MRC Medical Communications Case Analysis

Communication: Today I had the pleasure of being in both the pre-operative and post-operative units. Communication within the members of both the teams were very efficient. I noticed the nurses work much more independently and focus more on one on one patient care. However, the nurses in pre-op did communicate a great deal with members of the surgical team. The nurses would call and inform the surgical team when a patient was prepared to enter surgery. Also, the surgical team would contact the pre-op nurses regularly to give them an update on how procedures were going in the OR. For example, if a surgeon was ahead of schedule they would contact the pre-op nurses to inform them that they could begin preparing the next patient ahead of time. Or vice versa, in cases that the surgeon was behind schedule. On the other hand, in post-op the nurse was also very independent. She would wait for a phone call from the PACU nurse, to receive a quick SBAR report of the patient just a few minutes before the patient was transferred. Via the telephone, the PACU nurse would inform the post-op nurse of current vitals, along with the types of anesthetics the patient received and outcomes of the procedure. Mainly, the nurses communicated with the patient and their family. Along with performing full body assessments, the pre-op nurses spent most of their time asking patients detailed questions regarding their health history, current health status, and use of medications. In addition, the pre-op

This paper explores Telemedicine and how it has begun to transform healthcare with the use of Information Technology and Systems. As social networking, politics and technology have created a new age for healthcare, has come the birth of Telemedicine. It is defined by Medicaid as a service that “seeks to improve a patient’s health by permitting two-way, real time interactive communication between the patient, and the physician or practitioner at the distant site.” This means that a patient and a provider do not have to be in the same geographical location, much less the same room. This requires IT to continuously protect the patient’s health information. Unfortunately, from a social informatics perspective, there is still a digital divide for patients that may not be in a location of the world that even has access to the internet. From a patient’s perspective who may just need that physical encounter, they may feel like they are losing out and not getting the best care. Telemedicine is as broad as it is wide and can be used for such

HIPAA Act focuses on increased confidentiality and stronger security measures to protect health information (Hixson & Hunt-Unruh, n.d., para. 1). Any information posted to blogs, Facebook accounts, or communities online by health care organizations should be ready for the public to see. Also, there should be policies and guidelines related to online communications put in place before using these means of communication. The HIPAA Act also provides patients with increased access to their own medical records and also restricts and regulates who else can see them (Du Pré, 2005, p. 100).

For my cooperative practice in AHS 393, I interned at Indiana State University’s Student Health Promotion (SHP). SHP operates under Student Affairs as a part of the Student Counseling Center to create and promote a healthy college community. They focus on encouraging students to identify the benefits of, need for, healthy lifestyle choices through the promotion of comprehensive mind/body wellness, timely marketing, ongoing direct interactions and by supporting a community that enables these choices. My supervisor was Janet Weatherly, the associate director of SHP. My main duty and favorite part of my co-op was running their Motivational Monday programs. Each Monday we tabled in HMSU to talk to the student walking by about a different health topics and resources. Overall, I really enjoyed my co-op. I loved interacting and making a difference right here in my local community. No two days were ever the same! My only wish was if we could have stayed and done more programs.

I feel that this really opened the door for my yearning to do something within the medical field. During this internship I watched Dr. Morin perform total knee replacements, total hips, and other minor orthopedic surgeries. While the surgery was going on, I would stand next to the Nurse Anesthetist. I had told Dr. Morin that I had an interest in Anesthesia, so he had the Nurse Anesthetist

I wanted to share some input as an intern/co-op for MRC Medical Communications to bear in mind for future candidates, as the end of

What was missing or disappointing, if anything, about this internship? What was especially rewarding and educational?

My name is Etiowo Usoro, and we briefly spoke at the UMSI Career Fair about the Healthcare Analyst Internship for this upcoming summer. After giving you my resume, I also applied for the position online. I was curious to see what the timeline would be in regards to receiving feedback for this position.

Today was my first day at my new internship at Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) at Saint James. I worked alongside with my site supervisor Sue-Ann Villano, she gave an introduction to RHIO and its purpose. I was also introduced with other employees in the office and their contributions to RHIO.

By expanding the existing infrastructure out of state the IT Director must implement an information technology system that would be beneficial for the healthcare providers. The system must be cost efficient and provide quality care that is accessible from a wide area network. In order to build this type of infrastructure we must make sure the proposed infrastructure has appropriate security, functionality, and easy access. This type of infrastructure would work effortlessly to provide the best patient care. The proposed network infrastructure would acknowledge the risks

The main problem when participating in multidisciplinary collaboration in managing patient care is communication. Without proper communication the patients care and health is compromised. When asked to select contributing factors to patient care errors, nurses cited communication issues with physicians as one of the two most highly contributing factors, according to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing reports (Dingley, Daugherty, Derieg, & Persing, 2015). With acquire communication between the multidisciplinary team the nurse would not face this type of problems. Ineffective communication among health care team members contributes to patient harm and adverse events, interventions and implementation methods become instrumental

This summer, I worked for almost three weeks as an unpaid intern with Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies (AST) and greatly enjoyed the entire experience. Though every job has both pros and cons, I hope it will become evident that, at least in this situation, the positive experiences greatly outnumbered the negatives.

Communication is an often overlooked aspect of the physician-patient relationship. According to one study in the Journal of the American Medical Association which compared primary care physicians with no malpractice claims to those with claims, those with no claims against them spent more time with patients on routine visits, used more humor with patients, and spent more time orienting patients in regard to their health.The study clearly demonstrates that communication is a critical aspect of caring for patients and a lack thereof can potentially be the root cause of malpractice claims. My communication skills, along with my maturity and empathy, which I have developed through my unique life experiences, will contribute substantially to my

Technology changes everything is a phrase that is often used at my place of employment in order to change the perspective of how some people view its many different applications. In the case of our example with the; “Brain Saving Technologies, Inc and the T- Health institute: Medicine through videoconferencing, technology is being used to fundamentally change how medical treatment is delivered (O’Brien & Marakas, 2011). From the perspective of a medical patient I would be completely fine being diagnosed by a medical professional “thousands of miles” away from me dependent on known variables about their training and what types of systems are in place by the organizations to ensure legitimacy in their work.

For my HSC 484 summer course I got to complete my internship at Dr. Ctibor Kaigl Pediatrics office located on 7st and Willetta. The pediatric office offers primary care to children ranging from 1months to 18 years old. I started my internship under the supervision of Ora Sanchez on May 18 and currently working on finishing up the last 8 of my 134 hours required. Ora has structured laid out for intern that included learning the duties of the medical assistant and nurse before shadowing the doctor. I had many responsibilities and duties as a student intern shadowing Dr.Kaigl. My responsibilities included learning how take pulse, weight, and measurements, using the different instruments in the exam room, organizing files