National Disaster Medical System

Patient encounter is group into three subcategories which are a patient specific, aggregate, and comparative. In addition, the patient specific date type usually consist of the medical history such as physician’s orders, consents, authorization, billing, and insurance eligibility. Also, the other main component of this data type is general operations. Next, externally comparative data come by internal and external data to assist organizations in evaluating their performance. The other main…

obtained through specific forms of DNA analysis, which include testing for monogenic recessive or monogenic dominant condition, as well as more nonspecific forms of analysis, such as disease susceptibility testing (Julia & Itsik, 2007, p. 440). A national genetic databases would be a collection of the genetic records of all the citizens within a country. Though some find the creation of a genetic…

community, benchmarking opportunity - Community benefits of accreditation: access to comparative data, revolution in quality, preparedness to disasters etc. With the increasing number of private service providers, the government decided to improve healthcare services and regulate the quality of services by introducing various quality accreditations such as NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers). NABH is part of Quality Council of India (QCI) board, and aimed to…

emergency, time is a precious commodity. Having time can mean the difference between life and death. Because of this, time lost because of poor coordination, or disorganization of an emergency response effort, is unacceptable. With this in mind the National Incident Management System’s (NIMS) was developed. NIMS is an important step towards the standardization of emergency response throughout the United States. The success of NIMS is due to its leadership structure and flexibility. Leadership…

the responses of the town of Lexington Kentucky across the entire spectrum of emergency disasters. Its goals aim to mitigate, prepare, respond, and recover: 1. Mitigate: Actively provide the means for the utilization of all available resources in the effort to decrease the loss of life and property from natural and/or man-made disasters-by avoiding or lessening the impact of a disaster; fix the cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage through sustained…

social, and culture have played major roles in the health of the Malagasy people. The leading causes of death in Madagascar is due to the environment, poor ventilation, and lack of access to medical facilities. Madagascar health system offers free medical treatments; however, poverty and decrease access to medical facilities has caused people to resort to traditional healers. Country Background Madagascar is located South East of Africa in the Indian Ocean. The land mass of Madagascar is…

disposition of about 500 pediatric and adult patients per 1 million of population who are experiencing trauma or acute illness that requires hospitalization should be done. 3.) All members of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (NAPH) should conduct trainings regularly that focus on disaster response especially during hurricane events. 4.) Currently, there is a shortage of healthcare staffs in the US, therefore, the NAPH should address this concern through augmenting…

according to nationally recognized standards. The main purpose of HIE is to provide immediate access to relevant medical information whenever needed to improve quality, safety, and cost of patient care. HIE initiatives focus on the areas of technology, interoperability, standards utilization, harmonization, and business information systems while supporting activities focuses on national, state, and local levels (Report 2008). The potential benefits of HIE to public health agencies lie upon the…

Fire is a national problem that has a huge impact on people, property and the environment. According to the report “American burning published in 1973” annually more than 300,000 people are injured as a result of fire. Additionally, nearly 12,000 lives are claimed with the highest aggregate cost of $11billion in property loss, burn injury treatments and wasted resources. Since the release of America burning these numbers have decreased dramatically. The fire problem in the United States can be…

the health of the environment in very harmful ways. In an account of the environmental losses regarding the BP oil spill, a famous writer for the Washington Post, Kevin Nance (2015), illustrates a reflection of the consequences in the wake of this disaster: “We remember the giant oil slick burning on the water, blackening the beaches, clogging the marshlands, choking and killing the fish and wildlife.” Many forms of wildlife suffered throughout this highly preventable incident, ruining fragile…