Medication error is a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patients (Ferner‚ R.‚ & Aronson‚ J. (n.d.). It is an unnecessary threat to patients and it costs conservatively about 750 million pounds yearly in England (“Safety in doses‚” 2007). That money can be used to serve more patients if we can eliminate the error. Therefore‚ we should take zero tolerance to the incident. The following aims to develop a strategic plan according to the results
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to ensure that the provider is properly reimbursed for their services. In the pursuit of this goal‚ errors‚ both human and electronic‚ are unfortunately unavoidable. Since the process of medical billing involves two incredibly important elements (namely‚ health and money)‚ it’s important to reduce as many of these errors as possible.” (para 1). Thus‚ it can assist with prevention of simple errors like incorrect patient information‚ incorrect coding‚ incorrect provider information‚ mismatched medical
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XBLR Error Study Keisha McDonnough Florida Atlantic University ACG 4401 Instructor Renee de Roche June 7‚ 2012 Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is a standards- based language that facilitates the interchange of interactive financial information via electronic communication.(FFIEC‚ 2006). The idea behind XBRL is straightforward- a digitized version of the text of the financial statement. XBRL treats specific identifiable information in a financial statement as an individual
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The Importance of Medication Safety It is evident that medication errors are very common in the health care setting. It can cause complications to the patient that may be detrimental and life-threatening to his/her health. In fact‚ this illustrates incompetence and an inadequate amount of focus‚ which are imperative to have in all aspects of health care involved. Unfortunately‚ there are various reasons as to why these problems occur. The responsibilities
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Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors The Comedy of Errors was Shakespeare’s first comedy. It is a light yet dramatic play about a family of twins‚ their parents‚ and their twin servants‚ who have been separated for over twenty years due to a tragic accident at sea. The story‚ following the usual format of Shakespeare’s work occurs and is concluded all in one day. The twins run into each other the whole day through and are mistaken for each other more than once. This confusion makes the tragedy
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After specifying the inclusion criteria of “clinical documentation‚” “documentation errors‚” and “physicians” as well as the exclusion criteria of “nursing‚” the final number of articles included were 15. The articles reviewed clinical documentation process and strategies along with the impact of documentation errors made by physicians. A summary of the articles can be seen below in Table 1. Documentation Errors and Financial Correlations: Zhang et al. (2013)‚ copy and pasting within electronic
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In the article “Medicating Ourselves‚” Robyn Sarah describes how anti-depressants are being used and advertised. Sarah states that anti-depressants are being used to relieve stress. In addition‚ Sarah mentions that not only adults are talking anti-depressant pills but also children. Sarah wrote how some children are taking anti-depressants because the teacher of the child recommended to the parent that the child should take the pill. Sarah said that she was no stranger to depression. Sarah mentions
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Effects of Inventory errors Seshavradhanr Rao Maramraj ACC 539 Week 2 August 10 2008 Effects of Inventory errors A. The ending inventory reported in 2002was overstated by $ 23‚500 for merchandise that Kirk’s Servistar hold on consignment. Therefore‚ the ending inventory in 2002 is $ 91400-$ 23‚500 = $ 67‚900 and the beginning inventory in 2003 is $ 67‚900. The correction of the 2002 and 2003 income statement is | | |2003
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Error Identification (10 marks) The following text has 10 errors (excluding the example). In the space provided‚ write down the line number against each error and give the correct answer. Do not copy the text. Example: Line Error Correction 1 are is 1 General Steel is one of the most recognized name in the international steel building industry. In addition to being able to supply quality steel buildings anywhere in the United States‚ General Steel have provided customers
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Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE) (Jones and Harris study 1967) The Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE) principle states that man tends to ignore outside pressure and factors when judging the behavior of others. This means that people believe that a certain action or behavior was a cause of an internal motive rather than some influence from external pressure. In simple words‚ the FAE describes the inability to step inside other people’s shoes. The name FAE was first coined by Ross in 1977
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