Marion and the Pacemaker Marion is a 92-year-old patient who weighs 79 pounds. She has had poor eating habits for at least ten years and has refused all attempts by her daughters to improve her nutrition. In addition, Marion had been a heavy smoker all her life and suffered frequent respiratory problems. During the past two years, she has become quite forgetful, has suffered a broken hip as a result of a fall out of bed, and has been treated for pneumonia. Her daughters, who have their own family
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Decision-Making Case Study Bonny Kimberlin HCS/514 February 11, 2013 Vinnette Batiste Decision-Making Case Study The truth of the matter is there is no longer such a thing as “middle class” Americans. The sad reality is either one lives in the low-income bracket living check-to-check, or one lives with no worries in the world. Even more sad, is that the lower-income class bracket also includes the elderly, disabled, homeless, and unemployed. Not to sway away
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to hitting the sales targets or to see if they've met their budgetary goals. A well-rounded budget variance report will address trends, overspending, and under spending. In the healthcare field variance reports are used in every department of the hospital. Each unit of patient care has a limit and goals that need to be met from the administrators’ position. The framework for cost control is following two approaches is possible: preventive and detection-correction. ( ) On the Intensive Care Unit we
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Dannielle Caddell Nursing Informatics- NUT1 EPIC VS MCKESSON For this research, I am conducting my search based on two well-known systems for computerized charting in the medical field. These two vendors are known as, EPIC and McKesson. In the next few pages, I will be comparing these two vendors; and at the end of this project I will choose which one I would not mind being associated with or using in the future. I will be analyzing how these systems can improve quality of care for patients
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This allows for continuity of care when a patient receives healthcare services outside the Geisinger system, especially in emergent or urgent care settings (e.g. patient is treated by an outside physician practice or is seen at a non-Geisinger hospital emergency room). Geisinger employees and staff are responsible for explaining the purpose of the Universal Authorization with the aim of obtaining the patient’s signature when appropriate. Aim Statement: To improve Geisinger’s Universal Authorization
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and conduct several tests. The nurses ask pertinent questions in regard to additional signs and symptoms. In trauma, they perform immediate treatment and to prevent respiratory distress by following ABC’s rule. Since emergency rooms in the hospitals provide rapid care to the patients, the triage nurse is to select the patient who develops sudden and serious symptoms of disease. The triage nurses are a very valuable team member because they take patient’s vital signs and reasons for visiting
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Auburn Hospital is continually looking at and integrating systems and processes to ensure their patients’ safety. Over the last few years, the hospital has been implementing an electronic prescribing system called Computer Physician Order Entry or CPOE. Only 10 percent of the nation’s hospitals have this advanced prescribing system. “Mount Auburn Hospital is committed to patient safety and CPOE is proven to be effective,” says Greg Sophis, RPh, director of pharmacy at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge
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because when you need to see a doctor or go to a hospital, it is charged an extra fee. It is written in the Human Rights “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services…” If health care is that much important, shouldn’t it have universal coverage within the United States? If going to the hospital wasn’t so expensive people would take better care
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Implementing Barcode Medication Administration in Hospitals Part Three Creating Change in Organizations/HCS587 April 1, 2013 Dr. Sonnia Oliva Change needs to be evaluated after implementation to determine its effectiveness. The organization and management need to continually monitor BCMA to make sure the organization is benefiting from it and to modify components if necessary. Outcome measurement strategies for BCMA are not conclusive but single studies show its positive impact on patient
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The writer will also discuss the social, ethical and economic impact Epic EMR software would have on LAC+USC network. LAC+USC data Los Angeles County - USC Medical Center (LAC+USC) is located in East Los Angeles, California. “In one year, the hospital will treat close to 800,000 patients, deliver 10,000 babies, treat 250,000 people in its emergency room, treat about half of all AIDS and Sickle Cell patients in Southern California, and handle 5,000 outpatient visitors per day” ("Los Angeles Almanac"
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