Medical history

In Discussion 1.2, I stated that I am actively pursuing my goal to open my own medical billing and coding company. I am still eager and ready to step out into the world of entrepreneurship. Armed with the knowledge that I have attained during this course and the experience that I have as a leader, I am confident that my business will succeed. I know that this is just the beginning and that there is still a great deal of work and research that is needed to ensure my success, however I am…

1. Create a class named Doctor that has three member variables: • name – A string that stores the name of the doctor • numPatients – An integer that tracks how many patients the doctor must treat • patientList – A dynamic array of strings used to store the patient names Write appropriate constructor(s), mutator, and accessor methods for the Doctorclassalong withthefollowing: • A method that inputs all values from the user, including the list of patient names. Note that this method has to…

The comprehensive history and physical examination (H&P) is made up of the following nine major components: history of present illness (HPI), past medical history (PMH), family history, psychosocial, review of systems (ROS), physical examination, laboratory data, problem list, and treatment plan. The HPI section addresses the current problem for which the patient is seeking care for and its chronological development up to the present time. The elements need to be documented are location,…

The medical health record is an integral part of the healthcare system and has evolved greatly over the years. This form of communication is necessary for keeping information about a patient’s health at the fingertips of healthcare professionals. The medical record includes everything from billing and administrative information to complete diagnoses and medications. ("What information does an electronic health record (EHR) contain? | FAQs | Providers & Professionals | HealthIT.gov," 2013).…

For the electronic health record, since its inception, there is an improvement in patient care. A doctor and a patient can easily have access to the medical record needed, even from a remote location (Thakkar & Davis, 2006). The EHR has applications that set alert and reminders about important needed or recommended tests for the patients, and appointments can be scheduled electronically. The EHR also…

Electronic Medical Record in a Healthcare Industry Electronic Medical Record is a type of information system that collects the date of each patient and stores their medical record, medication, and allergies on a protected server. Electronics medical records can also store x-rays, billing information, individual’s personal information, vital signs, radiology images, laboratory tests, and much more. Everything that medical personnel would ever need a patient history and/or doctor visits would all…

Electronic health records (EHRs) are more than just a way to collect data from your provider’s office; it is also a way to have a complete history of the patient. Electronic health records were made to share your personal information between your doctors. An electronic medical record (EMR) is an electronic capture of your chart, which contains all of your medical history that is from your primary care physician. An electronic health record is commonly used by providers for diagnosis and…

nursing informatics. Curtin (2005) explains that source and access to information via informatics is not the issue, but rather how the information is used. It is important that providers retain consent from patients prior to access of previous medical record information (Curtin, 2005). Another concern for using information that is connected via network is the security of that network (Curtin, 2005). This can potentially be a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability…

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) of 2009 was established to promote electronic medical record (EMR) adoption and electronic health information exchange. Furthermore, incentives and penalties were fixed to invoke health organizations to install EMR programs and achieve meaningful use standards set forth by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Overall, the HITECH Act and Meaningful use standards were created to improve quality of…

considered myself a history buff, nor do I tend to indulge myself in any sort of history in my spare time. Like many others, I took this course, Role Playing American History, in order to fulfill a general education requirement, and my counselor said she has heard this course is pretty entertaining. However, I found myself truly enjoying this course for many reasons beyond being able to argue with my classmates. This course truly did help me to better learn about American history for several…