at your fingertips with a computer or tablet using an EHR. Quality improvement is a lot easier with an EHR because the information is easily accessible. Quality improvement is important because it improves the quality of care for patients in the healthcare system. The EHR helps with safety because you are able see what has been done with the patient and to guide your care around interventions that have already been done instead of having to look through a paper chart. The best case scenario would
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The vulnerable is susceptible to physical and emotional injury (EMM 605 Lecture, July, 2015). According to Waugh Jr. and Tierney (2007), “the poor, the elderly, and those with chronic medical conditions need extraordinary assistance, and are often hardest hit by disaster”. The primary areas of concern for the emergency manager in regard to vulnerable populations are the difficulty to provide effective care for those with chronic medical conditions when a disaster hits, the way to find and convince
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Hello, Thank you for taking the time to shed some light on the situation at hand. I do believe it would be prudent for me to discuss Vie Cachee's interest in assisting the WBC with its efforts to achieve optimal health for the esteemed boxer's of the WBC My objective has been to become an integral part of the initiative to assist boxers of the WBC for quite some time. I have successfully brought awareness to several prominent physicians who have worked alongside of Vie Cachee in providing a
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while practicing optimal patient outcomes. During my career, I have worked for a number of different hospitals and long term care facilities. Currently, I am employed full time at Memorial Healthcare System (MHS) in Florida who serves a large population in the South Florida area. According to Memorial Healthcare System’s philosophy, their nurses “reach their goals through professional collaboration and framework with peers and in partnership with patients and the community”. The nursing philosophy
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Law, and Ethics December 13, 2012 Abstract As the Chief Nursing Officer, I am responsible for one of the state’s largest Obstetric Health Care Centers. I have received word of some fraudulent behaviors in the center. I will evaluate how the Healthcare Qui Tam affects health care organizations. I will provide four (4) examples of Qui Tam cases that exist in a variety of health care organizations. I will devise a procedure for admission into a health care facility that upholds the law about the
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particular culture is from Irish American. Both of my parents are from the same background and are very prominent in their families. We are strong believers in healing within the healthcare system. Ethic and cultural diversity are not new phenomena in Ireland. Have strong culture and identity of their own. The Irish healthcare is founded on a belief that awareness and sensitivity is the key requirement for adapting to a culturally diverse patient population. There has always been cultural diversity
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touchy subject, not only here in Texas, but pretty much everywhere. Some will say it is moral, some will say it is immoral. As a healthcare provider, I feel abortion is immoral all the way, and that even though it is legal here in the state of Texas, it should be illegal. If I were actually a healthcare provider, this could potentially create challenges in a healthcare setting. Although the amount of abortions has decreased during the 1990s, there are still about 1.2 million legal abortions each
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are. Pet Therapy is a fairly new and changing technique in the health care field. The hope of pet therapy is that during visits to the hospital it will help divert parent and children’s attention during painful procedures. Thus making the visit a more enjoyable and tolerant experience. It also examines the possible effect of lowering blood pressure on individuals who recently suffered a myocardial infarction or experience cardiovascular problems. Studies show that individuals living in a nursing
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resulting in unnecessary costs to Medicare, improper payment, or services that aren’t medically necessary.” In reviewing the definitions of fraud and abuse by Medicare it may be hard for some people to understand if they do not live in the healthcare world daily. In an effort to help shed some light on this, we will look at the history of Medicare fraud. It has been around since the Civil War, when the False Claims Act (FCA) was created. It was also called the Qui Tam Statue meaning “he who
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