Radiology

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is the best college for me because it will enable me to be on the right path for what I would like to do for the rest of my life. MCPHS (Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences) has many positive components to it. The college is located in the center of Boston which is what I was looking for so I’m far enough away from Pittsfield, but not too far. This college also offers the exact major I want, and even offers a masters in…

technologist. By the end of my third year in high school, I thought I had my whole future planned. My plan was to attend a local college for four years and receive a bachelor’s degree. After talking to my neighbors who both work in the field of radiology, I finalized my decision. Of course,…

Over the course of time Canada has had multiple Prime Ministers, both of good and bad qualities. On April 22, 1963 Lester Pearson was elected as the 14th Prime Minister of Canada until he retired April 20, 1968. Pearson did an extravagant job as the Prime MInister. He made many contributions during his time in office, all for the good of our country. A few of many improvements he made were the introduction of medicare, the Royal Commission on the Status of Woman and the Bilingualism and…

Elements of a Risk Management Program Risk management for healthcare can be defined as an organized effort to identify, assess, and reduce, where appropriate, risks to patients, visitors, staff, and organizational assets (Kavaler & Alexander, 2014). There are five steps which form the framework of a risk management program. These steps include Risk Identification - Understand the different exposures and prepare a comprehensive Risk Inventory, Risk Evaluation - Estimation of the loss potential…

Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital strives to improve their services every year, some years have been lean, such as 2007 and 2008. The health system has been steadily making strides since this time period, to implement the needs we may have had to put off for a while. When we look at the strengths of Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, it is clear that the employees who work there are a great asset to the company. The employees are very dedicated, caring, dependable, and must be accurate in the services…

When I think of the vulnerable population, the thought of children and the elderly comes to mind. In today’s vastly diverse society, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are many others that fall into this population. The CDC defines these other group as follow: “vulnerable populations as defined by race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, geography, gender, age, disability status, risk status related to sex and gender, and among other populations identified…

1) Biomedicine, according to Kinsley, is ontological and mechanical and does not generally subscribe to looking at a patient’s “way of life” for diagnosing disease and illness. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why? Illustrate with examples. Kinsley describes ontological as a disease process that is different or separate from the individual’s body (1996:170). To me this would be considered something along the lines of bacterial or viral infections that invade the body causing harm…

Electronic Medical Record Conversion Issues Health records date back to the Ancient Greeks and Astrologers who charted observations, symptoms and outcomes. Today, we are documenting health information in either a paper chart or a digital version of a patient’s chart in a computer called an electronic health record. According to Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, “an electronic health record (EHR) is defined as an electronic version of a patient’s medical history, that is maintained by…

of no improvement Bill has returned to the doctor’s office and has reported increasing pain and stiffness in not only the right hip, but the left hip as well. Blood has been drawn and sent to the lab for testing and he has also been sent to the radiology department for x-rays. BACKGROUND OF AVASCULAR NECROSIS Avascular…

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