What is surgery? Surgery (from the Greek kheirurgia‚ meaning ’hand work’) is an ancient medical specialty. It is the branch of medicine concerned with treating or investigating diseases‚ injuries or disorders‚ using manual or operative procedures. There are many different specialties within surgery‚ each of which focuses on a different area‚ as follows: Cardiothoracic Surgery- This branch of surgery concentrates on the heart (cardio) and chest area (thoracic). Cardiothoracic surgeons perform
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Prevent Medical Errors One in seven Medicare patients in hospitals experience a medical error. But medical errors can occur anywhere in the health care system: In hospitals‚ clinics‚ surgery centers‚ doctors’ offices‚ nursing homes‚ pharmacies‚ and patients’ homes. Errors can involve medicines‚ surgery‚ diagnosis‚ equipment‚ or lab reports. They can happen during even the most routine tasks‚ such as when a hospital patient on a salt-free diet is given a high-salt meal. Most errors result
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Medical errors do happen and pose a huge problem in the healthcare industry. Errors in healthcare can happen because of a number of reasons. The most common is lack of communication. Communication is imperative in healthcare. Failure to communicate can lead to problems in identifying patients‚ which can lead to other more serious errors such as incorrect procedures. Another form of error comes from faulty equipment. Hospitals have had problems with defective equipment‚ and because of this injury
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imperfect beings and mistakes can happen. In the health care field errors can be deadly and are taken very seriously. There are several basic components of EHR and allows for patient information to be shared and charted throughout their life. The three basic components that will talk about concerning the EHR is patient management component‚ clinical component‚ and laboratory components and how they affect different safety measures. Proper documentation allows for less errors to happen. To ensure accurate
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Robotics Within the Medical Field Healthcare has come a long way during the past 10 years in the sense that people can be helped more accurately and precisely. Robotics has stormed the medical scene and is now starting to be implemented in a vast amount cases and studies. While they are not common they are certainly being tested more now in the attempts to better serve every single patient. They have robotics that allow for the doctor to use a surrogate around the hospital‚ robots that
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Ethics in the Medical Field How Professional Values and Ethics Influence Career Success Though good ethics are important in all business fields they are extremely important in the medical field. When it comes to unethical organizations much like Enron we talk about financial dealings or money laundering. However in the medical field we are dealing with human lives which cannot be replaced. As a result of this being such a critical field honorable work ethics are essential.
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No Content Page 1 Introduction 2 2 History 3 3 Computer Software 4 4 Computer Hardware 6 5 Function and Application In Medical Field 8 6 Advantage 10 7 Disadvantage 12 8 Precaution 13 9 Conclusion 16 10 Reference 17 INTRODUCTION The first use of the word “computer” was recorded in 1613 in a book called “The yong mans gleanings” by English writer Richard Braithwait. It referred to a person who carried
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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 an proper strategy of care. Medical errors can happen anywhere in the health care system:
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Medical Errors Medical errors are responsible for injury in as many as 1 out of every 25 hospital patients; an estimated 48‚000-98‚000 patients die from medical errors each year. This means that more people die from medical errors than from motor vehicle accidents‚ breast cancer‚ or AIDS. Errors in health care have been estimated to cost more than $5 million per year in a large teaching hospital‚ and preventable health care-related cost the economy from $17 to $29 billion each year. What are
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The medical field has changed drastically since the beginning of the American Revolution. Caring for casualties on the battlefield was a major problem in the recovery and care as this was the responsibility of the Quartermaster Sergeant and select Soldiers from the field‚ mainly Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs). Injured Soldiers could not call for the skilled medic as they did not exist yet. Regimental Surgeons performed initial treatment‚ but there was still a problem as the numbers of casualties
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