The article “Understanding Medical Assistant Practice Liability Issues” by Carolyn Buppert informs about the liabilities of medical assistants. The author points out two issues here: liability for malpractice and exceeding scope of practice. A medical assistant should not exceed his or her scope of practice; otherwise‚ he can face serious consequences. For example‚ if a medical assistant gives a patient the wrong advice‚ and the patient suffers an injury‚ the medical assistant and his employer can
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Power and Morality Joyce Wainwright ABS 415: Leadership & Ethics in a Changing World Instructor: Thomas MacCarty November 10‚ 2014 British historian Lord Action said “power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Henderson‚ D.‚ 2013). Simply put this statement states that all great men are corrupted. However‚ this is not a belief of this writer. There are many great men‚ who were indeed great men. Thus‚ leaders should try to increase their power‚ as doing so will likely make them
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unwilling or unable to adapt to new technology‚ it usually requires more maintenance and lastly‚ system failures may be an issue. EMR can be useful to a specific branch in Medicine. This braches include Cardiology‚ Neurology‚ Orthopedic‚ Immunology‚ Dermatology‚ Endocrinology‚ Geriatric‚ Internal medicine‚ Osteopathic‚ Pediatric‚ Pulmonary‚ Rheumatology‚ Surgery‚ Urology and many other branches as well. There are some service providers that offer EMR for a specific branch of Medicine. Examples of these
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changes in a pre-existing mole that could indicate it is becoming cancerous include itching‚ bleeding‚ a change in the color of the mole. It can also come from a new growth on the skin that has abnormal characteristics. The American Academy of Dermatology has developed an A-B-C-D-E guide to help evaluate characteristics of moles or growths on the skin. Moles or other skin growths that fit into these criteria could indicate the presence of melanoma‚ and the person should be evaluated by a doctor
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Cardiologist and Heart Surgeries A cardiologist is a physician who is certified to treat problems of the cardiovascular system—the heart‚ arteries‚ and veins. Cardiology is classified as an internal medicine subspecialty. Knowledge of internal medicine and other specialties is required to obtain certification. There are many requirements on the quest to becoming a cardiologist; first‚ obviously is graduation from an approved medical school. Next is the completion of an ACGME-accredited internal
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Memorial Hospital Bus644: Operations Management Vanessa Washington Khrista Richards June 8‚ 2015 In this assignment I will be discussing the case study in our text on “Memorial Hospital”. I will be looking at the ways the hospital might measure quality. I will also explain the potential costs and failures of quality for Memorial Hospital and discuss how each can be measured. I will be looking at the ideas or techniques from TQM that Janice could use to help Memorial focus on providing
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n 8 POTENTIAL FINGERNAIL HEALTH WARNINGS INTRODUCTION: Fingernails and disease don’t go together in most minds… but they should. Your fingernails can give you valuable health warnings and signal the presence of serious disease. Take a good look at your nails. Hold a hand level with your nose about a foot out from your face and scrutinize each one. Look at the curves‚ dips‚ ridges‚ and grooves. Check out how thick or how thin they are and if your nails are chipped or broken. Make a note of
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further 2 to 5 years of fulltime residency training in the specialty of their choosing such as internal medicine and subspecialties‚ surgery and subspecialties‚ orthopedics‚ pediatrics‚ obstetrics and gynecology‚ emergency medicine‚ psychiatry‚ dermatology‚ pathology‚ family medicine‚ or musculoskeletal medicine (manual therapy osteopathy). There are 18 certifying boards with 85 specialties and subspecialties. Upon completion of residency training‚ specialty certification examinations are required
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Scientific developments in technology have always had major effects on the field of medicine‚ but one recent evolution has changed the way we see health forever. Our mobile smartphones have become a dynamic form of communication‚ now becoming our telephone‚ computer‚ camera and calendar on one device. But lately‚ a new trend has developed in which the smartphone is becoming a tool for self diagnosis (Knox‚ 2013). Mobile applications have been developed to enable the user to diagnose and manage a
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Alopecia is an Autoimmune Disease‚ also known as hair loss disease. Alopecia is several diseases with similar‚ but at the same time different in the types of hair loss. In this paper‚ I will talk about the different types of alopecia which includes canine alopecia‚ and the treatments‚ causes‚ diagnosis‚ and prognosis of this disease. Alopecia is a Chronic‚ acute inflammatory disease. Alopecia Areata Alopecia areata is a condition of the immune system which affects the hair and nails. This disease
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