John Kausch is the CEO of West Florida Regional Medical Center (WFRMC)‚ a large-for-profit hospital. This facility is located in Pensacola‚ an area with intense competition and tons of services. He is evaluating a continuous quality (CQI) program that the hospital has implemented in order to address issues of improvement in outcomes. WFRMC also owns and operates an off-site psychiatric facility with 89 beds and the 58 bed Rehabilitation Institute of West Florida. WFRMC is currently in the process
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Medical assistant ethics. There are numerous ethical issues that a medical assistant may encounter in a daily office or hospital setting. It is unethical to have a conversation with a fellow coworker regarding a patient. The patient may overhear or worse may be relate to someone in the office. It is no one’s business as to why the patient had an appointment. Another unethical behavior that is unacceptable is foul language in front of the patient. They do not need to hear that kind a language under
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specifically hired to perform. For example‚ if you are hired as a back office Medical Assistant‚ you will generally be expected to be able to perform front office Medical Assistant duties such as scheduling patients‚ calling and confirming appointments‚ copying files‚ faxing reports‚ referrals‚ and prescriptions. Basically‚ within the scope of your profession‚ it is an enormous asset to be able to perform many functions within a medical facility‚ especially a smaller one. People get sick‚ take vacations
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Whether or not medical marijuana should be legalized is a bigger controversy than it should be these days. There are advantages and disadvantages to medical marijuana being legalized‚ as there are pros and cons to any and everything in this world‚ but first I just want to add that in 1972‚ the US Congress placed marijuana in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act because they considered it to have "no accepted medical use." Since then‚ 20 of 50 US states and DC have legalized the medical use of marijuana
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thought of being in the medical field was in second grade. Since then‚ I have been working toward a life fulfilled by compassion and helping one another. When I reached high school‚ I made a decision to go to Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy‚ which specializes in the study of emergency medical services and law enforcement. I chose to learn the pathway of an emergency medical technician. As a freshman‚ I began learning about the basic body systems and medical terminology. Four years
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Introduction To Medical Terminology What is Medical Terminology? It is the language of medicine. When studying this subject you will find that most medical words are divided into 3 categories: terms made from word parts; terms not made from word parts; terms which are eponyms (condition named for a person who first studied/identified/researched the disorder/disease) About Word Parts Words made from word parts usually consist of 2-3 parts. First‚ there is the combining form or root part
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Medical Experiments of the Holocaust As a society we place those in the medical profession on a pedestal. They are people to be looked up to and admired. In many ways they are Gods‚ right here with us on earth. People put the hope and faith in doctors hoping they can perform miracles. Throughout history‚ doctors have indeed preformed many wonders. There were‚ however‚ some doctors that betrayed this belief and peoples trust. These doctors could be found in concentration camps such as Auschwitz
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Running head: ABUSE OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM Abuse of the Emergency Medical System 4/8/2010 Running head: ABUSE OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM Abuse of the Emergency Medical System The system of emergency medicine is often abused. From 911 calls‚ to visits at an emergency room (ER) we are experiencing an overload of non-emergency patients‚ causing the systems to become backed up and consuming money and time from all people involved. This abuse largely stems from the
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Electronic Medical Records In this article the author explains patients’ records at healthcare facilities may now be stored using electronic medical records (EMR) instead of the paper charts that have been used in the past. EMRs have several disadvantages and advantages. One of the biggest disadvantages to EMRs is the high initial start-up cost. The healthcare facilities have to buy the equipment to begin the process. They also have to hire people to convert their current files from paper copies
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for Diana Shannon’s M270 Electronic Heath Records and Medical Office Procedures course. With a world that is continually developing new technologies daily‚ the health care world is just one of many places trying to keep up with it. Manual records seem to be a thing of the past these days with more and more facilities switching over to electronic medical records. The few who are hesitant to take the plunge and convert over to electronic medical records may be thinking about the cost of the software
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