exists; health professionals stored patient medical data on paper which made it difficult for them to share information. The number of providers that used electronic health records (EHR) between 2001 and 2011 grew by 57% (Healthit‚ 2014). I chose to discuss scenario A. Patient safety is essential when it comes to health care. Medication errors have caused more than 7‚000 deaths every year (Hughes & Blegen‚ 2008). The scenario shows that electronic medical records can have benefits and challenges. No
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Felix is a 68- year old man who was admitted to an inpatient post operative care unit at Prairie Regional Medical Center (PRMC) after undergoing a laparotomy for the diagnosis of peptic ulcer. The surgical procedure went well‚ with no obvious difficulties. Felix’s medical history was significant for diabetes‚ and a hearing impairment for which he wears bilateral hearing aids. Renee is a highly regarded registered nurse (RN) who has worked at PRMC for 8-years. She and her husband have 3 children
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reaches the patient and at any of these stages an error can occur. This assignment explores types of medication errors‚ statistics‚ factors contributing to medication errors‚ failures to report and prevention. National Patients Safety Agency medication error defines as ‘The process of prescribing‚ dispensing‚ preparing‚ administering‚ monitoring or providing medicine advice‚ regardless of whether harm has occurred or was possible’ (NPSA‚ 2007: 6). Error can occur at any stage of medication process
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Medical Malpractice: Is Your Care Below Standard? Imagine yourself lying on an operating table‚ motionless‚ quiet. Above‚ you notice people standing over you. You try to speak but the words just cannot come out. Your arms feel as if they are plastered to the table. You begin to stand up but feel as if weights are strapped to your back and you are bound to the table. Suddenly you feel a sharp pain in your midsection. In and out‚ you see a surgeon slicing your body open with a scalpel. Every
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more aggressive behavior or violence‚ then the world is in trouble because video games are main stream‚ and still growing. Violent video game research is not old at all‚ no more than thirty something years. When they were done in the past‚ some cases show that it had absolutely no affect on a people. There were three studies that used self report data. Dominick in 1984 found that the amount of video games played had a positive correlation with one of three measures of aggression among tenth and
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states permit residents to grow and possess marijuana plants in their homes (Robinson‚ 2017). Marijuana is growing in popularity with users and politicians‚ due to amount of tax revenue generated through its sales. Since 2012‚ Washington state’s non-medical marijuana dispensaries have totaled over one billion dollars in sales (Robinson‚ 2017). This question we need to examine is how the legalization‚
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1. How can eliminating abbreviations reduce errors? I think that eliminating medical abbreviations would reduce errors because many abbreviations are very similar and people get confused between them‚ however‚ if abbreviations were eliminated it would make it very difficult on medical professionals. They would have to write out very lengthy medical terms. According to Dr. Darryl S. Rich‚ “to minimize the potential for error and to maximize patient safety‚ prescribers need to avoid such specifically
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“Shot At Midnight: John Busby” On August 31‚ 1979 John Busby‚ a Falmouth Massachusetts Police Officer was shot on his way to work the midnight shift. Busby was shot directly in the face while driving. His jaw was blown off his head and landed in the passengers seat. While Busby was taken to the hospital local police headed to his home. With the shooter on the loose‚ the police department along with Busby feared the shooter still wanted him dead and therefore his family was also in danger
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43-year-old male endoscopy technician who sustained a work-related injury to his back while arising from a forward bent position after assisting a patient from wheelchair. According to the panel QME report on 12/30/13‚ there should be provision for future medical care including anti-inflammatory medication‚ short courses of physical therapy for flares‚ physician visits‚ diagnostic studies‚ pain medications and injections. The probability of requiring future surgery is low. MRI of the lumbar spine on 8/23/14
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II. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM As part of a long-term study of individuals 65 years of age or older‚ sociologists and physicians at the Wentworth Medical Center in upstate New York investigated the relationship between geographic location‚ health status ( healthy or one or more comorbidities)‚ and depression. Random samples of 20 healthy individuals were selected from three geographic locations: Florida‚ New York‚ and North Carolina. Then‚ each was given a standardized test to measure depression
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