Health Reporting Has Significant Public Health Implications

Mass media is doing a "great" job in this regard already. What I want to achieve is to make you realize that if you care about your health you cannot rely solely on the health professionals. Their objective is to try to fight health issues that are already in progress.

Mass media is one of the main approaches used in health promotion and its lack of success may be due to its oversimplification or segmented view of health and well-being.

Health in the Media: Using the Models of Health to Assess Media Articles about Health Topics

In addition, the media needs to be on board with informing of strategies in progress to help restore the health care system to one of quality as opposed to focusing on errors. The only positive health care information I have seen on television lately is the St. Jude Children’s Hospital and the wonderful advancements and care they deliver. Health care in

Angina Pectoris is a disorder described by episodes of pain when the supply of oxygen to the heart is inadequate to meet the needs of the heart (Bruyninckx 2011). Hypoxia can be the result of three types of cardiac stressors:

Wakefield, Melanie A., Barbara Loken, and Robert C. Hornik. "Use of Mass Media Campaigns to Change Health Behaviour." The Lancet 376.9748 (2010): 1261-271.

Briefly explain your public health message and justify why you believe it would promote change within your target audience

Evidence based practice has shown bedside reporting has enhanced nursing and patient satisfaction while allowing more direct time with patients. It has also helped reduce report time, increase patient satisfaction and allowed nurses to build trust with patients while involving them in their care.

Today, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH’s) main focus is to transfer healthcare records from a paper format to a digital format known as Electronic Health Records (EHR). Due to the sensitivity of the transferal of this data; the possibility of hackers and breaches, the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) alongside HITECH recommend that health care entities employ multiple approved governing standards to aid in the facility remaining compliant with current local and federal regulations for safety and privacy of said data (Oracle.com, 2011). These regulations govern both the local and federal hardware/software vendors and users now known as business associates under the Mega

I agree with you that under reporting medical errors compromise patient safety.  It is important to report mistakes not only to appropriately follow up with the affected patient but also the improve  the protocol if its needed.  I also think that fear plays a huge part on nurses not reporting errors. I think that they are afraid of the consequences or penalties for the errors. I enjoy reading your post.

“To promote and protect the health and environment for the citizens of Burke County” is the mission statement of the Burke County Health Department (BCHD) and is taken seriously by their highly qualified, dedicated, and friendly staff. The promise is to provide Burke County Citizens with quality care that exceeds expectations through their vision to be viewed as the primary resource for individual, community, and environmental health needs. Consequently, it is essential for the BCHD to connect to the public it serves. As early as March 2012, the National Public Health Information Coalition did a survey about 200 state and local health department websites, discovering that 56 percent of state and 53 percent of local health departments used Facebook to communicate with their public. (Currie, 2012) Currently in North Carolina, out of the 87 local

As it has proven on many sociological analysis papers, the well-know media can have an inclination towards certain political parties or particular companies and as a result of a fierce competition within the media industry and submitting the news on tight schedule would affect the quality and credibility of information that presented to the public. For the health issues that are highly controversial topics or more newsworthy items would have a high possibility on news to attract the audiences (Germov,

Summary: an article written by a charge nurse from Tacoma General Hospital in Washington. She started emphasizing the advantages of utilizing the bedside reporting and the impact that brought to her unit.

Our team choose newspaper called “The globe and mail” and the article is about “I’m worried about the health risk; that’s my top worry”.

Not only being exposed in Philadelphia but also the world. To achieve this goal, media research is used to determine which are the medias that would provide the most appropriate reviews and the ones who has a large amount of audience by itself. Although, online news, newspaper, television, and radio are valuable sources, social media experts such as Instagramers, Twitter, Facebook, etc. are also invited to maximize the publication.