Category: Healthcare

Chapter 20 of your textbook is about organizational change. Read the attached case, Taking care of business at Graceland Memorial Hospital. Write a four- to six-page paper to discuss resistance to organizational change and prescribe ways to implement the changes necessary to comply with OSHA requirements. In your paper, please address the following items: How…

Hospitals, outpatient centers, and free standing surgical centers are dependent on many funding sources to pay for their services. Compare and contrast approval/payment from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commercial insurance, and the traditional Medicare program (not a Medicare health maintenance organization [HMO]) available to these types of facilities. How do the…

Discuss how the relationship between the government and the managed health care industry changed over the years.

Discuss the meaning of ratio analysis in healthcare. Major Groups: IN BOLD ration to discuss in parenthesis Liquidity ratios – (Current ratio) Profitability ratios – (Operating Margin) Leverage/Capital Structure Ratios – (Debt ratio) Nonfinancial Ratios – (Occupancy rate) Discuss the ratio (from EACH major group) using the following criteria: What is the meaning of each…

Reply to your classmates. Your reply posts should compare and contrast your state compared to another state you are reviewing. Your response should include evidence-based research to support your statements using proper citations and APA format MY POST Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNPS) play a significant role in promoting the mental health of individuals in…

SCENARIO Mary K. Emerson is a patient at Felder Community Hospital. She was admitted six days ago due to a diabetic episode and an upper respiratory infection that left her unresponsive at work. She was admitted to the ICU, and medical staff attempted to stabilize her condition. Unfortunately, there were some problems with her care…

Case Scenarios assigning ICD-10-CM (why) and CPT (what) codes. This is most realistic because everything billed in healthcare requires identifying the reason the patient was seen (ICD-10-CM) and what services were provided (CPT). For CPT codes, the focus will only be on the E/M services for office and other outpatient services. You will need to…

Use the book Essentials of Strategic Planning in Healthcare (Third Edition) by Jeffrey P Harrison. Read the Case study presented before the start of the first chapter. The case study is called Coastal Medical Center Comprehensive Case Study. Then respond to the following prompt for our discusson post: Discuss the role of the board of…

Please write, cite and reference (APA format) evidence based practice on the LPN’s role and scope of practice in Colorado. Is the scope of practice considered nationwide? Are there wider ranges of scope of practice in other states? What are the legal ramifications when the LPN practices outside of their scope of practice? What is…

Assessment Description Identify a quality improvement opportunity in your organization or practice. In a 1,250-1,500 word paper, describe the problem or issue and propose a quality improvement initiative based on evidence-based practice. Apply “The Road to Evidence-Based Practice” process, illustrated in Chapter 4 of your textbook, to create your proposal. Include the following: Provide an…