Medical error

It is no secret that the job of a medical doctor is among one of the most challenging. Every decision a physician makes has the potential to, quite literally, be a matter of life and death. Despite this relatively common knowledge, the true extent to which these challenges can affect physicians remains widely unrecognized. As the field of medicine rapidly evolves in an effort to improve the health and lives of patients, physicians are subjected to more stressful and exacting work environments,…

and equipment to advance within their field. Healthcare systems have not been receptive to new technology and therefore have received products and services that were pushed onto them by the industry but new medical devices takes an average of 17 years for only 14% of the discoveries in medical technology…

stages during the civil dispute resolution process. For civil disputes involving medical practitioners and patients, apologies have the ability to defuse the spur of litigation and restore the relationship of trust and confidence between them. This is because apologies give recognition to the error that has occurred and reflect a sincere sense of remorse by the medical practitioner for causing the harm. Nevertheless, medical practitioners fear…

Case 1: Forecasting In this section, the paper focuses on analyzing historical data with a view of forecasting expected monthly sales. The case requires monthly sales to be projected, given the assumption that the actual monthly sales are correlated with the number of hits on the company’s website in the previous month. Consequently, the historical data on actual sales and number of hits are both used to forecast the expected sales over a period of three months. Notably, forecasting entails…

Variance Decomposition Analysis The variance decomposition analysis has applied to quantify the extent up to which the selected indices one influenced by each other. We can also examine the short run dynamic relationship by variance decomposition. While impulse response functions trace the effects of a shock to one endogenous variable in the VAR, variance decomposition separates the variation in an endogenous variable in to the component shocks to the VAR. Thus, the variance decomposition…

The values for the Axial length and Keratometry obtained through the various methods as mentioned above should be consistent so as to rule out sources of error. The need to repeat these measurements can be obtained based upon the HOLLADAY CRITERIA which states: Repeat Km if: Km47D for either eye Difference between the two eyes >1 D Corneal cylinder doesnot correlate well with the refractive cylinder Repeat AL if: AL< 22mm AL> 25mm Difference between the two eyes > 0.3 mm Doesnot…

FastCat Compensation Case Phase 2: External Competitiveness Presented to Oliver Stoutner, M.B.A. HR Practicum I: Compensation and Benefits MGT 4250-01 Presented By Morgan Tullis Kimberly Bowers Ashlie Hawes Travis Stone Rachel Kipling Step 1: Recommend Strategy for Competitiveness When determining a compensation strategy for FastCat, we decided the best option would be to have a job-based structure. The reason for this is that we want to focus on our internal pay structure and measure them…

acceleration standard error, intercepts, and Intercept Standard Errors of the truck shown below. Acceleration, a (m/s) Acceleration Standard Error [±m/s^2] Intercept [m/s] Intercept Standard Error [±m/s] 0.4750 0.01182 0.06267 0.2200 The residual mean and the residual standard error have also been calculated. This has been displayed in Table 5. Table 5 –The results that were determined when the linear regression analysis was used, showing the residual mean and the residual standard error.…

experiencing a growing awareness regarding patient’s rights and obligations. It can be clearly sensed by the establishment of liability by the law concerning medical professional, claiming damages for the utter suffering caused due to medical negligence, breach of consent, and breach of confidentiality arising out of a doctor patient relationship. What Is Medical Negligence? Negligence is simply failure to perform an act with due care and caution. The three ingredients of negligence are as…

Observation of past and current patient safety trends in the U.S. Health industry, it becomes apparent that a multitude of procedural errors which often lead to patient malpractice. Therefore, it is crucial to identify the various aspects into the causes of procedural errors and patient care malpractice. By analyzing this data, management may utilize the information in establishing patient safety initiatives for their respective establishment. In addition, by increasing public awareness of…