death‚ human error is also unavoidable. When these two unavoidable factors come together in a medical institution where salvation is expected‚ the result is tragedy. Needlessly‚ thousands of lives have been lost due to simple human mistakes in the very place where the best chance of saving those lives could be found. Despite the expense and hurdles of implementation‚ the establishment of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) infrastructure is an essential key to saving lives and money over the long term
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MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN STUDENT HANDBOOK 2009-2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .......................................................................................................................................- 1 Philosophy of the Program............................................................................................................- 1 Program Description ........................................................................................................
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Medical resident doctors endure a great amount of stress during their training. The medical residency generally involves three to five years’ additional training beyond medical school for physicians to gain additional knowledge within their specialization. The learning environment in which a resident physician works is generally fraught with high levels of stress as he fine tunes those skills that will make him a competent attending physician upon completion. This often involves erratic hours
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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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Compliance Plan Strategies The need to correctly document medical records‚ apply appropriate billing codes‚ and accurately charge payers for medical procedures and services is essential for today’s medical facilities. Physicians rely on medical insurance specialists to process claims so that they can be reimbursed for their services. This essay will emphasize the importance of correctly submitting claims for reimbursement‚ as well as‚ how compliance plans are put in place to benefit
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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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