Essays on Medicine Page 9

Case History Background Information The client, Rita is a 26-year-old manager of the women’s dress department in a large department store. Her childhood was not a happy one since her parents divorced when she was about 5 years of age. She would often describe her childhood as utterly chaotic, as if no one were in…

Most jobs have a confidentiality policy. In the medical field, confidentiality is extremely important. If the wrong person were to gain access to someone’s medical records, they could use that against them. It can potentially harm that person’s personal life. Keeping a patient’s information and medical records confidential is a must. The importance of confidentiality…

During World War II, a large number of German doctors conducted inhumane and often deadly experiments on thousands of prisoners in concentration camps without their consent. Unethical medical testing that took place during the Third Reich can be divided into three groups. The first group consisted of experiments intended to improve the survival rates of…

An electronic health record is an evolving concept defined as a systematic collection of electronic health information about individual patients or populations. It is a record in digital format that is theoretically capable of being shared across different health care settings. The system is designed to capture and re-present data that accurately capture the state…

Abbreviations and Acronyms in the Healthcare Industry Introduction The use of abbreviations and acronyms in healthcare has become an international patient safety issue. Common problems include ambiguous, unfamiliar, and look-alike abbreviations and acronyms leading to misinterpretation and medical errors. The patient’s safety is a common goal in every healthcare institution. One of the major issues…

Summary of the article “Race, Neighborhood Disadvantage, and Violence Among Persons with Mental Disorders: The Importance of Contextual Measurement”             The article, “Race, Neighborhood Disadvantage, and Violence Among Persons with Mental Disorders: The Importance of Contextual Measurement,” written by Eric Silver, basically shows that race, contrary to popular perception and to results of various researches,…

SOAP NOTES The acronym SOAP defines four sections: (S) for subjective, (O) for objective, (A) for assessment, and (P) for plan. The SOAP note format is common to the medical setting and is used by many health care professionals. Subjective (S). The subjective section should include information given or statements made by the patient or…

This paragraph discusses the evaluation of the balanced scorecard’s strengths and weaknesses in a specific organization, Montefiore Medical Center. It also provides a brief summary of Montefiore Medical Center, highlighting its establishment in 1884 as a home for chronically ill patients and its subsequent agreement to operate the patient care facility of the Hospital of…

Dr. Scott Augustine, an anesthesiologist from Minnesota, founded Augustine Medical, Inc. in 1987 with the goal of developing and marketing products for hospital operating rooms and recovery rooms. One area of focus for the company is finding solutions for postoperative hypothermia, a condition that affects a large percentage of recovery room patients (60-80%). Hypothermia occurs…

Echocardiography (echo) can be used to evaluate your cardiac performance, the function of your heart valves, the thickness and motion of your heart walls, and the size of your heart chambers. An echo can help diagnose many heart conditions. Cardiac performance An echocardiogram can show how well your heart pumps blood (cardiac performance). To evaluate…