What does quality of health care mean to you and your family as consumers of health care? What are your feelings about the recent focus on medical errors in health care? The concept of being a consumer of health care is as foreign to my family and I as being a consumer of family relationships. Mothers are the mother‚ brothers are a brother and health care is as expected to be given to the same degree a parent is expected to feed their children. That being said‚ guide lines and agreements provide
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own rights within the UK court of law. • Equality Act – is legislation put in place to support to give equal right and give opportunity to individuals regardless of age‚ gender‚ whether there a disability‚ sex orientation‚ race and cultures. Within health and social care this legislation helps prompt diversity‚ equality and inclusion. • Mental Capacity Act 2005 – enables the protection and empowerment of an individual who many have the lack of capacity to make informed decision regarding their own
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CYP3.4 - Health and Safety CYP3.4- 1.1 Tell me what you will need to take into account when planning the environment both indoors and outdoors. your answer should include the following: * The individual needs‚ age and abilities of the children and young people * Specific risks to individuals such as pregnancy‚ sensory impairments * The duty of care When planning an environment for children‚ there are certain requirements that must‚ by law be taken into account and ensured to be met by the
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What is the Health and safety at work Act 1974‚ and who does it relate Describe the roles and responsibilities employers have within an engineering environment (provide examples) What is the Health and safety Executive (HSE) The health and safety work act is basically a duty that all employers must ensue that its taken place amongst the employees. For example the employers must make sure machines/equipment is protected for use and maintained well. Adequate training of staff to ensure safe use‚ handling
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1) Do you believe there is a need for public health influence in the area of family planning? What would be the role? I believe public health has many benefits for every individual especially women. One of the benefits is that family planning services allows individuals to aimly achieved their own family size‚ and contributes to improved health outcomes for infants‚ children‚ women as well as families (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 1999‚ pg.1075). Some these benefits services include
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Cost Shifting and Uncompensated Care in Health Care Cost shifting has been and continues to be a problem for many hospitals and insurance companies. In broad terms cost shifting is defined as hospitals making up their losses they obtain from treatment of uninsured patients by charging higher prices and implementing higher costs towards privately insured patients. This approach in tittles claims of large rates that in return drive health care premiums to a peak cost. The continuing debate on cost
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the sixty states‚ territorial and tribal health departments in the United States are almost 3‚000 local health departments and 3‚000 local boards of health. They perform a lot of activities and in different categories. Massachusetts local board of health is considered regional type; they are required by law to perform different activities to protect the nation. Their structure and responsibilities: Public health council: play a major role in the public health‚ consists of commissioner and fourteen
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Jessie Swartz March 6‚ 2013 Period 7 Health HOW TO MAINTAIN AND CONTROL YOUR WEIGHT Maintaining your weight seems hard‚ but when you take small steps to get into good eating habits‚ it really isn’t. Using the seven dietary guidelines can help by not consuming too much of something you shouldn’t. You can eat a variety of foods‚ like toast for breakfast one morning‚ than cereal the next. Eating healthy proportions of the food you consume‚ don’t eat a bunch of junk food and sit around all day
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This paper explores six articles on health information technology (HIT) and how this new trend of communication; although as it has its positive effects on quality of care‚ raises the ethical issue of patient confidentiality. This paper explores the fine line between communication and breaches in patient confidentiality‚ and the importance of a trusting nurse-patient relationship. Balance Between Communication and Confidentiality The advent of health information technology has opened up
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Introduction Public health surveillance is a ceaseless uninterrupted process involving the collection‚ analysis and interpretation of health related data for the purpose of planning‚ implementation and evaluation of public health programs (world health organisation‚ 2015). This data can be used for both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Surveillance is important because it gives the required information which is necessary to take public health action and for the planning of interventions
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