of care as a medical assistant. I learned minor tasks of basic caregiving and was told that “everything you know about medicine and caregiving does not apply in hospice care.” I am used to the medical goal being to cure the patient from their illness, yet instead my new role was to except the “No cure” truth. I was only allowed to keep her both emotionally and physically comfortable. Also, I had to suppress my emotions of frustration, denial, and sadness as we worked through each end of life stage
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Khishigjargal Enkhtur Emily Cox Homework Assignment #1 7th, September 2017 1. Explain the significance of HIPAA? Give an example of a HIPAA violation, and explain why the example is in violation of HIPAA laws. HIPAA is biggest laws in the America. HIPAA includes information privacy, IT for guarding all medical information. The Laws have been increasing gradually in recent years the reason is the cyber attacks. HIPAA privacy rule initiates to protect the patient’s private data. HIPAA security rule
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Overloading nurses with patient in one shift is not good because it will lead to safety errors, exhaustion and miscommunication. Nuances are low acuity, short staff, and insufficient funds. Every day we hear about medication error stories that lead to patient life loss or disability , in best cases no harm done. Yet one of the nurses that worked so hard that day made a mistake and gave the wrong medication to the wrong patient , or gave the wrong dose to the right patient. The policy to give drugs
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My own understanding of medical technology is primarily anchored in my personal experience of living with a pacemaker (an active implantable medical device) since the age of three. As NHS patient who has a congenital third-degree atrioventricular block and requires a dual chamber pacemaker, the issues that are important to me are as follows. Firstly, I need to be reassured that the most suitable type of pacemaker will be available as I need it and that I will continue to have regular pacemaker checks
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1. Your organization keeps paper records for ten years, and you are purging records for destruction. What concern do you have with staff pulling records strictly based on the ten-year indicator? Primarily, every facility should have a detailed policy and procedure manual for destruction of personal health information (PHI). If it is the policy to destroy records that are ten years and older, when selecting records to be destroyed they need to pass through legal holds check. Organizations who do
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Know the parts of the prescription. There are certain pieces of information that your doctor will always include on a prescription. The doctor’s professional information, such as her name, address, and phone number, will be at the top of the form. In the upper section of the prescription sheet, there will be a place for your name, your age or birth date, your address, and the date the prescription is given to you. Below this, your doctor will write the relevant drug information. »» This will include
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Knowledge Here are the facts I found in recent research of the future of healthcare. The focus of healthcare in the United States in the 1850’s was geared towards epidemic diseases that affected a mass number of people at the same time (Williams & Torrens, 2008). In the 1900’s the focus shifted to acute conditions that affect individuals instead of groups. Research suggests that technology and money continue to be imperative factors of the future of our healthcare system. The technology world
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Medical errors are a major cause for concern in the medical field. The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention defines a medication error as ‘any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health-care professional, patient or consumer (Unver, Tastan, & Akbayrak. 2012). Medical errors can occur because of several reasons. This paper will cover just three ways medical errors
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Introduction Purpose of the Paper Communication of health data between organizations is critical to safe, efficient continuity of care. With the monumental growth in the use of Electronic Medical Records, it is important that we move toward an increasingly integrated system to prevent fragmented care, costly medical errors and frustration by the consumer receiving the care. Definition of Interoperability In the healthcare setting, interoperability is the ability of organizational electronic
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Patient safety is the prevention of serious health care failures and limiting the consequences. Errors are going to be common in the healthcare system because some practitioners could lack following the clinical procedure but it’s important to limit them. Safety comes from the interactions between the different parts of the healthcare system. As we use more advanced technology in the healthcare system, it’s increasingly become more complex, yet the treatment is effective and efficient. It’s also
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