Neuron NeuroView The Legacy of Patient H.M. for Neuroscience Larry R. Squire1‚2‚* Affairs Healthcare System‚ San Diego‚ CA 92161‚ USA of Psychiatry‚ Neurosciences‚ and Psychology‚ University of California‚ San Diego‚ La Jolla‚ CA 92093‚ USA *Correspondence: lsquire@ucsd.edu DOI 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.12.023 2Departments 1Veterans H.M. is probably the best known single patient in the history of neuroscience. His severe memory impairment‚ which resulted from experimental neurosurgery to control
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(clinical area or patient care area where you typically spend your time): This is the Department of: | * Encircle the number which corresponds to your answer. | Please answer the following items with respect to your specific unit or clinical area. Choose your responses using the scale below. 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Agree Strongly | Agree Slightly | Neutral | Disagree Strongly | Disagree Slightly | I. Safety Climate | 1. I would feel safe being treated here as a patient. | 5 | 4 | 3 |
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UNDERSTANDING THE PATIENT INTAKE PROCESS Judy Lintner HCR 220 Shatondra Surulere There are many ways to improve patient intake procedures. One of the ways has been recently in the news. It was created with Salesforce.com’s Force.com enterprise application development platform. It is run on staff members AppleIphones. This replaces a manual process. It has cut the admission process from 18 hours to sometimes less than 1 hour. Having this done on the AppleIphone keeps the protection on
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Although the issue of Patient Safety is on growing evidence‚ it cannot be considered as a novelty. More recently‚ we have followed the disclosure of news involving errors during health care in the media‚ with the connotation that they are always associated with neglect or lack of preparation‚ as well as with bad professional practices. Although errors are undesirable‚ there is no denying that they occur and have an impact on patients‚ professionals and institutions. Contextualizing patient safety in the
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TRANSITION OF CARE: EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY Describe the patients medical/clinical condition. This past December I observed the discharge of a patient from the Emergency Department that never should have taken place. The patient was a senior citizen who suffered a fall injury‚ and was diagnosed with bilateral humerus fractures. Her injuries did not require immediate surgical intervention and her pain was relatively well controlled. Therefore‚ the physician caring for her did not find it medically
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I will begin this study by introducing a 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
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1. Patient safety remains the priority and is considered the most important challenge for the healthcare institution. With the increasing competitiveness of the market‚ and the complexity of the functions within the healthcare institution‚ it is very important to treat every patient as a unique human being who has a right to safe and quality care. Not only from a moral and ethical stance‚ but from a legal perspective as well. Patient safety is of the utmost importantance for healthcare institutions
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Kristi Hulett Mr. Troupe Health 120 March 24‚ 2011 Patients Dealing with Poverty Poverty affects almost half the world. Over three billion people live on less than $2.50 a day (Global Issues). The United States‚ one of the wealthiest nations in the world‚ accounts for almost 12% of these statistics. In addition to these people‚ another 50 million are “near poverty” level. Even more alarming‚ according to the 1999 Census Bureau‚ over 16% of all children in the United States live in poverty
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In the article “Leadership and patient safety culture” by Kawamoto‚ the primary interest in health care and in that there is great concern for medications errors‚ medical errors and error in reporting these facts and findings. Patient safety goes hand in hand with high quality care and patient satisfaction. As a health care provider one must want to view their practice as safe and providing the highest quality of care. What is considering high quality care in any heath care setting? Do we have the
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Running head: Improving Quality Management Quality Control and Patient Satisfaction: Improving Quality Management at Grady Memorial Hospital Nicholas B. Fannings Keller Graduate School of Management Grady Memorial Hospital opened its doors in 1892 and is today is listed as the fifth largest public hospital in the United States possessing a 918 bed capacity (LeValley & Page‚ 2010). Grady is designated as the public hospital for the city of Atlanta and noted for housing the only Level
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