available online at www.jtaer.com DOI: 10.4067/S0718-18762009000200003 Using Visual Analytics to Improve Hospital Scheduling and Patient Flow Janna Anneke Fitzgerald1 and Ann Dadich2 University of Western Sydney‚ Centre for Industry and Innovation Studies 1 a.fitzgerald@uws.edu.au‚2 a.dadich@uws.edu.au Received 8 January 2009; received in revised form 24 May 2009; accepted 15 June 2009 Abstract The increasing demand for hospital emergency services has important implications for the allocation of
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Mobile Computing Alex Hosch INF 103 Computer Literacy Maria J. Sinche-Quizhpi February 25‚ 2013 MOBILE DEVICE: -THE TYPES OF CONNECTION -FACTORS AFFECTING CONNECTIONS -MOBILE APPLICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS Mobile Computing: is a generic term used to refer to a variety of devices that allow people to access data and information from where ever they are. Mobile devices has improved throughout the past years. Laptops‚ tablets‚ IPods‚ cell phones‚ netbooks are some of the computer
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writing about why obtaining doctor and patient confidentiality is very crucial to a certain extent by using the article “Protect Doctor-Patient Confidentiality” by Sandeep Jauhar in the New York Times. While addressing this topic‚ I will use it to persuade my audience‚ doctors‚ that the trust between doctors and their patients is needed for not only the patient’s health but also the patient’s trust. I will be imitating Virginia Woolf‚ the author of “Shakespeare’s Sister”‚ by using different forms of rhetorical
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Mobile Computing Mobile Computing Mobile Computing is the ability to connect to the internet through a variety of wireless computing devices on the go. Mobile computing provides wireless transmission to access data and information from whatever location. Mobile computing consists of three different aspects: mobile hardware‚ mobile communication technologies‚ and mobile software. Mobile computing devices include the following: laptop pc’s‚ tablet pc’s‚ PDA’s‚ carputers‚ smartphones‚ and other
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VITAL SIGNS NUR 102 What are Vital Signs? • Temperature • Pulse • Respirations • Blood Pressure • Pain (considered the 5th vital sign) When to measure vital signs? • On admission to health care facility • In a hospital on regular hosp schedule or as MD ordered (q8hours‚ q4 hours‚ etc) • Before and after procedures (surgery‚ invasive diagnostic procedures) • Before‚ during‚ and after blood transfusions • When patient’s general condition changes (nursing judgment) GUIDELINES FOR ASSESSMENT
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Non-clinical technology is available and valuable as a tool for us in health care. Electronic health records allow us to document care and store diagnostics for accessibility from local WOWs or outside locations and handheld devices. Systems allow providers to access information form home or office. Scheduling is done easily electronically; also may done by the patients themselves. E-scripts are sent directly to pharmacies upon patient’s discharge‚ to lower the incidence of prescription fraud and
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Mobile Computing By Keith O’Donohue CONTENTS * Introduction * Devices * Limitations * IN VEHICLE COMPUTING AND FLEET COMPUTING * SECURITY ISSUES AND MOBILE COMPUTING * Portable computing devices * Mobile data communication INTRODUCTION Mobile computing is human–computer interaction by which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage. Mobile computing involves mobile communication‚ mobile hardware‚ and mobile software. Communication issues
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Hospital is a place where we find only the sick and the disabled. The smells of medicines‚ the sight of the doctors and nurses running here and there‚ and wheelchairs rolling from one end of the hospital to another is all that we see in a hospital. The aura is ever so depressing and disheartening. Some people even get nausea or faint with the effect of the pungent smells hanging in the very air of the hospital premises. Once when my grandfather was very seriously ill‚ and was hospitalised I
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case that I witnessed while on placement that used a form of diagnostic technology. I will continue by defining nursing informatics identifying the technology used for diagnosis of this patient in more depth‚ and explaining why that particular technology was used above any other. In the case study I will discuss a 70 year old man admitted due to a fall and acopia with a past medical history of copd and ribhadomylosis. The patient was already on 4 hourly observations and 3L oxygen due to shortness of
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Layoffs in Hospitals can affect patients care. Teresa Carlos COMM/215 August 26‚ 2013 Layoffs in Hospitals can affect patient care. Today’s expanded healthcare environment requires nurses to provide high quality care to achieve best patient outcomes and satisfaction‚ but also the healthcare system is required to reduce costs provided on healthcare at the same time. One of the ways to reduce cost in hospitals is to layoff the personnel; RN’s‚ LPN’s‚ UAP’s‚ and transporters. “Nurses are experiencing
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