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Healthcare Technology Plan, 2005.
A review of a technology plan for a healthcare clinic.
1,078 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 54.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the creation of a healthcare technology plan. According to the paper, this is done by means of a clinic-wide Intranet. The paper further discusses issues related to such a plan such as protecting the privacy of patient records, the assurance of business continuity and disaster recovery.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Intranet Project Considerations and Plan
Compliance Strategies Demand Enterprise Content Management
Clinic IT Continuity Plan
Summary
From the Paper
"The Intranet itself needs to have the following: user authentication including single sign-on; personalization; content management and taxonomy definition tools; tools and adapters for integrating content and knowledge management databases; and a strategic plan for how the build out an enterprise-wide portal supports the most commonly used processes in the clinic including the creating, organizing, managing and publishing content. Murphy and Columbus (2002) have completed research of how portals can be made more effective by streamlining content management strategies and serve as the first step in adopting a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Their landmark report on the subject includes a methodology for organizing content first by information type intersected by point in the information or task process supported and includes vendor evaluations."
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Healthcare Technology and Diabetes, 2008.
This research paper provides a literature review and a detailed analysis and discussion on new technology involving insulin pumps for the nursing and medical professions.
11,941 words (approx. 47.8 pages), 31 sources, APA, AU$ 337.95
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Advances in modern medical science have created a number of new devices that can be used to improve health outcomes, reduce costs and bolster quality of life for the patient. Although many medical advances and technologies have been considered in the context of evidence-based medicine, some technologies are still being evaluated to determine their usefulness and applicability in different healthcare environments and settings. Thus, nursing professionals working in the field can face some notable challenges when it comes to applying new technologies to clinical practice. With the realization that efforts to advance empirical research and evidence-based medicine are still incomplete in a number of pertinent healthcare areas, there is a direct impetus to consider how advances in medical technology are currently being addressed by scholars and professionals. Using this as a basis for investigation, this research considers what has been noted about the utilization of insulin pumps. Specifically, this research provides a review of the technology, its application for improving patient outcomes and health and its use in surgery. Through a careful review of what has been noted on this topic, it is possible to determine if insulin pumps have been widely employed in the context of surgery and the protocols that have been developed for their use in this setting.
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Introduction
Literature Review
Type I Diabetes: Definition, Scope and Impact
Type 2 Diabetes
Insulin Pumps: An Overview
Summary
Insulin Pumps and Surgery
Glycemic Control during Surgery
Summary
CSII and Surgery: Postoperative Phase
CSII during Surgery: Intra- or Perioperative
Developing Best Practices
Summary/Discussion/Recommendations
Summary/Discussion
Recommendations
Conclusion
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"Despite the fact that there is ample research which demonstrates the benefits and drawbacks of perioperative use of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion to achieve glycemic control, Gustafson (2002) provides another twist to perioperative applications of CSII by examining the use of different solutions for continuous insulin. Specifically, this author considered the use of a dextrose 5%-based cardioplegic solution and blood glucose (Group 1) and normal saline 0.9%-based cardioplegic solution and blood glucose on a sliding scale (Group 2) to provide intraoperative support for glycemic control of type 1 and 2 diabetics during cardiac surgery. Glucose levels were monitored before and after placing the patient on bypass and every 30 minutes while the patient was on bypass. The results of the investigation indicate that Group 2 protocol provided a superior means for improving glycemic control during surgery."
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Hospital Technology Plan, 2006.
Overview of how to prepare a technology plan for a hospital.
1,114 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 56.95
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This paper provides an outline of how the hospital and staff plan to obtain, maintain and use technology to achieve their goals, automate processes and ultimately provide better healthcare. This paper explains how a hospital should develop its technology plan along with outside references and sources to support the information.
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Introduction
Main Body
Review
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"One of the first items in setting up a technology plan is to estimate the funding and budget available for the technology plan. Naturally of course, there is no point in setting up a technology plan if there is no means to fund the plan. Another item needed to setup up a good technology plan is to determine the desired goals to be achieved by the technology plan i.e. the vision foreseen by makers of the plan where they would like the technology structure of the hospital to be initially and in the long term.
Policies and guidelines must be established to ensure the proper use of new technologies and also enforced if deem necessary. The IT department and also the general staff must be aware of their responsibilities and usage of the technologies to provide better healthcare. This would be achieved by ongoing training and other methods."
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Advancing Technology and Healthcare, 2007.
This paper presents theories and methods for healthcare providers on how to adapt to the changes technology brings about in their organizations.
1,195 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 59.95
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This paper presents five models for adapting to the changes technology brings about in healthcare organizations. All models stress the need to create a common foundation of support for technological change, educate organizational members in how this change will impact their routines, and keep forums open for discussion so that members of the organization can discuss their feelings about the change and their concerns about the need for such change and the ways that it is being implemented. The author also stresses the inherent fear and stress that accompanies any change in an organization, especially one brought on by new technology.
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Abstract
Introduction
Five Different Models or Theories of Change in Health Care
The Human Implications of Major Organizational Change: Critical Success Factors Describe the Human Implications of the Technological Changes Conclusion
From the Paper
"Change is a way of life. (Dunning, 2001) Patients, providers, and adminstrators must all deal with the unavoidable presence of change in the way that healthcare is dispensed. Learning theories emphasize that learning a new, complex pattern of behavior, like changing from a sedentary to an active lifestyle for a patient can be difficult. Having to cope with the ways that new technology and treatment modify existing health care procedures for providers, and the ways that the structure of the healthcare bureaucracy makes it increasingly difficult to monitor without sophisticated technology for organizations and individuals can also be a challenge. Thus finding ways of learning to cope with change is an imperative for all involved in modern health care."
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Healthcare Strategic Planning & Management, 2007.
This paper discusses healthcare strategic planning and management, focusing on the Sheikh Khalifa Medical City.
2,046 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 94.95
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This paper discusses strategic planning in healthcare as it relates to the Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), a healthcare facility situated in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The writer explains that the syntax of strategic planning generally refers to a multitude of processes and methodologies used to collect and analyze data in order to assist the management in taking the most effective decisions for the company. The writer looks at the aims of SKMC and analyzes its operation and costs. The writer notes that SKMC is the largest most modern healthcare facility in the United Arab Emirates and it has contributed significantly to improving the lifestyle and health of the citizens. However, the writer concludes that in dealing with the problems characteristic to new hospitals, mainly the lack of specialized personnel, SKMC has to overcome the shortage of nursing staff.
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Executive Summary
Situational Analysis
Mission, Vision, Values and Objectives
SWOT Analysis
Strategies
Conclusions
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"Specialized economists have developed a step-by-step scheme for strategic planning which, if correctly applied, would insure the successful outcome of the process. In this order of ideas, however the sources on the matter vary, the most agreed scheme includes the following steps: developing a situational analysis that describes the company and its current problems needing to be solved; stating the company's vision, mission and objectives to be reached; elaborating the SWOT analysis to identify internal and external factors that influence the company and finally, proposing justified solutions to the problems encountered and means of achieving the company's goals."
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Strategic Planning in Healthcare, 2008.
An analysis of the article "Relationships Between Organizational Characteristics and Strategic Planning Processes in Nonprofit Organizations," by William F. Crittenden and Victoria L. Crittenden.
967 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 50.95
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This paper discusses William F. Crittenden and Victoria L. Crittenden's article about the factors that most influence the strategic planning process in nonprofit organizations. The writer explains some of the key findings of their research: for example, the larger the organization, the more manual the process, and nonprofits that are external in focus tend to more precisely organize their strategic planning process. The writer also presents important inferences from the research findings, and concludes by emphasizing the need for nonprofits to have an external focus, to select strategic objectives that can generate high levels of ownership internally, and to circulate the strategic plan for comments and approval, in order to accomplish their strategic objectives and mission as an organization.
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Introduction
Internal versus External Focus: Expressive versus Instrumental Organizations
Assessing Strategic Planning in Nonprofit Organizations
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"The ability of any organization to effectively monitor and interpret events in their external environment has a direct influence on their ability to plan effectively in both the short- and long-term. In the case of nonprofit organizations' propensity to scan the external environment, Crittenden & Crittenden (2000) define the myopic, inwardly focused organization as expressive, and the outward-focused, instrumental. A key finding of their research states that nonprofits that are external in focus tend to more precisely organize their strategic planning process, and also engender a higher level of ownership for the strategic plan itself between boards of directors, staff, key donors, volunteers and members by circulating the plan internally for review."
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The Role of Privacy in Healthcare Information Systems Technology, 2001.
This paper examines today's new Healthcare Information Systems Technology and how they affect the patient's privacy.
6,450 words (approx. 25.8 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 218.95
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This paper discusses privacy and today's growing information systems technology in all fields, specifically on healthcare. Computerization of health care information, while offering new, viable opportunities to improve and streamline the health care delivery system, the author finds, also presents new challenges to individual privacy interests in personal health care data. He feels that technical and organizational capabilities to secure and maintain confidentiality in data must work in tandem with legislation to preserve those privacy interests while making appropriate information available for approved uses.
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"Concerns over the privacy and security of electronic health information fall into two general categories: concerns about inappropriate releases of information from individual organizations; and concerns about the systemic flows of information throughout the health care and related industries. Inappropriate releases from organizations could result either from authorized users who intentionally or unintentionally access or disseminate information in violation of organizational policy, or from outsiders who break into an organization's computer system. The second category--systemic concerns--refers to the open disclosure of patient-identifiable health information to parties that may act against the interests of the specific patient or may otherwise be perceived as invading a patient's privacy. These concerns arise from the many flows of data across the health care system, between and among providers, payers, and secondary users, with or without the knowledge of the patient. These two categories of concerns are conceptually quite different requiring different interventions or countermeasures (?For the Record,? 1997, 54)."
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Improving Healthcare in a Healthcare Facility, 2006.
Describes a system for improving the patient incident reporting system in a typical tertiary healthcare facility.
2,249 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 16 sources, APA, AU$ 101.95
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This paper examines the patient incident reporting system at a hospital and explains that the present system, which is designed to track patient incidents such as falls, patient abuse and medication errors, as well as provide a means of implementing corrective action, is highly labor-intensive and cumbersome. The paper then proceeds to identify and describe six different initiatives that would improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the current patient incident reporting system.
Table of Contents
Initiative No. 1. Use Existing Hospital Information
System for Patient Incident Reporting for JCAHO
Quality Assurance Tracking Purposes
Initiative No. 2. Installation of Hospital-Wide Patient
Records Database
Initiative No. 3. Use Existing IT Systems to Trend
Adverse Patient Incidents for Inclusion in Hospital-Wide
Quality Assurance Reports
Initiative No. 4. Applying Existing Information Systems
for Improved Inventory Control
Initiative No. 5. Implement Interactive Menu-Processing
System for Inpatients
Initiative No. 6. Improve Hospital and Grounds Security
by Using IT-Based Web Camera Applications
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"The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has already mandated that all accredited healthcare facilities have in place a means of tracking patient incidents such as falls, patient abuse, and medication errors and to provide a means of implementing corrective action when deficiencies are identified (Bryan & O'Connell 23). Although our hospital does in fact have such a patient incident reporting system in place, it is a highly labor-intensive paper form-based approach that requires copying and hand-delivery to the Office of Quality Assurance; furthermore, this paper-based system is easily transferable to the existing hospital-wide information system intranet. In this regard, the proposed online replacement should replicate the existing patient incident reporting system as closely as possible to ensure staff acceptance of this alternative (Auerbach, Beckerman, Cohen, Goldstein, Quitkin & Rock 134)."
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The Role of Privacy in Healthcare Information Systems Technology, 2001.
An analysis of how the development of information systems in health care poses a new challenge for the protection of privacy.
6,600 words (approx. 26.4 pages), 14 sources, MLA, AU$ 221.95
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This extensive study explores how computerization of health care information, while offering new, viable opportunities to improve and streamline the health care delivery system, also presents new challenges to individual privacy interests in personal health care data. It also shows that technical and organizational capabilities to secure and maintain confidentiality in data, must work in tandem with legislation to preserve those privacy interests while making appropriate information available for approved uses.
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"Concerns over the privacy and security of electronic health information fall into two general categories: concerns about inappropriate releases of information from individual organizations; and concerns about the systemic flows of information throughout the health care and related industries. Inappropriate releases from organizations could result either from authorized users who intentionally or unintentionally access or disseminate information in violation of organizational policy, or from outsiders who break into an organization's computer system. The second category--systemic concerns--refers to the open disclosure of patient-identifiable health information to parties that may act against the interests of the specific patient or may otherwise be perceived as invading a patient's privacy. These concerns arise from the many flows of data across the health care system, between and among providers, payers, and secondary users, with or without the knowledge of the patient. These two categories of concerns are conceptually quite different requiring different interventions or countermeasures (?For the Record,? 1997, 54). "
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Healthcare Management Marketing Plan, 2005.
This paper discusses marketing strategies and plans for the healthcare sector.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 38.95
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This paper presents a marketing plan designed to offer new concepts in marketing that also feed into the ability to monitor a continuous improvement plan. While new concepts such as radio and web based activities are presented to gain new clients, the emphasis is on patient retention and mechanisms to monitor quality protocols and customer satisfaction.
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"Healthcare marketing has become a controversial arena: while there are still AMA restrictions on what can be said, on ethics and morals in advertising, etc., the current revenue struggle facing many hospitals and practitioners is forcing the need to advertise and market. All one need do is drive down the road and billboards abound for hospital services; hospitals now take out full page yellow page ads as do many physicians announcing their specialty. This paper focuses on a marketing plan to provide for continuous improvement that allows for measurable outcomes that will also help to identify service problem areas and eliminate any gaps in performance. Full marketing plans are very extensive and detailed documents; therefore it is considered beyond the scope of this paper to provide a comprehensive marketing plan in the limited space allowed."
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Technology and Medicine.
This paper discuses and evaluates the impact of technology on medicine and healthcare.
1,940 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 14 sources, APA, AU$ 89.95
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This paper explains that the new digital technology, including the ability to investigate the body and view diseases with the use of a computer-based digital microscope and other surgical and medical developments, has helped to improve immensely the medical field. The author points out that one of the most common critiques of technology in the medical field is that it depersonalizes the process of medical care and therefore makes healthcare less effective and merely a mechanical response to a set of predetermined computerized rules. The paper relates that healthcare institutions worldwide, which are under pressure from the public and governments alike to develop more efficient and cost-effective services, have adopted more efficient and time saving devices, which are digital and computer based.
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The Impact
The Advantages
The Disadvantages
Conclusion
From the Paper
"Another area where computerization can be of great assistance in the field of healthcare is through the automation and handling of food and kitchen work in hospitals and healthcare centres. Computerized systems have already been developed that can automate the cooking process in healthcare centre and hospitals and by so doing eliminate errors that might occur. These innovations also reduce costs and streamline the process of healthcare."
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Technology in Nursing Practice, 2008.
This paper explores the intrusive role of technology in healthcare today.
1,450 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 70.95
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The paper discusses how a degree of technological advancement is essential to continually improving the standard of care provided to patients, yet, there is also the question of the neutrality of technology in the art of health care. The paper asserts that the art of health care involves people, not technology and this aspect cannot be compromised. The paper contends that the human touch can have as much impact as the monitoring equipment used.
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Introduction
The Tool, Machine and Material Object
The Health Care Institution/Hospital as a Technological World
Conclusion
From the Paper
"The pervasive presence of technology has for most become a monument to the ingenuity, persistence and flexibility of the human mind and spirit. It is a symbol of the unceasing struggle for control of one's fate in the midst of adversity and uncertainty. This is no less prominent than in the practice of modern medicine. The present sophistication and sheer complexity of technology is not only immense compared to health care a century ago, but also evokes mixed sentiments towards its progress to even more sophisticated "health care solutions.""
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Information Technology and Health Care, 2002.
An overview of the growing use of technology within the healthcare industry including privacy issues.
3,025 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 63 sources, AU$ 162.95
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This paper looks at the increasing amount of technology deployment in the health care industry. The goals of technology streaming of paper-intensive processes are detailed. As well, privacy issues and security issues to the private patient information is addressed.
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Healthcare Communication, 2008.
This paper focuses on healthcare communication between the providers of healthcare and their patients.
1,454 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 70.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the term healthcare communication can refer to all types of communications used in the healthcare industry, be it communication between and among healthcare agencies, healthcare providers, and healthcare clients. In this paper, however, the writer concentrates on the topic of healthcare communication between healthcare providers and their patients-clients. The paper emphasizes the importance of this communication and looks at the current movement in healthcare education to bring back the human touch into healthcare practice in order for medicine to regain its soul.
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What is Healthcare Communication?
Relevance of Healthcare Communication
Emergency Room Situations
Confidentiality
Dealing with Family Issues
Dealing with Sociocultural Issues
Communication in the Process of Healing
Principles of Therapeutic Communication in Healthcare Settings
Verbal communications
Verbal communications
Nonverbal communications
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"Communication is an exchange, a two-way process. But sometimes this is forgotten in the healthcare setting when the patient-client becomes the passive, receiving end while the healthcare provider does all the talking and fails to listen. However, for healthcare delivery to be effective, there should be an exchange of information between the two parties.
"Healthcare providers have a 2-fold responsibility towards their patients who are basically their clients. First, they must have the technical skills, and second, they much have the ability to communicate and empathize. In other words, a healthcare professional does not only need the brain and skill to perform his/her work. He/she must also have his/her heart into it."
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Healthcare and Economics: A Comparison of Terminology, 2008.
Compares how the terms: "technology and quality" are used in the fields of healthcare and economics.
959 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 50.95
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The paper states that every discipline has its own vocabulary of jargon that assigns general terms like "technology" and "quality" its own specific, contextual definition, depending on the needs. The paper then relates that one of the difficulties of discussing how to improve healthcare may be that economists and healthcare providers speak a different language, or at least attach a series of different meanings to terms such as "technology" and "quality." The paper then reviews the differences between the meanings attached to the same word within different professional contexts in order to understand unspoken and unrecognized tensions.
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"In economics, the benefits of technology are gauged not so much in terms of their benefits to the consumer (the recipient of the service) but to the producer. For example, an improvement in economics can enable a producer to produce the same amount of a good or service more cheaply, enabling him or her to make a greater profit off of the same items ("Supply determinants," 2008, Amosweb). This can make the life of the consumer better by allowing the consumer to buy more goods at a lower price, but not necessarily. The producer, if demand is high enough, may simply pocket the profit, pass the profit to shareholders, or invest it into research and development of new, profitable products. The aim of technology is to meet consumer desires better to increase profits, even if the technology is of questionable health or lifestyle benefit to the consumer."
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Healthcare for the Underprivileged, 2008.
An analysis of the stance of the Community Health Plan of Washington regarding healthcare for underprivileged populations.
1,930 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 89.95
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This paper involves the content analysis of the website for the Community Health Plan of Washington (CPHW) and a seminal article in its newsletter, which aims to determine how dedicated the CPHW is to providing healthcare for the underprivileged. It examines in detail what necessary policies and general messages are mentioned by the health plan with regards to uninsured and underinsured populations. The paper comes to the conclusion that CHPW is not a typical profit-maximizing firm in that it was willing to compromise profits to some extent in order to embrace the needs of this population.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Website and Newsletter: Measurement and Coding
The Uninsured and Underinsured for CHPW: Demographics, Needs and Health Practices
Who are the Uninsured/Underinsured?
Trends in Utilization Patterns: Predictions from the Content Analysis
Financial Impact of the Insured/Underinsured Population for CHPW
Why Does CHPW Embrace this Organizational Culture?
Conclusion
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"Since the uninsured and underinsured population is less likely to receive preventative care, the forecasted trends include higher mortality rates and increased hospitalization for avoidable health problems. This may further increase the cost of healthcare, which creates the 'vicious cycle of increasing healthcare costs' for CHPW divisions.
"There is also the general expectation that the at-risk population will increase their enrollment in the government aided programs that provide healthcare coverage at little or no cost-sharing. Currently, these programs like Medicaid are not at their maximum potential and are expected to have increase enrollment, when the uninsured and underinsured population for CHPW realize that they can qualify and access healthcare."
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