Medical documentation is an integral part of practice to ensure safe and effective care. Documentation is a record of the care provided by a health care provider; and is a primary communication between health professionals. Comprehensive and complete record - clinical staff have a professional obligation to maintain documentation clear‚ concise and comprehensive as an accurate and true record of care. Patient centred and collaborative - documentation should be centred to the specific needs of the
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rely on health care professionals and institutions for their safety and well-being (“Quality and patient‚” 2009). According to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2000)‚ “medical errors are responsible for injury in as many as 1 out of every 25 hospital patients; an estimated 48‚000-98‚000 patients die from medical errors each year. Errors in health care have been estimated to cost more than $5 million per year in a large teaching hospital‚ and preventable health care-related errors cost the
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Medical Ethics Source: From Medical Ethics For Dummies by Jane Runzheimer‚ MD‚ Linda Johnson Larsen Medical ethics is trying to do the right thing while achieving the best possible outcome for every patient. Principles and theories in medical ethics apply to just about every problem or situation. The interesting part of ethics is the discussion Basic Principles of Medical Ethics There are four basic principles of medical ethics. •Autonomy: People have the right to control what
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Physician Assisted Death Physician assisted death is a very controversial topic today. There are many positives and negatives. Although you may think the negatives outweigh the positives‚ no one can really decide if it’s good or bad except for those who are terminally ill. Some call “Physician Assisted Death” a method‚ some call it too extreme‚ those who are terminally ill call it an answer to an undecided problem. This method allows those who are terminally ill to be prescribed a lethal
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During the 1800s women had very few privileges in America‚ but Elizabeth Blackwell was the turning point since she was the first female physician. Blackwell grew up in England until she was eleven‚ when her father moved her family to America. While in America‚ she moved from New York to Cincinnati to Kentucky. Her family was well off‚ but she had a very large family. In 1838 tragedy struck her family when her father died of bilious fever‚ and Elizabeth was forced to work to earn money. While taking
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Babylonian period in the first half of the 2nd millennium BC. The most extensive Babylonian medical text‚ however‚ is the Diagnostic Handbook written by the physician Esagil-kin-apli of Borsippa‚[9] during the reign of the Babylonian king Adad-apla-iddina (1069-1046 BC).[10] Along with contemporary ancient Egyptian medicine‚ the Babylonians introduced the concepts of diagnosis‚ prognosis‚ physical examination‚ and medical prescriptions. In addition‚ the Diagnostic Handbook introduced the methods of therapy
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What is surgery? Surgery (from the Greek kheirurgia‚ meaning ’hand work’) is an ancient medical specialty. It is the branch of medicine concerned with treating or investigating diseases‚ injuries or disorders‚ using manual or operative procedures. There are many different specialties within surgery‚ each of which focuses on a different area‚ as follows: Cardiothoracic Surgery- This branch of surgery concentrates on the heart (cardio) and chest area (thoracic). Cardiothoracic surgeons perform
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Arab Spring’s Effect on Region’s Society “Why does every nation on Earth move to change their conditions except for us? Why do we always submit to the batons of the rulers and their repression? How long will Arabs wait for foreign saviors?" said Faisal al-Qassem (Mark Lynch). Many Middle Easterners were tired of waiting for something to happen. To them‚ every year was just another pass time for talking‚ debating‚ and absolutely no action; however it took the courage of one man to start something
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e * Medical Technologies: Industry trends | | | | * Point-of-care testing (POCT) is defined as medical testing at or near the site of patient care. The driving notion behind POCT is to conduct the test conveniently and immediately for the patient. * POCT is accomplished through the use of transportable‚ portable‚ and handheld instruments (for instance‚ blood glucose meter‚ nerve conduction study device) and test kits (such as CRP‚ HBA1C‚ Homocystein‚ HIV salivary assay). Cheaper
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MEDICAL ERRORS By: Sara Unger While identifying reasons why medical errors occur and constructing models of how to manage them has proved relatively straightforward‚ implementing and meaningfully evaluating solutions in ’real-world’ settings has proven considerably more difficult. From an information systems (IS) perspective‚ although the promise of technology remains powerful. Using medical handover as a field-site‚ this research-in-progress paper presents an adaptation of James Reason’s ’Swiss
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