Improving Patient Care and Quality Utilizing the Electronic Health Record Melissa Fuller HCA 417 John Saindon April 29‚ 2013 Improving Patient Care and Quality Utilizing the Electronic Health Record Improving patient care is a process that always has room for improvements. It is important to make sure patients receive the best quality care available. "Studies suggest that high quality patient care relies on careful documentation of each patient ’s medical history‚ health
Premium Health care Health informatics Electronic health record
head: Nurse-Patient Relationship 1 Nurse-Patient Relationship as a caring relationship Abra Nayo Central Connecticut State University Nursing 110-01: Introduction to Nursing Theories Dr. Linda Wagner November 28‚ 2011 Nurse-patient relationship as a caring relationship 2 The nurse-patient relationship is central to patient satisfaction
Premium Patient Health care provider Health care
Patient Bill of Rights Bradley Parker Kaplan University In order to have a patient’s bill of rights it must be clear as to what it is. The bill of rights given to a patient is something that they are promised or something that is set by law. Many hospitals have adopted their own personnel bill of rights for the patient. These rights help the patient fill more comfortable and give a guarantee of what they can expect at the facility where they are receiving care. There are five key factors
Premium Patient Physician Medicine
Jinjang and Klinik Kesihatan DBKL. Throughout the visit‚ I managed to observe a few things on regard with patient safety issues‚ doctor-patient relationship and communications‚ doctor-healthcare professional relationship‚ patient’s privacy and infection control as well. I had the chance to observe the 3D ophthalmoscopy procedure‚ which is usually done to confirm diagnosis of a diabetic patient for diabetic retinopathy. The procedure was done in a small and dark room. It was a very good experience
Premium Patient Physician Hypertension
Beginning in the late 1990s‚ pain control became a patient’s rights issue. Prescribers started focusing on the symptomatic relief of pain based on patients’ self-reporting‚ rather than the clinical investigation of the causes. This new treatment regimen led to an exponential increase in opioid prescriptions from the prescriber’s aggressive treatment of pain. As a result‚ from 2000 to 2010 the number of opioid prescriptions increased from 164 million to more than 234 million‚ and between 1999 and
Premium Health care Medicine Patient
consider a patient interview to be effective. During the workshop week in Toronto‚ I have learned those basic yet very essential components through the enactment presented. Firstly‚ it is really important to establish a good rapport when dealing with patients. A good rapport can create a relationship that is built on trust and commitment. Through this‚ patient can share private medical information without hesitations. An example of this was when the pharmacist greeted the patient and asked how
Premium Question Health care provider Patient
Introduction: The concept of “doctor-patient confidentiality” derives from English common law and is codified in many states’ statutes. It is based on ethics‚ not law‚ and goes at least as far back as the Roman Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians. It is different from “doctor-patient privilege‚” which is a legal concept. Both‚ however‚ are called upon in legal matters to establish the extent by which ethical duties of confidentiality apply to legal privilege. Legal privilege involves the right to
Premium Physician Law Hippocrates
Patient safety forms the foundation of healthcare delivery. The United States health care system is an extremely complex unit ensures patient safety and requires focused efforts of people’s in health care organizations. Safety is defined as freedom from psychological and physical injury in an health care systems. Health care provided in safe culture and environment are essential for patient survival and well-being. A safe environment reduces the risk for injury and illness and helps to decrease
Premium Nursing Health care Patient
The acuity of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) regularly requires extensive measures to provide necessary life supporting care. Very often this includes the need of mechanical ventilation. For obvious reasons‚ patients that require mechanical ventilation experience agitation and apprehension; because of this‚ these patients commonly need to be sedated. For many years different methods of sedation have been tried‚ such as intermittent boluses that may lead to indiscriminate arousal of the
Premium Patient Health care Hospital
Patient advocacy is a big part of nursing. According to How To Be An Advocate‚ (2009) advocacy is defined as “one that pleads the cause of another‚ one that defends or maintains a cause or proposal‚ or one that supports or promotes the interest of another” (pg. 2). Nurses are the forefront as advocates for our patients. It is our duty as nurses to stand up for our patients and ensure that they are receiving the care they should and support their decisions holistically. Nurses have the most
Premium Health care Health care provider