(2010-02-05) Our Trip to Hait - A Healthcare Perspective
Our mission was to save as many lives, and prevent fatalities from wound infections.
Our Trip to Haiti - A Healthcare Perspective
On January 21st, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. when a huge medical team gathered at Miami International Airport, little did they know that they were about to undertake a mission of a lifetime. Just after midnight, the flight of over 100 people, including doctors, nurses, and paramedics, traveling from Miami, got to Haiti's airspace and could not land. There were four airplanes waiting ahead of us 'in the air.' We had to wait in line. The tension among us was high. We were parked up 'in the air', in the middle of nowhere. When we eventually landed, I had to practice my jumping technique in order to get from the plane onto the ground. (Written by Jennifer Townsend, RN, CCRN, BSN, JD, Owner of Health Management Ventures, www.healthmanagementventures.com.
Our medical team arrived at where we would be staying. Crowds of homeless-like individuals were already asleep on the ground.. We stepped over them, looking for a place to rest our heads, away from the homeless. It wasn
About Us: Health Management Ventures provides healthcare administrative management, consulting, marketing, medical record reviews, and facility site audits - for doctors' offices, clinics, nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, assisted living facilities, home health agencies, adult care centers, health plans, hospitals, government agencies, and private companies.
A Note From the Owner:
As a graduate of Florida International University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, and a graduate of University of Miami School of law with a Juris Doctor degree, I am committed to excellence in servicing the healthcare industry and success in the transformation of the healthcare system. I have a cumulative 25 years of healthcare experience, serving the community and servicing individuals ranging from the newborn to the elderly. I have over 20 years of nursing experience in the acute clinical settings, ranging from medical/surgical/telemetry specialization to intensive care units. In these roles, I sharpened my competency in forming accurate diagnoses, writing appropriate care plans, and interpreting diagnostic test results. I have over 4 years of experience in my current role as adjunct faculty at a college, as well as experience as a medical/legal research and writing faculty at a university. In these roles, I was able to share my expertise with individuals who needed to learn how to quickly summarize and analyze medical records, as well as, helping them to enhance their leadership skills. My experience also includes executive management in the clinical healthcare setting. In this role, I have been responsible for the extensive review of medical records, routine audit of the physical plant, and coordination of staff efforts, in a way to ensure compliance with State and Federal Regulations. As a past executive case manager, I demonstrated the ability to minimize Medicare LOS and drastically cut hospital costs, leading to recognition of my success. Through my risk management experience, I minimized corporate liabilities and accomplished significant goals through the Agency for Health Care Administration. In my past role as a law clerk and legal nurse consultant at a healthcare law firm, I was instrumental in the success of settling medical malpractice cases.
I am graded 100% satisfaction on my current medical record reviews and audits of healthcare facilities, including health clinics and physicians' offices. Working in this capacity, empowers me with the knowledge necessary to 'set-up and manage' the medical office or healthcare facility in preparing to pass any governmental inspection. With my success, knowledge, and training from both a nursing and legal standpoint, along with my extensive varied healthcare experience, I am competent in the mastery of both medical record reviews and facility site audits, as well as management and consulting.
Health Management Ventures works with a group of healthcare professionals who are experts in the following areas: healthcare consulting, legal nurse consulting, medical records review, facility site review, utilization review, case management, staffing, and marketing of healthcare services.
We are available for contract, virtual consult, phone consult, or teleconference.
Contact Info: Jennifer Townsend, RN, BSN, JD
www.healthmanagementventures.com
office@healthmanagementventures.com
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Company: Health Management Ventures
Country: United States
Contact: Jennifer Townsend
Website: www.healthmanagementventures.com
Bus E-Mail: office@healthmanagementventures.com
Phone: 561-948-4177
