MHA 5020 week 3 project
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March 3,2021
MHA5020
Dr. Kevin Cefali
This week I am going to talk about OU Medicine, Inc. It is one of the largest medical schools in the state of Oklahoma. They also have subsidiaries that include Edmond Regional Medical Center, OU Medical Center Breast Imaging of Oklahoma. OU Medicine is an integrated academic health system that is recognized as the first and best choice for comprehensive care for all Oklahomans and the surrounding region, committed to providing advance innovative, coordinated, high-value, patient centered care (OU Physicians, 2018). This week I will be discussing the cardiovascular department and what services they provide.
The cardiovascular department is the department you would go to if you have a condition of the heart and blood vessels in the cardiovascular system. When you are diagnosed with a cardiac disease or condition, you are most likely to be referred to a Cardiologist. They’re doctors who conduct and specialize in diagnosing and treating conditions of the heart and blooded vessels. They manage patients that have defects and diseases of the cardiovascular system. There are four main types of diseases and defects that Cardiologists treat. One would be coronary heart disease this occurs when the flow if the oxygen rich blood to the heart muscle is blocked or reduced. The treat strokes and TIA’s, Peripheral arterial disease and Aortic disease. Cardiologist also treat minor effects of the heart. Example would be SVT super ventricular tachycardia, palpitations and many more arrhythmias. Cardiologist, most of the time can suppress symptoms by conducting a cardiac ablation.
The healthcare system in Cardiovascular consist of several members, including doctors, nurses, techs, medical assistants, front office, helpers and sometimes non-paid volunteers. They are all team of experts and treat each patient according to their issues.
In the responsible role of an Executive level Office of the cardiovascular department would be in
charge of the entire department. They oversee all the Directors of the department, make sure all revenue is suffice for their budgeting.
The Department Director, does just what it titles; they direct the department and oversee the operations of whole department. They are over clinical managers, registrars and clinical staff.
The Physician of the cardiovascular department are called Cardiologist. They see the patients and
diagnose and treat their patients. Some Cardiologist are surgeons as well.
Nurses are the Physicians helpers, like Santa’s little helpers that prepare everything for him. That is a nurse. They make sure that patients are triaged, complete their medical history, lab
work, EKG’s and several other tasks. You will usually see the nurse before you see the doctor. The nurse is also the last person you see after seeing the doctor. Benchmarks and dashboards in the healthcare business, has a purpose to improve efficiency and quality of care. They demonstrate patient safety and patient satisfaction. What is looked at is how the process adheres and what the best practice would be and evidence based practices Stephen Spiegel, 2020. It involves identifying potential areas of improvement for the organization and each department.
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References:
OU Health, O. (2018, March 12). Healthcare services in Oklahoma. Retrieved March 19, 2018,
from https://www.ouhealth.com/
Spiegel, S. (2020, October 20). Business Strategy, KPIs, Benchmarking Retrieved from Stephen Spiegel/ https://www.crewhu.com/blog/6-types-of-benchmarking-your-business-