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Computerized Physician Order-Entry systems or CPOE was introduce to the healthcare field to aid in the reduction of medical errors. The goal of an CPOE system is to reduce healthcare cost by reducing the number of errors, increasing medication safety. With every new product there will always be some unexpected problems that may surface. In regards to CPOE those unexpected problems are referred to as Unintended Adverse Consequences or UAC. According to Sittig & Ash, 2011 UAC’s are events that are

Health Literacy and Patient Safety What if every other person that received help from a healthcare provider left the health facility and did not comply with anything the provider told them? The patient did not take the medication as directed, if at all, did not follow-up in 2 weeks to ensure adequate treatment and never improved, or did not care for their surgical wound, leading them to being hospitalized for sepsis. What is the point in going to seek help, if the patient is not going to do what

only health care found a way to save money. There are many ideas to save money however, one must start small. America may never be able to get out of the 16 trillion-dollar debt, but we can always try. In America there are 5,627 registered hospitals (American Hospital Association). America should have a set limit into how many clinics there should be in certain parts regions. For example, there should not be five pediatrician clinics on the same road. There are many babies and children in America, but

Meadow Hills Hospital is a two hundred bed hospital with a large Medical Staff that serves a population of three hundred thousand. It is one of four similar hospitals in the region. They do not currently have an EHR, but they’re financial systems are well developed. They have a good amount of money in reserve to spend on any solution they feel is needed. Historically, their IT function has reported up through the Chief Financial Officer. This has led to their financial systems being well developed

After reading an article labeled “What is more important – patient safety or hospital IT?” I wanted to offer a slightly alternative read in the hopes of 1) getting more discussions going, 2) giving the readers an alternative perspective 3) countering/clarifying certain statements on that article. While I don’t believe the author set out to just create a “whitepaper” like writing, I do believe the author should have taken some time to “think about what he is trying to convey first, do some serious

Service Learning Project Hospitals are a great way for a medical student to serve the community as well as gain valuable experience in their future field. For this reason, I have spent around forty hours from the end of the summer up until now volunteering at HonorHealth hospital. I volunteered as a transporter, what this means is that I move equipment, medical documents and lab samples around the hospital. I also help discharge patients by pushing them in a wheelchair to their car. Through this

B Paper Growing up in Honduras is my main inspiration for becoming a nurse. It made me more sensitive to what is happening in the medical world outside of the United States. But it wasn’t just growing up in a third world country that made me aspire to become a nurse. There are several instances in my life where I to suppress my emotions and actually deal with what was happening. This made me want to care for and give a greater interest to other people because it makes me feel like I can make

Community service provides us an opportunity to apply our learning to real people and situations, and to relate to different diversities across others within our community. Giving your time towards community service can develop the society and backgrounds while acquiring life lessons. It will also help people to further impact the world in the future. By participating in Community Service, it will help expose individuals on what a difference they will be making for our society. Individuals will

entitled “Sarkozy”, President Nicolas Sarkozy (Former President of France) is seen lying down on a hospital bed looking old and senile. He is wearing a hospital robe with a breathing tube around his head and intravenous drip connected to his arm. His gaze is fixed to the left of the poster and he had his hair combed back neatly. The background setting of this photo is the usual setting that is seen at the hospital ward which consist of a monitor machine, an IV pole and a reflection of what seems to look

Generally people do not seem to realize the variety of problems that occurs when the abolition of Euthanasia is upheld. Terminally ill patients who request to die formally in ways like the painless lethal injection are practicing to the act of Euthanasia. When living with an intolerable condition each and every day the feeling of death will cross your mind numerous of times. When facing the fact that the incurable condition will only lead to one’s death is heartbreaking. Many patients are diagnosed