DRG (diagnosis-related group) is define as a code used for diagnosis; hospital reimbursement by insurers is established on a formula using DRGs. CPT (current procedural terminology) is define as codes laboratory tests, treatments and other procedures. ICD (International Classification of Disease; ICD-9-CM or 10) is termed as codes 1,000 diseases, a medical code set preserved […]
A database file is define as a file that holds all related but organized collection of information on a unit. For example, in a medical practice, the “Doctors’ practice of anywhere” would store all of its data and information in a database file stored on a computer. Relational database is defined as organized assemblies of […]
Health care-related errors harm millions of American patients each year and needlessly add billions of dollars to health care costs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that at least 1.7 million healthcare-associated infections occur each year and lead to 99,000 deaths. Adverse medication events cause more than 770,000 injuries and deaths each […]
Pay-for-performance programs (P4P) are programs that help in providing financial rewards to physicians and other health care providers–in the order of meeting understandable quality of care and proficiency. The programs, themselves, are good in supporting the quality and improvement of care in the United States. P4P incentive programs differentiate payment among providers based on performance […]
Article Reviews Telehomecare and Remote Monitoring: An Outcomes Overview, Stachura M, Khasanshina E, October 31st, 2007, Partners Healthcare: Center For Connected Health; Retrieved September 23, 2013 from http://www.connected-health.org/programs/diabetes/research-materials–external-resources/telehomecare-and-remote-monitoring-an-outcomes-overview.aspx Telehomecare involves the checking of vital signs from remoteness via telecommunications equipment and the replacement of home nursing visits with video conferences. The field of telemedicine […]
I am taking a position against the use of certificate of need program. My argument is that Certificates of Need (CON) laws are a typical government-founded barrier to health care entry and barrier to competition. Creating or expanding economic opportunity could rightly be considered a responsibility of governments toward their citizens. But in today’s global […]
Qualitative research theory often equates with the methodologies used but this is a complex relationship, plagued by lack of consensus among scholars regarding how theory and methodology are related. There is an article Bradbury-Jones, Taylor, & Herber, (2014) that furthers the debates how theories are used in qualitative research, how they might influence a study and how they are articulated in […]
With the increasing number of health issues in the United States and Worldwide, there is an ever-growing need for scientific intervention in order to improve the population’s health (CDC, 2012). Evidence based research is being used by many public health officials to implement evidence based approaches towards solving the major health issues that affect so […]
Many quality improvement techniques for smoking cessations—including the promotion of evidence-based treatments and well-coordinated methods for the reduction of tobacco treatment—can improve health outcomes, but their influence is often limited by factors beyond clinicians’ control, such as smokers’ education, employment, and social support. The community health problem is the concern that many of the […]
The one advantage of involving community in the implementation process of a survey is that any external errors pertaining to the survey process can easily be detected. Community members know their community, and can help in preventing irrelevant information that might otherwise exist in the survey process. One challenge of involving community in the implementation […]