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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Animals are used to test scientific developments and commercial products. New medical treatments are tested on animals to verify the toxicity of new medications or the safety of a product that will be used on humans. The health care and commercial industries also turn to animal testing for these reasons. They say animal testing has contributed to many life saving cures and treatments. Experiments in which dogs had their pancreases removed led directly to the discovery of insulin‚ critical to saving
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On average‚ 26 million animals are tested every year for commercial and scientific testing in the United States. Animals are tested to develop cures and treatments‚ check safety of human designed products‚ and toxicity of medications. Research on living animals has been done since at least 500BC. Although animal testing is wrong - because it is cruel and humane - there is no need for testing on poor innocent creatures when there are alternative testing methods. 95% of animals used in experiments
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Indian Medical Electronics Industry Outlook 2020 December 2011 2 Contents Foreword from FICCI Preface from Deloitte Executive Summary Introduction Market Size Market Segmentation Triggers Demographic Factors Macroeconomic Factors Disease Burden Ecosystem Development Regulatory Factors Foreign Investment Emerging Segments Challenges Current Regulatory Regime Current Healthcare Spend Infrastructure Adoption Socio-Economic
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According to amprogess.org‚ “A 2001 report from the National Cancer Institute stressed the dire need for research relying on mouse models of lung cancer and focusing on understanding‚ preventing‚ and detecting lung cancer and developing novel targeted therapies for treating the disease.” Don’t get me wrong‚ curing lung cancer is important (and very necessary)
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animals‚ the study found.". Animal testing is dangerous. The Biomedical Research Association states that nearly every medical breakthrough in
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EMR have been known to decrease medical errors. EMR help prevent unnecessary orders and diagnostic test. EMR also prevents duplication of the same test and orders. Medication are shown in the electronic medical record which providers have access to. The ability to access a patient’s medications without having to rely on just patient information will lower risk. A patient may not always be certain of a dosage or the exact name of a medication and the electronic medical record allows to provider to have
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and the rat is being forced to be a test subject. Animal testing has been around for years; even centuries for that fact. There was a “Greek doctor named; Galen. Galen researched and studied them back in the AD time frame” (Understanding Animal Research). However‚
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died after taking an experimental drug that was found to work when tested on chimpanzees. After this incident organizations had the proof they needed that testing on these animals is not useful. In 2011 John J. Pippin was invited as a cardiologist‚ medical educator and former animal researcher to argue his point to the institute of medicine committee panel that ultimately determined that the use of chimpanzees is
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