(CPOE). 1) Only two third of the doctors were formally associated with PHS where as one third of the doctors were used to run their local offices and even those doctors which were formally associated with PHS were used to see their patients outside hospitals. 2) Local Doctors lacked IT infrastructure to support LMR and CPOE systems. 3) Doctors were technophobic and were afraid to use computer systems for they believed in writing prescription and considered handwritten prescriptions to be easier. 4) Cost
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first the financial statement of the hospital and look for any red flags that may give him the clue on why the hospital is experiencing cash flow crisis, where the problem lies and have a better understanding. Second, he should look for any options that he can use to help him to make major decisions on the financial areas of concern. Third, convince the CEO and the board of trustees of the best option/s that they can implement in the coming year to make the hospital in black position and have enough
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Crownsville Hospital Center, formerly known as Crownsville Hospital for the Negro Insane, was founded in 1911 and is the third institution in the United States to be erected for the exclusive admittance of African American residents. It was purchased by the Board of Managers from the Maryland General Assembly for $19,000. They agreed that there had to be something done about the vast amount of homeless and mentally unstable African American population in the Maryland and in particular, Baltimore
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The Perin vs. Haynes case was a malpractice case that took place in September of 1973 in Des Moines, Iowa and involved plaintiff Ilene Perin and defendant Dr. Robert A. Hayne, M.D. The patient initially went to see the doctor on April 3, 1968 because she was experiencing pain, weakness, and numbness in her back, neck, right arm, and hand. Neurological examination revealed protruded discs at the fifth and sixth cervical interspaces. The patient tried several alternatives for pain but the pain persisted
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electronic warrant, patient's consent, or patient under arrest, which is also something that the police station agreed to follow with the hospital. The patient could not consent, the officer told Ms. Wubble he didn't have a warrant, and the patient wasn’t under arrest. After politely explaining that to the officer, he angrily grabbed her and shoved her out of the hospital doors and aggressively put her in handcuffs while shoving her against the wall claiming she was interfering with an investigation.
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Many people with HMO will have a surgery at some point in their lives. This will cause them to have a surgical scar which some people might have a hard time accepting. In Steven Petrow’s article “Learning to Accept (if Not Love) My Scar” he talks about learning to accept his scar. Petrow got his scar after having surgery to remove cancerous lymph nodes from his abdomen. The surgery resulted in a scar along his abdomen. When he first got the scar, he had a hard time looking at it and struggled to
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The Leonard Williams Medical Center, own and managed by Williams Medical Services, is an acute care hospital in upstate New York that serves a population of 215,000. After a thorough analysis of organization strategies, the Medical center's information systems steering committee approved the acquisition and implementation of a CPOE system. During a subsequent committee meeting, it was discovered that the WMS physicians were eager to acquire an electronic health record (EHR) system. In a competitive
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Non-clinical technology is available to us and is just as valuable a tool for us in healthcare. Electronic health records allow us to document care and store diagnostics for accessibility to all those that need it, from local WOWs or outside locations and handheld devices. Some systems allow providers to access information form home or office. Scheduling is done easily electronically and is also done by the patients themselves in some systems. E-scripts are sent directly to pharmacies upon patient’s
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Ethics case study Ashley Bruckman March 12, 2013 HCS/335 Introduction Jerry McCall is Dr. William’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium, an antidepressant medication, called in right away to his pharmacy, since he is leaving for the airport in thirty minutes. He says that Dr. Williams
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Women’s Nightmare: Fistula Meron Vallery University of Maryland University College Dr. Gemeinhardt HCAD 600 Oct 26, 2012 Abstract Since in the United States and Europe Fistula was eradicated in the beginning of twentieth century, if you ask women and men about fistula they would not know. To answer what fistula is to know how many kinds there is. There are two kinds of fistulas. The first is obstetric fistula which is a devastating illness that affects young girl who suffers from prolonged
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