International healthcare accreditation

From the start of an era changes in medicine was welcomed by everyone due to its advancement people healed faster. Today, as modern technology is seen as the wave of the future, in reality it is again an advancement in medicine and everyone must be knowledgeable and prepared. Although there are new methods of how to prepare or demonstrate a task in the health care arena, technologies have propel advancements into forecasting for the future and keeping the patient, the floor staff, the…

Effective healthcare organizations develop short and long-term goals through development of constant assessment of future goals and effective economic goals. A strategic plan is designed to increase revenue, it includes executive board members to meet and discuss increasing revenue on a period of up to ten years, considering the future for growth, and more money (Marquis, 2015). “It is imperative therefore, that long-range plans be flexible, permitting change as external forces assert their…

Not only are the affects seen in the patient, but hospitals are greatly impacted because of the vast amount of money it costs to treat patients with CLABSI. Although CLABSI is a severe threat to patients, organizations such as the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) have made tremendous strides in researching best practices to prevent CLABSI from occurring (Furuya et al., 2016). One initiative that was found to be successful in preventing CLABSI was the central line (CL) insertion…

Mental Health Illness in our society often times goes unnoticed. It is a profound issue that impacts our society more than what we would care to acknowledge. Recent tragic shootings like the one in Orlando Florida, and New Town, Connecticut, open the debate for discussions, as to the mental health system and support for our mentally ill. Mental illness does not have a face, race or socioeconomic class, it can happen to anyone. We as a society have to face it head on and realize that it is…

CPH Terminology: Section I – Orientation to the Perspective Population-based: Studies that seek to answer research questions concerning populations; answers are generalizable to the whole population in questions, not only the specific individuals included in the study (external validity); can include case-control, cross-sectional, cohort, twin studies Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): Passed in 1996, US legislation that concerns privacy standards to protect patient…

Introduction Group work and collaboration is an opportunity for every nurse to expand his/her resources to make greater impacts in the community. The final project of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at the University of Washington, Tacoma, involved partnering with the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD) and the Medical Reserve Corp (MRC). This project and partnership provided an opportunity to collaborate with individuals, groups and public health organizations to address a…

Making appropriate health care decisions depends on a person’s literacy; the ability to process and understand the healthiness information provided by clinicians (U. S. Department of Health & Human Services [HHS], 2008). Only 12% of the American population is able to thoroughly process the exchange of health information; and, the remaining population have medium to low literacy levels with the inability to comprehend all or some of what the clinician is telling them when providing treatment or…

How Can the Best Personal Injury Attorney Help You on Your Medical Malpractice Suit? The best personal injury lawyers will tell you that the most common criminal issues that occurs in a hospital and any healthcare facility is medical negligence. This is a situation where the medical staff have made a mistake and it does not necessarily mean that a case can be made when it has resulted in death only. It could be a situation where the medical history of the patient was not done diligently and…

Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a seven step Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) on reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI). This paper will discuss both the strengths and weaknesses about this study as well as the authors effectiveness in documenting the results. While the strengths of this study and article are the positive results and reduction in CAUTI, the author’s use of a verbose and complicated writing style left me struggling to…

While working in a clinic on the south side of Chicago with a large African American Population I became concerned as to the incidence and prevalence of hypertension in this group. African Americans have earlier onset and greater severity of hypertension and the majority of clients that entered our clinic were diagnosed with hypertension. The clinic participated in community outreach fairs addressing health issues, sharing educational information to the public regarding hypertension and other…