Objectives: To determine the prevalence of malnutrition and whether the malnourished participants were being identified and documented as malnourished. To evaluate the impact of poor documentation on financial reimbursement to the hospital. Subjects: Three hundred and twenty-four inpatients from a total of 690 randomly selected patients consented to participate in the study. Design and setting: Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) was used to assess the nutritional status of inpatients. There were
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health care process itself. Also‚ the use of reusable equipment/supplies‚ invasive devices or techniques (catheters‚ valves‚ etc.). Patients in a hospital setting are also exposed to more drug resistant strains of microbes; as in this setting the microbes are selected at a higher rate than outside the hospital due to antibiotic usage in the hospital. NI usually involve the urinary tract‚ respiratory tract‚ surgical incision sites‚ and blood; again usually points of entry/exit from the human body
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Operated by Kaayong Lawas Foundation‚ Inc.‚ A Primary Hospital located at Bandung Village‚ Barangay VII‚ Victorias City about 34 kilometers to the North of Bacolod City‚ the capital of the Province of Negros Occidental. It is a 24 Bed Capacity composed of Male Medical Ward with 6 Beds‚ Female Medical Ward with 5 beds‚ Pedia Ward with 6 beds‚ 6 Private Rooms‚ 1 Labor Room‚ Delivery Room‚ OPD and Emergency Room. The Hospital is a licensed Primary Hospital with a Licensed Secondary Laboratory. This is run
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Saying psychiatric hospital facility policies need to improve significantly is an understatement. During my eight-day stay at Clarion Psychiatric Center‚ located in western Pennsylvania‚ was one of the worst experiences in my life. I know staying in a psychiatric center wasn’t a life or death situation but‚ the horrid experience was certainly a catalyst to my reoccurring nightmares. Hitherto‚ I still have nightmares of being sent back to the psychiatric center. While I was there‚ I could have almost
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Hospital Emergency Room Overload As the name implies‚ the purpose of hospital emergency rooms is to provide quick and expert medical treatment for urgent and life threatening medical problems. The truth of the matter is that patients seek the ER for a variety of illnesses and injuries. They can range from catastrophic to as minor as a young child running his/her first fever. The downfall to this is that those patients who are truly not suffering from life threatening situations are taking
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Dr. James is a consultant and specialist in Surgery at Mercy Hospital. The interview took place at his office in Mercy Hospital. The interview focused on his career‚ why he chose the field of medicine‚ various challenges experienced in his career‚ his day to day activities and how he dealt with emergencies and stress due to the workload. Why did you choose to be a doctor? Dr. James chose a career in medicine because he wanted to help ailing people. He grew up in a village where access to medical
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Case of Perpetual Mercy Hospital Problem The broad focus of this case is one of strategy planning. Perpetual Mercy Hospital has to determine the best course of action to help the Downtown Health Clinic achieve its stated objectives of expanding the hospital’s referral base‚ increasing referrals of privately insured patients‚ establishing a liaison with the business community‚ and becoming self-supporting within three years of its opening. This last objective is jeopardized by the possibility
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the Director of Informatics for the Metro Hospital in Brisbane. The Metro Hospital is a 363 bed facility on the Northside of Brisbane. The services include general surgical‚ general medical‚ oncology‚ vascular‚ ear‚ nose and throat‚ palliative care‚ ophthalmology and maternity and children’s services. It has good links with the General Practitioners who fall into the catchment area for the Metro North Medicare Local. Your mandate is to lead the hospital to achieve level 7 of the HIMSS EMR Adoption
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Masina Hospital is more than a century old. It is the first privately run Hospital which was established in 1902.This Hospital was established by Dr. Hormasji Manekji Masina. Dr. Masina acquired the palatial building called “Sans Souci” (which means “without care”‚ though care is at the heart of its business) from the
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Hospital Orientation: An Evaluation of the Process Lee Anne Squires‚ RN‚ BSN Abstract New graduates will most assuredly go through a great deal of stress as they transition from student to professional nurse. Because of these stressors‚ there is a large turnover in newly hired nurses. Using a convenience sample of registered nurses who had graduated in the past six months‚ this descriptive study asked nurses to evaluate the effectiveness of their hospital orientation training. Because nurse
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