Health Services: Walk-In Clinic Kathryn Angel has been hired as assistant director for ambulatory care at Harvard’s University Health Services. By implementing a triage system‚ she wanted to reorganize the Walk-In Clinic. The staff of the clinic includes 22 physicians‚ 2 registered nurses and 11 nurse practitioners. Physicians : 40 hours per week‚ in blocks of three to four hours; in total 150 hours per week available to the Walk-In Clinic 12 hours in Walk-In Clinic 16 hours meeting patients
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Dr. Diver returned to the Clinic and with a slightly depressing demeanor and began to work again. Immediately Dr. Gregory’s wife suspected something strange going on with Dick and Nicole‚ she admitted that Nicole treated her almost as if she was diseased and Dr. Diver is constantly reeking of alcohol. At first‚ Dr. Gregory defends his colleague but eventually sided with his wife and searched for ways to separate his clinic and Dr. Diver‚ it was hard but it had to be done for the better. But without
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Traditional Litigation vs. Non-traditional ADR University of Phoenix – LAW/531 March 18‚ 2012 Abstract Several of the non-traditional forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) offer benefits that traditional litigation cannot offer. The following few paragraphs will compare and contrast traditional litigation as compared to the more non-traditional forms of ADR. Litigation vs. Non-Traditional ADR Determining the ideal method for resolving a business dispute can be a challenge
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Attitude‚ Legislation and Litigation towards Students with Disabilities Grand Canyon University: SPE-226 September 15‚ 2013 Attitude‚ Legislation and Litigation towards Students with Disabilities Understanding of children and adults with learning disabilities has come full circle but has a long way to do to fully reach every individual. In the 4th century the great philosopher Aristotle wrote‚” As to the exposure and rearing of children‚ let there be a law that no deformed child shall live…”
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The Mayo Clinic (2015) states that a stroke occurs when blood supply to the brain is reduced‚ this deprives human tissue of oxygen. As a result the cells in the deprived brain tissue die. There are three main types of stroke: 1) ischemic stroke [due to a blocked artery‚ this account for 85% of all strokes]‚ 2) hemorrhagic stroke [leaking/bursting of an artery] and 3) Transient ischemic attack [temporary disturbance of blood flow to the brain]. The common risk factors for a stroke are obesity‚ inactivity
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This week in the cardia pre-op clinic‚ a Nurse Practitioner (NP) named Dot told me about her patient needed child life and that she was not prepared for her surgery. The patient was an 8-year-old girl from Puerto Rico who spoke Spanish and some English. I met D.F. and her mother in the waiting area of the pre-op clinic. I accompanied D.F and her mother to the lab and assessed D.F.’s understanding of why she was coming to the hospital. D.F. told me that she had a murmur and when I said‚ “oh‚ a murmur
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raised by stakeholders? It is important to communicate with and address the issues raised by stakeholders because protection of public health is the basis for all communication with stakeholders. The information being conveyed is pertinent to the urgent recall of a faulty product or the sharing of new prescribing information. It is both situations are grounded in the regulators key function as a protector of public health. The information and effective communication can assist in the development
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the Mayo Clinic hoarding also known as compulsive hoarding syndrome is the excessive collection of items‚ living or un-living‚ along with the inability to discard them. There are many symptoms of hoarding; the main being the inability to throw away items. Other symptoms include cluttered living space‚ keeping stacks of newspapers‚ magazines or junk mail‚ acquiring unneeded or seemingly useless items such as trash‚ and difficulty organizing items or managing daily activities (Mayo Clinic). Hoarders
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Planning WellCare Health Plans‚ Inc. was founded in 1985. The company is headquartered in Tampa‚ Florida and offers Medicaid and Medicare managed care health plans for over two million members. It offers “health plans for families‚ children‚ the aged and disabled‚ and provides prescription drug plans” (WellCare‚ 2014). Wellcare employs over 5‚000 employees (SWOT Analysis‚ 2014). This paper will outline strategic and operational plans for WellCare‚ describe how these plans will achieve the goals
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Andrew George 232: Move and position individuals in accordance with their plan of care 1:1 Outline the anatomy and physiology of the human body in relation to the importance of correct moving and positioning of individuals. We need to know the normal range of movement of the muscles and joints so when moving‚ handling and positioning a person we know the limits of each limb. We need to take into consideration other factors that may inhibit a person’s movements as: • Old Fractures • Torn Muscles
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