Category: Healthcare

7-1 Discussion: Individuals’ Rights and Ethics in the Healthcare System Rights and ethics are often flipsides of the same coin. If individual rights in healthcare are derived from one or more ethical principles, they help to achieve an acceptable outcome for the patient and the healthcare system. Because individuals’ rights and access to healthcare influence…

The minimum page limit, as agreed, is (5) pages (not including citations page) Quality Improvement Networks (QINs)/Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) a) What are they? b) Explain the history of QIN/QIOs and their functions. c) How did these organizations come into existence? d) What is the statutory authority for the QIN/QIOs? e) How are they managed?…

The topic must be related to health care reform, how it was created, and the current results of that implementation. 5-page minimum with at least two refereed journal references (submit copies of references)

The purpose of this assignment is to assess how quality improvement can be used to reduce errors and improve patient safety. Human error is a concern that affects every aspect of health care and is one that providers must account for when creating systems and processes to ensure patient safety. The Systems Engineering Initiative for…

In our textbook, Ethical Health Care, we read that medical care does not operate in isolation. There are social, legal, and economic factors that impact how medical care is delivered. Using the assigned essay: “Long Live Community,” explain how our health is interconnected with our neighbors and community. Remember to cite your sources in your…

Discussion Prompts The environment is not often thought about when we consider “health.” Why do you think that is? What do you believe to be the number one environmental health threat in the US? Detail your rationale for thinking this way. What is one thing that you think every person in this class could do…

respond to post; Donna Hopkinson RE: Discussion – Week 5 COLLAPSE Each state has its regulatory body of nursing, also called the nursing board, that develops the rules and regulations. The mission of the nursing board is to promote and protect the public health, public welfare, and safety of the people by involving the nursing…

The final paper will include 7-10 pages of content, as well as a title page, abstract, and reference list. Revisions from the mid-point review should be included in the final work. The paper is to be submitted to the appropriate drop box by the due date above and is worth 40% of the student’s overall…

Some people describe medical terminology as a “whole different language.” In the field of Allied Health there are many different specialties (Respiratory Therapy, Medical Technology, Paramedic Care, Dental Hygiene….) and each of these seems to have a language of its own. Several of you in this course this semester are from these fields. Other fields…

Anemia of chronic disease, or anemia of chronic inflammation, is a form of anemia seen in chronic infection, chronic immune activation, and malignancy. These conditions all produce massive elevation of Interleukin-6, which stimulates hepcidin production and release from the liver, which in turn reduces the iron carrier protein ferroportin so that access of iron to…