Health care

electronic health records include privacy implementation, legitimate applications of PCEHR, beneficiaries and sponsors and equity issues emerging in the context of individual control. As a result, many scholars have identified particular questions that need solutions. Solomonides and Mackey (2015) have also tackled the emerging ethical challenges in digital information. In their research, the authors argue that the issues of partial or poor information and faulty well-being or health advice on…

develops bed sores due to the fact that their caregiver did not turn them they could be charged with neglect that falls under the harm principle. The parent principle protects individual from harming themselves (Allen, 2013). An example in healthcare of care intervention that is in the spirit of the parent principle is placing a patient in restraints so they do not hurt themselves or others. The mortality principle is based on interpreting what behavior society deems is right or wrong and is…

The equivalence strategy calls for prison mental health services to operate in-line with the range of community-based mental healthcare available beyond the prison setting. (Abbing, Henriette Roscam). All correctional facility administrators are required by law to give medical treatment to prisoners in their facilities; how­ever, prisons are likewise being required to address mental health consideration. The quantity of prisoners with mental health issues has significantly expanded (30% to 70%…

The education program needs to be strategically developed for a mental health facility because nurses need to understand the emotional issues the individual might have dealing with their mental disorder, and they need to be provided with quality care that operates within the organization’s standards. The research design used will come from Miller’s pyramid of competence in medical sector that consist of gaining knowledge through exposure to clinical cases, involvement in clinical cases and…

common goal of all health care providers is to deliver high quality health care to patients. Evaluating quality and performance of a health care organization will allow for identification of measures of efficiency in that organization. Assessment of health care quality involves the regular collection of data that is used to measure the performance of health care organizations to ensure desired results are being achieved. Quality measures evaluate care across different health care settings.…

The use (or not use) of gatekeeping can affect as health care systems access, quality, efficiency and equity. Access can be defined as in three different ways: one being how physically available resources are to patients (such as doctors, beds, machines, are they provided in the patients’ area, etc.), the second being patients are able to easily access the care they want, and lastly, do patients use the services that are being provided to them. While a service may be provided to patients that…

Technological advances such as EHR, various phone applications and other mobile health devices have been making their way into the mainstream. Devices to monitor heart rate, blood pressure that contribute to chronic illnesses, making them potential preventive and trending tools that can be incorporated medical records to track patients’ vitals and health status. Technology has, taken a unique role in healthcare. Health entities leverage resources to sustain their technology related projects…

Health care for inmates has become an argument that many disagree on. Some say that prisoners deserve close to no health care and some say that they deserve to have as much coverage as the average citizen. In most prisons, the average health care for a prisoner is at best equivalent to a low-income health plan. At worst, the health care of prisoners can be completely ignored. Correctional facilities must all provide health services to those incarcerated, but some prisons charge for their care.…

medical incidents will be widespread and preventable and widespread and that there surely is an excessive amount of damage. The aim of the field of patient safety is to reduce unfavorable events or situations and elimination of preventable harm in health care program. Contingent on one’s usage of the term harm, you'll be able to aspire to eradicate all harm in healthcare. Patient safety can be an attribute of the ongoing healthcare system. Patient safety seeks high reliability under conditions…

“Informed consent is the process by which the treating health care provider discloses appropriate information to a competent patient so that the patient may make a voluntary choice to accept or refuse treatment” (Bord, Jessica De. et. al). By knowing this information, the physician can make it clear to the patient…