Health Without Gaps continues to support our vulnerable population.

Computer-Generated Medical Records.

Potential to computer-generated medical records is the ability to retain all or most of the patient records for 5 and/or more years, which may seem unwieldy, but it makes the task feasible, while also increasing the efficiency for many other health information management processes. Huge medical centers are generating more than 100,000 orders a week. […]

YOUTHS IN DEVELOPMENT STEP DOWN

REPORT WORKSHEET Overview: The training was perfectly conducted in an organized manner in terms of human resources and utility services. However recommendations may be available that may improve the training outcome. Challenges though not much but have been faced during the training. Program Dates, times, venue(s) Day 1 activities: Social entrepreneurship discussion was carried out […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA)

One of the preventive benefits that ACA covers is the idea of controlling weight—obesity. Some insurance companies have helped obese patients fight fat for years. They’ve offered weight-loss and wellness programs at businesses, schools and in communities. Some have paid for prescription obesity medications and even covered expensive bariatric surgeries, including gastric bypass. But now, […]

The Power of Health and Science

The philosophy of science can be compared and exemplified with an innovation toward the science of healthcare. This is particularly important in many science-researched articles that explore the innovation and industry competition. For example, there has been a vital historical debate about and on the role and impact of competition on healthcare innovative activities in […]

Malawi and Ghana—Healthcare Review

Ghana (World Health Organization, n.d.): Total population (2013) 25,905,000 Gross national income per capita (PPP international $, 2013) 3 Life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2013) 62/64 Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births, 0) not available Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population, 2013) 261/222 […]

Russian Healthcare—Brief Overview

When comparing two societies that have the same level of average income, the society with a more democratic distribution may have healthier people living in it than the society with a higher level of inequality. I believed this became the case in the Russian post-transitional level and in terms of changes in mortality and quality […]

Health Inequality and Inequity in Developed Nations

There is an important article that furthered the discussion of health inequality and inequity. I think there is an issue of an unexplained idea of health inequality in today’s society. This is because accurate measurement of health inequities is indispensable to track progress or to identify needs for health equity policy interventions, (Yukiko, Hurley, Norheim & Johri, 2015).  According […]

Corporate Negligence in Healthcare

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 […]

EMTALA action vs. Malpractice Action

EMTALA action differ from a malpractice action in the sense that it requires that a Medicare-provider hospital offer an appropriate medical screening examination to determine whether an emergency medical condition exists for any individual who presents to the emergency department seeking treatment. Any violation to the said requirement is a ground for claim of action. […]