Essays on Hospital

Technology is ever changing in every industry. A few years ago, everybody needed hard copies of all documentation. Now, more and more companies and industries are faxing and emailing documentation instead. The world we live in is changing at such a rapid pace, we all need to stop resisting the moves toward technology. Electronic health…

              “One Flew Over Cuckoo’s Nest” was a story originally published in 1962 by Ken Kesey.  The story was based on his unique experiences working with wounded soldiers in California.  Many of story’s characters were the coupling of real life people he met at the Veterans Hospital and LSD…

Our lives are full of events, some of them leave good memories, but others sometimes change our attitudes. It was my senior year at high school back in Morocco. Half of my grade comes from in class tests and participation, the other half comes from the national test, which I have to take at the…

Such a workflow perspective that is based on the continuity of care model provides a framework required to Identify and support an Interconnected trajectory of care events affecting handcuff communication. To this end, we propose a new methodology, referred to as the clinician-centered approach that allows us to investigate and represent the entire clinician workflow…

The Accounts Receivables has been in the 70-80 days range for several months now and has even reached above 100 days this month. Marysville General reaches its optimum cash flow when Accounts Receivables is at 55 days. As discussed at the meeting, there are several things that can be done by the medical staff, business…

Holography can be known as a relatively new system of Organizational governance where authority and the decision-making powers are equally vested and distributed to diligent and skilled members of the workforce. Unlike the age-old Hierarchy System of management where all powers were virtually centralized and vested with the company executives and higher level of management,…

Phlebotomists are individuals educated to obtain blood samples on live patients. Employment in this occupation is on the rise as phlebotomists are sought after for drawing blood for testing. Vital signs are also an important function of the phlebotomist. As healthcare professionals, they work in medical facilities such as hospitals, physicians’ offices, research institutions, home…

In Almeda County, a private hospital turned away a woman in labor because thehospital’s computer showed that she didn’t have insurance. Hours later, her babywas born dead in a county hospital. In San Bernardino, a hospital surgeon sent apatient who had been stabbed in the heart to a county medical center afterexamining him and declaring…

The Oakland experiment centered on reassessing different facets of baseball, including management, gameplay, player suitability, and rationale. The implementation of computer technology greatly minimized the costs associated with collecting and analyzing extensive baseball data. Consequently, players’ salaries rose, further enhancing the benefits gained from this knowledge. ‘If we’re going to pay these guys $150,000 a…

Therac-25 Just like any other technology, Therac-25 too had its socio-technical aspects. It was an extremely costly machine with high maintenance needs. This resulted in everyone from the manufacturers, to FDA, to hospitals and operators assuming that it was a fail-safe machine, especially since its earlier versions had been working successfully for years. However, the…