McLean Hospital

Disclaimers, a hospital-based clinic in Cincinnati, Ohio, practice adopted an EHR system to participate in the Greater Cincinnati Beacon Community Program. As part of the Program, Dr. Tolentino and his colleagues needed to interface with UC Hospital’s health information exchange (HIE). One important part of the HIE was the Emergency Department/Admission Alert System (ED Alert System). The ED Alert System notifies the clinic when one of its patients has an Emergency Department (ED) or hospital…

One of the biggest things that pops into my head about psychosocial when it comes to burn victims, would be the possibility of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Receiving serious burns can be traumatic to the patient, but it is not just that, the situations surrounding what caused the burn could be just as traumatic. An example I can think of is a house fire; family members could have been lost along with all of the patient’s belongs. So, this patient is not just dealing with the trauma…

Before beginning my research project, I know that the nursing field suffers from a shortage now but will be much worse in the future. There are several factors that I am aware of before research, and several I will learn. From what I already know, Nurses today are forced to work more with less resources resulting in mental and physical exhaustion and high turnover rates. Some nurses decided to leave the field all together. What needs to be done to elevate the shortage today and the stress from…

In the case of the State of Washington’s EDIE database, information technology and systems support helped in managing the EDIE data. It organized, stored, assessed, analyzed, and interpreted patient data whenever they visited the Emergency room. The data in the EDIE database became information and then knowledge to physicians which supported them in making fast decisions on patients admitted to the emergency room. Thus, having a well-managed database puts an organization at a competitive…

As mentioned, due to the increased population, the ACA expanded Medicare healthcare coverage for preventative services, which are covered under the part B benefits. Prior to the ACA, Medicare beneficiaries with traditional Medicare were required to pay 20 percent of the cost of most preventive services out of pocket. Medicare Advantage plans could charge what they wanted for preventive services. In the past Medicare part b benefits covered a one-time, welcome to Medicare visit during the first…

MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective investigation based on pre-treatment cephalometric radiographs of patients seeking orthodontic treatment at the UAB School of Dentistry Orthodontics Department. The sample consisted of 54 males and 42 females with an average age of 12.3 years old. Subject Selection Criteria Subjects for the study were selected from the database of patients at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry Orthodontics Department. 96 subjects were evenly divided…

Working in numerous Hospital facilities for nearly 3 years and counting, I have experienced many different environments and cultures throughout Texas. The first Hospital I had ever worked for had just been remodeled the year before. When you drove down the street you saw this giant building with a wide strip of glass from roof to bottom that glistened in the sun and it just screamed clean and new. Once you entered through the sliding glass doors there was a help desk in the center of the room…

increasing use of managed care payment systems, cost containment pressures and a shift toward outpatient treatment. In all of the geographical areas in which we operate, there are other hospitals that provide services comparable to those offered by our hospitals. In addition, some of our competitors include hospitals that are owned by tax-supported gov-ernmental agencies or by non prot corporations and may be supported by endowments and charitable contributions and exempt from property, sale…

There are many aliments and chronic condition that can impact the older population, the ailments range from chronic conditions that can be controlled by diet and maintenance medications however, there are those that are more sever that even with maintenance medications the disease will be debilitating and ultimately life ending. Diabetes is an increasing chronic condition that we see, Type 1 and there is type 2. Type 2, which my mother has, you are one is able to manage type 2 Diabetes with…

There are many professions in the world like neurosurgeons, a neurosurgeon is a physician who specializes in surgical treatments of disorders of the nervous system. The college I want to go is the University of Washington, I want to go to this school because it has great classes, and it’s a medical school. A neurosurgeon would be a great job to have for many reasons. I really would like to be a neurosurgeon because I can help people, get a good college, and do what I love. Neurosurgeons can…