Medical facility

What is a CMA? A CMA, also known as a certified medical assistant, is an individual that has been awarded a certification credential through the Certifying Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants(AAMA). CMA has been educated in a wide scope of general, clinical, and administrative responsibilities. They were also tested. CMAs play major roles in the medical field, by aiding other professionals to help patients. Being a certified medical assistant takes time, the process maybe complicated

complete medical information, providing that the information is entered correctly. Often, information that the patient cannot remember, for instance home medications or allergies, are saved within the EHR and can be reviewed with the patient, assisting the patient to remember the medication names; therefore, assisting the nurses with appropriate medication administration decisions. Another advantage of the EHR is the ability to save medical interactions, and then add upon the list of medical diagnoses

period, but did not exceed that of The Polio Years. Several themes begin to emerge further into the book. Obvious themes included, the support for March of Dimes, impact on families affected by polio, the growth and development of rehabilitation facilities, and more importantly the response to the disease by Texans. Oddly, Wooten discusses the fact that other diseases such as, measles, diphtheria, and tuberculosis took more lives than Polio. However, people feared Polio more than the rest. Wooten

experience as well as topics discussed at the meeting of the American Medical Informatics Association that he attends each year. One session titled “Privacy, mHealth, and Social Media,” brought up an important question; can you ethically look up a troubling patient on social media in order to get information that did not add up during your patient interview? (Ackerman, 2013). Resulting from HIPAA only covering providers and not patients, medical information given away on social media by an individual has waved

certifies health care organizations by surveying facilities to ensure health care standards, performance measurements, safety guidelines have been implemented and carried out for better patient. The Joint commission sets standards and guidelines in compliance with federal laws to evaluate health care services. Health care organizations generally volunteer to seek accreditations from the Joint Commission by allowing expert surveyors evaluate their facility. The surveyors are made up of a multi-disciplinary

Patient safety is a major concern for all health care providers. Two areas of safety that are relevant to my practice in an outpatient surgical center are medication errors and the electronic error reporting. The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) is the organization that was used to support my project. The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Initiative competency that was chosen for my indirect clinical project (ICP) was safety. Everyone in the health care environment

conduct a study of the implementation and functionality of an Electronic Health Record in a private family care practice setting. With this study, we will find out the advantages, the challenges, and the reasoning behind the use of EHRs in a private medical practice along with it’s involvement of meaningful use and interoperability criteria. I. INTRODUCTION In the last decade, Health Information Technology (HIT) has been drastically changing due to the constant development of new technologies. With

records into a method that would eventually crossover to most healthcare facilities by the year 2014. The ONC-Coordinated Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan: 2008-2012 gives an outline of how electronic health records will benefit the healthcare workforce. The Plan outlines the following information. The mandate that was executed was a plan to implement the launch of electronic health records healthcare facilities across the nation. The goal of the plan is to provide an increased

and the patient can’t make decisions about what health care should be administered. The hospital must: place the declaration is the patient’s records; or inform the patient that they cannot comply, and immediately transfer care to a physician or facility that can comply with the Act. Lastly, comfort and care must never be withdrawn, even if treatment is withdrawn under the Natural Death Act.” The Natural Death Acts are a bit different from Advance Health Care Directives, as the above quote illustrates

Please answer the following questions: 1. Why do you want to become a MUSM Ambassador? (max. 250 words) When I was exploring medical schools in 2014, I decided to attend discover MUSM day. That day, I was able to experience the culture of the campus and interact with Mercer students that went above and beyond to answer all of questions about Mercer and medicine in general. I believe that my experience that day truly impacted my decision on making Mercer my home. A decision I do not regret