and it can be difficult for the healthcare provider to incorporate them in patient care. However, it is important for the nurse or other healthcare providers to encourage patients and their families to interpret their religious practices and traditions that may be pertinent to their hospital stay, which would affect personal needs, interaction with staff, and decisions about treatment. Just a few of the very diverse religions that are being seen more in the healthcare industry are: Hinduism, Catholicism
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Healthcare IT Careers - How to Get a Job in Healthcare IT Field Page 1 of 3 Health Careers How to Break Into a Career in Health Care IT By Andrea Santiago, About.com Guide What is Health IT (or HIT)? Healthcare IT is the use of computer and digital technology in medical facilities to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical healthcare for patients and providers. Healthcare IT can include but is not limited to electronic coding and billing systems, electronic medical records
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passing of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This act gave workers the right to form unions and bargain collectively. Labor relations have also been importantly affected by passing of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947. This act “equalized the effects of the National Labor Relation Act by defining and prohibiting unfair labor practices by unions” (Flynn, Mathis, Jackson, 2011, pg. 229). It wasn’t until 1974 the healthcare industry was included in the National Labor Relations Act. However, unlike
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the realm of geriatric healthcare is thinking. The baby boomer population, which is approximately seventy-four million people born between the years 1946- 1964, is reaching the age of retirement and soon seeking geriatric or end-of-life healthcare. By the year 2030, the number of American citizens over the age of sixty-five will triple from 1980. The large population, in conjunction with people living longer lives, creates new challenges and needs for new methods of healthcare. From the cost to the
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Healthcare has grown substantially across the United States in recent years; there are constantly new medical studies to allow everyone to have the best quality of life possible. While this may seem as though improvements are being made for everyone in the country, this is far from the truth. Minority groups have been subject to several types of health disparities, and are not as impacted by the healthcare system because of this. “Furthermore, statistics showed that the poor and minorities - blacks
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Ethics Steven J. Ramsey University of Minnesota Introduction In this paper, I will be applying ethics – principles of right and wrong – from an administrative perspective to three specific situations. In the first situation I describe the application of two ethical principles in relation to access to healthcare at a hospital. The next situation deals with the moral issues raised by mandating the use of ultrasound technology. Here I explain which ethical principles are
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Jennifer Heil HLT 05 Healthcare System and Transculture Daisy Savarirajan ,PH.D October 31, 2011 Trust Factor There are many elements that contribute to the specialzed populations’ distrust of the healthcare system. A few of them are trustworthiness, trans cultural communication, and cultural competence. Knowing more about these elements will help to break down the distrust of the healthcare system and help to build up more trust which is extremely important because when there is no trust
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America: Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt The purpose of this paper is to illustrate significant events that have aided in the evolution and adoption of abortion laws established in the United States. Despite the lengthy history of abortion laws and healthcare policies in our country, the subject remains to be a relevant debate topic in circulation today that deeply divides societal interests among pro-life or pro-choice activists. Most recently, the Supreme Court ruled on the Whole Woman's Health v.
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Meaningful Use Information Technology in Healthcare Mohammad Ali Torabi Meaningful Use In 2009 president Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, which is also known as ObamaCare, into law. ObamaCare is a national health care plan, which its main goal is to reform the American health care system so that every citizen would be insured by the year 2014. Healthcare providers are overwhelmed by the amount of patients they visit everyday due to the shortage of doctors we are having. One article from
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is something very important in healthcare. Patients entrust medical professionals to be responsible for their well being and to treat then to keep them healthy for prolonged life. In order to make sure that professionals uphold the standards and obligations they are supposed they are regulated constantly to make sure that they are conducting themselves appropriately. Amongst the many health professionals a Pharmacist has one of the most important jobs in the healthcare industry. They hold the very
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