June 9‚ 2014 Quality Improvement Plan Final The journey of quality improvement is a responsibility of all those involved in patient care. At The Women’s Hospital (TWH) at Saint Joseph East (SJE) it was decided that a change in culture would be needed and focus was directed on decreasing the length of stay (LOS) for maternity patients. Quality process improvement is a formal approach to the analysis of performance and systematic efforts through a team approach to improve the outcomes for patients
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Abnormal Psychology Research paper Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is a musculoskeletal illness (which causes chronic pain) and a chronic Fatigue disorder. It can also change sleep patterns and cause the following: digestive disorders‚ chronic headaches‚ painful menstrual periods‚ temperature sensitivity‚ morning stiffness‚ numbness or tingling of extremities‚ and even cognitive memory problems. The name fibromyalgia comes from "fibro" in Latin meaning tissue‚ "my" in Greek meaning
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Cleveland Clinic America’s 4th best Hospital 07/31/2012 Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic‚ formerly known as the Cleveland Clinic Foundation was founded in 1921. It Originally started as a group practice by four doctors‚ three of which worked as surgeons in the Army Medical Unit in France‚ after their return to the U.S.; the fourth doctor‚ was invited as an Intern who became part of the practice. These four doctors had a vision: “Striving to be the World’s leader in patient experience
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system failures may be an issue. EMR can be useful to a specific branch in Medicine. This braches include Cardiology‚ Neurology‚ Orthopedic‚ Immunology‚ Dermatology‚ Endocrinology‚ Geriatric‚ Internal medicine‚ Osteopathic‚ Pediatric‚ Pulmonary‚ Rheumatology‚ Surgery‚ Urology and many other branches as well. There are some service providers that offer EMR for a specific branch of Medicine. Examples of these are the EMREXPERTS‚ EMR CONSULTANT and REVENUXL‚ all of which offers OB/Gyn EMR
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States. Altogether‚ fourteen specialties at the Cleveland Clinic were ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in 2013: heart (cardiology) and cardiac surgery (#1); digestive disorders (gastroenterology) (#2); urology (#2); rheumatology (#2); orthopedic surgery (#3); nephrology
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Achondroplasia. Lancet. 2007;370(9582):162-172. (2) Amirfeyz R‚ Gargan M. Achondroplasia. Current Orthopaedics. 2005;19(6):467-470. (3) Baujat G‚ Legeai-Mallet L‚ Finidori G‚ Cormier-Daire V‚ Le Merrer M. Achondroplasia. Best practice & research Clinical rheumatology. 2008;22(1):3-18. (4) Wright M‚ Irving M. Clinical management of achondroplasia. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2011;97(2):129-134. (5) He L‚ Serrano C‚ Niphadkar N‚ Shobnam N‚ Hristova K. Effect of the G375C and G346E Achondroplasia Mutations
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reflects on our society and the recent paranoia about sexual harassment‚ abuse etc‚ that is discouraging parents from touching their children affectionately. - author unknown Continuing Care - ward 23 (RLI) Ward 23 is a combined elderly rehab and rheumatology ward. The merger of two formerly independent units has resulted in some tensions and unsettling within the staff‚ but overall the ward is coping well with what must have been a difficult transition phase. I really enjoyed this ward. The philosophy
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Becoming a Pediatrician Taking care of newborns‚ living daily checkups‚ and dealing with depressed teenagers are all in a day’s job for a pediatrician. Pediatricians‚ a doctor that specializes with in the diagnosis and treatment of minors from birth to twenty-one years of age‚ has a hectic but rewarding job. It takes only not only good grades but also extreme dedication to succeed in this medical field. There are many different types of pediatricians and finding the right one is essential. Overall
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you have lupus. Many symptoms of lupus are very similar to those of other diseases and can come and go‚ which often cause people to be misdiagnosed when it comes to this disease. There are eleven criteria established by the American College of Rheumatology before you can be diagnosed with lupus. You have to have at least four or more of the criteria’s which
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find newly developed effective medicine‚ appointed as a Quintiles Prime Site. This Prime Site is a biopharmaceutical service that contains clinical trials that enable Sharp to focus on cardiology‚ endocrinology‚ oncology‚ pediatrics‚ psychiatry‚ rheumatology‚ and vaccines. According to Mike Murphy‚ president and CEO of Sharp HealthCare‚ “This designation will support Sharp’s thriving research agenda and allow us to make a more meaningful contribution to the future of medicine.” Information about the
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