USING COMPUTER SIMULATION MODELING TO REDUCE WAITING TIMES IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS Igor Georgievskiy‚ Alcorn State University Zhanna Georgievskaya‚ Alcorn State University William Pinney‚ Alcorn State University ABSTRACT This paper examines the wide-spread problem of extended waiting times for health services‚ in the context of the Emergency Department (ED) at a regional hospital. In the first phase of the study‚ a field observation was conducted to document the current operation of the ED. The
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begins two years of specialty training in areas. Experience- In addition to a general medical license‚ nuclear medicine physicians also need to obtain certification from the American Board of Nuclear Medicine (ABNM) and the American Board of Radiology (ABR). This profession interests me because I would like to go into the medical field‚ and this career deals with the medical field and nuclear science. whatevaRequirement #4 1. Nuclear Engineer. 2. Nuclear Physicist
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PORTFOLIO INPATIENT EMR IMPLEMENTATION FOR BWMC AND MGH PROJECT CHARTER Central Region Business‚ Financial & Clinical Systems PORTFOLIO INPATIENT EMR PROJECT BALTIMORE WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER AND MARYLAND GENERAL HOSPITAL IMPLEMENTATION Project Charter Final version PORTFOLIO INPATIENT EMR IMPLEMENTATION FOR BWMC AND MGH PROJECT CHARTER DOCUMENT INFORMATION AND APPROVALS Version History Version # 1.0 2.0 3.0 to 8.0 9.0 10.0 to 11.0 Date 01/30/2010 02/22/2010 03/28/2010
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The World of Medicine (Lecture 1) Delivery of Health Care in the US Inpatient versus outpatient Community hospital versus tertiary care Community hospital – serves the common medical needs of the community Tertiary (academic) – addresses complex medical problems‚ training‚ and research (Hershey‚ Geisinger) Teaching hospital Specialty hospital (ortho‚ Meadows) Rehab hospital Prehospital versus hospital (healthcare starts before you get to the hospital) Access to care issues – over 47 million
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Nurse_radiology has access to all radiology patients‚ including Patient A. Nurse at Dr. Jones Orthopedics needs to have a view only access Dr. Jones patient’s data only – this will include patient A. (Nurse at Dr. Jones Orthopedics is nurse_orthopedics Role2). Nurse_orthopedics can only access patients of Dr. Jones Orthopedics – and should not have access to other patient’s medical data on the EHR system. Assuming Mary the Nurse works for both the Radiology Department and at Dr. Jones Orthopedics
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noted in utilizing a Hybrid EHR. Hybrid records allow for paper and electronic records to be accessed by multiple practitioners at the same time. These also allow for the Health Records Technician to ensure that the legal requirements of the EHR are met. Ensuring that practitioners can access lab results‚ radiology reports‚ previous notes from other visits‚ sending and receiving notes from outside referrals and other functions make Hybrid records valuable to the Health Providers. Some of the weaknesses
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pursuing. For my job shadow‚ my mentor was Mrs. Ana Gonzalez in the Radiology department at Woodland Heights Hospital in Lufkin‚ Texas. I was able to learn about the work environment‚ the duties and skills needed to be successful in this career‚ and discover new things that I did not know about Radiology. With the help of my mentors‚ I was able to experience what I will be working with when I pursue this career. The Radiology department was full of machines and computers‚ each having a different
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well-being. Infection control is one of the most important precautions to always perform while in any hospital departments. This precaution must be religiously performed in every department to keep it in top shape. This is especially true for a radiology department. Patients are constantly brought in and exposed to the same equipment as everybody else. It is a very simple concept to understand and perform; however‚ it can have deadly consequences when it is not
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“A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEVEL OF IMPLEMENTATION OF HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM IN ATERTIARY TEACHING HOSPITAL” By Dr. KARTHIK POTLAPALLY Dissertation submitted to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences‚ Karnataka‚ Bangalore In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTERS IN HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION Under the Guidance of DR. NARENDRANATH .V MD (HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION) PROFESSOR & HEAD DEPARTMENT OF HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION M.S.RAMAIAH
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GNT1 - Task One The case review presents a 73-year-old female patient who is brought to the emergency department after collapsing at her residence. Just prior to the incident‚ the patient is reported to have been acting “confused.” Upon arrival to the emergency department‚ the patient is having difficulty breathing with an increased respiratory rate and pulse. The nurse is unable to complete the initial examination before the patient becomes unresponsive and has increased work of breathing.
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