To: Manager‚ ABC HealthCare From: Mary Rehnelt Subject: Audit of Medical Records Date: 10/15/2010 Message: Recently I conducted an audit of medical records with a diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia. I was astounded to find that 65% of all the medical records researched were not supported by the proper documentation. When I questioned the staff they stated that the Medical Chief of Respiratory Medicine informed them that “there are other ways to determine bacterial pneumonia other than
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Evaluator’s ethical considerations The evaluator is supposed to observe ethical protocols involved with the participants during the evaluation process thus he or she is expected to be professional and objective in their conduct. Wilson and MacLean (2001:597) have defined ethical guidelines as the general principles and rules of moral behaviour. What to do when respondents are traumatized during the interview children deaths on the road is a sensitive topic‚ should there be a respondents who will
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Electronic health records may be a current trend that is happening today in the modern world. While electronic health records are not fully implemented in the United States of America where majority of hospitals still uses paper-based health records. There are a few reasons why electronic health records may not be implemented yet with reasons like cost‚ time‚ the staff needs to be trained in order to use the software for electronic health records‚ and some physicians may be resistance to change.
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runninghead: RESEARCH SUMMARY AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS Research Summary and Ethical Considerations Lisa Overfield Grand Canyon University Introduction to Nursing Research NRS 433V November 30‚ 2012 Research Summary and Ethical Considerations Obesity is a problem sweeping across our nation with incredible speed and the prevalence of pediatric obesity is a continually increasing problem. Never before in history have children risked outliving their parents and developing
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An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is an electronic version of a patients paper chart. The EHR stores the same data that you would file in a paper chart. The EHR includes the following: demographics‚ progress notes‚ problems‚ medication list‚ vital signs‚ past medical history‚ immunizations‚ laboratory data and radiology reports. (CMS para 1) A paper chart has the same data that is inputted in an EHR program. Usually a paper chart has tabs that index the contents within the patient records
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quantitative study method for this assignment. In an essay of 750-1‚000 words‚ summarize the study‚ explain the ways in which the findings might be used in nursing practice‚ and address any ethical considerations associated with the conduct of the study. Refer to Resource Research Summary and Ethical Considerations Guidelines for suggested headings for your paper. Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide‚ located in the Student Success Center. An abstract
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Health Care Industry Individual Project Electronic Health Record (EHR) Contents 1. Overview 2. Introduction 3. History 4. Components 5. Feature /Highlights 6. Benefits/Barriers 7. Factors statistics 8. References 9. Conclusions OVERVIEW:- In my assignment‚ I will be studying Electronic Health Record (EHR) system‚ which is widely used in USA. An EHR solution caters to Health care industry. EHR system is an official health record for an individual‚ which can be shared
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The main focus of most hospitals and physicians has been the installation and implementation of new electronic health record systems or EHRs. Before the terminology EHR came about there were other names used to describe it such as; computer based patient records‚ computerized medical records‚ longitudinal patient records and electronic charts. The terminology EHR was branded in 2003. Prior to EHR‚ a patient medical record consisted of handwritten notes‚ typed reports‚ and test results stored in a paper
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Ethics Considerations in Financial Management This analysis is to explain how ethics plays a role in financial decision-making. This analysis will explain how ethical considerations are involved in decision-making as pertains the article found on the Internet; will name the objectives of the organization‚ and describe how these objectives could influence the financial reporting decisions. Ethics and the Financial Decision-Making Process Ethics plays a large role in financial decision-making
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Ethical Considerations in Motivated Learning Team Paper PSYCH/635 Ethical Considerations in Motivated Learning Motivation is important when it comes to learning. Once the child is given that push to learn something that may be of value to them‚ the motivation to learn will continue as time goes on. “Students have differing perceptions of the value‚ or perceived information‚ of learning” (Schunk‚ 2012). Some students gravitate to what my spark their interest‚ such as
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