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Hospital Information Systems

interfaces with the a new computerized patient order entry system. Therapists use tablets at the patient bedside, which enhances m...

Persistent Vegetative State Patients and Ethical Decision Making

the balloon, and certain gestures, were definite responses to the environment and evidence of consciousness, but the doctors disag...

Impact of Managed Care

that the government did not intend when establishing Medicare in the 1960s. At present, Medicare virtually rules all of Ame...

ObamaCare For and Against

This essay discusses the Health Reform Act of 2010, the Patient Protection And Affordable Health Care Act. The essay identifies th...

US Medical System and Reform

This research paper pertains to the perspective of public health professionals and the reforms needed and addressed by the Patient...

Ethics: Case Study of a Patient on Dialysis

This research paper concerns the case of Mrs. B., a woman on dialysis who states her intention to discontinue treatment. The ethic...

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

This is a federal law that addresses the privacy of patients/clients who see health care professionals. This essay identifies the ...

The PPACA and Individual Mandate

This research paper pertains to the positions held by those who oppose and those who support the Patient Protection and Affordable...

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Canada

This research paper pertains to the growing utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies by the Canadian ...

Failures in Fall Prevention Practices

The writer looks at the best practice strategies to reduce fall rates in elderly community based patients. The research based bet ...

Addressing Issues in the HCAHPS

Systems (HCAHPS) is a patient satisfaction survey and assessment of the level of quality care provided by hospitals and healthcare...

Technology Improves Emergency Rooms

their resources and materials but emergency rooms do not seem to be able to keep track of equipment or even patients. One issue we...

Changing the Views on Mental Health Care

is dedicated to the memory of Linda Anderson, research writer, mother and friend....

Effects of New Health Reform Policy

income (Douglas & Burke, 2010; Kaiser Family Foundation, 2011). Medicare taxes on net investment income will also increase from 0....

Primary Prevention in Diabetic Care

can be easily determined via the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and by testing fasting plasma glucose (FPG), as these tests ar...

Issues in Implementing Change for a Healthcare Company

The writer looks at a scenario where a home care health organization wants to introduce an electronic patient records system. The ...

Reducing Falls in Home Based Patients

implemented. The initial implementation will be for a three month period with a pilot area, which will be used to optimise the f...

Reducing Falls Rates - Presentation of a Proposal

The paper is a presentation made up 12 slides and notes for the speaker. The presentation outlines a protocol for a new multifact...

Abstract for a Fall Intervention Policy Proposal

increased; the incidence rate has risen from 15% to 35%. The problem is the increase in the rate of falls and a need to reduce the...

One European Universal Health System

but that is limited to 2 percent of the familys annual income or 1 percent for those who have chronic illnesses (Clarke, 2012). Th...

The Development of Healthcare Financing in the US

millennia ago, it is the first recorded use of pooled payment systems to proved healthcare. There are many examples of similar soc...

Diabetic Ketoacidosis, A Case Study

among the classic symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis. The pathophysiology of these symptoms results from the buildup in ketones due...

Practicum Example for a Nursing Course

of falls in elderly chronic patients at that home. 1c. Discuss findings with supervisor/mentor. 1a. The creation of a detailed...

The Health Care Industry and Electronic Communication

one technologically based communication modality-e-mail, a web-based forum, and so forth- involving patients and health care provi...

Best Practices and Satisfaction in Health Care

many professionals feel is attached to a strong desire to do the right thing. When organizations are engaging in unethical practic...

Dementia Case

are different medications Mrs. N could take for depression, if she is depressed. There is no diagnosis to that effect. It is likel...

Teenagers and Pallative Care

have changed considerably over the last century. This change is associated with a number of factors, the most prominent being our...

Relationship Between Patient Mechanical Ventilation and Oral Hygiene

billions in additional health care cost. Likewise, Houston, et al (2002) substantiate that contraction of nosocomial pneumonia co...

Terminally Ill Patients and Palliative Care

"many emotional, medical, and practical needs. These needs change over time, depending on the trajectory of...

Practical Nursing Theory Application

care model is highly useful with the elderly and those recovering from surgery or illness. Self care is not an issue that enters ...