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    What is Patient Identity Management? Patient Identity Management is an important function for healthcare-related to federal and state government agencies (North Page Research‚ 2010). In the government agencies‚ there are five tips that can be helpful in the success of patient identity management; first‚ do not reinvent patient identity management wheel. Second‚ automate patient identity management integration and delivery. Third‚ align your patient identity management architecture with agency’s

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    Bar Code Scanning and Patient Safety Phyllis Harman University of Southern Indiana Bar Code Scanning and Patient Safety The following paper explores eight published articles that address the issue of bar code scanning for medication administration and patient safety. Online research was conducted to locate and review articles which are included in review of literature‚ and to acquire accurate information addressing the issues discussed. The understanding of Bar Code Scanning for Medication

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    Improving Patient Throughput In the Emergency Department Introduction St. Vincent’s Medical Center‚ a 501 bed facility located in Jacksonville‚ Florida‚ provides general medical and surgical care to the North Florida Region. St. Vincent’s admits over 26‚000 patients annually. The average occupancy rate is approximately 84% with the Emergency Department (ED) peeking at 100% for approximately 4-12 hours daily. The hospital is struggling with availability of bed space. This shortage of available

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    Nurses knowledge on initial assessment of critically ill patients Nurses knowledge is playing an important role on assess and identify critically ill patient. Ongoing specific clinically education and skills training enable nurses to recognize and respond to critically ill patient. The level of education was identified as an important predictor in ward nurses’ ability to quickly recognize patient deterioration (Massey at al.‚ 2017). The study done in Greece on the factors influencing nurse’s decisions

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    The Author will describe the nurses role and discuss individualised patient care based around legal and ethical frameworks that guide and govern nurses in their roles as healthcare professionals. A five stage process to nursing care is one framework use to deliver this care and consists of assessment‚ diagnosis‚ care planning‚ implementation and evaluation and is an on-going‚ continuous cycle that only ends when goals are achieved and homeostasis is restored‚ or reasonable expectations of health

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    and friends to visit the patient Encourage to maintain communication by phone with others e.g. family and friends Ensure to establish rapport (therapeutic communication) one –on-one Ensure to encourage the patient to participate in the activities with co-patient if appropriate Ensure to encourage the patient to participate if appropriate in the support group activities To promote patient understanding and realising that she is not alone. To promote patient being actively busy and

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    previous competencies that have been outlined by the IOM. Patient centered care is the first of the core competencies. Utilizing informatics can assist nurses in providing patient centered care by decreasing the amount of time spent on documentation and searching for data. For example‚ by having an electronic medical record (EMR) available‚ less time is spent on searching for lab results and information needed to provide care for the patient. Results are more readily available and communication between

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    Delivering patient care is intertwined with communication and person centred care. It entails understanding that healthcare professionals put patient’s needs at the centre of the whole process of their care. However‚ care is achieved by providing patients with the best treatment for their illness‚ give them the choice of treatment‚ respect their decision making and maintain confidentiality of their information (NMC‚ 2010). My observations during practical placement in care of the elderly ward in

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    ------------------------------------------------- Doctor–patient relationship The doctor–patient relationship is central to the practice of healthcare and is essential for the delivery of high-quality health care in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The doctor–patient relationship forms one of the foundations of contemporary medical ethics. Most universities teach students from the beginning‚ even before they set foot in hospitals‚ to maintain a professional rapport with patients‚ uphold patients’ dignity‚ and respect their

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    Survey of Potential Strengths and Weaknesses Financial The Patient Flow Center is a non-revenue producing department. That being said‚ one of the main purposes of this department is that of transferring in patients from outside hospitals. Once the patient has arrived‚ revenue can then be incurred. Human Resource Management Both licensed clinical and non-clinical staff members primarily staff the VUMC Adult Patient Flow Center. The backgrounds of those licensed staff member’s ranges from hospital

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