Case Study On “Hospital Management System” Introduction: In recent times‚ health care concept of the people has undergone a tremendous change which has led to higher expectations and an increased demand for high quality medical care and facilities. In order to accomplish this task‚ a HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM should be developed. Definition: The Hospital Management Information System has been defined as a system that provides an appropriate information
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Hospital Acquired Pneumonia October 7‚ 2010 Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Hospital acquired pneumonia is currently the second most common nosocomial infection in the United States and is associated with high mortality and morbidity (Seymann‚ 2008). This paper is a case study of a 52 year old female who was in the hospital for a scheduled gastric bypass surgery. During a post-op test she aspirated dye thus beginning the process of her developing nosocomial pneumonia. The patient was
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STATE OF EMERGENCY AT MERCY HOSPITAL Issues: Dr. Jason Diliper is a physician in the emergency department in University based Mercy hospital. He has a strong reputation for being a team player and an outstanding physician. His escalating lack of professionalism while handling a shortness of breath patient‚ Mr. Samson‚ has come to light by a complaint filed by his daughter. Also Davis witnessed Diliper scolding a medical student in front of a patient who he was examining. Seriousness
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There are 42 acute care hospitals in the state of Colorado. The complication rate for specific procedures varies greatly from hospital to hospital. Sepsis mortality and morbidity rates also range from low of about 8% to high of just over 39%. No one hospital provides the best care for all conditions and procedures. Several problems may account for these discrepancies: • Small rural hospitals may have limited staff that is not certified in all specialties. • Smaller hospitals may not attract the best
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Results Demographic characteristics A total of 5‚617 patients were seen at Limbe Regional Hospital ED over the study period with 88.2% of these patients residing in the Limbe municipality (Table 1). The average age of patients was 26.8 years [CI: 26.4‚ 27.2] with a median age of 26 years [IQR: 19‚ 34]. The peak age incidence of injury was 20 to 29 years (36.5%) followed by patients aged 30-39 years (22.4%) and 10-19 years (15.3%) (Figure 1). About two-thirds of patients were male (67.6%) (Table
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The aim of this essay is to ascertain what hospital acquired infection entails‚ the detrimental effects it causes and to highlight the active role nurses can take in the prevention of this type of infection. Hospital acquired (or nosocomial) infection is: ’one that originated in the hospital environment; i.e. was not present or incubating on admission and which appeared 48h or more after admission ’ (Azzam et al. 2001). Infection is caused by pathogenic organisms which invade the hosts immunological
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Progressive Hospital Case study 1. Background Progressive Hospital is split over two sites: Remuera and City Centre and is run by the City Centre Health Board (CCHB). The sites are connected by a dedicated fiber link and are managed as one network. There are also 30 Community Clinics which access the Hospital’s network using Telecom’s Frame Relay service. CCHB has approximately 15000 users and 200 servers. 1 Local Area Network 1 Network setup within each site:
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Hilltop Memorial Hospital (HMH) is respecting Long’s privacy by keeping the current position of not speaking about Long’s medical history of his mental health disorder. Depending on the state in which this occurs‚ the state and federal laws of privacy maybe different. In this case‚ “under HIPAA‚ the privacy rule adopted by HHS does not supersede or preempt state laws that provide a higher level of protection for the privacy of healthcare information” (Harris‚ 2014‚ p. 113). The general rule for
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member’s treating provider‚ Susan Ray-Lamond‚ MD recommended the member be seen at Boston Children’s Hospital a (non-plan provider) for neuropsychiatric evaluation. The carrier has denied coverage of neuropsychiatric evaluation at Boston Children’s Hospital a (non-plan provider) as not medically necessary. There is a letter from the carrier to the member’s parents dated 05/31/2016 which states in part: “…The service is not a covered benefit. 1 Under the terms of your Baystate Health Silver HMO
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Hayley Renshaw 2/20/12 Problem Statement Proposal Issue/Problem The population within the United States is growing every year. Not in the sense of the overall population but instead focused solely on the older demographic‚ specifically those 65 years and older. In 2009 the population represented 12.9% of the U.S. population which is one in every eight people. This number already seems very high; however it is expected to approximately 19% of the population by 2030. This is a very substantial
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