RESEARCH PROJECT (Medical Transcription 1‚ HIT 207 Background As a medical transcriptionist‚ you’ll work with many different medical specialties. It’s important to have a basic knowledge of medical specialties so you can better understand the medical transcription submitted. Procedure 1. Identify eight medical specialties. List the specialties and write two paragraphs about seven specialties. 2. From the eight specialties you cover‚ select one that particularly interests you. For
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Discharge Plannin Discharge planning is a process that aims to improve the coordination of services after discharge from hospital by considering the patient’s needs in the community. It seeks to bridge the gap between hospital and the place to which the patient is discharged‚ reduce length of stay in hospital‚ and minimise unplanned readmission to hospital.1 Discharge planning is an established part of hospital care‚ but the process varies and is not entirely evidenced based. A Cochrane review
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it is an agreement without consideration. Legal Issue Has Jacko breach the contract between him and London Night Club? Is there a discharge of contract between them? Legal Law A contract may come to an end or discharged various ways. When a contract is said to be discharged means the right of the others are extinguished. The relevant law of this case is about discharge by impossibility of performance. According to Section 40 of the Contracts Act 1950‚ when a party to a contract has refused to perform
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Constructive Discharge occurs when an employee’s working conditions are considered to be so bad due to a policy or enforcement of that policy that the employee feels compelled to resign from the employer. This Constructive Discharge claim was filed under the section of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 after a work schedule policy change took place. The employee filed this claim post-resignation. This employee has claimed that the change is religious discrimination due to requiring
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axially artery treated last year at Hillcrest. He had an embolectomy and has been on Coumadin since. INR is significantly elevated at 16. None the less‚ because of the cavitary lesions that are seen in the right and left upper lobes‚ the possibility of tuberculosis has been raised. Ancillary history was been given by the wife‚ Nupaul‚ with the patient translating for her from the Indie language. PAST HISTORY: Tuberculosis is the past. Embolectomy at Hillcrest last year. SOCIAL HISTORY: Married
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CHIEF COMPLAINT Balance problems. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS This patient is a 54-year-old woman who complains of swaying when she is standing or even sitting for long periods. She loses her balance when she is standing to wash the dishes or brush her teeth or fix her hair. It does not matter if her eyes are open or closed‚ although it is much worse when she closes her eyes. This started at least as long ago as last spring and has been getting progressively worse. In the last couple of weeks
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Surgery”. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation‚ Inc. 22 July 2004. Web. 26 October 2012. “Obstetrics and Gynecology”. Medscape‚ from WebMD. WebMD‚ LLC. 1994-2012. Web. 26 October 2012. Pittman M.A.‚ Sally Crenshaw‚ et al. Medical Transcription 3rd Edition.Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall‚ 2007. “Psychiatry”. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation‚ Inc. 22 July 2004. Web. 26 October 2012. “Radiology”. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation
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ER ADMMISION‚ HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Admitting/ Attending Physician: Alex McClure M.D. Patient name: Benjamin Engel Hart Patient ID: 112592 DOB: 10/5 Age: 46 Sex: Male Date of admission: 11/14/---- Emergency room physician: Alex McClure M.D. Admitting diagnosis: Acute appendicitis. History of present illness: This 46 year old gentlemen with past medical history significant only for the generative disease of bi-lateral hips‚ secondary arthritis presents
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HILLCREST MEDICAL CENTER DISCHARGE SUMMARY Patient Name: Gerald Edwards Hospital No.: 11058 Date of Admission: 07/15/2010 Date of Discharge: 07/20/2010 Consultations: Gary Shelton‚ DPM and Midori Okano‚ MD Procedures: Complicated incision and drainage‚ right foot‚ on 07/17/2010. Complications: None Admitting Diagnosis: Known diabetes mellitus. Ulceration of right foot. HISTORY: The patient is a 53-year-old black individual‚ who has had diabetes for at least
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that apparently got much worse last night and by this morning wasn’t tolerable. She is also having some nausea and vomiting. Denies Hematemesis‚ Hematochezia and Melena. She has had vaginal spotting over the past month with questionable vaginal discharge as well. Denies Urinary frequency‚ Urgency and Hematuria. Denies Arthralgia. Review of systems is otherwise essentially negative. Physical Examination: Vital signs show T 97 degrees‚ P 53‚ R 22‚ BP 108/60. General Physical Exam reveals
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