Chapter five is about Ethical and legal implications of practice. These are both important topics in the healthcare field. It is important to make ethical choices and understand the legal implications of the choices that you make. In this paper I will write about Ethical theories and principles‚ ethical viewpoints and decision making‚ and also the legal issues affecting respiratory care. Ethical theories and principles provide the foundation for all ethical behavior. Contemporary ethical principles
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BOT 2523 – Medical Transcription June 6‚ 2014 What is the Future of Medical Transcription? We never know what the future may hold; that can be a very unsettling fact no matter what topic is being discussed. Not knowing what the future holds for one’s chosen profession is even more unsettling. Although some healthcare professionals believe that medical transcriptionists will soon be obsolete‚ the outlook for the medical transcription industry is not altogether bleak. Technology is constantly
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need to correctly document medical records‚ apply appropriate billing codes‚ and accurately charge payers for medical procedures and services is essential for today’s medical facilities. Physicians rely on medical insurance specialists to process claims so that they can be reimbursed for their services. This essay will emphasize the importance of correctly submitting claims for reimbursement‚ as well as‚ how compliance plans are put in place to benefit everyone involved in the billing and coding process
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Accordingly‚ Tough elaborates on the coding speed- test‚ which was conducted by Carmit Segal‚ a professor at the University of Zurich. He presents an overview of the study‚ by which he states‚ “First‚ participants are given an answer key in which a variety of simple words are each assigned a four-digit identifying number … a multiple choice test that offers five four-digit numbers as potential correct answer for each word … All you have to do is find the right number from the key above and then check
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Should Coding Be Taught In Schools? Should coding be allowed in schools? I think it should because coding produces creative activity and it could help with whatever career the kids want to go in. There is one downside though; the children will not understand it all so teachers should limit the amount of coding that is taught. The only downside to coding in school is the kids wouldn’t understand all of it. The information would be rushed to the children to fast. The material is too hard and too
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Echocardiography (echo) can be used to evaluate your cardiac performance‚ the function of your heart valves‚ the thickness and motion of your heart walls‚ and the size of your heart chambers. An echo can help diagnose many heart conditions. Cardiac performance An echocardiogram can show how well your heart pumps blood (cardiac performance). To evaluate your cardiac performance‚ your doctor will mainly be interested in: • Your left ventricle‚ which pumps oxygen-rich blood to your entire body
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Coding is a unique ability that most people don’t have‚ in fact out of the 7.5 billion people in the world there are only 18.5 million people in the world that know how to code‚ that’s only 0.25% of the population. To me‚ 0.25% is not that much‚ but that begs the question‚ should school’s consider to try to raise that number? first I want to say that there is an immense difference between coding‚ white hat hacking‚ and black hat hacking. The differences between these three is that coding is a programmer
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be discussing what medical terminology is‚ where it came from‚ and how it is applied to medical assistant careers as well as how it is applied to medical administration careers. I will give examples of the importance of medical terminology and specific examples of where medical careers use medical terminology on a day to day basis. I will also give a brief summary and definition of what medical terminology stands for. After reading my paper you should have a good concept of medical terminology’s
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Medical marijuana refers to the use of the Cannabis plant as a physician-recommended herbal therapy. A quick check of Wikipedia for Medical Cannabis provides an excellent description of medical cannabis‚ and provides a general history of cannabis as medicine including an immense amount of supporting documentation. Cannabis as a medicine became common throughout much of the world by the 19th century. It was used as the primary pain reliever until the invention of aspirin. Modern medical and scientific
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Rebecca E. Clark SOC313: Social Implications of Medical Issues A Look At Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Instructor: Mandee Rowley August 13‚ 2012 A Look At Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that is primarily a disease of young women. The disease has a wide array of manifestations and can be fatal. SLE produces antibodies to the body’s own cells leading to full-body inflammation and tissue damage
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