physical security, inside sabotage, and most importantly a break down in online security. Information is such a valuable and precious resource especially for a hospital and a patients privacy (HIPAA). The first issue of physical security is a definite concern. Having an individual physically enter the hospital and steal information from the hospital directly; paper files, employee information, patient information, and other important information has to be locked in a secured room with limited access. Having
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GOOD SAMARITAN LAW GUIDELINES 1. The Bystander is allowed to leave immediately after safely taking the injured person to the hospital without getting questioned only after giving the address. 2. The Bystander should be compensated or rewarded for his act to encourage others to come forward to help the road accident victims 3. The Bystanders shall not be liable for any civil or criminal liability 4. The Bystander shall not be compelled to reveal their personal details while informing
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Root Cause Analysis A.1 Sentinel Event Nightingale Community Hospital identified a recent sentinel event involving the ambulatory surgical center. A sentinel event is defined as an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof (http://www.jointcommission.org/sentinel_event). A three year old female presented to the hospital on September 14th for a planned outpatient procedure. The child was accompanied by her mother. The mother registered
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how important the use of a Real time location system (RTLS) can be to hospitals. Knowing the location, status and movement of equipment and people in hospitals provides valuable information used to reduce equipment expenses and increase staff productivity. RTLS enables hospital managers the ability to increase oversight of millions of dollars’ worth of hospital-owned equipment and provides financial returns on increasing hospital-owned equipment utilization, reducing the need for excessive equipment
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ABC HOSPITAL 1. What strategies can the organization take to survive, improve its performance, and compete with other hospitals over the next five years? 2. What are some advantages or disadvantages of these strategies? Provide specific examples to support your answers. Some of the strategies ABC hospital could take to survive, improve its performance, and compete with other hospitals over the next 5 years are 1. Cutting of expenditures 2. Reducing re-admission 3. Use of simulation
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lead to longer, much more expensive hospital stays with poorer outcomes for the patient. Use of restraints for safety is, unfortunately, sometimes necessary. Options to explore first should be: Is there a family member that can come and sit with the patient to keep calm and safe? Does the hospital itself provide sitters in the room for safety? Can the patient be moved to a room closer to the nurse’s station so they can be monitored by staff? Does the hospital have a “niche” cart to keep their confused
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children, Barbara and Joseph. In December that same year, Marybeth gave birth to a third child; they named her Jennifer. On January 3, 1972, Jennifer died in the Schenectady hospital from severe infection, which was diagnosed as meningitis. Later, on January 20, 1972, Marybeth took Joseph who was two years old to Ellis Hospital. She reported that he had some type of seizure. The child was kept under observation. The doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with him and sent him home. After a few hours
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project Ensure project’s continued success Part 1 Topic Research & Selection As researching to find new healthcare trends for the past few years have provided some interesting topics. After doing this research it was discovered that the area hospital in Kingman, Arizona had just implemented a new feature. That new feature is the Patient portal. This will help patients to schedule appointments, refill medication, view lab results and to communicate with their physicians. Part 2 Literature review
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On Sunday May 1st,2016, I accompanied my colleague, Rochelle James who was scheduled for a 2 hour long Iron Infusion, to the Ottawa General Hospital. We arrived at the Hospital around 3pm and her infusion process commenced roughly 15 minutes after. Approximately 7 minutes before the completion of the operation, Rochelle started to react negatively to the medication. Her skin developed hives and swelling as she started to complain about a burning feeling in the skin, numbness in the feet and pain
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New England Baptist Hospital * New England Baptist Hospital= renowned orthopedic care * Ranks above the 95th percentile in patient satisfaction nationally * Under LEAD, committed to eliminate medication events, surgical site infections and post-operative blood clots within the institution. Background * Estimated that 98,000 patients die in the US hospital due to preventable medical errors * There has been slow progress to fix this because it involves changing an organization’s
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