level of care and an acute level of care. In some instances‚ it is possible to transition from these levels of care as well. Depending on what type of medical care that one needs will determine whether it will be acute or chronic. Acute care may encompass treatment of illnesses and disorders in a moderately short amount of time. Patients receiving acute care may seek treatment for short-term illnesses or injuries and possible rehabilitation after an injury. Some examples of acute care may include;
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This paper is being submitted on October 9‚ 2013‚ for Diana Shannon’s M270 Electronic Heath Records and Medical Office Procedures course. With a world that is continually developing new technologies daily‚ the health care world is just one of many places trying to keep up with it. Manual records seem to be a thing of the past these days with more and more facilities switching over to electronic medical records. The few who are hesitant to take the plunge and convert over to electronic medical
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CARE STUDY Assessing patients systematically and being able to interpret the findings is an essential aspect of nursing because it allows their care to be prioritised appropriately and alleviate the process of their recovery or treatment through the ability to recognise and carry out suitable care plan‚ based on their needs and preferences (NICE‚2007). It allows the early management of diseases‚ illnesses or emergency situations and leads to patient safety‚ positive clinical outcome‚ and avoidable
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This paper will describe the Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) which is affiliated with Carson Tahoe Hospital (CTH). Long Term Acute Care hospitals were essentially non-existent in 1979. Now‚ there are over 450 facilities nationwide that are licensed as LTACS (McDaniel‚ n.d.). The discharge plan I will be describing is for a 66-yr-old female who was admitted to (CTH) for revision of a chronic enterocutaneous fistula which was draining from her abdomen through a very large open wound. This fistula
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Electronic Health Records (also known as EHR’s) are the portions of a patient’s medical records that are stored in a computer system as well as the functional benefits derived from having an electronic health record. They are also called or known as electronic medical records‚ and electronic charts (Gartee‚ P. 311) EHR’s were first invented nearly 50 years ago. Since being invented‚ EHR’s have made entering and seeking medical information easier and faster for both doctors and nurses. EHR’s also
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Healthcare’s Medical Record Sharing Process’ Technological Effects on Patients School of Advanced Studies‚ University of Phoenix Michelle A. Brantley Dr. Patricia Traynor March 16‚ 2013 Healthcare’s Medical Record Sharing Process’ Technological Effects on Patients Technological advances are making it possible for medical records to be shared among each authorized by medical professional patients interact with. At a first visit a doctor usually wants to see past medical records
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Electronic Health Records was developed around the 1960’s and 70’s. An Electronic Health Record is a digital collection of patient health information compiled at one or more meetings in any care delivery settings. A patient’s health record includes their vital signs‚ past medical history‚ demographics‚ their laboratory data‚ immunizations‚ progress notes‚ problems and medication. EHR is often referred to the software platform that manages patient records maintained by a medical practice or hospital
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Specialist (CNS) with a Post-Masters Nursing Informatics Certificate has decided that the 100 bed hospital that she works in would benefit from transitioning from paper charting to using an electronic health record (EHR) system. She has done initial clinical research and has a solid foundation of best-patient-practice reasons that support this change. She has also researched and studied the information on the government’s websites HealthIT.gov‚ and CMS.gov pertaining to the American Recovery and Reinvestment
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assignment has asked me as a health care employee to provide information on electronic health records. The information I include should provide positive and effective feedback to convince the medical management staff to switch their current record filing system which happens to be paper records to electronic filing. EHR Continuity of Care and Coordination The staff employed in a medical facility depends on many things to keep the quality of patient care in the positive and efficient. Physicians
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Computer-based patient records is a system in which its function are becoming an essential technology for health care in part because the information management challenges were being faced by health care professionals that are increasing daily. The system stores data regarding additional medical information records in a relational database. Most published studies to date have been in the area of keeping the records safety. The database is a general setting of compiling not only the records of the patients
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