In my workplace things change on daily basis, problems occur. That means that systems in place might need changing. It is mine responsibility that policies, procedures and systems of communicating are kept up to date and those in place are correct. Care Plans, documents are checked on regular basis, reviewed and up dated when required. Residents’ needs change from day to day therefore we have formal or informal chats to discuss what has changed and how to meet these needs. Handovers also keep staff informed about new happenings. Policies that are changed through companies are out into practise and old files archived. Information that is no longer in use is stored away and archived. We have in place procedures that we follow and hand them over
1.1 Identify legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in health and socail care
I work closely with my team ensuring that all staff are treated with respect and encouraging them to develop their own skills and knowledge whilst sharing their experiences with colleagues.
important message. By this simple act, we can break the cycle of discrimination and stop it from happening.
Before the appointment of the lady inspectors, health and safety regulations were slowly being implemented across the United Kingdom. Technological advancements brought forth by industrialisation throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries meant that the workplace was changing, and as such new challenges for workers were created. In the new working environments, dangerous and unhealthy conditions were rife. Accidents were extremely common in the new working environments and for example, in Manchester Infirmary in 1832, one quarter of all in-patients admitted came from factory related accidents. Long working hours led to exhaustion, and frequently led to injury or death as important jobs, such as the opening of ventilation flats in the
The NHS Operating Framework introduced by the coalition government sets out the planning and financial requirements for RUHB in 2012/13 and the basis of their accountability (DH, 2012). As a result, the 2013 certified that funding for health in England be frozen for up 2015/16 thereby requiring RUBH to underspend allocated funding from the government such as putting a 1% cap on pay award. Socially, this will include factors such as behavior of staff and service users, partnership working, quality of care, etc. These factors can drive change in diverse ways in the RUHB. For example, the NICE Guidelines on Behavior Change make recommendations on individual level behavior interventions that is aimed at changing the behavior that can be dangerous to the health of staff and service users such as smoking, alcohol abuse, lack of physical activity, safe sex, etc. (NICE, 2014). Technologically, the introduction of information communication technology has resulted in faster communication, appropriate storing and sharing of information and records of service users between health and social care professionals. As a result of the CQC inspection, the RUHB revises their health records management policy to more accurately reflect where information about service user such as fluid intake and output in each ward should be recorded (CQC Report, 2013)
Lifestyle choices such as smoking, drinking alcohol, poor diet and lack of physical exercise have many diseases associated with them. In 2006-07, patients with these diseases cost the NHS a combined total of £18.4bn (Scarborough et al. 2011). If the NHS limited treatment to these groups of people, it would be able to invest this money into other areas of need. This could lead to improved facilities for people who become ill through no fault of their own.
There are many problems in the World today. Some solvable and some impossible to solve- but as humans, we can only try our best to come up with resolutions to solve the problems. In the U.S, people recognize the problems with healthcare insurance, but most people are not concerned about changing it. They would rather maintain the current healthcare because people are scared that the change will make the situation worse. For years now, the U.S has been fighting the issues within the problem of healthcare insurance. Therefore the two main causes for preventing every citizen in the U.S from getting healthcare insurance is unemployment and high cost. Throughout the years in the U.S, there have been proposals to solve providing healthcare to citizens. One recent proposal that has occurred in present day is the Obamacare plan. The Obamacare plan is called the “Affordable Care Act”. This care act is more affordable and helpful to people. It is intended to make sure that everyone is taken care of no matter how old. Not everyone understands that with this plan everyone benefits, but some people still are against the plan because they feel that everyone should not get the same treatment because they are higher than others. The Obamacare is great, because it is supposed to help everyone out. People who don’t currently have healthcare insurance and people who have pre-existing conditions who have trouble getting insurance.
GI Bleed: The GI tract includes the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, colon, and anus. During a GI bleed, any of these parts can have a minor or severe bleed. Some signs that the upper GI tract may be bleeding include: vomiting up blood, vomit that looks like coffee grounds, and black or tarry stools. Signs that indicate a lower GI bleed include: dark blood mixed with stool, or black and tarry stool. Other nonspecific symptoms include: fatigue, weakness, pale skin and shortness of breath A GI bleed is the symptom of a disease including diverticulosis, in which E.M. has experienced. Over time the bleeding that occurs in your GI tract can cause a shortage of red blood cells and can put the patient at risk for Anemia. When locating a GI bleed, it may be difficult, especially if it is a microscopic bleed. In this case doctors may order to do a test that is called an Endoscopy with a
According to Business dictionary it defined healthcare as “The act of taking preventative or necessary medical procedures to improve a person's well-being. This may be done with surgery, the administering of medicine, or other alterations in a person's lifestyle. These services are typically offered through a health care system made up of hospitals and physicians”. I believe the access of healthcare should be a basic right because every individual working in the united states legally must pay their taxes, which indicate most of tax payer’s money go towards healthcare subsidization. With these reasons, I believe healthcare should
Transformations have meant doctors have to take into account the lay persons experiences (Nettleton, 2013). These changes have forced medical experts to recognize their own limitations and recognize the importance of care and social support, and have encouraged people to be in control of their own health. This control is based on the commonsensical knowledge that health is associated with social and behavioural factors, and therefore, health is down to lifestyle factors which are at the hands of the individual (Nettleton, 2013). This has benefitted policy as individuals are now seen to be responsible for their own care, which creates the ability to capitalize on lay people's ability to care for themselves. Therefore, such transformations are
The year I was born brought a great change in medical history, and no it wasn’t simply because I was born. In 1986 the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act was created. This is an act that the United States Congress passed as a part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). It is stated that “It requires hospitals that accept payments from Medicare to provide emergency health care treatment to anyone needing it regardless of citizenship, legal status, or ability to pay. There are no reimbursement provisions. Participating hospitals may not transfer or discharge patients needing emergency treatment
Let’s take Alteration of the patient history data for instance. If there was any tampering done with the medical records. This is considered as a criminal offense and can result in the physician to lose his medical license if found guilty of altering with the medical records This is considered as medical malpractice in the light of alteration, falsification and destruction of medical records by the physician. In this case the information in the History and the Physical examination of the patient was altered from “no known allergies” to “patient denies any drug allergies”. This was noticed by the HIM clerk and he immediately reported the same to the HIM director. The patient suffered from severe allergic reaction as the physician who took the
Various indicators can be really useful in in an attempt to evaluate the quality of the financial health of Dudley and other comparable companies in Italy.
Some of the recent changes in health care include and problems we are facing include ; development of the integrated care models, increase in suicide rates among adolescents, shortage of availability of child psychiatrist resulting in expanded role of the pediatricians in treating children with mental illness
There will be major changes in today’s health care system that nurses should pay, notice to as it may impact the future of their profession (Stokowski, 2010). The nursing role is quickly developing by way to move from the old hospice location to in the public location, providing care to prevention and wellness (Stokowski, 2010). The nurses are the backbone of the health care system flexibility is a superiority that is essential for nurses to experience these variations.