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How do quality standards for long-term care and home health care vary in comparison to quality standards for other types of health care organizations

October 26, 2018 in /by

Part 3 Discussion: Quality Indicators in Long-Term Care and Home Health Care How do quality standards for long-term care and home health care vary in comparison to quality standards for other types of health care organizations? Many health care organizations are part of a general network or group of health care facilities that may include […]

Advanced optimization techniques

October 26, 2018 in /by

Part 2: More Advanced Optimization Advanced optimization techniques are often necessary to solve real problems in health care. Techniques like goal programming and data envelopment analysis are often used to solve multiple objective problems, such as minimizing cost while maximizing access measures. Other advanced techniques are often required for problems that sometimes seem straightforward. Although you […]

Optimization in Staffing

October 26, 2018 in /by

Part 1: Optimization in Staffing Oscar is a healthcare administration leader who oversees the management of an ambulatory care clinic. Over the past 2 months, patient inflows have dramatically increased due to a recent shutdown of a neighboring care clinic. The patient inflows require that 90{0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119} of all nursing staff work overtime to ensure effective healthcare […]

Introduction to the U.S. Health Care Delivery System

October 26, 2018 in /by

Question description Introduction to the U.S. Health Care Delivery System The overall goal of the Session Long Project is to examine health care delivery in the United States from a strategic perspective. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) changed the landscape of the health care industry. For this assignment, read the “Three brutal […]