Anesthesiologist

Obesity is a serious issue and concern in many countries, including France. The difference is, they have decided to do something to change the rising obesity rates. France is concerned for good reason; the obesity levels in France have doubled between 1995 and 2004. This is almost unheard of and political leaders knew that something would have to change. So the question of “what does it take to pass a law in France?” came to people’s minds. What does it take to pass a law in France? The French…

Final Project- Organizational Performance Initiative One of the healthcare organizational problem is miscommunication. Miscommunication is known as failure to communicate adequately (merriam-webster). The Joint Commission states effective communication is critical to the successful delivery of health care services (The Joint Commission, 2015). “Communication is central to organizational effectiveness and survival because the essence of organizations is cooperation, and no cooperation is…

Background Substance abuse has been called an “urgent and growing threat”. This threat to our nation’s public health is a crisis of epidemic proportions. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans used illicit drugs. Some sources approximate 6.8 million Americans engage in non-medical prescription drug abuse (Abramowitz, 2014). A diverse cross-section of Americans from every region, state, background, and walk of life are touched by this plague. The United States Department of Justice…

multispecialty facility with deep roots in medical education we need the faculty members to continue to work well together both within their institutional units and the overall enterprise. For example: Surgeries cannot occur without the help of an anesthesiologist. We need to work together as an institution to not only improve patient care in a faculty members own institutional unit but across the enterprise. By placing emphasis on both a team-based and individual clinical incentive the…

Author of nonfiction book “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall”, Anne Fadiman relays the questions to her readers in her preface: “What makes a good parent?” and “What makes a good doctor?” As far as anyone is concerned for the latter question, specifically what makes outstanding health care, Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality would describe quality health care as simply “getting the right care to the right patient at the right time – every time” ().…

typical activities during the initial Define and Measure phases of the project, is to gather voice of the customer (VOC) data by surveying. In this setting, the customer may be any stakeholder relevant to the project, including surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, patients, technicians, support staff and administrators. The survey questions are usually based on Lichert scale, covering areas that are working well and those that could be improved. The gathered data drives the analysis and focus…

Society turns to physicians to heal, to comfort and to alleviate suffering. As our understanding of living organisms and technology expands, so too does the role of the physicians. Quite often, controversy emerges over the ethics of these new roles. This usually leads to legal, social and professional changes. One such controversy is physician participation in capital punishment. The underlying purpose of this essay is not to provide a stance on the subject. Rather, the purpose is to question…

Freshman Composition I’s course objective was designed to help students “focus on developing and expressing ideas clearly and effectively to communicate with various audiences for various purposes and occasions, through written, oral, aural, and visual venues by means of individual and team projects.” Throughout this course my classmates and I reviewed principles of the writing process, including: planning, logical organizational, development strategies, revision, and editing, we were also…

Summary: The demand in ambulatory and cosmetic procedures is rapidly grown in last decade. The volume of ambulatory surgery in U.S hospitals is increased by 2.9 million’s. 40% of the hospital revenue is coming from the perioperative services. As the clinical and technical advances are transforming the way of surgery is performed. To attract both the patients and physician most of the hospitals introduce digital operating rooms, tele- surgery and robotic assistance. With this the patients have…

Abortion by definition is: “The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy”. Abortion has, and may always be, one of the most controversial topics to exist. Despite the conflicts against it, I believe that women should be allowed to proceed through an abortion if that’s what they wish to do. Women have a long history of inequality, in some cases we’re still struggling. Throughout history you see women who have no control over how to…