It is our understanding that eradicating healthcare disparities is culturally, politically, and has been traditionally thought-provoking due in part of it causes and reasons that are tangled with a belligerent history of race and gender in the American account. However, to a growing citizenry base, there is need to guarantee countless fairness and accountability of […]
As the text notes, hospitals can be held liable for corporate negligence if they allowed an incompetent physician to have clinical privileges. As a member of the hospital governing board, which has the ultimate decision-making authority regarding appointments and privileges, you have received the recommendations of the medical staff for appointments and privileges to your […]
Prescription errors include wrong patient, wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong frequency, wrong route, transcription errors, inadequate review of ordered drug, and insufficient review of medication for appropriate prescription. Dispensing errors include improper preparation of medication, failure to properly formulate medications, dispensing expired medications, mislabeling containers, wrong patient, wrong dose, et cetera. Administration errors include wrong […]
People who work in the health system can be resistant to learning from other sectors. They may claim that health care is different, and it is hard to argue otherwise when looking at the range and diversity of the stakeholders and the ways in which authority is distributed between them. But some challenges are common […]
United States has continually to become more diverse demographically, with racial and ethnic minorities, predictable to become most of the U.S. population by 2042. A culturally competent system of care acknowledges and incorporates–at all levels–the importance of culture and ethics, the assessment of cross-cultural relations, vigilance towards the dynamics that result from cultural differences, […]
According to Oregon Health & Science University’s description on origin of health development (n.d.), “David Barker, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., in 1989, first reported the relationship between birth weight and death rates from coronary heart disease in both men and women in Hertfordshire, UK.” The resulted research proved that amongst adults with a birth weight ranging […]
Nejad, S. B., Allegranzi, B., Syed, S. B., Ellis, B., & Pittet, D. (2011). Health-care-associated infection in Africa: a systematic review. Bulletin Of The World Health Organization, 89(10), 757-765. doi:10.2471/BLT.11.088179 The article by Nejad, Allegranzi, Syed, Ellis & Pittet (2011) aimed at assessing the epidemiological approach of healthcare related infection in Africa. Three best, scholarly […]
The confidence on the termination factor in on-going nursing evaluation of patient condition is two folds. Failure to follow applicable nursing procedures and protocols, which could result in patient injuries and possible institutional liability. Failure to also follow hospital policies and procedures could result in a successful lawsuit against the hospital facility, in care of […]
Falsification of medical records is a felony. If you falsify a client’s records, the court will require you to give an explanation for this offense. When found guilty of this offense by deliberately altering or falsifying the records, the court will consequently grant punitive damages. The medical and legal dangers for failing to record information […]
Adaptive technology makes it possible for people with disabilities to exercise control over their home and work environments. Wheelchairs for example, are developed that not only help move people around, but also climb stairs and allow them to reach a high shelf. Evoluent Vertical Mouse 2 is a standard horizontal mouse requires your forearm to […]
