Hospital information system

A person’s health literacy is determined by that person’s capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make the appropriate health decisions. Two of the biggest influences that can determine a person’s health literacy are culture and education. In “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” by Anne Fadiman and “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot, there are many displays of how the roles of culture and education impact the lives…

there is a never-ending variation of patients, but all patients can be broken into two main categories based off the mental cognitive ability. Those categories are cognitively impaired or aware, meaning that the patient is able to mentally process information with comprehension, judgement, and has control of emotions. Patients who are cognitively impaired have the exact opposite in various degrees. As we had spoken to Lisa Edwards a Certified Nursing Assistance in the state of Indiana for over…

health care services is a big change for those who grow up with CF. John may have moved teams within the same hospital or moved to a new team in a different hospital. There is no set transition process in Ireland so the process will vary from one hospital to another. The case study describes John as having spent an extensive amount of his teenage years in hospital and seeing the hospital staff more than his own brothers and sisters. As a result John will have become very attached to his…

Quality Assurance programs serve as an in-between for regulating authorities and the health care organizations. Within the health care setting, serious errors called never events may occur. The never events that occur in hospitals are largely preventable and of concern to both the public and to healthcare providers (Lembitz & Clarke, 2009). The goal of quality assurance is to improve quality in the setting. There are four approaches to quality assurance, including total quality management,…

intubation by GVL to FOB in morbidly obese patients with predicted difficult intubation scheduled for laparoscopic bariatric surgery. Methods Patient selection and randomization The study was approved from the human research committee (Security Force hospital, Riyadh, KSA) and written informed consent was obtained from all subjects prior to inclusion. Over one year, 64 patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery were enrolled in this prospective clinical…

Enrichment activities selected. (4 points) The Professional Enrichment (PE) activities gave the opportunity to enhance my education on the different health problems that can be seen any day at the hospital and demonstrated how the interdisciplinary team is handling some of the problems at Rapid City Regional Hospital (RCRH). The first activity consisted of Regional Health put on the 19th Annual Cardiovascular Disease and Wellness Symposium at the Civic Center in Rapid City, South Dakota (SD).…

complexities that risk management professionals need to consider seriously. A hospital policy should aim to: Observe recognized professional practices; Ensure compliance with health regulations and standards; Provide knowledge to staff, particularly new employees, on how various functions are carried out; Reduce the chances of human error by providing documented guidelines rather than relying on memory and; Create a standard system for practices in a single health…

team (RRT) activation. Carlo G. Parker, PhD, RN, CNL performed a literature review, determining that increased RRT activation provided better patient outcomes. However, overall hospital mortality rates from 2010 to 2011 have increased (Parker, 2014). This is the third and fourth year after a RRT requirement for hospitals was enforced by the Joint Commission (Parker, 2014). The review found that many articles determined a need for nurses to activate the response teams sooner and with more…

in part on quality. In fact, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, requires the implementation of value-based purchasing (VBP), which bases Medicare reimbursement rates on the quality of care (Kennedy, Wetzel & Wright, 2013). Hospitals may experience a decrease in revenue initially, however, it is theorized that the increase of…

that removed my entire femur. I was always told that I would not be able to do certain things- mainly in the educational field, but time and time again I have proven my doctors wrong. I have been a straight A student since being released from the hospital. I have been in Top Ten ever year and won many awards. Although my physical abilities are limited, I have still accomplished a lot for someone who was proclaimed ‘dying’ by doctors years ago. Cancer did not take my life, but it gave me a second…