Running Head: Health care Health Care Laws‚ Regulations and Standards Christina Brown Kaplan University IT128-01 Health Informatics I Professor Botts October 26‚ 2010 Health Care Laws‚ Regulations and Standards Its time for your annual check-up and the receptionist hands you a clip board with several sheets of paper requiring your personal information. The papers in it self seems harmless and the information appears generic‚ but thousand of patients withhold information that
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Ethical Standards in Health Care Accounting Ethical Standards in Health Care Accounting As a health care manager‚ there is a need to understand the basic accounting principles and the need to be able to look at a financial report and understand what it says. Without these keys and a good ethical compass‚ there could be serious consequences and could result in loss of revenue‚ funds‚ termination‚ or even prison time. Now this may seem like an extreme statement‚ but without using the four elements
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How can both parties improve their communication skills? Health care providers help their patients to have a healthy and long life with the care and attention that they provide. However‚ both parties have to cooperate in order to improve their communication skills in order to have better medical results. It is undeniable that doctors often just don’t make sense. They use complex vocabulary and they don’t seem to pay attention to what a patient is communicating. One of the ways that doctors can
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Failure to follow nursing standards of care is one of the six major causes of nursing malpractice. These standards may be part of a state nurse practice act‚ the hospital procedure and policies‚ a job descriptions‚ or recommendations of a professional national nursing organization (Reising‚ 2007). Examples in general nursing include (Reising‚ 2012): • Failure to follow proper safety protocols established by the health care facility • Failure to give certain medications in a timely and reasonable
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until proven guilty” and will usually only be acquitted or prosecuted when it is proven beyond reasonable doubt‚ that he or she is innocent or guilty. Lawyers‚ on either side‚ will need to build a case for or against their client and will use testimony from eyewitnesses to do so. The merits of using eyewitnesses firsthand accounts are manifold. Firstly‚ we can figure out the actual sequence of events. By interviewing different people that were eyewitnesses of an occurrence‚ we can determine how the
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[Task 1]{M1} I am going to explain how different customers’ needs and expectations can differ. The supermarket industry provides a good example of the way in which different groups of customers will have different expectations and needs. Some customers just want to buy standard products at the lowest possible prices. They will therefore shop from supermarkets that offer the lowest prices and provide a reasonable range of products. In contrast‚ some customers are looking for variety and quality
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Explain how own practice can affect the development of children: My role as a nursery teacher at Zeeba Daycare can have a very big impact on the development of children in my classroom. It is well known that children often observe what others do and many times will imitate actions they have observed‚ so it is very important that I set a good example and be a good role model as I could set a good foundation for the development of a child’s behaviour and morals. It is important to teach children
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How can we explain the differences in achievement between boys and girls? Statistics show that it is clear that girls achieve more A* to C grades at GCSE then boys. This obviously shows that girls do better and achieve more in schools. In fact‚ since 1980 to the present day‚ the percentage of boys who have achieved these grades has risen. But so has the girls. When it comes to girls and boys choosing their options for GCSE‚ although they are open to pick the same subjects‚ there still seems to
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The key decision makers in this case are the patient‚ and the medical team. The big question is whether to respect the patient’s autonomy and compromise standards of care or ignore the patient’s wishes in an attempt to save her life. The key decision makers in this case is the woman’s husband and herself. The husband already lost an unborn child due to the mother’s religious background‚ should he lose his wife as well? Many religions‚ if not all believe in wrongs of innocent killings. If the woman
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Nationality can be a potential barrier in health communication for several reasons. I believe the main reason is going to be the difference in their practices. Certain procedures and treatments we consider acceptable and part of our daily medical routine in the United States may be inappropriate or shameful to a person of another nationality. From blood transfusions to certain medications‚ each nationality may be different. Also‚ when different nationalities interact language can also be an issue
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