Tracking patients certainly seems easier with the EHR, but at what cost? What are the downsides to the EHR? Why was the transition so difficult?
The downsides to the EHR, include risk to privacy and confidentiality of the personal data of the patient. Workforce not knowing the technology and the cost of launching it was other deterrents. Due to these reasons the transition was difficult to implement as the healthcare staff was initially reluctant, the cost was huge and there was a risk of breach of confidentiality and privacy.
Tracking patients certainly seems easier with the EHR, but at what cost? What are the downsides...
Physician practice EHR reselection A physician practice is located in a large medical office building. The practice has 15 providers, including 8 primary care, 3 cardiologists, 2 endocrinologists, and 2 geriatricians. Several years ago, they acquired an EHR that was selected as a joint effort by various practices in the building. From the start of its use, several of the physicians voiced concerns about the product not being user friendly and one of the cardiologists refused to use the system....
Professor’s Question: "Most companies will use accrual accounting. Why? It is easier to compare amounts from one period to another. The cash basis makes it more difficult to compare numbers. Why do we compare numbers in a manufacturing company? Why do we compare numbers by products? Why do we compare numbers by similar companies? Do you think Apple and Samsung keep up with numbers from each other and their other competitors? In business, one of the most important things is...
Why is culture change so difficult in health care organizations? What are some ways strategic managers could make culture change easier?
Unplanned hospital readmissions are a serious matter for patients and a quality and cost issue for the healthcare system of every country. For example, in the United States, during 2011, nearly 19 percent of Medicare patients were readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of their initial discharge, running up an additional $26 billion in healthcare costs. Hospitals are seeking more effective ways to identify patients at high risk of readmission—especially now that Medicare has begun reducing payments to hospitals...
(1) A firm's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is sometimes referred to as the hurdle rate. What is the purpose of calculating the firm's WACC? Why is the WACC referred to as the hurdle rate? (2) Based on your opinion, which component cost (cost of debt, cost of preferred stock, cost of retained earnings, or cost of new common stock) is easier to calculate? Which component cost is more difficult to calculate? Why?
According to the New York Times article “G (a) y and Transgender Patients to Doctors. We’ll Tell. Just Ask.” By Jan Hoffman, May 29, 2017 (see attached), clinicians may have more sensitive interaction and thereby be able to provide better care by knowing if the patient is g(a)y, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or straight. Although federal agencies are pushing health care providers to ask, the majority of doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses do not. The belief that patients will refuse to...
The activity An EHR was implemented at the General Hospital one year ago, before you were hired. The implementation process did not go smoothly and now there are strong EHR advocates and strong EHR-dissenters on the team. The CEO wants to move forward with an implementation of the bar-coded medication administration feature of the EHR, but the director of nursing does not. You have been asked to manage the implementation and see that it is successful. You will first need...
(1) What is scope creep? (Note: The textbook seems to have a partial definition, leaving out some factors. So while you may wish to start with the textbook, don't end there. Do a little research on the Internet or in a library, for instance, to see what factors are involved. Then give a better definition of Scope Creep in your own words (but also properly citing any references you used).) (2) Is scope creep inevitable? That is, is it normal? Will...
Does your PCP participate in TeleHealth with its patients? If so, what type of system does it use? How does the staff feel about it? If it does not have a TeleHealth system, do you think this particular facility would benefit from offering TeleHealth? Why or why not?
Case Study on Stress Management [Industrial Psycholog] The importance of using time efficiently is certainly not a new idea. In 1757 Benjamin Franklin wrote that “time is money.” In 1877 the English journalist W. R. Greg echoed the sentiment: “Beyond doubt, the most salient characteristic of life in this latter half of the 19th century is its speed.” Arthur Schopenhauer, a 19th-century German philosopher, noted that “buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time...