paper relate to the costs, quality of care, and availability to all who need this insurance. When all of the pros and cons are explored, one final concern arises. Amid the rising costs of medical care, prescription drugs, and costs of program administration, will the funding of this program continue and will this be a program that the young families of today can depend upon for their retirement years? 1. Introduction: The rules and regulations of Medicare Simply stated, Medicare is the
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Patients receiving chemotherapy treatments are a vulnerable population. They are susceptible to many infections and transmittable diseases, due to the suppression of their immune system by cytotoxic medications. The susceptible patients are usually merged within the population of hospital and clinical treatment centers, where their exposure to infections is likely (Siegel, Rhinehart, Jackson, Chiarello, & the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, 2007). In the outpatient clinical
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Information Systems Saint Joseph's College of Maine Information Systems With today’s current transition into a digital world of information, it is not a surprise that healthcare industries join in this evolution. From handwritten charts to endless paperwork, the trend for healthcare industries to adopt electronic health records (EHR) has taken hold, and is completely reinventing what we know of health care today. Mercy Medical Center (MMC), a large and very well respected inner-city hospital
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Article or Case Law Search Paper Maria January 27, 2014 HCS/430 The article that I have read and did my research for the article case law search is about a hospital in New York will have to pay $2.3 million dollars for overbilling the Medicaid program. Two Westchester County Hospital had overbilled the Medicaid program of $70 million dollars by improperly approving home care for Medicaid patients. The Attorney Generals Medicaid Fraud control Unit found out that the two hospitals were billing
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According to the textbook, nurses in various settings are adopting a research-based (or evidence-based) practice that incorporates research findings into their decisions and interaction with clients. How do you see this being applied in your workplace? In my workplace, we have recently implemented that if a patient is admitted from the ER or directly admitted from a physician’s office and they have any sensory impairment we must order them a “Stryker” overlay mattress. The stryker softcare overlay
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lungs were determined to be grossly clear. However, TC was checked for a pulmonary embolism via a pulmonary artery angiogram with IV contrast and found to have a large clot burden with a small saddle embolism. TC also complained of right ankle pain. An X-ray of her right ankle revealed a distal tib/fib fracture, which was presumed to be related to her fall during her hypoxic episode. With these findings, TC was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Kingman Regional Medical Center and placed on an
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encounters a great amount of orthopedic patients along with other general surgery patients. All patients that are on that floor are at a risk of falls during the first 48 hours after surgery due to anesthesia that is still in the system and pain medication that is scheduled to help ease the patient during the post-surgical time frame. One of the side effects of anesthesia exiting the body is nausea and vomiting which can make the patient feel dizzy and lightheaded, thus making them a great risk for
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airline tickets and check in to flights online, purchase goods on the web, and even earn degrees online in such disciplines as nursing, law, among others. Yet, despite these advances in our society, the majority of patients are giving handwritten medication prescriptions, and very few patients are able to email their physician or even schedule an appointment. This is where electronic health record (EHR) comes in, Electronic health record (EHR) systems have the potential to transform the health care
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since the staffing law went into effect. Assuring a safe environment for patients assures full reimbursement to the organization for their services. California’s report showed significant improvement in the reduction of pressure ulcers, falls, and medication errors to hospitalized
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BP 138/47mmHg right arm in lying position, pulse 84 regular and strong, and breathing pattern was irregular labored, tachypnic at 40 breathes per minute,SpO2 99% in room air and temperature 360C (96.80F).Her facial color and lips are ruddy, but nails are clean ,pale and clubbed. She has a little barrel chest, uses accessory muscle to breathe. She has prolonged expiration. While auscultating lungs, diminished breath sound in most of the lower lobes and a small wheezing sound in right lower lobe was
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