Telemedicine Solution Located in a rural region of the Midwestern United States, Grand Hospital is a relatively small yet well-staffed medical center comprised of 209 beds, serving a diverse geographic community. Grand Hospital is a community non-f Continue Reading...
Electronic Health Records Adoption of electronic health records, commonly referred to as EHR in short, provides a significant chance for secondary application of clinical data for clinical research purposes. For instance, because individual genetic Continue Reading...
There are various applications of the RFID technology in the healthcare. These are explored by a HIBCC,(2006 ) report that studies the application of the RFID technology in the healthcare setting with emphasis on its benefits, limitations as well a Continue Reading...
The Pros and Cons Health Information Technology: Is it Worth Implementing? Introduction Various studies have been undertaken in an attempt to highlight the relevance of adopting health information technology in healthcare. While there are those who a Continue Reading...
CIO Interview -- Lakewood Hospital How were you trained or and how did you decide upon your career? I received my formal technical training in the Midwest. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Loyola University in Chicago, and Continue Reading...
LEAPFROG M.S. Healthcare Administration Exploration National quality performance improvement initiatives. The organizations noted focused specific areas research; study practices information dissemination national organizations public, private gover Continue Reading...
Medical Safety Poor medical safety practices result in over 40,000 deaths per year, of that 7,000 deaths are attributed to medication-related medical errors. There is no excuse for negligence when it comes to human lives. It is imperative that the m Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Role of Healthcare Professionals in Ensuring Patient Safety: This essay will explore the duties and responsibilities of healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, and technicians, in maintaining a safe environmen Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Impact of Medication Errors on Patient Safety: This essay would explore the consequences of medication errors on patient health and safety. It would include a discussion on types of medication error Continue Reading...
O'Meara stresses that a system known as a Decision Support System of DSS can be integrated into existing it to identify potential errors that could be made on any given case and provide the staff with flags to help them avoid such errors. (December Continue Reading...
Practicum Goal Practicum Report on the Current Practices and Educational Needs on the Use of Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) This practicum focused on analysing the current practice of a nursing home care setting by analyzing the current p Continue Reading...
Standing Orders, Computerized Order Entry, & Admission Pressure Ulcers Standing orders are non-patient specific orders written by a physician or a nurse practitioner (Primer on standing orders for immunizations and emergency treatment of anaphyl Continue Reading...
Stated to be barriers in the current environment and responsible for the reporting that is inadequate in relation to medical errors are: Lack of a common understanding about errors among health care professionals Physicians generally think of erro Continue Reading...
Software Application Process for a Clinician Provider Order Entry (CPOE) system Software Application Process Clinician Provider Order Entry (CPOE) System The planning, customization, launch and continued use of a Clinician Provider Order Entry (CP Continue Reading...
Nursing As technology becomes more sophisticated the effects of new technologies affect all aspects of our lives. Technological advances affect many different occupations as well, especially the field of health care. As a result the advancements in Continue Reading...
Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) integrated with Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) is regarded as a crucial system for enhancing the quality, safety, and efficiency of care (Simon et al., 2013). This system helps in enhancing care throu 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...
Translational medicine is a new discipline, which covers studies on basic science, on human investigations, non-human investigations, and translational research (Mankoff et al. 2004). Basic science studies address the biological effects of medicines Continue Reading...
(Nursing profession studied) This is clearly not very high, and there does not seem to be a high impact of the change in technology on nurses and their employment. This leads to a dichotomy in the view about nurses - they are viewed as targets of c Continue Reading...
EHR Pros and ConsEHR stands for Electronic Health Record. This is an electronic version of a patient's medical history, which is maintained by the healthcare provider over time. The record may include all the key administrative clinical data that is Continue Reading...
Clinical Application Paper Medication errors are a serious public health problem and they pose a serious threat to patient safety. Medication errors are costly from an economic, human, and social viewpoint since all patients are potentially vulnerabl Continue Reading...
The modern healthcare environment has experienced tremendous changes in the past few decades because of the increased need to enhance patient outcomes and safety. These changes have contributed to the adoption of technology, which has transformed mod Continue Reading...
Nursing Informatics The site used for this interview is a healthcare facility that offers a range of exposure to a nursing informatics investigation. The preceptor offered valuable insight into the role of the nurse informaticist at the site, and th Continue Reading...
Start End Politely say goodbye to the visitor. Take visitor's message, name, and contact information. Forward to the tenant Does visitor wish to leave a message? Allow visitor to enter Inform the tenant of visitor's arrival. visitor's request Continue Reading...
IT Acquisition Management for a new Video Shop Individual Project Activities Identification of a problem Organization: Component: Showtime Video Store Business Capture Group The problem is that there is no real information technology security Continue Reading...
Patient Electronic Access The objective of this study is to investigate the application of the electronic health record at the inner City health hospital. The goal of implementing the program is to allow patients to have easy access to their health Continue Reading...
Prior to Launching Technology Initiatives Over the past seven years, many healthcare organizations, like OUUCH, have begun to transition from the traditional paper-based systems to EHR systems. Research has shown that over a period of time. EHR sy Continue Reading...
Technology on Health Care Services: There are several promising breakthroughs that have been made in the health care sector in the past decade. These promising breakthroughs have emerged due to the influence of information technology in this field. Continue Reading...
ONCOCIN has been used successfully in some contexts, but mainly as a support system and as a source of additional data. No system, especially if analyzed by someone who is less-than-expert (as were the usual users of the first incarnation of the sy Continue Reading...
Gonzalez (2007), discusses the company WellPoint Inc. that provides its members with the capability to develop their own personal health records, an option to receive test results online, provide a limited set of records to their providers and to al Continue Reading...
Medical Care Perhaps the single biggest blessing that any individual can thank his or her stars for is a sense of physiological and psychological well being that allows for the optimal utilization of one's lifetime. In the same vein, all humankind c Continue Reading...
Synchronizing the Patients' Medical Information between Institutions With the advancement of information technology into the medical field, the healthcare industry is continuously becoming reliant on the salient contributions that the IT brings into Continue Reading...
Secured real time protocol (SRTP) is also being identified to enhance the security parameter of WAN and LAN network elements. "SRTP provides protection with encryption keys for wired and wireless networks including bandwidth limited channels." (Guil Continue Reading...
Studies suggest that more computerized order entry of medications helps reduce errors by limiting interpretation errors due to handwriting (Meadows, 2003). Thus more order entry is involving computers to protect patients. A culture that supports sa Continue Reading...
EMR Organizational change plan Introducing electronic medical records (EMR) Along with expanding health coverage to more Americans, one of the goals of recent federal policy has been the widespread adoption of electronic medical records (EMR) by h Continue Reading...
Strategic Recommendations for a Reduction of Operating Costs for Burn Care Unit Burn Care Unit is a healthcare organization operating the 40-bed unit. Since its formation, Burn Care Unit business has been profitable with an increase in revenues, how Continue Reading...
community's access to health care technology and determine how that access (or lack thereof) affects your community economically. 2) Assess your community's demand for health capital and determine the factors contributing to the level of demand that Continue Reading...
