My personal goal is to become a clinical pharmacist specialist 5 years from now. The primary responsibility of the clinical pharmacy specialist is coordination and provision of clinical pharmacy service to patients. Clinical pharmacy specialist will serve as a resource on pharmacology as a whole. In addition‚ he/she will be able to apply clinical knowledge and skills when performing pharmaceutical functions and patient care activities. Moreover‚ it is important for a specialist to provide evidence-based
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Clinical Audit is a tool used to examine the practices of health care professionals implemented in a health care environment. Clinical audit can be defined as a clinically led initiative which seeks to improve the quality and outcome of patient care through clinicians examining and modifying their practices according to the standards of what can be achieved‚ based on the best available evidence’ (Morrell & Harvey 1999). Audit has many benefits: increasing the quality of patient care directly‚ professional
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[online]. Available at: http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Records-Computers-and-Electronic-Health-Record.htm [Accessed 4 March 2012]. Laitinen. H.‚ Kaunonen‚ M. and Astedt-Kurki‚ P. (2010) Patient-focused nursing documentation by nurses. Journal of Clinical Nursing [online] 19(3-4): pp.489-497. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02983.x [Accessed 2 March 2012]. Menachemi‚ N. and Collum‚ T. H. (2011) Benefits and drawbacks of electronic health record systems. Risk Management and
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Over the past few weeks I was able to learn an incredible amount during my time in the community clinical rotation. This rotation was not at all what I expected it would be. I was surprised by the diverse skill sets and leadership qualities required of the home health nurse. The clinical day that sticks out the most to me was the last day I spent with my nurse. Before noon my nurse had already seen six patients and attended a staff meeting. The amount of prioritization and organization she put in
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KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION TASK; COURSE WORK COURSE; BDRH NAMES; MUGWANYA WILBERFORCE REGISTRATION NUMBER; 12/U/1454/BRE/PE YEAR; TWO SEMESTER; TWO UNIT; Family Planning Policies and Approached LECTURER; Dr. Deborah Mulumba QUESTION; Discuss the view that family planning is a health and development issue. Family planning is the voluntary planning
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Basic Information 1. What is a clinical trial? A clinical trial is when participants are used for research on medicals products such as medicine or medical devices. Some of these trails are to make the medicines or devices better or more improved than what they are. These trails are mostly conducted by science investigators. 2. What is the difference between an interventional and observational study? In interventional studies the participant receives specific medical products according
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INTENSIVE NURSING PRACTICUM 2nd Semester School Year 2011 - 2012 Clinical Teaching Plan Cagayan Valley Medical Center (Surgery Ward) Prepared by: ____________________________________ Noted by: _________________________________________ Approved By: ______________________________________________ CLINICAL TEACHING PLAN DESCRIPTION OF LEARNERS * an assessment tool used for identifying an individual student’s strengths and needs in various content and developmental areas
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PROPSECTS AND CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATED ELECTONIC HEALTH RECORDS FOR MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS by Peter Oluseyi Okebukola MPH/MBA Intended audience This is a public policy memo directed to the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). CONTENTS Executive Summary Background Definitions stakeholders Options and implications for managed care Individual practice association (IPA)
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MICROMAX INFORMATICS LTD. Regd. Office: 21/14‚ Naraina Industrial Area‚ New Delhi-110028. CODE OF CONDUCT FOR DIRECTORS‚ SENIOR MANAGEMENT‚ OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF MICROMAX INFORMATICS LTD. MICROMAX INFORMATICS LIMITED is committed to conducting its business in accordance with the applicable laws‚ rules and regulations and with highest standards of business ethics. This code is intended to provide guidance and help in recognizing and dealing with ethical issues‚ provide mechanisms to report
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Increase in Quality of Care Until the second part of the last century‚ all medical records were on paper. This system worked fine in an age of family doctors making house calls and patients never travelling far from their local hospital. Our modern society has changed and our healthcare record management has changed as well. Computerized record management (CRM) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are poised to increase the quality of healthcare. According to the US Department of Health and
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