Like Confederate doctor John Chilsolm‚ many surgeons and medical aids kept close records of surgeries to learn and expand from past mistakes and triumphs. The meticulous accounts of early and evolved surgeries show us the colossal progress surgeons made in their techniques over the course of the war and their hope that it would help future physicians. For example‚ the six-volume Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion published by the Surgeon General’s
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There are many legal and medical issues today that relate to patient safety in this paper I will be addressing Medical errors‚ how they can be improved by today’s technological advances‚ and problems that occur in making these improvements. A study done by Kaiser indicates that medication errors have doubled in the last 10 years and that serious injuries have gone from 35‚000 in 1998 to 90‚000 in 2005. Those errors occur by a breakdown in one of the many steps that go into the giving of those
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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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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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The most important reason people should not have a right to free medical care is because it destroys the core value of freedom by making most citizens have a stronger feeling of inequality‚ which already exists in the U.S.‚ and limits people’s medical treatment options. First of all‚ offering free medical care can raise a feeling of unfairness among citizens. According to James Grant‚ a finance expert‚ indicated that the U.S federal government owes 13.9 trillion dollars; in addition‚ the U.S. is
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Alexian Brothers Medical Center - AlexiCare DeVry University Alexian Brothers Medical Center - AlexiCare Alexian Brothers Medical Center is located in Elk Grove Village‚ IL‚ a northwest suburb of Chicago‚ IL. They are a 387-bed acute care hospital‚ with more than 900 physicians on staff‚ representing more than 80 medical and surgical specialties. They treat more than 18‚000 patients annually. Instead of purchasing an existing EHR system‚ they opted to create their own‚ AlexiCare‚ to assist with
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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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Nazi ‘medical’ experiments The medical malfeasance I have chosen to write on is the research medical personnel conducted on the captives under rule of the Nazi’s authority. The medical professionals of Germany and Austria added a lot of research to the Medical Universities in their counties. The Nazi medical science through the application of heredity and racial hygiene‚ created classes of inferior human beings. This created an opportunity for inhuman research. By defining some human beings as
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[pic] The Medical City: Leading Change In A Changing Organization In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement in MBA 2018: Business Management 6:00 – 9:00PM (Thursdays) Presented to Dr. Melanie B. De Ocampo Professor By: Christine R. Cueva Therese Regla-Marie Y. Espina July 14‚ 2011 I. Statement of the Problem How does The Medical City lead the organizational development and transformation program towards a new state-of-the-art facility that better
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Tilly English 111340 23 October 2012 Caps on Medical Malpractice Suits Medical malpractice cases have been on a steady rise. Malpractice has affected most of the United States resulting in an increase on insurance premiums for physicians and a decrease in important specialist. Medical malpractice cap reforms have been adopted by several states across America due to these increases and decreases. Malpractice caps should not be put on medical malpractice cases because the caps cover up the real
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