Chapter 3 – Medical Record History of Present Illness The patient is a 61 year old female. The patient is complaining that they feel weak‚ their urine is dark‚ nausea‚ pain in the abdomen. Past Medical History Mrs. Carter has suffered from seizures since she was 14 years old. She has been taking Dilantin to help keep her seizures under control and to a minimum. Clear history otherwise. Physical Examination Temperature was 99.8 Pulse was 83 Blood Pressure was 120/84 Abdomen area was swollen
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From the past ‚Health care workers wear facing a very serious and sensitive problem while treating patient which is Medications Errors. Patient safety is characterized as opportunity from incidental harm because of medical care‚ or absence of medicinal blunders‚ or absence of abuse in administrations. Medical error is: "a failure in the therapeutic process that can possibly lead to harm to the patient"(1). It occurs when a health care provider selects improper technique in care or improperly executes
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Health Care: Physician Shortage in Canada Hailey Cheema Heritage Park Secondary School English 11 “Studies state 4.4 million Canadians do not have a family doctor; 800‚000 of those do not have a place to go for regular medical care” (Picard‚ 2012‚ para.5). Canadian physician shortage is an ongoing and serious issue across the country. Canada remains to have one of the longest waiting lists‚ supply of doctors‚ and low levels of medical advancements (Hurtig
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seen a change in medical record keeping since I started more than 15 years ago. Every patient would have a paper chart. This would include there personal information‚ which included social security number and medical history. Physicians would document there progress notes and any orders for tests or medications. The nurses would document when they gave medication to there patients. This process was very time consuming and sometimes very hard to read. With electronic medical records this process has
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Reporting Practices and Ethics Paper HCS/405 November 25‚ 2013 Jay Christensen Reporting Practices and Ethics Financial Management is a fundamental part of successful healthcare financial planning. Financial decisions are a necessary part of day to day operations of any size or type of health care facility. These decisions are made in accordance with the facilities fiscal objectives and accounting practices. It is important that the individuals making these decisions follow proper reporting
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Future Trends in Health Care Shirley W. Crabtree March 14‚ 2011 HCS/533 Michael E. Lambert Future Trends in Health Care Smart Phones‚ I-Pads‚ I-Pods‚ Blue Tooth‚ Blackberry‚ GPS‚ On-Star – wherever we go and wherever we want to go‚ and when –
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Electronic Medical Records Essay Cynthia Jones Grand Canyon University: HCA 450 November 11‚ 2012 Electronic Medical Records Essay Medical record keeping has change in the last couple of decades. In the past patients records were kept in a file on paper taking up excessive room. In the past‚ paper charts were the only means of keeping a patient’s medical diagnoses documented. Some of these charts are still used today in healthcare facilities‚ however they are slowly being replaced with
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Reporting Practices and Ethics HCS 405 May 07‚ 2012 Reporting Practices and Ethics Ethical standards and reporting practices are incorporated into the financial reporting and management of health care. Reporting financial data fairly and factually is quintessential to this. Responsible financial planning can prevent capital loss through investments‚ employees‚ and customers. Financial reporting offers assistance in calculating: amounts‚ cash flow‚ timing‚ and other data essential to organizational
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Review Paper Denise Coleman HCS/405 May 4‚ 2011 Mrs. LaDonna Battle Simulation Review Paper In this paper the author will discuss the financial accounting from the Cardiac Care Hospital. The author will describe the cost- cutting options that were selected‚ the loan option‚ and the outcome of the decisions made. There will be some cost equipment and a source of funding that will determine how to save the company money without affecting the quality of the care of patients. A cost-
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for a holistic and comprehensive approach to health care to come into being. (Legg‚ Duncan & Mitchell‚ n.d.:59) In this essay I am going to outline comprehensive care and describe my profession specific role. I will discuss how my profession specific role fits into comprehensive care. Furthermore‚ I will describe my thoughts and feelings related to my profession specific role‚ as well as how these may impact my future behaviour as an Integrated Health Professional (IHP). Lastly‚ I will describe
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