Meagan McCullough‚ East Texas Physical Therapy‚ Jeannie Wells‚ OTR ¥ Brief overview of patient’s occupational profile (Include clients dx and age) J.B. is a 70 year old man who therapy twice a week. J.B. is very committed to therapy and becoming stronger and improving is everyday life. J.B. diagnoses is B UE general weakness‚ due to the last chemotherapy treatment he received. J.B. has very good memory and shows good attention when it comes to therapy. J.B. is orientation is 4x4. J.B.’s visual functions
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CARIBBEAN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION & HOSPITALITY CASE STUDY Featured in Partial Fulfilment of the Course MGMT485 – Management Information Systems BY Tajay Quest - 18100702 What competitive strategy are the credit card companies pursuing? How do information systems support that strategy? Credit card companies are pursuing a strategy which seeks to profile credit card users. This strategy studies the user’s purchase times and places‚ items the user usually buys and at
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Written close to the development of wearable defibrillator technology‚ Schott explains how the device is designed to provide continuous monitoring and has the ability to defibrillate patients who are at increased risk of sudden cardiac death. The article explains the basics of how the wearable defibrillator works. Specifically‚ if the heart rate progresses into a lethal dysrhythmia‚ first the monitor will alarm‚ then the device will deliver
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Esophageal cancer in a young woman with bulimia nervosa: a case report Eric T Shinohara‚ Samuel Swisher-McClure‚ Michael Husson‚ Weijing Sun and James M Metz Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007‚ 1:160 doi:10.1186/1752-1947-1-160 Received: 27 July 2007 Accepted: 29 November 2007 Published: 29 November 2007 Introduction In the past twenty-five years‚ the prevalence of esophageal adenocarcinoma has increased dramatically within the United States and it is now the most common histological type
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Patient Satisfaction Patient satisfaction is at the core of patient centered medicine. Improved patient satisfaction not only leads to an enhanced patient experience—something every sick or injured patient deserves—it is also associated with improved treatment outcomes. Measuring and reporting on patient satisfaction with health care has become a major industry. Background Patient satisfaction is a widely used health care quality metric. However‚ the relationship between patient satisfaction and
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1. Company Profile Mamee-Double Decker (M) Berhad is a Malaysia-based investment holding company‚ engaged in the provision of management services to subsidiary companies. The Company‚ along with its subsidiaries‚ is engaged in manufacturing and marketing of food and dairy products‚ and soft drinks. On January 29‚ 2010‚ the Company announced the cessation of its wholly owned subsidiary‚ MDD-Double Decker Foods (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. On January 29‚ 2010‚ the Company announced the disposal of its interest
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Having empathy with the patient can increase the comfort and trust in the provider-patient relationship and can also psychologically be better for the patients. Participants in this study were students from different universities. They watched a DVD simulation-based empathy workshop and then self reported their sympathy through a survey. The background section of this article goes over the differences between “emphatetic medical care” and just general care. In emphatetic medical care‚ the caregiver
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dividing a potential market into distinct subsets of consumers with a common need or characteristic and selecting one or more segments to target with a specially designed marketing mix. Besides aiding in the development of new products‚ segmentation studies assist in the redesign and repositioning of existing products‚ in the creation of promotional appeals‚ and the selection of advertising media. In order to be a viable target market‚ a segment must be identifiable (by some criteria such as demographics
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Case Study #5 Heart & Neck Vessels‚ Lungs & Thorax Mrs. Lee‚ 80 year old Asian American female Admitted to the medical-surgical unit with a chief complaint of “breathing problems”. She speaks broken English & requests that her daughter be allowed to stay with her. She is on nasal cannula oxygen & sitting up in bed. At this time‚ she seems slightly short of breath‚ but is not in acute distress. You note that she is pale & has a petite frame. Her ankles are swollen. Her daughter tells you
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Patient Safety and Efforts of Infection Prevention in the Surgical Field Dana Cook Nova Southeastern University Patient Safety and Efforts of Infection Prevention in the Surgical Field It is estimated that 1 in 10 patients will experience a nosocomial infection (Biddle‚ 2009). With this staggering fact‚ patient safety and infection prevention is at the forefront of healthcare. Many changes have occurred in this area since the 1840s. This is when Semmelweis‚ a Viennese obstetrician‚ made
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