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Documentation Errors and Incorrect Abbreviations in Medical Documentation

may matter (Arevalo, 2007). At the least, they force people to stop what theyre doing to track down someone who can clarify the ab...

"The Yellow Wallpaper" and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Use of Setting

it would be the heavy bedstead, and then the barred windows, and then that gate at the head of the stairs, and so on" (Gilman 11)....

Euthanasia

do their loved ones wish, helping them die more nobly. But, that is a personal issue, and although illegal, is not an issue that, ...

Behavioral Health Management, Case Managers and Primary Care Physicians

to treatment; and "significant benefit restrictions for treating serious mental illnesses and addictions," have prompted advocates...

Terrorist Attack Scenario and the Use of the Incident Command System

major even. 2. Roles The multi jurisdiction approach helps to delineate the different tasks of the different agencies involved ...

COMPARING AND CONTRASTING MISSION STATEMENTS

(Owens-White Outpatient Rehabilitation Center); cancer (Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center) and maternity/womens i...

ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN OF BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER BURN UNIT

can be defined as "a formal, guided process for integrating the people, information and technology of an organization" (Autrey, 19...

Problem at the Re Creation Medical Practice

services (Re Creation, 2009). The centre has the facilities to undertake minor surgical procedures, such as the removal of moles a...

Chronic Illness Management

of a medical crisis is prudent, but being prepared is imperative. For example, some physicians will prescribe certain medication f...

HIPAA Rights And Their Impact Upon Medical Errors In The Emergency Room

further harm; instead of deferring to this individuals personhood, she wholly disregarded what his physician considered to be the ...

A COMPARISON OF MEDICAL DATA SYSTEMS, NOW AND 20 YEARS AGO

is relying a great deal on up-to-date information systems and instantaneous information to ensure that patients can receive the be...

Ethics and medical technologies

are a number of research initiatives which deal with genetic mapping, therapy, and modification. Gene mapping, which is fundamenta...

Mistakes in Medical Abbreviations

in the fact that the abbreviations largely come from the Latin: "OD" is intended to mean "once daily" but is sometimes read as "oc...

Application of Disability Models in Education

This is a model that does not accept that there is anything wrong with society and the there is no acknowledgement of any need for...

Personal Reflections on Identifying and Dealing with Illness

can bring them a fan. There are, in fact, many small things that we can do to reduce our patients stress levels that have nothing...

Abandoning Abbreviations in the Medical Arena

common practice of writing out dosages using a "trailing zero" (Landers 1). When the doctor rights 10.0 mg it is simply too easy ...

Cigarette Smoking and The Health Care System

health outcomes are generally found in proportion to the number of cigarettes that a smoker uses each day (Goodwin, Keyes and Hasi...

Medical Informatics

four major informatics theories and a discussion of the Data, Information and Knowledge (DIK) model. This is followed by an overvi...

Diagnosing Medical Problems

body" (What causes anemia?, 2009). The symptoms of this condition include pale skin and fatigue, and the causes include "[A]n iron...

Medical Ethics on Television

One particular episode of House stands out with a number of ethical breaches and dilemmas in "Informed Consent," an episode that a...

Medical Coding and Billing

for those over 65. For many people, it is their only means of obtaining a doctors care. This paper discusses Medicare as well as m...

Nature v. Nurture, a Review

It is true that most people still believe that the problems are behavioral rather than medical. This 7 paper explores the issue of...

RAC, Medical

the hospital training guidelines to ascertain that all measures have been addressed and reached a conclusion. At that time, it is ...

Internet Information on Cardiovascular Drugs

of heart-related problems. This paper uses Internet sites, specifically WebMD and Medscape to find information on these drugs. Di...

In Support of Legalizaing Marijuana

Evidence in Support of Legalizing Marijuana for Medical Purposes Research Compiled for The Paper Store, Enterprises Inc. by...

A Conversation Regarding Medical Ethics

they take care of themselves. I think it depends on how they have considered their condition. I mean, who has the greater chance o...

Stark Laws And Other Issues

is referred for tests, a medical code is given to that referral (Dietrich, n.d.). If a clinic of several physicians, for example, ...

THE LEGALITY OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND MEDICAL CARE

beliefs by refraining from eating," the court didnt agree. The court held that even if the children were mature enough to exercise...

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Medical Coding, and Patient Privacy Rights

life in prison for patient death (Jacko & Sears, 2003). HIPAA is comprised of five major titles that are applicable to each provi...

National Naval Medical Center Mission and Values

"We serve as a resource for homeland defense and humanitarian assistance * "We care for the President and the Nations leaders" (Vi...