CASE: The Globalization of Health Care. QUESTION 1: What are the facilitating developments that have allowed health care to start globalizing? There are many factors that have allowed health care to start globalizing such as the high cost of medical care and health insurance in the United State‚: advances in the communication technologies permit the information to be shared almost immediately from place to place: hospitals whit a very high quality are emerging in places like India and Singapore
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only thing that always caught my eye is the medical field. From grade school to now I always imagined myself going into that field of study. I was and still am fascinated by how complex the human body is. I was told to do something I would enjoy because “that’s what you will be doing for the rest of your life”‚ unless you change your mind‚ so going into a career like radiology excites me. All though there are many career options when it comes to the medical field radiology caught my attention due to
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collaborate with other health care and information technology professionals to develop health informatics tools which promote patient care that is safe‚ efficient‚ effective‚ timely‚ patient-centered‚ and equitable. In October 2011 American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)‚ the organization overseeing the certification of physician specialists in the United States‚ announces the creation of physician certification in Clinical Informatics. The first examination for board certification in the subspecialty
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Management in Complex Organizations Professor Gerald Griffin February 9‚ 2012 On a Friday afternoon a 46-year-old female veteran with a persistent cough‚ raspy breathing‚ and fever came into the Veteran Affairs Medical Center Emergency Department. The physician on staff examined the female veteran‚ and did not find any specific abnormalities. The physician still ordered chest radiography and reviewed the radiographs once she received the radiographs. The emergency
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function of research in health and social care Identifying a need: In health and social care research is a very important factor in identifying the needs of groups of individuals‚ whether that research is through medical examination or through simple questioning. For example‚ medical research would be things such as MRI scans and collecting research through simple questions could be a doctor asking a patient their symptoms. By doing this‚ they would be identifying the needs of the individuals and
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Universelle‚ is a manufacturer of CT scanners‚ X-Rays‚ ultrasonic‚ and nuclear diagnostic equipment. Their competitors consist of other European companies such as Sigma FNC‚ Eldora‚ Magna‚ and Piper. Even though Mediquip is a fairly new player in the medical equipment market compared to their competitors‚ they hold a global reputation for having advanced technology and proficient after sales service. Mediquip’s sales organization consisted of eight country sales subsidiaries‚ each headed by a managing
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Universelle‚ is a manufacturer of CT scanners‚ X-Rays‚ ultrasonic‚ and nuclear diagnostic equipment. Their competitors consist of other European companies such as Sigma FNC‚ Eldora‚ Magna‚ and Piper. Even though Mediquip is a fairly new player in the medical equipment market compared to their competitors‚ they hold a global reputation for having advanced technology and proficient after sales service. Mediquip ’s sales organization consisted of eight country sales subsidiaries‚ each headed by a managing
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Radiologic Technologist: Time passed and a mother desperate for not knowing what’s going on with her baby’s body. Immediately she was thinking about it and she takes her baby to the hospital‚ she asked for a doctor and the nurse first asked the mother what was her trouble and the mother explain to the nurse everything that was happening with the head of the baby and the nurse recommended the mother to talk to a radiologic technologist. She finally did an appoinment and she take her baby with a
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What is ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography)? By Jonas Wilson‚ Ing. Med. ERCP is short for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. It is a medical technique that employs a combination of fluoroscopy and endoscopy to diagnose and treat disorders affecting the biliary tree or pancreatic ducts. Conditions such as gall stones‚ inflammatory scars and cancer are primary indications for ERCP. ERCP may be used to for diagnostic purposes‚ however‚ there are safer alternative and
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Early Days of CT: Innovations (Both Good and Bad) Robert G. Gould Department of Radiology University of California San Francisco The Names: An Incomplete List • • • • • Johann Karl August Radon 1887‐1956 William Henry Oldendorf 1925‐1992 Allan McLeod Cormack 1919‐2004 Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield 1919‐2004 Robert Ledley 1924‐ Sir Godfrey Hounsfield • Elected to Royal Society 1975 • Nobel prize 1979 shared with Allan Cormack 1919‐2004 EMI Head Scanner First clinical image (Atkinson‐ Morley Hospital London
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