Essays on Health Management

Obesity is a health condition characterized by excessive accumulation of fat, such that it poses potential health risks to the affected individual (Ogden, Carroll, Fryar & Flegal, 2015). The most commonly used approach for classifying the relation between a person’s weight and his/her health is the body mass index, BMI. The BMI calculates the weight of a person based on that person’s height. Age and gender are factors that are considered when calculating the BMI. Waist circumference is also combined with the BMI approach in diagnosing obesity. Obesity predisposes the patients to other health conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, ...

Leadership entails the ability of an individual to apply his leadership Knowledge and skills to influence his follower’s so as to accomplish the organizational goals. A good leader is one who has high regard for his employees and always sees the best out of their abilities. According to Surllivan (2013) an effective leader is one who has specific knowledge and skills about the about an organizations working condition and is always confident while dispensing his duties. Kershaw (2013) in his submission reiterated that most people have a misconception about what effective leadership is all about. A good leader ...

When it comes to the issue of healthcare in the community, there are always gaps that must always be addressed in order to be able to combat the issues and barriers that affect the community. This annotated bibliography will look at the various sources that have been able to address the issue of needs and assets assessment. Citation: Arellano, N., Davis, S., Tyer-Viola, L., Sullivan, M. M.,Mihovan, M. E., Costa, K.&Palazuelos, D. (2015). Towards la clinica de mis sue? os: Findings from a needs and assets assessment among rural nurses in Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Nursing Education and ...

ANNUAL MEDICAL CHECK-UP

Educational Institute Introduction This case study aims to use a common life event that will illustrate the various concepts of knowledge management. My chosen event is my father’s one-day complete medical check-up in a hospital. It was done over 24 hours and I was the one who accompanied him there the whole night. A hospital is a bee-hive of activities that uses physical data, creates medical information and knowledge that spurs action among medical professionals within and even outside where assistance is required. Patients are also led to act on the advice of these professionals to address problems. ...

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. ...

IM/IT Analysis

Question one

Patient Care Applications Features The introduction of information technology led to improvements in patient-centered care applications. Patient Care Applications are IT tools used by healthcare organizations that enhance and supplement communication between patients and healthcare providers. The main features include patient information recording (admission/discharge/transfer), report generation, and communication equipment, patient care plans, scheduling, and nurse staffing processes. Patient care applications have many capabilities in a healthcare setting.

Capabilities

The main capability of patient care application includes the support of the delivery of quality care to patients by making available their medical records to healthcare providers in an effective ...

          The health care delivery system in the United States is unique when compared with delivery structures in other developed countries. In most developed nations, the government manages the national health insurance programs. These programs are financed through taxes collected within the country. Approximately all the citizens of such nations are entitled to insurance services paid by the government (PAHO, 2014). In America, such an insurance policy does not exist. There is a slight difference in the health care structure of various states in the country. This paper is set to analyze the health care structure, compare, as well as ...

Introduction

The present malaise over the place of sports management and its future as a discipline in academics offers a substantial basis for visualizing the directions and needs for the growth and development of this field. The development of this area requires two streams of research that are complementary: one that is anchored in sports phenomena, and one that tries out the relevance and use of theories deduced from other disciplines. Salubrious socialization, health, national pride, community development and economic development are the five most usual current legalizations for sport. (Stolar, 1996)The esteem of sport in each instance depends ...

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Relationship between Remote Sensing and GIS 3 Increased Interest to Understand the Earth 4 Applications of Geographic Information Systems 5 Mapping Data 5 Proximity Analysis 6 Buffering 7 Finding Clusters 7 Finding the Nearest 7 Disaster Management 7 Crime Statistics 8 Archaeology 8 Health Management 8 Conclusion 9

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Geographic Information Systems The use of Geographic Information Systems has significantly transformed over the past ten years. GIS has brought the golden age of powerful information technology that enables people to store large sets of data. This technology has also expanded system memories, and the process is affordable to many. Initially, ...

Introduction

The market of medical services is a segment of the services market. Services market supports economic growth and development through the creation of a competitive economy, new jobs, enhancing universal access to essential services and stimulating trade. Services sectors form the backbone of an integrated and efficient economy at the national, regional and global levels. Health care is a component of the structure of social life of the community, the primary aim of which is health saving and promotion. However, the fact that the current Russian health care system does not provide sufficient public health care guarantees, its accessibility ...

Nowadays, the use of information systems in the management of health institutions has become a common phenomenon due to immense benefits that come with the automation of the healthcare. According to Melnyk (2012) healthcare information system plays a significant role in enhancing evidence-based care. The use of the Electronic Health Records has been critical in the improvement of medical outcomes through the reduction of medical errors. Also, EHR helps in enhancing the accessibility of the health information. Despite the enormous benefits that come with the integration of technology in health management, Bertino et al. (2015) reiterates that Healthcare information ...