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High Health Care Cost In The U.S. And Its Impact On An African American Church Community In East Orange, New Jersey, William Charles
High Health Care Cost In The U.S. And Its Impact On An African American Church Community In East Orange, New Jersey, William Charles
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
Access to affordable quality health care has been a long debating issue in the United States. Many scholarly research articles indicated that the cost of insurance premiums, deductibles, co-payments, and prescription drugs continue to rise every year. Despite various efforts to reduce the cost of health care in the United States, the trend remains the same. Au contraire, more Americans are unable to afford the cost of prescription drugs. More Americans postpone their medical treatments. More Americans find it difficult to financially address their health care needs. It can be inferred that high health cost has a significant impact in …
Teamstepps And Organizational Culture, Amelia Arca Quinto
Teamstepps And Organizational Culture, Amelia Arca Quinto
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
Patient safety issues remain despite several strategies developed for their deterrence. While many safety initiatives bring about improvement, they are repeatedly unsustainable and short-lived. The index hospital’s goal was to build an organizational culture within a groundwork that improves teamwork and continuing healthcare team engagement. Teamwork influences the efficiency of patient care, patient safety, and clinical outcomes, as it has been identified as an approach for enhancing collaboration, decreasing medical errors, and building a culture of safety in healthcare. The facility implemented Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS), an evidence-based framework which was used for …