Essays on Clinical Services

Medicine

2016-05-16 The revenue cycle management in the healthcare industry can be considered as managing of claims, payments and revenue generation. A special medical billing software is needed in order to effectively keep track of all business processes (especially, claims tracking). There are twelve main steps for managing company’s revenue cycles (McKesson, 2016). Let’s describe them in more detail. Physician ordering is the first step. It belongs to the pre-visit part of the revenue cycle management. During this step staff should receive information about eligibility and confirm it. Patient registration is the next step of the pre-visit part. ...

Introduction

Critical organizational evaluation is paramount. Focus is on development, reviews and personnel performance. Notably, the organizational analysis includes examining the organization environment both external and internal environment. The external environment refers to the forces that are without the organization. Often they affect the organizational performance. On the other hand, internal environment concerns the forces within the organization, for example, the strengths and the weakness of the organization. This paper will focus on analyzing higher learning institution elements. Namely, organizational structure, organizational environment, culture, size, structure and management styles

Organizational Structure

The organizational structure of an institution has a significant impact on ...

Home Clinical is a local clinic located in the heart of Kigali metropolitan city. It offers clinical services and general healthcare consultations to the locals. The clinic has a bed capacity of 200 patients and can accommodate up to 500 inpatient clinics in a day. The CEO, Mr. Smith and two administrative assistants, five physicians and several nurses and clinical personnel head the institution. Its services include dentistry, gynecology, obstetrics and general health care and welfare.

The clinic has been using paper based system or record keeping in its facilities. When new patient checks in, it is issued with a small card with a ...

Quality Data Collection

Data Needed to Monitor Improvement in Performance Areas

United States health care system has faced myriad challenges in the recent past based on increased inefficiencies in the system. Although the country is among the top spenders globally in health care, the resources are spent ineffectively. For example, the premiums charged for insurance have been increasing steadily while coverage of people has been shrinking explaining the inadequacy of the system. The services being provided are not sufficient to meet the rising and changing health needs of the people. There is a need for comprehensive management of health care through policies, quality ...

Overview

The University of Houston’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders has recognized the value of providing clinical services to the local communities. The Sunnyside community in Houston, Texas has actually been categorized as one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States . Due to the increased congestion of residents, in conjunction with lack of economic and social support, youths in the area were identified to resort to criminal activities as a means for survival. In this regard, newly graduates from the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences have formed a non-profit organization, the Sunnyside Youth Ministry, to provide ...

Outsourcing refers to the process of contracting specific tasks, services, and business processes to outside contractors and entities. Outsourcing is one of the most effective strategies to increase operational efficiency, reduce costs, and tackle shortages of skilled labor. In the current era, business analysts utilize this perspective in different scenarios and they attain long-tern benefit from the perspective of outsourcing. Outsourcing is prevalent in all sectors of the economy including services, manufacturing, customer services, information technology, and retailing. The outsourcing trend is also increasing rapidly in the healthcare industry due to the challenges faced by healthcare enterprises. Many healthcare ...

Figure 1 Risk management plan 7 Figure 2 Key data in the project of Terminal 5, United Kingdom (Khumpaisal et al. 2010) 10 Figure 3 Key players involved in the Project Terminal 5 United Kingdom (Khumpaisal et al. 2010) 10

Procurement and tendering of a Major Infrastructure Project

Project Name and Location Mater Hospital Extension, Newcastle, NSW Introduction The Mater Hospital is the first ever hospital that is being built under public-private partnership in New South Wales. The Government of NSW has signed a contract with private sector partner Novacare for 28 years. That involves the construction of new hospital buildings, extension of ...

Diversity is not a new concept in history. From the time man emerged from Africa and dispersed to other parts of the world, culture was established and demographics became varied, yielding far-reaching implications in human society. Appreciating diversity and recognizing subjective responses to others whose culture is different from one’s own is quintessential for mental health professions. Review of a research made in England by Dogra and Vostanis (2007) that explored the impact of multicultural diversity to mental health service and mental health training enabled the reporter to be mindful of one’s own professional skills, an element of ...

Introduction

Marshfield clinic is non-profit healthcare institution that has been operating for almost one hundred years in the US. The clinic was founded by the six doctors in 1916. The clinic is currently domiciled in Marshfield. The current paper related detailed Quality Management Plan (QMP) and the scope of QMP in Marshfield clinic. It also contains analysis of mission statement and compliance of the goals of Quality Management Plan with mission of the healthcare institution. A significant part of the paper relates principles of Quality Management Plan and reporting of Quality Management Plan activities.

Mission Statement

Mission of Marshfield clinic is to ...

Management in a health organization

Health care organizations are similar to other business enterprises formed with an aim to reduce costs and achieve profitability in its operations. A quality management plan in a given healthcare setting encompasses the monetary escalation and validation of the health care organization. The health care diligence achieves success through an effective management plan that ensures full utilization of resources, accomplishment of objectives, and counteracting competition from similar organization. The effective management plan can be measured for the amount of profit accrued annually and to the most basic concept of lives saved and the number of deaths witnessed in the organization. ...