Trends and Data Management Medication Errors Kim Orta University of Phoenix Health Care Informatics HCS 482 Mary Trevino October 24‚ 2013 Data Collection Tools EMR (Electronic Medical Record) EHR (Electronic Health Record) CPOE Computerized Provider Order Entry) UOR (Unusual Occurrence Report) Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Provide complete‚ reliable access to health information Improves safety and outcomes Reduces and prevents medication errors “EHRs don’t just contain and transmit
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Medication errors According to The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (2015)‚ medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional‚ patient‚ or consumer. Medication can be harmless but with mistakes in prescribing‚ dispensing and administering medications‚ it can cause injury to all population groups while impacting our public
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Wea`am Mohammad Al-jarie Dr. mokhleed zaza physics Medical applications of x-ray Introduction: X-radiation (composed of X-rays) is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers‚ corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz (3×1016 Hz to 3×1019 Hz) X-rays up to about 10 keV (10 to 0.10 nm wavelength) are classified as "soft" X-rays‚ and from about 10 to 120 keV (0.10 to 0.01 nm wavelength) as "hard" X-rays‚ due
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Medication errors occur often in the nursing field. “A medication error is defined as a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patient.” [(Aronson‚ Medication Errors.)] Nurses make unfortunate mistakes everyday . “According to a April 7 report in Health Affairs‚ medical errors now cost our over-burdened health care system over $17.1 billion dollars a year; the cost of avoidable hospital readmissions adds another $13 to $18 billion dollars a
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Running head: Preventing Medication Errors Preventing Medication Errors: Safe Medication Use is Achievable and Affordable Chareese W. Brown DePaul University HTHC 523-201: Winter 2012 January 17‚ 2012 Almost everyone will take prescription and non-prescription medication. It is estimated that 82% of United States (U.S.) adults will use prescription medicines‚ over-the-counter remedies‚ and/or dietary/herbal supplements. Nearly one-third will use five or more different medications (citation)
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Dizygotic /dīzīˈɡädik/; twins derived from two separate fertilized eggs‚ making every chromosome different within the genetic makeup. From the second my life was formed‚ her life was formed - I was “Baby A”‚ she was “Baby B”. They gave me the pink stuff and her the blue stuff. Difference was a quality that was born into our DNA; a quality that has played into my life of 17 years‚ one that makes me who I am today. But whether we were two separate zygotes or “non-identical”‚ being a twin is an aspect in my
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1 Common Language Errors Activity Booklet 2 DESCRIPTION: Each of the following worksheets will help you learn and avoid common language errors. Making any of these errors in a writing assignment would cause you to lose marks. DIRECTIONS: Read each worksheet carefully and write the activities in your notebook or on lined paper. DO NOT write in this booklet! Please note that in the case of paragraph activities‚ you do not need to rewrite the whole paragraph. Once you have completed
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The very idea of Filipino philosophy in Mercado: Philosophy or having deep thoughts about the world? Dennis Apolega [2nd Draft] INTRODUCTORY REMARKS When one says “British philosophy” one may refer to David Hume or Bertrand Russell. When another says “French philosophy” one may refer to Rene Descartes or Jean-Paul Sartre. For both there are a number of commentators who have written on them. Also‚ one can distinguish between the philosophers and the commentators on the philosophers
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minded it. Sharing with my twin brother seemed natural and it was almost strange that everyone else didn’t share like we did. But it seemed that everyone else didn’t think that we liked to share with each other. Throughout my childhood‚ I remember family and friends poking fun at our shared birthday parties with comments like “Don’t you wish you had your own party?” My answer is no. Many of my family members held the idea that sharing everything and ultimately being a twin was wretched
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The date is September 9‚ 2011‚ the day the Twin Towers fell‚ the day I witnessed people die. Those people either died because of jumping off the building‚ or because the burned to death. All I see now is rubble‚ rubble that used to be the World Trade Center also known as the Twin Towers. They collapsed because terrorists took over the planes and crashed into the towers. Many people died today‚ although if any one survived I highly doubt they will be the same. I highly doubt I will be the same. I
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