Urgent care

Over twenty years ago the Institute of Medicine began to push the healthcare industry into the age of EMR on the basis that it would provide better safety, smoother transitions of care, and more efficient care (Schroeder, 2015). Although the change occurred slowly, now the move to EMR has become substantial, particularly as new healthcare legislation has caused this transition to be an underlying requirement. Overall, the use of EMR in healthcare…

health care system which is incorrect. Harris stated, “The government’s framing of refugee claimants as economic migrants undermines the traumatic experiences that spark most refugee arrivals in Canada” (Harris and Zuberi, 5). In 1957, a program known as the Interim…

prevented such as alcohol abuse, obesity, drug addiction etc. Should the NHS have to treat patients who could have prevented their condition? I will be looking at the argument from both sides and sharing my view on this topic. The NHS (or National Health Care service) is a system in the UK that provides free healthcare for tax payers. It was originally founded in 1948 to ensure that all citizens receive the same standard of healthcare, no matter how much money they have, and is a service that…

A. Health care organizations has a countless number of events on a continual basis. The following are some of the key processes for the industry. According to the article, “Health Care Organizations Can Improve Processes and Reduce Risk by Outsourcing Accounting Functions”,by Lars Johnson, “outsourcing the accounting functions may result in cost savings, revenue gains, access to specialized skills, mitigation of risk, and capacity management. By the health care organizations outsourcing their…

the assessment show that the self-management approach of asthma when adopted by these minority adolescents resulted in improved health outcomes such as a reduction in the level of morbidity due to asthma, reduced level of hospitalizations and urgent health care use and generally an improved level of self-management. This therefore, implies that if sufficient attention is also paid on self-management of asthma, then it is possible to experience more interesting results as far as the reduction of…

many sides of the healthcare industry. Majority of U.S. citizens have access to hospitals and urgent care centers, but many do not think about the health care conditions in federal, state, and local prisons and jails. Depending on the location, numerous amounts of prisoners did not receive the basic health care they should be provided with. Some may say that prisoners should not receive the right to health care because they just get it handed to them unlike everyday citizens. If the diseases,…

approximately responded to 6240 health care structures in a year (Ahrens, 2012). The fires resulted in six deaths in average, 171 injuries, and $52.1 million of property loss (Ahrens, 2012). Therefore, there is an urgent need for fire prevention and basic disaster management in healthcare institutions. Fire prevention entails effective planning and performing measures to prevent fires, and reduce the damage caused by fire. Fire Prevention in Long Term Care Smoking or inflammable materials are…

As a young girl I always imagined taking care of other people. It has taken what seems like a lifetime to even come close to accomplishing such goals. I started working in customer service when I was fifteen and over the course of sixteen years have found only one common factor, the people. These are the people that need a bright smile, a warm hug, or simply a kind gesture. I am more than willing to be the provider of such necessity. Upon graduating high school, in 2003, I began my…

female with apparent symptoms of pneumonia was presented. The patient was obese and had initially presented to her primary care physician (PCP) with symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection. She had been 8 weeks post-partum and had required two days of hospitalization after her delivery due to a severe hemorrhage. Two days after being seen by her PCP, she went to an urgent care where she was evaluated by a physician assistant (PA) for refractory symptoms. The PA examined the patient, and…

traditional health system model focusing on secondary care is no longer sustainable or appropriate, due to the increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, in a population, which is becoming increasingly obeseogenic (Howatson & Wall, 2014)(Suckling, Connolly, Mueller & Russell, 2015). There is very little peer reviewed literature on how different…