Healthcare Case Study

Question 1:

Healthcare is considered of one of the most complex business models in the American Industry because it is one of the only industries where the consumer actually does not technically pay for the service he or she receives (Kudyba, 2010, p. 2). When consumers go to nail salons or hair salons, he or she pays the beautician for the specific service he or she asks for. In the healthcare industry it is totally different and most consumers do not understand the complexity of this business model. The consumer actually pays insurance companies and the insurance companies pay the provider/hospital based on negotiation arrangements from the data exchanges they receive (Kudyba, 2010, p. 2). Patient as a profit center has to do with

6) mentions some critics argue that treating patients should not be considered a business. These critics argue that these initiatives have the chance of negatively affecting patient treatment and “care as the quest for achieving enhanced operational performance may dictate procedures” (Kudyba, 2010, p. 6). I do see where these critics are coming from however, look how far medicine has come and how much has improved. These new protocols and business models are extremely beneficial to not only the hospitals but to the patients, as well. Most nurses and doctors came into this business to help people. Just because they have to follow a specific business model doesn’t change their heart. These protocols have the ability to improve patient weight time, improve care protocols, which saves time and money for both parties, and save lives. There really is no other way to go about this besides treating it as a

For example, in 2006 24.2% of births in the US received formula supplementation within the first two days of life and the Healthy People 2020 target is to get that percent down to 14.2% (Healthy People 2020, n.d.). Furthermore, Joint Commission just ‘dinged’ my hospital because we are only a 6% exclusively breastfed hospital. Joint Commission obtained that information based on the Electronic Medical Record data and analyzed it along with other hospitals to see that we were way below average. Another way healthcare informatics is used for information derived from EHRs to improve effectiveness of care is like Kudyba stated the EHR has E-prescribing capabilities that include alerting a doctor if a certain drug they prescribe cannot be combined with another, the EHR will also alert the doctor when a patient has a drug allergy and the doctor happens to forget, and drug formulary checks. In conclusion, these all improve the effectiveness of care because if a patient is accidently prescribed a drug they are deathly allergic to they can