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National Patient Safety Goals: Help Avoid Mistakes with your Medicines Many people assume the role of their medication responsibility to their health care providers, while it is a combined duty of the patient as well (The Joint Commission,2016). In avoiding medication errors in healthcare The Joint Commission has created guidelines to further educate the importance of understanding one’s medications. Patients are given understanding on how to avoid mistakes while in the hospital, at the…

according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (2011). The Institute also states that the senior’s population requires the most healthcare and they also require the most funding due to the frequency of visits to hospitals and clinics (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2011, p.9). It has been predicted that as the population ages there will be issues with the financial capabilities of the already struggling health care system (“Is Our Health Care System Underfunded?”, 1983),…

At a time when health care is a necessity, the shortage of physicians across the country is alarming. For this reason, telemedicine has become the answer to this ever growing problem. The growth of telemedicine is showing no signs of slowing down; instead it is predicted to grow substantially over the next decade. Telemedicine has the potential to make a vast change in the lives of many individuals. In remote areas, where a patient and the closest health care provider can be hundreds of miles…

forefront of providing the best care to patients of different cultures and ethnic backgrounds. Cancer care requires a multi-disciplinary approach that requires…

these ethical and legal rules such as honesty, confidentiality and professional behavior. Assuring that healthcare providers uphold the medical ethics which is the Hippocratic Oath “first do no harm”, assuring that all measures are in place that will protect them and the patient at all times. By making sure all rules and regulations are being met and carried out by the healthcare provider as well as the patient. Obeying all rules and procedures as it pertain to the rights of the patients and…

describe that futile treatment is not black or white, rather it is a gray area where the quality of life needs to be addressed with the patient or legal next of kin. Health care providers, confronted with ethical dilemmas in which there is no manual on how to decide when to continue and discontinue treatment. All professionals in health care are taught bioethical principles which comprise of autonomy, justice, beneficence, and non-maleficence. According to the author, physicians in general…

within a healthcare system involves communication among the healthcare providers and between the provider and the patient. The problem could involve either miscommunication or lack of it, which results in errors such as mis-documentation, inaccurate diagnostic tests and treatment options and non-adherence by the patient. When healthcare providers do not effectively communicate, it is impossible for them to provide effective care. In addition, practitioner- patient relationship is important…

Interprofessional evidence-based practice can be described as health care professionals from different professions coming together to make the very best decision for their patient. Since it is still categorized as evidence-based practice, this means that both of these professionals would use research evidence, personal clinical expertise, and whatever treatment option the patient prefers. An example of interprofessionalism would be an orthodontist and a occupational therapist combining their…

Review In the health care management, end-of-life care has become crucial and concern for everyone within the territory of health care and society. There are various challenges health care workers face in a day to day practices such as dealing with different cultural background patients, staff, changing medical care, demand of complimentary alternative medicine, and lack of educational opportunities in EOL. These factors are also contributing to the quality of care received and health outcomes…

Abstract: This paper to create Health Care Information’s (HCIs) that are efficient and secure. HCIs can be stored in a third party cloud. The patients, who have created their profiles in the system, make their own HCIs, mentioning their disease, symptoms and other sufficient details. The doctors who are also a part of the system attend to the queries of the patients that have been updated in the cloud. The doctors’ prescription is updated by the admin of the system, whereas the cloud admin has…