980 Search Results for Medication Errors
Electronic Prescribing is a critical feedback loop that helps maintain master patient index along with routes inquires and allows enrolled pharmacies to route prescriptions to desired locations. The pharmacy receives the benefit of quickly receiving Continue Reading...
Policies and procedures that are used by any hospital are vital to the care of its patients and can help decrease the length of the patients' stay by days or even weeks in some cases, depending on how these procedures and policies are implemented and Continue Reading...
Depression
A person with depression must have at least five of nine symptoms in the DSM-IV-TR for two weeks. There are many theories of the causes of depression:
(1.) Psychoanalytic theories - internal conflicts and a low self-image leading to ange Continue Reading...
Nursing Role in Patient Safety
The nursing workforce is the biggest workforce in the health care industry. The nursing staff in hospitals is primarily tasked with patient surveillance in both ambulatory settings and care facilities (seldom termed as Continue Reading...
Enhancing Abstinence and Preventing Relapse in Alcoholism
Research paper Alcoholism Research question: Alcoholism affects approximately 10% Americans time lives. Treatment consists psychosocial intervention, pharmacological intervention,, looming qu Continue Reading...
The subjects were 613 injured Army personnel Military Deployment Services TF Report 13 admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center from March 2003 to September 2004 who were capable of completing the screening battery. Soldiers were assessed at appr Continue Reading...
" Prescription drugs invade the markets today only to mask the symptoms of disease instead of preventing disease from happening. In this back-end approach to fighting disease instead of preventing it from occurring in the first place, pharmaceutical Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples
1. The Impact of Communication Breakdown in Healthcare: Lessons from the Josie King Story:
This essay explores the critical role of effective communication in healthcare settings, using the Josie King story as a case stu Continue Reading...
Role of Informatics in Healthcare
The author of this report has been asked to find an electronic service or mechanism that is involved with the prescription of medications. The source will be identified and explained in terms of how it can be of ben Continue Reading...
RCA) is to simplify the problems at hand it is a systematic approach that can lead, like a trail of clues, investigators to objective truths or at least well assumed ones. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services endorsed this method as a pr Continue Reading...
Integrating Theory and Needs Assessment
A major challenge that a number of health care facilities are facing is accidents related to medical devices. This is from many providers becoming overwhelmed with larger amounts of patients. As a result, the Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples
1. The Impact of Communication Breakdown in Patient Handoffs:
Explore the consequences of poor communication during patient handoff on patient safety, the continuity of care, and potential legal implicat Continue Reading...
Personal Beliefs on Disparities in Nursing CareDisparities in nursing care result from a lack of care within the nursing profession. Caring is central to the nursing profession, and when it is lacking, there are negative consequences that result in i Continue Reading...
Evidence Synthesis PaperBackground and SignificanceThe critical importance of caregivers cannot be overemphasized concerning providing care for people with chronic ailments and disabilities. Caregivers play a crucial role in end-of-life struggles. Th Continue Reading...
Psychology Theory
Demographic Information
Mr. C, a 38-year-old married male recently contacted a faculty anxiety clinic seeking treatment. At the time he contacted the centre, he self-reported that he experiences social anxiety in different setting Continue Reading...
population?
The study in question was a multinational PROBE classification trial (i.e., Prospective Randomized Open Blinded End-point) that covered multiple private specialist and ambulatory cardiology centers (190, to be precise). It represented a Continue Reading...
Figure 1 portrays the state of Maryland, the location for the focus of this DRP.
Figure 1: Map of Maryland, the State (Google Maps, 2009)
1.3 Study Structure
Organization of the Study
The following five chapters constitute the body of Chapter I Continue Reading...
Social Determinants of Health
Quality Improvement and Risk Management in Health Care
A health care system is an institution or organization of people using resources to deliver health care services to meet the target population's health needs. Ther Continue Reading...
In essence, it incentivizes both wellness and economic responsibility (Kennedy, 2006; Reid 2009).
Healthcare Information Technology in Relation to Cost and Quality Control
In my clinical experience, modern healthcare information technology has imp Continue Reading...
Equal Protection:
Equal protection is a fundamental constitutional protection, that in modern times, guarantees the equal effect of law to all persons. In that regard, the Supreme Court has established specific suspect classes of individuals, such Continue Reading...
Pedagogic Model for Teaching of Technology to Special Education Students
Almost thirty years ago, the American federal government passed an act mandating the availability of a free and appropriate public education for all handicapped children. In 19 Continue Reading...
Consultant Pharmacists Impact on the Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia
What is Cholesterol, and Why is it of Concern?
Guidelines for Treating Hypercholesterolemia
Management of Hypercholesterolemia
Management of Hypercholesterolemia By Different Continue Reading...
Safety of Laser Eye Surgery
Prior to the advent of laser technology, ophthalmologists relied purely on mechanical means of surgically correcting myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (far sightedness), and astigmatism.
Automated Lamellar Keratectomy Continue Reading...
Self-Regulation Issues in Children and Adolescence with ADHD, ODD, and OCD
Self-regulation in children and adolescence who suffer from ADHD, ODD, and OCD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Oppositional Defian Continue Reading...
Falls
THE ISSUE OF ACCIDENTAL FALLS
At some point, anyone who had learned how to walk has had the experience of falling down -- it is a universal experience for infants as they gain ambulatory ability. In hospitals, however, the accidental fall is Continue Reading...
and, so that brought in a whole new perspective. I had never realized the degree to which they were afraid of us and often feel as though - now the situation becomes very life threatening for them. Because often they don't know how to follow the pro Continue Reading...
Human Factors, Usability, and WorkflowThe implementation of computerized provider order entry (CPOE) affects medication administration workflows: it has on impact on human factors, usability, and overall workflow, and the three major factors that inf Continue Reading...
Stakeholders' interest, power, and influence
Outpatient unit administration has a principal reputational and financial interest in any alteration made within a healthcare setting. This comes from having the authority and power to carry out or reject Continue Reading...
Personal Professional Health Care Communication
The objective of this study is to write as though addressing a group of family caregivers, staff, and in-service training, nursing students in a pre-licensure program or peers. This work will discuss h Continue Reading...
Supporting Research and Results
Maffulli & Almekinders (2010) conducted a comparable study on 140 patients with Achilles tendon ruptures. Treatment included a conservative protocol. Re-rupture rate using this protocol is maintained at 4%. Even Continue Reading...
More times than not, a patient will argue that he did not understand what the physician stated to him; even amidst documented proof the medical professional and the patient did engage in an informed conversation. "The fact that a meeting took place Continue Reading...
Jones relates that statement of Corrigan: "Our work suggests that the biggest factor changing stigma is contact between people with mental illness and the rest of the population. The public needs to understand that many people with mental illness ar Continue Reading...
Proof of the Objectivity of Morals" (1969) Barmbrough is trying to prove that common sense defeats philosophical explanations in many cases. He says that information that can be proven by the five senses or simply because it is true, is more importa Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples
1. The Role of Nurses in the Management of Chronic Diseases:
This essay would explore the responsibilities and contributions of nursing professionals in caring for patients with long-term illnesses like Continue Reading...
Workflow Analysis in Clinical Settings: A Comprehensive OverviewThis paper discusses the importance of clinical informatics and workflow analysis in healthcare. First, it gives an overview of clinical informatics; then, it looks at what workflow anal Continue Reading...
InterestInterview Coding & Reaction
There is little doubt that the experience, events and quality of care that surround expecting and new mothers is extremely important (Berrien, Olledorff & Menard, 2015). The reduction or mitigation of thi Continue Reading...
Advance Information Management and the Application of Technology
In this modern age, the incorporation of information technology (IT) with the health care system is important. With the need of quality care within the industry, there is great signifi Continue Reading...
Bipolar Disorder: Causes, Symptoms, And Prevention
Every human being is susceptible to mood changes, sometimes feeling happy and energetic, and other times feeling melancholic and miserable. However, a persistent feeling of sadness and hopelessness Continue Reading...