ambiguous‚ unfamiliar‚ and look-alike abbreviations and acronyms leading to misinterpretation and medical errors. The patient’s safety is a common goal in every healthcare institution. One of the major issues in a patient safety is an error that can be caused by an abbreviation. The most common is medication errors. One of the most common but preventable causes of medication errors is the use of ambiguous medical notations. Some abbreviations‚ symbols‚ and dose designations are frequently misinterpreted
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I. System Name: MEDIKSYS II. Field Industry: Medical Industry (Clinic/Hospital) III. Target Company: Clinica Terencio and Hospital A. Business Address: 185 J. P. Rizal Street‚ Maypajo‚ Caloocan City‚ 1400‚ Metro Manila B. Contact person: Emmanuel Terencio‚ M.D.‚ FPAFP‚ DFM C. Contact number: (02) 287-21-86 / (02) 288-24-65 IV. System Overview Mediksys is a clinic management system designed to help the clinica terencio and hospital in managing their patient record and accommodating during
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Persuasive Speech Subject: Animal Testing for Medical Purposes Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that animal testing is only ok if it is used for medical purposes only. Outline I. Introduction: A. Attention-getting device: Do you know anyone that has or had cancer? Or some other deadly disease? These diseases could be cured with a little more research and experimenting. How about painkillers? Have any of you had surgery and been under anesthesia? B. Preview: Those
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Jennifer Laird English 1101 Medical Marijuana In “Medical Marijuana Should Be Legal”‚ by Daniel J. Pfeifer‚ the author states what he thinks justifies medical marijuana being legal. I disagree with that completely‚ because medical marijuana has no proven medicinal values to make it a legal form of medication. The article states that‚ “marijuana use‚ especially by terminally ill patients‚ mitigates their suffering from unnecessary chronic and unbearable pain that persists until death.” Marijuana
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4.1Ethics in medical research There is a major concern in public health and medical practice for ethical considerations in the conduct of research on human subjects. Most of the published guidelines on ethics for medical research are primarily concerned with experimental designs and invasive procedures in clinical research; they do not cover many of the issues arising in observational studies often used in public health research. Nonetheless‚ even observational studies are expected to comply and
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Medical marijuana reduces pain and has helped people on overdose. Medical marijuana is a way of not using a pill that could go over 1‚000mg an overdose‚ medical marijuana is a vapor that is inhaled and is able to work through people’s system in order to help them cure their illnesses in not a dangerous way. As in the article “Medical Marijuana reduces pain killer overdose” Medical marijuana have reduced the numbers of people that have overdosed. This shows that if the use of medical marijuana has
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Axia Material SOAP Note Create three SOAP notes using correct medical terminology from the patient information in Appendix C. * Organize the information correctly * Format the SOAP notes * Revise language where necessary Post your paper as a Microsoft® Word attachment. Patient One – Chapter 6 Soap Notes Date: | 09/26/2011 | Chart: | 001 | Age: | 22 | Name: | Jane Doe | Date of Birth: | 02/11/89 | Sex: | F | S: | Patient has sever lower back pain that
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Should Medical Marijuana Be Legal? Marijuana is one of the most commonly used drugs in the world. Though illegal in most states‚ several states have passed laws allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. As of 2013 there are 18 states and DC‚ who have legalized marijuana for medical use while 10 more states are pending the bill to be passed. Marijuana remains illegal throughout the United States and has not been approved by the FDA for prescription for medicine. In fact‚ “The FDA and comparable
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Medical Tourism: Overview The term ‘medical tourism’ perhaps still unfamiliar for some people. Medical tourism is best described as a travelling activities across national border with the purpose of receiving some kind of medical treatment (Lunt‚ et al.‚ 2011). Commonly‚ it comprises of cosmetic surgery‚ dental care‚ elective surgery‚ and fertility treatment‚ however it also offer a full range of medical treatments. Such as‚ cancer therapy‚ cardiovascular surgeries‚ orthopedic treatments‚ weight
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Cannabis Legalization There are multiple sickness in the world that can be cured by medical Marijuana in a positive way. People don’t realize how much medical marijuana is useful for the people that actually need it. Marijuana is a cannabis plant; containing Tetrahydrocannabinol known as THC. Medical Marijuana‚ can be known as a pharmaceutical‚ as well as other types of names. Many people rely on this drug‚ just to get through their day. Additionally‚ the 10th amendment states‚ that the power has
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