. They strive to create an environment that fosters trust, respect, and compassion among patients, families, and healthcare professionals. Baptist Health's vision also emphasizes their dedication to innovation and excellence in healthcare delivery, while remaining focused on the needs of the patients they serve. They aim to provide care that is personalized, evidence-based, and patient-centered, with an emphasis on improving health outcomes and enhancing the patient’s
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or ‘Obamacare’ was the expansion of Medicaid program across the states. Charles Barrilleaux and Carlisle Rainey look at why state government have opted out of the Medicaid expansion. They find that Obama’s 2012 vote share and the governor’s partisanship better explains the disapproval to Medicaid expansion, rather than measures of need, such as life expectancy or the number of people that are uninsured. Charles Barrilleaux and Carlisle Rainey find that a Republican governor is a higher percentage point more likely to oppose the expansion than Democratic governors. Whereas, the results show that the percentage uninsured in the state to have a small positive effect on the probability of opposition.
The affordable care act presented the United States with the most extensive overhaul since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960’s. The act was a response to staggering statistics on the price of healthcare and the resulting uninsured rate within the United States. The affordable care act uses Individual Mandate and Health Insurance Exchanges to combat major factors causing high insurance cost and low insured rates. As with most reform, the public has not been one hundred percent unified on the potential effectiveness of the Affordable Care Act.
According to Mooney et al., rural veterans travel farther to VHA hospitals than to non-VHA hospitals because of the 153 VHA hospitals in existence less than 38 of them are located in rural or highly rural areas. Buzza et. al., found three themes that influenced rural veterans ability to obtain VHA healthcare; the first is predictably distance, which is influenced by such things as age, health and functionality. Many elderly and disabled veterans can no longer drive and may not have access to public transportation or people who are willing to drive them such great
“Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health services in the United States and is increasingly playing a larger role in the reimbursement of substance use disorder services” (Medicaid. org, 2015). The Affordable Care Act addressed the need to provide care for those suffering from mental health illnesses or substance abuse by introducing Medicaid Expansion. Medicaid Expansion would offer coverage to an additional 30% of uninsured American suffering from mental illness (Nami.org, 2015). Mental health continues to be the “black sheep” of health care.
You are a new physician setting up your practice in a new town. You are researching the different MCOs offered in your area and are considering becoming a physician for one of these networks. You have also invited the sales representatives of several healthy plans to speak with you about the benefits of choosing their plans. Based on the above scenario, answer the following questions: • What effects would join an MCO have your clinic regarding staffing, patient volume, and financial stability?
The Organizational Review The organization Memorial Hermann Health System is a provider that strives for excellence. The Memorial Hermann mission is “To lead healthcare to superior patient outcomes through the creation of a high-reliability culture with evidence-based quality and patient safety as our core value. " Having a strategic plan with specific measures of Clinical Excellence, Do No Harm, Saving Lives” (Memorial Hermann Health System, 2013).
When newton made his three laws it changed the way we look at motion, gravity and reality. In 1666 Sir Isaac Newton was 23 and he was sitting under a tree. A apple happened to fall and he was sitting and watched it.
Health Care Disparities Health care disparities are unfortunate and being culturally competent is an essential step toward eliminating these inequalities. In this discussion, I will review what disparities are associated with the Appalachian culture and how they affect health status, employment, and education. I will also identify two nursing interventions that could be taken to help decrease the affect that health disparities have on the Appalachians and review what the biggest challenge would be when implementing the interventions. There are about 27 million people that live in the area defined as the Appalachian region, which spans 13 states.
