complete digital history of patient prescriptions and automatically cross-referencing prescriptions to database of all approved drugs, doctors will be able to make more informed decisions to improve the lives of patients. The drug database complements the existing pharmaceutical dispensary system; patients will still visit a doctor, receive a prescription, and then visit a pharmacy to have it filled. It simply provides doctors with a proven method of avoiding prescription drug reactions, thereby…
As an employee at a small healthcare start-up, I have become intimately familiar with the socio-technical system surrounding the tele-health mobile application that we have created, Bond Intelligent Care (henceforth referred to as Bond). Software / Hardware Bond is merely the software component of the socio-technical system, requiring hardware such as iPhones and personal computers to be utilized. Since Bond requires a data connection, it also necessitates routers or data towers to operate.…
A prescription drug or prescription medication is a drug that you get from a pharmacy or some sort of a professional medical source to be dispensed. In this society it is very easy for young teens to get their hands on prescribed drugs without a Doctor 's consent, this is because there aren 't many rules on prescription drugs. People get the drugs from sellers that they know such as family, friends or a person on the street . People also use them for many reasons such as wanting to fit in, lose…
The author of Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk, once stated, “The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close up” (Chuck, n.d.). His statement highlights a condition I call a myopic perspective. Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a condition in which a person can clearly see objects close-up while objects in the distance look blurry (“Myopia,” n.d.). A myopic perspective is a similar impairment limiting people’s psychological viewpoint or internal vision versus their physical…
Protection of Human Subjects. After receiving approval from Baptist Hospital and University of Florida IRB committees data collection began. Data was gathered by Tanya Warner, DNP student and employee of Baptist Hospital. Data was kept in Tanya Warner’s office on campus at Baptist Hospital. Computer data and patient’s medical records were password protected. No identifiable data was included in data collected. 2014 Results 2014 Age and Gender. Patient’s identified as being discharge with…
Description of the Clinical Experience The purpose of this reflection is to inform the reader of my second and third day in the hospital, where we went out on the floor and interacted with our clients. We got to meet our clients and experience some of the tasks the register nurses do on a daily basis (#C6, #C10). Reflection Initially, on both days my group met in the lobby of the hospital and then followed our instructor to the third floor, where we would wait for the nurses to give shift…
one gets older they are more exposed to experience a chronic illness and are more likely to consume multiple medications a day (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields, 2015). It is known that the United States has one of the highest prices when it comes to prescription drugs. There are numerous factors in why the high cost of medication tends to affect the elderly. For instance, Medicare does not tend to cover…
I am reading It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini and I am on page 122. This book is about a teenage boy named Craig Gilner who is struggling to succeed in his high school career while he fights depression. Starting in seventh grade, Craig’s dream is to be accepted Manhattan’s Executive Pre-Professional High School, but once he is accepted something changes. He quickly realizes school is not going to be as easy at he thought, and starts to make irresponsible choices. Along with his best…
cyberchondrias whose use google to diagnose them or the self-diagnosers their common cold has been diagnosed to be bronchitis. The fact that the doctor has to rely on patient is harmful. It’s harmful because the online doctors are allowed to prescribe prescription. Since the online doctor is relying on the patient’s…
Currently in the United States, prescription opioid abuse is at an extremely high epidemic level. Prescription opioid abuse is at a peak due to the fact they are easily obtainable. The abusers themselves can either be prescribed the painkiller, their friends or family members may be prescribed, or they can purchase these medications on the street from dealers who are trying to make a quick buck. A major role of community health nurses today is to prevent the spread of illness and disease.…