Organizational Responsibility & Current Health Care Issues HCS - 545 11/19/2012 Organizational Responsibility & Current Health Care Issues In today’s modern world with plenty of technology‚ it is hard to believe that we cannot figure out how to reduce Medical errors. The issue of medical error is not new in health care organizations. It has been in spot light since 1990’s‚ when government did research on sudden increase in number of death in the hospitals. According to Lester‚ H
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Current Health Care Issues HCS/545 Camille Fuller University of Phoenix The health care industry exist to provide preventative measures‚ diagnose health conditions‚ repair‚ and provide services to improve the quality of life. The cost of health care continues to rise each year. Health care fraud is a factor that continues to plague the health care industry. The affect health care fraud has on hospitals‚ is the increasing cost of medical services. The following research will examine and evaluate
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According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) who sets national standards that gives patient assurance that their health care records information are safe‚ is keep private and are properly maintained by a health care organization. Many people consider their health care records to be very sensitive and private. For this reason some patients find it hard to disclose certain information sometimes even with the doctor’s‚ but the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
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What current issues that affect communication in health care organization? There are several issues that affect communication. One of the most major issues are race and ethnic ‚ sometimes these issues does not just revolve around patient and provider encounter‚ but the entire health care organization. When it comes down to cultural differences it has a lot to deal with language barriers‚ belief‚ and practices. Some cultural backgrounds have different opinions on illnesses‚ their symptoms and what
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Current Legal Issue Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs University of Phoenix Legal Issues in Health Care: Regulation and Compliance HCS 430 John Weiss April 27‚ 2014 Current Legal Issue Is a woman completely in control of her own body? This question has been in controversy for many legal cases brought to court. Women have lost many cases in court when it comes to being able to use and care for their own body as they want. This issue is especially current when the woman is pregnant and the fetus’ health is
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Ethical Health Care Issues Paper Angie Torres HCS/545 May 06‚ 2013 Mr. Charles J. Barron‚ MHA Ethical Health Care Issues Paper Health care staff governed to perform their professional duties based on the practice acts from the professional licensing boards under the statutes of the states. The professional duties include the balance between competency in skills‚ and application of ethics that will help promote the provision of the quality of care to the public (Harris‚ 2008). However‚ there
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Organizational Responsibility and Current Health Care Issues HCS 545 Organizational Responsibility The success or downfall of an organization rests on the organizational structure and culture influence. In order for an organization to be successful‚ there are several incidents that they must work to prevent‚ such as health care fraud and abuse. This paper will review fraud and abuse and how organizational structure and governance‚ culture‚ and focus on the social responsibility affect or
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As a health care specialist‚ I was asked to research the recent increase in health care costs and recommend a program that can be implemented to reduce these costs. The reason for this report is due to the amount of health care costs that have increased in the last three years. ABC Corporation has had an increase of more than 200% within the past three years in insurance premiums being paid. Although ABC Corporation has provided its employees with great healthcare plans‚ the cost‚ as you will see
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Organizational Responsibility and Ethics Paper HCS/545 June 21‚ 2010 University of Phoenix Organizational Responsibility and Ethics Paper Introduction According to the Census Bureau in the United States 41.2 million American or 14% don’t have any “health insurance” in comparison “to 14.2% or 40.1million” for the year 2000. Therefore‚ of the uninsured population they are 28.2% who are children’s and most of the populations are low income families and minorities. “In 1995‚ sixteen to nineteen
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communicate what type of organizational changes that is likely to occur within the organization; certainly‚ before an organization implements the “Newly” organizational changes into effect. Especially‚ in the health care field where communication is a vital principle of how health care facilities attempt to establish a course of action of how to face certain challenges that these types of facilities face today. For example‚ even though I am not particularly interested in a career health care‚ I am constantly
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