Briefly describe the following healthcare settings: • Hospitals • Ambulatory care • Home health care • Long-term care • Integrated delivery systems b. What benefits are attributed to integrated delivery systems? c. What are the challenges/drawbacks to implementing integrated delivery systems?
You are the risk manager of a hospital. A nurse from the operating room reports that, during a surgery, the head surgeon did not conduct a “time out” to confirm the side and site of the surgery. You question the surgeon, and he denies the incident. There is no injury to the patient. What is […]
QUESTION 1. The unique clinical presentation of a three-month-old infant in the emergency department leads the care team to suspect botulism. Which of the following assessment questions posed to the parents is likely to be most useful in the differential diagnosis? (Points : 0.4) “Have you ever given your child any honey or honey-containing products?” […]
Assignment 1 Health care costs in the United States continue to increase. Despite the high cost of care for health care in the United States, quality indicators and outcomes lag behind other countries when compared to certain dimensions of performance. For this assignment, analyze and discuss the relationship between quality and cost in health care […]