Hospital information system

Identify what type of hospital you have selected and discuss why this is important in relation to their market (patients, community, competition, and government agencies). Opened in 1979, Shady Grove Adventist Hospital operates as part of Adventist Healthcare delivery system that includes hospitals, home health agencies and other health-care services. Adventist HealthCare has its headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. It operates as a faith based, not for profit hospital. It operates as a 313…

field of aeromedical evacuation encompasses different levels of coordination, communication, and effort in transporting ill or injured to higher levels of care. From the time a person is injured in the field though the arrival at a fixed facility hospital, the patient entrusts care to people assumed to be trained professionals. In reality, the issues surrounding the deployment of personnel has holes in the process. The demand is high in times of crisis and the need for well-trained individuals…

addition, “joint commission helps to address many malpractices by implementing proper medication use, infection control, surgery and anesthesia, transfusions, staff competence, fire safety, medical emergency management, and security. The manuals for the hospital, ambulatory care, and…

One in three patients will experience a mistake during a hospital stay According to Health Affairs (Health Affairs is the leading peer-reviewed journal at the intersection of health, health care, and policy.) This is more than ten times what researchers thought it was.The issue is not that hopsitals are getting worse, Fourtunatley its just that methods used to track errors are getting bettrer.The most frequent error to occur during a hospital stay is medication errors produced by nurses (wrong …

for proof before giving her private information about the patients, and allowing her to make decisions regarding her sister’s end of life issues. Anyone who hadn’t met her simply asked if she was a family member. This was clearly a hipaa violation. The author discovered through her experiences that even though everyone should have advanced directives, nobody ever asked to see them, and even if people do have them, they don’t usually bring them to the hospital anyway. She did eventually obtain…

letter from the carrier to the member dated 08/19/2016 which states: “We received a request to review service(s) to be provided to you beginning on 10/26/2015 by Tactile Systems Technology, 1331 Tyler Street Northeast Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55413. We have denied this request after thoroughly reviewing all available information. This decision was based on: • A physician review. Not Medically Necessary based on Humana Medical Coverage Policy- Lymphedema – Diagnosis and Treatment” A letter…

issues you are facing in your practice that are consistent with national issues? 1. Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is an issue throughout the United States. Our ED has experienced significant increases in volume. Coupled with the issue of hospital throughput due to lack of inpatient beds, ED congestion is extremely concerning (McClelland, 2015). In addition to affecting patient satisfaction, ED wait times influence patient safety. Extended wait times in the ED are associated with higher…

Hospice Hospice is a combination of a variety of services and programs that are sometimes provided in a home setting for clients who are terminally ill, and have decided not to prolong the dying process. The service can be inpatient, in a hospital setting, in nursing homes and at the client’s home. Most hospice clients are in their final three to six months of life. Most are elderly, however, hospice is available to anyone who needs the service, so long as they are in the final stages before…

be successful in her job, she has to collaborate with the other departments of the hospital and make important decisions. Shankman, the author of the book Emotionally Intelligent Leadership, explains that, “A key characteristic of building teams is creating a shared purpose and committing to shared goals.” Shankman explains that the individuals have to be committed to a group effort and work as a team. In the hospital, all the pharmacists have to work together and treat their patients in order…

I will make a comment concerning an article of Pinto & Brunese (2010) regarding the spectrum of diagnostic errors in radiology. As stated by Flanders & Lakhani (2012, p. 477), radiology offers two basic services: imaging analyses and reports. Additionally, the images that the radiologist is deciphering is part of medico-legal documents. Therefore errors in Radiology may result in negligence that can lead to a lawsuit. As indicated by Owens, Taylor, & Howlett (2016, p. 593), there are…