Introduction
Laurel Ridge Health Care Organization is a chain of nursing homes and medical facilities that specialize in providing quality health care for their clients. The organization is reputed as a leader in quality health care provision. The facilities that are provided by this health organization aim at maintaining perfection when it comes to health care. The facility has a large panel of qualified medical personnel, who work around the clock to provide the best medical care to their clientele. They have a high staffing rate that is the quest for a provision of quality health care. Currently, they have one hundred and sixteen residents in their main nursing facility.
Structure
The organization has almost one hundred and thirty beds in their nursing facility, which is usually full. It is spacious and provides high-quality accommodation services to their clients. The health care center has always had up to 90% capacity in its nursing home and is, thus, reputable for good quality care for both the old and other convalescing patients (Novacek and Fraser 39). The facility also provides a one-bedroom and two-bedroom services for the clients, who can afford them and to those that prefer more privacy. The health care facility also provides certain amenities, which include meal services, private rooms, exercise and fitness programs. They also offer and specialize in dietician services and room services for their in-home patients. They have lush gardens that provide a serene environment for their patients to recover.
Services offered
The Laurel Ridge organization provides several medical services to their wide range of clients. It offers hospice care, in-home care, palliative care, respite care and sub-acute care in their nursing facility. Medical services that are offered by the facility include treatment centers for cancer, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and audiology care. Other medical services are dementia care, rehabilitation programs, respiratory and renal care. The health care facility is highly rated by health care provision experts.
Target
The health care organization has concentrated its target audience to short-term rehabilitation services, dementia recovery, and hospice care. It also targets cancer patients, who are in need of high-quality treatment and care. Diabetic patients, as well as other medical complications such as Alzheimer's disease and respiratory problems, are also targeted by the organization
Payment methods
The Laurel Ridge Healthcare facility accepts two forms of insurance policies that are critical to the quality of service that they provide. They accept Medicare, which is essential for short-term hospitalization and short stints at the nursing facility. They also accept Medicaid, which is used to cover long-term nursing and other conditions that require a longer period of medical attention. Medicare is hence the primary mode of payment while Medicaid is the secondary payment method. However, it is possible to have Medicaid cover some expenses, which Medicare cannot cover (Bevan and Christopher 561). However, they can cover particular services together such as normal doctor's visits, hospital care, and specialized nursing care.
Health records
The Laurel Ridge health facilities, just like all modern health care providers, have invested in new technological advancement. They use electronic health records to store their information. They store digital files on the patterns of information from their patients and clients. These records include patients' historical health records, signs that are vital to their health being and dates of immunization laboratory data (Bryant 16). The change in record keeping has improved and added efficiency to the keeping of digital information on their patients by the facility. The system is more convenient and reliable due to the reduced bulk that was involved with paperwork and filing. It has also made the retrieval of information about the patients’ information easier. The system also has reduced the possibility of error by providing more accurate and precise medical records in many ways. The system is also essential for making correct medical decisions by both medical personnel and patients. It has also reduced the chances of test duplication and delays in the treatment of patients.
Recommendations
The Laurel Ridge Healthcare organization is highly rated by experts as a provider of high-quality health care. Therefore, its services, amenities, and facilities should aim at providing the best care and treatment solutions for patients at affordable and manageable rates. Being a corporation and profitable organization, it should aim at pleasing the clientele to retain them and attract potential clients. Therefore, it should provide more customer-oriented services that are of good quality. Quality measures and expert analysis ratings have given the health care facility high ratings when it comes to health inspections, nurse staffing, and other services. With the increased number of aging people in society, the health care organization will always have a greater viability due to its targeted clientele. Therefore, it should offer more services that concern the old people. Ratings by Medicare and their assessment team have checked on the nursing home's ability to meet certain standards. These measures range from the level of quality health care provided, administrative protocol and patterns and the basic factors such as fire safety.
Works Cited
Bevan, Gwyn, and Christopher Hood. "What’s measured is what matters: targets and gaming in the English public health care system." Public Administration 84.3 (2006): 517-538.
Novacek, Laurel A., and Fraser R. Sharp. "Safety syringe needle device with interchangeable and retractable needle platform." U.S. Patent No. 5,030,208. 9 Jul. 1991.
Bryant, Ruth A. Acute & chronic wounds: nursing management. Elsevier Science Health Science div, 2000.
