The impact of a cardiovascular health awareness program (CHAP) on decreasing blood pressure is one that emphasize on cohort study. The one evidence-based solution I might use to address public health problem of diabetes in Manila is the use and impact of cardiovascular health awareness program (CHAP) on reducing blood pressure — a cohort […]
Comprehending the impacts and effects of different health outcomes in relative terms, and between some countries, are vital in considering the reasons for the disparities and health needs of a country. China and India have had dramatic changes in economic growth, population and health. The two world superpowers have attracted much needed global attention in […]
The liability of foreign objects left inside of patients during operations depends on court opinions on whether the sole responsibility of the operating instruments are for the job responsibility of either the operating room personnel or the physicians or both. The responsibility of accounting for sponges, instruments and other foreign matters may lie with both […]
Quality improvement (QI) practices represent a leading approach to the essential, and often challenging, task of managing organizational change. Statistical process control (SPC) is, in turn, a key approach to QI. SPC was developed in the 1920s by the physicist Walter Shewhart to improve industrial manufacturing. It migrated to healthcare, first in laboratory settings (eg, […]
The conditions under which healthcare providers maybe prosecuted under criminal laws are the provision of false claims; False Claims Act of 1986 prohibits knowingly presenting or causing to be presented to the government a false claim or false records or statements for payment of benefits or defrauds the government by getting a false claim allowed […]
If a physician is employed by the hospital, the hospital can be held vicariously liable for the physician’s negligence. The plaintiff must show that the physician was employed by the hospital at the time of the alleged negligence and that the negligence occurred within the scope of the physician’s employment with the hospital. A negligent […]
Admissible evidence is evidence, which can be brought forward in a court of law to support or undermine a legal case. In order to be considered admissible, evidence must meet certain standards, with the standards being especially high in criminal cases. Disputes over the admissibility of evidence often play a role in major trials, with […]
Wrongful Birth claim is an action whereby parents seek damages for a child born with birth shortcomings and the claim for such damages is based on the cost to parents of raising an unexpectedly defective child. The birth claim brought by the parent of a defective child will and can be against a physician or […]
The Darling case is described as a benchmark case due to its major impact it had on the liability of healthcare organizations. Additionally, it has led to court’s decision to pronounce a corporate negligence doctrine under which hospitals have a duty to provide enough trained medical and nursing staff. The Darling case further indicated the […]
As healthcare facilities seek better means to influence reimbursements, revenue cycle approaches provide the opportunity and way to improve cash flow. It further improves efficiencies through better employee education. The revenue cycle is a complex system that offers several opportunities for hospitals to create efficiencies and cost-savings. However, many organizations forgo improving the revenue cycle […]
