husband was in a terrible car accident in 2008 and within a couple of weeks he started suffering from the symptoms of PTSD. Although we didn’t start treatment for quite some time, because we didn’t fully understand what we were dealing with. During his hospital stay no one really educated us about the risk of him developing PTSD, what PTSD was or what to do if he began developing some of the symptoms. If they had we would have definitely started his treatment immediately. It makes you wonder if physicians
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Proponents of mandatory, inpatient nurse-to-patient staffing ratios have lobbied state legislatures and the United States Congress to enact laws to improve overall working conditions in hospitals. Proposed minimum, nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, such as those enacted by California, are intended to address a growing concern that patients are being harmed by inadequate staffing related to increasing severity of illness and complexity of care. However, mandatory ratios, if imposed nationally, may
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Adverse Trend and Data Management University of Phoenix Health Care Informatics HCS482 Richard Ong September 23, 2013 Adverse Trend and Data Management Part I: Step by step guide: Adverse Trend: Immobility. Immobility in hospitalized patients is one of the main risk factors contributing to the development of pressure ulcers. Objective: Identify risk factors related to complications secondary to immobility such as pressure ulcers on the integumentary system. Immobility also leads to
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members, patients and the community it offers a full range of services. As a health plan it serves more than 1.4 million medical and dental members nationwide and is the top-ranked commercial plan in Minnesota. The care system as of 2013 includes five hospitals, 51 primary care clinics, 22 urgent care locations, and numerous specialty practices spanning Minnesota and western Wisconsin. HealthPartners family of care includes more than 1700 physicians and 60 dentists with 21 dental clinics. Their values of
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After reviewing the hospital and health system, and analyzing its services and organizational structure, I think Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is one of the top 100 hospitals because they are No. 1 among state and local hospitals, and placed in the top five nationally, according to a U.S. News & World Report survey. Additionally, they are ranked 'Best in West' for 23rd consecutive year in annual survey. The architecture of UCLA Medical Center is new and replacing their older facilities around
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Overcrowding in Emergency Departments across the Country Overcrowding in Emergency Departments Abstract: Emergency departments (ED’s) are considered a necessary component in the health care system. Many patients have access to this department 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. There has been an increasingly large volume of emergency room visits by both adult and pediatric patients up to 43% within the last 5 years. The overuse of the ED’s medical services across the nation is commonly referred
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Business Research Ethics RES/351 Business Research Business Research Ethics Lawsuits were filed against CVS Caremark pharmacies for disclosing patient information in the interest of financial gain. The first lawsuit was filed on March 7, 2011, for “unauthorized disclosure of protected health information constituted an unfair trade practice (Hunton & Williams LLP, 2011, p. 1 p. 1).” The second lawsuit charged CVS Caremark pharmacy with “racketeering under the federal RICO law, trade secret
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Introduction The Krona Community Hospital, established in 1977, is a 60-bed, acute care hospital located in Banconota County. They currently offer a full range of health care services and maintain a staff of almost 100 physicians and specialists, 400 employees, as well as numerous volunteers. They are currently fully accredited by The Joint Commission. A private, not-for profit health care chain called Nouveau Health has taken over the management of Krona Hospital. The new facility that has been
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introduction Quality Improvement is a formal approach to the analysis of performance and systematic efforts to improve it. It can be differed into Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Improvement (QI). QA refer to the reactive, retrospective, policing, and in many ways punitive. It often involved determining who was at fault after something went wrong. This term is older and not as likely to be used today. Whereas, QI involves both prospective and retrospective reviews. It is aimed at improvement
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explanation about the impending surgery, the RN will notify the surgeon at this time. If the patient is ready to have the surgery, the RN will make sure the patient is prepared for going into the OR. For this, the nurse will make sure the patient is in a hospital gown, underwear may or may not be allowed, make sure that all jewelry, money, or valuables have been given to family or locked in a safe place at this time. The RN will put the ID band on the patient and make sure that it has all correct information
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