This document discusses advances in health care technology and information systems. It focuses on how electronic health records, mobile medical devices, and health applications have improved patient care and health outcomes. While technology has increased access and quality of care, it has also contributed to rising healthcare costs in the US that must be addressed. The document examines several examples of new technologies, such as blood pressure monitors, sleep apnea devices, and smartphone applications that give patients a more active role in their health.
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Evolution of Health Care Paper and Timeline
There are specific trends from manual to electronic operations in the health care facilities, healthcare providers and similar businesses operators. The evolution has taken place within the health care providers, administrative data and the insurance plans as well. The health care industries have automated several procedures such as the supply of drugs and accurate record keeping (Loker 2012). Electronic health care uses sophisticated technology unlike the manual one; this advanced technology has been applied in the provision of health care all over the world hence saving both time and cost It has also widened and perfected the scope of operation.
How has this change impacted the quality of care?
The change to electronic medical records has proven to be successful and helpful in providing quality patient care. Some ways that it has helped is improving patient care, increasing patient participation, improved care coordination, improved diagnostic and patient outcomes, and practice efficiencies and cost savings. (HealthIT.gov). Patients are able to be more involved in the patient care process and are able to access to their records which was not possible in the past. The transporting of records from one physician to another is much quicker now because it can be done by a click of a button. When needing to send a patient to a specialist or when getting an authorization for a patient’s recommended treatment can be done a lot quicker as well. This is speeding up the process in being able to provide quick and quality care so the patient does not need to wait as long as they would have had to in the past.
Percentage of physicians whose electronic health records provided selected benefits
(HealthIT.gov)
Electronic medical records has proven to be a good thing for both the medical provider as well as the patient and it has decreased the wait times to results or any potential errors and enhanced patient care.
Did Societal beliefs and values influence this change? Why or why not?
The health care delivery system in our country has its roots in the beliefs and values of the people (Shi & Singh, 2012). The firm belief in technological innovations leads to higher expectations of people, which has fueled the growth in technological innovations. The culture of individualism has led the medical practice to keep the individual healthy. Patients tend to evaluate the institutions by their acquisition of advanced technology. The expectation of Americans on what technology can do to cure illness is higher compared to the Canadians and Germans (Shi & Singh, 2012, p. 168). The societal beliefs and values impact not only the structure of health care delivery but also the training of health care providers.
The use of EHRs provided access to patients’ records on demand and have improved the quality of health care (Shi & Singh, 2012). Although the EHRs were to improve the quality of health care delivery, many ...
Final paper for technology and public healthcastillos008
The document discusses how technology impacts public health. It notes that technology has the potential to improve areas like patient safety, healthcare quality and efficiency. However, it also poses challenges like protecting privacy and ensuring proper implementation of new technologies. Overall, the document argues that when used effectively, technology can help improve health communication and aid in disease prevention and health services delivery, though there are still barriers to overcome.
Final paper for technology and public healthcastillos008
Technology has significant potential to improve public health. It can help manage patient information electronically, increase efficiency, and connect providers to hard-to-reach populations. However, it also poses challenges like ensuring privacy and preparing for how it may introduce errors. Overall, when combined with effective health communication, technology has the ability to transform public health services and bring patient-centered care.
Final paper for technology and public healthcastillos008
The document discusses how technology impacts public health. It notes that technology has the potential to improve areas like patient safety, healthcare quality and efficiency. However, it also poses challenges like protecting privacy and ensuring proper implementation of new technologies. Overall, the document argues that when used effectively, technology can help improve health communication and increase the efficiency of healthcare and public health services.
This document examines how integrated health technologies have affected the relationship between patients and providers. It discusses the growth of electronic health records, mobile health technologies, and their impacts. While health IT aims to improve efficiency and care quality, some studies have found they can negatively impact patient-provider relationships by taking focus away from patients. The document also compares US and Canadian adoption and management of health IT. Maintaining strong patient-provider relationships will remain important as health technologies continue to evolve.
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Senior Project Summary
HCA 459: Senior Project
Introduction
Health care sector is experiencing many transformations in service delivery and in patient handling. There are immense trends all around the world including technology that not only change the delivery of health care but also the way the system is conceived (Tan, 2011). In the hospital setting, technology is the pillar for efficiency, accurate record keeping, increased accessibility to healthcare and transition of healthcare to homes. The effects of technology in the County Hospital administrators include efficient support systems which enhance quality services through use of electronic medical records and other information transmission systems. Technological advances enhances understand diseases and discoveries and development of new therapies through genome decoding.
Scope of the senior Project
The impact of technology in regards to employee performance, organization structure and management planning.
Evidence-based medicine through technology will enable healthcare providers to establish standard protocols to be used in treatment of many diseases.
Effects of healthcare trend on treatment cost
In the world today, payers have a huge role in making decision on the type of treatment that a patient receives following the rising cost of medical services. Therefore, it is evident that technology has empowered patients in the choice of treatment option that they receive.
Moreover, technology enhances data management and ultimate coordination among healthcare providers (Ho, 2012). Patient files are easily accessible from anywhere following the extensive use of databases which have also cut down the cost of care services in the hospital. Healthcare providers can use invasive procedures with the increased technological advances. Imaging has reduced the task of examination by technicians and physicians on human anatomy.
Effects of health care trend on quality and access of services
Advent of technology has enabled realization of reduced mortality and thus increased life expectancy. Improved technology enhances quality services and these services have been individualized to suit every patient. In addition, previously untreatable conditions such as end-stage renal diseases are now treatable mainly due to improvement in capabilities and quality of services (Futurescan, 2011).
The negative impact of technology in healthcare
Internet has provided room for large medical knowledge which creates a platform for self-diagnosis among patients. This poses great and serious damage to a patient’s health and the general wellbeing and in the long run it may lead to increased cost of treatment.
Discussion
Factors that lead to the current trends in healthcare system
There is an increasing demand by the consumers for better health care services. This is the prime factor that results in the increased innovation.
The document discusses the impact of the HITECH Act on healthcare organizations. It mandated the implementation of electronic health records and computerized physician order entry to qualify for incentive payments. While this helped organizations meet meaningful use criteria, clinicians were not always enthusiastic about new technologies being mandated. The Act essentially forced large healthcare providers like HCA to adopt health IT systems to remain compliant and profitable. Overall, the incentives influenced widespread adoption of health information technology in a way that aimed to improve quality of care over time through better data and care coordination.
Evolution of Health Care Paper and TimelineThere are specifi.docxSANSKAR20
Evolution of Health Care Paper and Timeline
There are specific trends from manual to electronic operations in the health care facilities, healthcare providers and similar businesses operators. The evolution has taken place within the health care providers, administrative data and the insurance plans as well. The health care industries have automated several procedures such as the supply of drugs and accurate record keeping (Loker 2012). Electronic health care uses sophisticated technology unlike the manual one; this advanced technology has been applied in the provision of health care all over the world hence saving both time and cost It has also widened and perfected the scope of operation.
How has this change impacted the quality of care?
The change to electronic medical records has proven to be successful and helpful in providing quality patient care. Some ways that it has helped is improving patient care, increasing patient participation, improved care coordination, improved diagnostic and patient outcomes, and practice efficiencies and cost savings. (HealthIT.gov). Patients are able to be more involved in the patient care process and are able to access to their records which was not possible in the past. The transporting of records from one physician to another is much quicker now because it can be done by a click of a button. When needing to send a patient to a specialist or when getting an authorization for a patient’s recommended treatment can be done a lot quicker as well. This is speeding up the process in being able to provide quick and quality care so the patient does not need to wait as long as they would have had to in the past.
Percentage of physicians whose electronic health records provided selected benefits
(HealthIT.gov)
Electronic medical records has proven to be a good thing for both the medical provider as well as the patient and it has decreased the wait times to results or any potential errors and enhanced patient care.
Did Societal beliefs and values influence this change? Why or why not?
The health care delivery system in our country has its roots in the beliefs and values of the people (Shi & Singh, 2012). The firm belief in technological innovations leads to higher expectations of people, which has fueled the growth in technological innovations. The culture of individualism has led the medical practice to keep the individual healthy. Patients tend to evaluate the institutions by their acquisition of advanced technology. The expectation of Americans on what technology can do to cure illness is higher compared to the Canadians and Germans (Shi & Singh, 2012, p. 168). The societal beliefs and values impact not only the structure of health care delivery but also the training of health care providers.
The use of EHRs provided access to patients’ records on demand and have improved the quality of health care (Shi & Singh, 2012). Although the EHRs were to improve the quality of health care delivery, many ...
Final paper for technology and public healthcastillos008
The document discusses how technology impacts public health. It notes that technology has the potential to improve areas like patient safety, healthcare quality and efficiency. However, it also poses challenges like protecting privacy and ensuring proper implementation of new technologies. Overall, the document argues that when used effectively, technology can help improve health communication and aid in disease prevention and health services delivery, though there are still barriers to overcome.
Final paper for technology and public healthcastillos008
Technology has significant potential to improve public health. It can help manage patient information electronically, increase efficiency, and connect providers to hard-to-reach populations. However, it also poses challenges like ensuring privacy and preparing for how it may introduce errors. Overall, when combined with effective health communication, technology has the ability to transform public health services and bring patient-centered care.
Final paper for technology and public healthcastillos008
The document discusses how technology impacts public health. It notes that technology has the potential to improve areas like patient safety, healthcare quality and efficiency. However, it also poses challenges like protecting privacy and ensuring proper implementation of new technologies. Overall, the document argues that when used effectively, technology can help improve health communication and increase the efficiency of healthcare and public health services.
This document examines how integrated health technologies have affected the relationship between patients and providers. It discusses the growth of electronic health records, mobile health technologies, and their impacts. While health IT aims to improve efficiency and care quality, some studies have found they can negatively impact patient-provider relationships by taking focus away from patients. The document also compares US and Canadian adoption and management of health IT. Maintaining strong patient-provider relationships will remain important as health technologies continue to evolve.
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Running Head: SENIOR PROJECT SUMMARY
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SENIOR PROJECT
Senior Project Summary
HCA 459: Senior Project
Introduction
Health care sector is experiencing many transformations in service delivery and in patient handling. There are immense trends all around the world including technology that not only change the delivery of health care but also the way the system is conceived (Tan, 2011). In the hospital setting, technology is the pillar for efficiency, accurate record keeping, increased accessibility to healthcare and transition of healthcare to homes. The effects of technology in the County Hospital administrators include efficient support systems which enhance quality services through use of electronic medical records and other information transmission systems. Technological advances enhances understand diseases and discoveries and development of new therapies through genome decoding.
Scope of the senior Project
The impact of technology in regards to employee performance, organization structure and management planning.
Evidence-based medicine through technology will enable healthcare providers to establish standard protocols to be used in treatment of many diseases.
Effects of healthcare trend on treatment cost
In the world today, payers have a huge role in making decision on the type of treatment that a patient receives following the rising cost of medical services. Therefore, it is evident that technology has empowered patients in the choice of treatment option that they receive.
Moreover, technology enhances data management and ultimate coordination among healthcare providers (Ho, 2012). Patient files are easily accessible from anywhere following the extensive use of databases which have also cut down the cost of care services in the hospital. Healthcare providers can use invasive procedures with the increased technological advances. Imaging has reduced the task of examination by technicians and physicians on human anatomy.
Effects of health care trend on quality and access of services
Advent of technology has enabled realization of reduced mortality and thus increased life expectancy. Improved technology enhances quality services and these services have been individualized to suit every patient. In addition, previously untreatable conditions such as end-stage renal diseases are now treatable mainly due to improvement in capabilities and quality of services (Futurescan, 2011).
The negative impact of technology in healthcare
Internet has provided room for large medical knowledge which creates a platform for self-diagnosis among patients. This poses great and serious damage to a patient’s health and the general wellbeing and in the long run it may lead to increased cost of treatment.
Discussion
Factors that lead to the current trends in healthcare system
There is an increasing demand by the consumers for better health care services. This is the prime factor that results in the increased innovation.
The document discusses the impact of the HITECH Act on healthcare organizations. It mandated the implementation of electronic health records and computerized physician order entry to qualify for incentive payments. While this helped organizations meet meaningful use criteria, clinicians were not always enthusiastic about new technologies being mandated. The Act essentially forced large healthcare providers like HCA to adopt health IT systems to remain compliant and profitable. Overall, the incentives influenced widespread adoption of health information technology in a way that aimed to improve quality of care over time through better data and care coordination.
Reply 1 he safety of our patients is an important.docxwrite30
Patient safety is critical in healthcare and focuses on preventing medical errors that can harm patients. A 1999 report found that up to 100,000 patients die each year due to preventable errors. This led to initiatives like the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to develop tools to improve safety. However, errors are increasingly common in outpatient settings. Reasons include issues with information flow during patient handoffs between providers and human factors like poor documentation that can lead to missed diagnoses or medication errors. Reducing errors requires improved communication and ensuring healthcare workers have the proper expertise.
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Please respond to each of the 3 posts with 3 APA sources no older than 5 years old. APA format must be exceptional.
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Professor,
How can big data impact prescription errors? Be specific and provide examples. Who should be on the team to implement this project and why? Support your work with the literature.
Reply 2
Ruth Niyasimi,
Big Data Risks and Rewards
Big data is defined as the process of collecting, analyzing, and leveraging consumer patient, physical, and clinical data that is too vast or complex to be understood by traditional means of data processing. In healthcare, data is generated from medical records, patient portals, government agencies, research studies, electronic health records, and medical devices. The data generated in healthcare is used to make decisions that will have an impact on patient health outcomes (Raghupathi & Raghupathi, 2014). Healthcare is a critical docket in our society since it is tasked with a duty to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses and diseases affecting the community. In the past, health information was stored on paper but through advancements in technology, things have significantly changed as patient information is stored on Electronic health records (EHR).
The adoption of big data had significant impacts on customer services and other related issues. According to Raghupathi and Raghupathi (2014), for many years, healthcare has been generating huge volumes of data that was stored in hardcopy. This was a critical step toward improving the quality of healthcare delivery while reducing costs. This huge volume of information is crucial to healthcare because, through digitalization, it has become possible to detect diseases at an early stage and take necessary intervention measures. Secondly, big data enables the ability to enhance continuity, starting when a patient visits a hospital until the last stage of being discharged. For example, the lab tests taken from those patients and other specialized treatments are stored in a way that other departments can access this information in the future preventing duplicate redoing labs and imaging studies (Adibuzzaman et al., 2017). This cuts down costs while improving service delivery.
Although big data has had a tremendous impact on the healthcare systems, it has also created some problems. Firstly, the use of technology such as EHR has resulted in security issues and privacy threats. According to McGonigle and Mastrian (2017), technology has enabled the interoperability of healthcare data. Interoperability means sharing important health data across different organizations while ensuring it is presented understandably to the user. Unauthorized third parties can intersect this information and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) has shown little concern for patient data breach cases. Another problem is that big data is not static, it requires continuous system updates to ensure that it ...
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Big data in healthcare has the potential to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs but also faces challenges. It can help detect diseases earlier, enhance continuity of care, and reduce duplicate tests. However, it also risks security and privacy breaches due to increased data sharing. Ensuring consistent data updates, using encryption, and upgrading systems can help address these challenges. Nurses are well-positioned to help given their understanding of both clinical care and data, but big data also introduces workflow and data quality issues that must be overcome. Overall, big data means big opportunities for better healthcare if its challenges involving security, usability, and data integrity can be adequately addressed.
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Policies are written documents that mirror the administrators of a particular organization. In this case, the organizations are healthcare organizations such as hospitals and clinics. With healthcare informatics becoming such a big part of healthcare organizations, policies are being made to keep patients and staff safe. Healthcare informatics policy is directed at making care more effective, improving public health, and proper collection and analyzation of data to guide evidence-based practice. Since policies are reflections of administrations, they can change based on the direction a healthcare organization is heading or what their focus may be (Hebda, Hunter, Czar, 2019). For example, if a hospital is having an increase in medication administration errors, then their policy may focus on scanning all patients and medications prior to administration.
One of the biggest concerns of healthcare informatics is the privacy and protection of important patient information and policies on informatics have been aimed at reducing the risk of the security of that information being breached. Hospitals have policies such as not putting patient identifiers in emails, logging out of electronic health records once leaving the patients room, education on phishing emails, creating firewalls, having backup storages for patient information, audit trails for and specialized access for private charts. There are also policies on the recovery and retrieval of healthcare information in case of unplanned disasters. The AMIA identified six key health informatics policies: patient empowerment, HIT safety, workforce education, data sharing, quality measurement, and public health (Simpson, 2012).
The impact these policies have made on informatics have been steps in the right direction due to the importance and protection they place on informatics. They allow us to safely use informatics for better patient outcomes. Telehealth is also fairly new has new policies arising too. For example, at our hospital we use telephysch medicine for psychiatric patients in the emergency department. One of our policies is that all of our psychiatric patients must be assessed by a telepsychiatrist and their recommendation must be upheld regarding 51/50 holds. Using telemedicine in place in person consultations at hospitals that do not have in house specialties improves patient care because it saves time and money for both the patient and hospital. It is especially effective for time sensitive cases such as patients with stroke like symptoms in deciding whether or not to use TPA because instead of having to wait for a neurologist to arrive, the neurologist is able to instantly assess the patient via computer video chat and receive expert consults.
References
Hebda, T., Hunter, K. M., & Czar, P. (2019). Handbook of informatics for nurses and healthcare professionals. NY, NY: Pearson.
Simpson RL. (2002). Nursing informatics. Issues in telemedicine: why is po.
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ONE: Featherfall Medical Center
The 1920's Featherwall Consulting, physicians began to realize that documentation not only helped their patients, but it also helped themselves with their practice. The downfall of documenting everything on paper was that it was limited to the facility in which it created, and over time, legibility of procedures and results could become difficult. Flipping through paper charts is not only time consuming, but it could be potentially dangerous as papers could smoothly go missing, and incorrect treatment for a patient could occur. Medical records are now available electronically available for accessibility at all times and thus reduce healthcare personals countless hours of going through paper charts. Times can be assigned to treat patients effectively as lab results are available for viewing moments after they have been verified (UIC., 2017).
The concept of patient-centered care is one of the recent developments in healthcare that has received increased attention. It has played a vital role in creating a new framework for improving systems and defining -healthcare quality. Information is critical to evidence-based practice and patient-centered care. It has evolved recently to focus on the acquisition of data, storage, and its use in the healthcare setting with more emphasis on the use of technology. For instance, the information on previous admissions, diagnosis, treatment, and prescriptions required to address health issues in later times. Another essential function that health informatics has used to undertake the coordination of care within and across systems besides facilitating the availability of relevant information (Parvanta, C. F., 2015). In other words, we cannot talk of quality care without factoring in the criticality of high quality of information within the equation.
The first one is credible excellence. It provides one with the robustness they need to arrive at and deliver on reliable solutions. Patient sovereignty is another factor that should inform the use of technology in the healthcare setting. The independence of the patients in terms of expressing themselves and providing information on their will without coercion provides all the motives to consider the effort to foster patient-centered care. The other parameter is that which regards privacy. Privacy of information is of the utmost importance when it comes to healthcare management (Wang, J., 2018).
Electronic Health Records are one of the standard technologies used in the healthcare setting that contain information regarding the diagnosis, immunization, and treatment of patients. Mobile Access is another technology used in the field of health information management. It is mainly used for storing the information belonging to a patient remotely in the cloud so that it is accessed anywhere. Unified Communications have also been vital in information sharing and are especially great for consulting outside help. Unified communications are assisti.
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ONE: Featherfall Medical Center
The 1920's Featherwall Consulting, physicians began to realize that documentation not only helped their patients, but it also helped themselves with their practice. The downfall of documenting everything on paper was that it was limited to the facility in which it created, and over time, legibility of procedures and results could become difficult. Flipping through paper charts is not only time consuming, but it could be potentially dangerous as papers could smoothly go missing, and incorrect treatment for a patient could occur. Medical records are now available electronically available for accessibility at all times and thus reduce healthcare personals countless hours of going through paper charts. Times can be assigned to treat patients effectively as lab results are available for viewing moments after they have been verified (UIC., 2017).
The concept of patient-centered care is one of the recent developments in healthcare that has received increased attention. It has played a vital role in creating a new framework for improving systems and defining -healthcare quality. Information is critical to evidence-based practice and patient-centered care. It has evolved recently to focus on the acquisition of data, storage, and its use in the healthcare setting with more emphasis on the use of technology. For instance, the information on previous admissions, diagnosis, treatment, and prescriptions required to address health issues in later times. Another essential function that health informatics has used to undertake the coordination of care within and across systems besides facilitating the availability of relevant information (Parvanta, C. F., 2015). In other words, we cannot talk of quality care without factoring in the criticality of high quality of information within the equation.
The first one is credible excellence. It provides one with the robustness they need to arrive at and deliver on reliable solutions. Patient sovereignty is another factor that should inform the use of technology in the healthcare setting. The independence of the patients in terms of expressing themselves and providing information on their will without coercion provides all the motives to consider the effort to foster patient-centered care. The other parameter is that which regards privacy. Privacy of information is of the utmost importance when it comes to healthcare management (Wang, J., 2018).
Electronic Health Records are one of the standard technologies used in the healthcare setting that contain information regarding the diagnosis, immunization, and treatment of patients. Mobile Access is another technology used in the field of health information management. It is mainly used for storing the information belonging to a patient remotely in the cloud so that it is accessed anywhere. Unified Communications have also been vital in information sharing and are especially great for consulting outside help. Unified communications are assisti ...
Over the past decade, consumers have been exposed to many new digital health technologies and their use in clinical care. These technologies have helped make health information more accessible, especially for underserved populations. Health workers and healthcare systems now use technology as a tool to reach and engage these groups for health education, disease prevention, and care management. Population health approaches aim to improve outcomes for entire groups and reduce disparities. These approaches consider social factors and engage multiple sectors. Incorporating technology into population health requires understanding that people should come first, and using technology to identify community strengths and tailor strategies based on community feedback.
Chronic illness: 75% of health system costs in North America
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The document discusses the application of clinical information systems in nursing. It reviews 4 peer-reviewed articles on the topic. The articles found that clinical information systems can improve workflow and reduce medical errors. However, challenges remain around data integration and sharing patient data across healthcare systems. The document concludes that clinical systems provide opportunities to improve care if effectively implemented and regularly updated to support nurses.
The document discusses strategies that will reshape the healthcare industry landscape in the future. It predicts that healthcare delivery will transform due to epidemiological, demographic, technological and quality pressures as well as emerging infections and consumerism. Specifically, it anticipates a growth in ambulatory and day care due to lower costs, more emphasis on outsourcing services by hospitals, and a focus on technology, efficiency and value-based care. Universal health coverage is also discussed as a goal to ensure all people can access needed health services without financial hardship.
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Approximately over 50 years of telehealth development has seen tackling of numerous medical conditions through the utilization of different types of technologies. Tele healthcare has been associated with a wide variety of outcomes in the healthcare. Despite the fact that it as shown great promise in the modern times, it has also triggered a number of challenges for interpretation and technical issues that are linked to the lack of technological expertise among the healthcare practitioners. For instance, then challenges that exist in defining such terms as telehealth is a reflection of the broader difficulties when it comes to the interpretation of the complex interplay that exists between clinical output, patient involvement, service designs and technology. Despite these significant challenges whose impacts in the healthcare delivery is great, the significance of telehealth practices cannot be overlooked in terms of the patient outcomes and efficiency of healthcare delivery. Tele healthcare has enhanced information sharing between patients and doctors even those who are located in the remote areas. It has made it possible to monitor the progress of patients within and outside the facilities devoid of the need to have physical meetings. The benefits of tele healthcare outweigh its pitfalls hence it is important that is integrated into medical practices to optimize patient outcomes.
Tele healthcare is depicted as personalized healthcare that is delivered over a long distance such that data is transferred from the patients to the professionals and back. It has played a key role in enhancing feedback from the patients to the professionals for the interest of evidence-based decision making and treatment. For instance, the significance of telehealth can be evident among the inpatients with severe long-term conditions such as diabetes and long-term asthma. It has played a key role in reducing hospital admissions without increasing mortality.
Advantages of Tele Healthcare
There are numerous advantages of tele healthcare. To start with is that it is powered by technology. Technological advancement in the modern times has made it easy for various organizational operations. Technological advancement has been adopted across all spheres of life and healthcare is not an exemption. Creating a balance between healthcare practices and technology is a key requirement when it comes to the medical operations and practices (Dorsey & Topol, 2016). The case of the importance of tele healthcare can be witnessed in electronic health records whereby a medical professional admits the patient and their data is keyed in the system. This data is required in the en ...
Big Data, CEP and IoT : Redefining Holistic Healthcare Information Systems an...Tauseef Naquishbandi
Healthcare industry has been a significant area for innovative application of various technologies over decades. Being an area of social relevance governmental spending on healthcare have always been on the rise over the years. Event Processing (CEP) has been in use for many years for situational awareness and response generation. Computing technologies have played an important role in improvising several aspects of healthcare. Recently emergent technology paradigms of Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT) and Complex Event Processing (CEP) have the potential not only to deal with pain areas of healthcare domain but also to redefine healthcare offerings. This paper aims to lay the groundwork for a healthcare system which builds upon integration of Big Data, CEP and IoT.
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This document discusses the application of clinical information systems in nursing. It reviews 4 peer-reviewed articles on this topic. The articles found that clinical information systems can help reduce medical errors, improve care quality by enhancing workflow and access to patient information, and engage patients more in their care when interactive technology is used. However, challenges remain around data integration across healthcare systems and technical, human, and organizational constraints. The document concludes that clinical information systems provide opportunities to improve care but must be effectively implemented and upgraded so nurses can benefit from these technologies.
Informatics and healthcare disparities 2014dcarla904
The document discusses health disparities and barriers to healthcare access in the United States. It notes that factors like financial concerns, geography, literacy, race, culture and others can contribute to population-specific differences in disease burden and access to care. Some populations experience disproportionately higher rates of chronic illnesses and mortality from certain causes. Efforts are needed to improve access, reduce disparities, and accelerate quality improvement, especially around preventive care and patient safety, in order to ensure all patients receive high-quality care.
Healing Hands Hospital must address evolving trends in the healthcare industry to remain competitive. The document discusses several key trends: managed care is focusing on cost control; healthcare financing is changing; technology is improving care but increasing costs; and preventative care and wellness are growing areas of focus. Understanding these trends will help Healing Hands Hospital develop an effective public relations campaign to address the changing healthcare landscape.
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This document discusses emerging macro trends in the US healthcare system and their impact on future healthcare jobs. It identifies trends like changes in the economy, demographics, lifestyles, technology and government policies. It notes that healthcare accounts for 18% of the US economy and that between 2010-2020 there will be over 5 million new healthcare jobs. It explores how trends like an aging population, increased chronic diseases, technology and policies like the Affordable Care Act are changing the system. Various career opportunities that may emerge like health economists, home healthcare workers, public health educators and health IT analysts are also outlined.
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POST EACH DISCUSSION SEPARATELY
The way patient data is harvested and used is rapidly changing. Patient data itself has become quite complex.
In the future
, patient data will be combined with financial data, product or drug data, socioeconomic factors, social patterns, and social determinants of health. Cognitive behavior and artificial intelligence will be applied to the data to help prevent and depict rather than cure disease.
Evaluate the future of Healthcare information technology.
Include the following aspects in the discussion:
Find two articles related to the future of information systems (IS) in healthcare
Include telehealth, wearable technology, patient portals, and data utilization
Analyze potential benefits from advances
Discuss, from your own perspective, the advantages and disadvantages of having a system where the patient manages their own data
REPLY TO MY CLASSMATE’S DISCUSSION TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE. MINIMUM OF 150 WORDS EACH
Classmate’s Discussion 1
The technological advancements that have occurred in the field of healthcare have greatly changed the way people view and interact with the healthcare system. They have also led to the reduction of costs and the increasing efficiency of the system. We expect that the future of healthcare will continue to be influenced by information technology.
Due to the technological advancements that have occurred in the field of healthcare, physicians are now able to spend less time with their patients. This has allowed them to provide more effective and efficient care to their patients. In the future, we can expect that the increasing number of specialists who can delegate their work to other doctors will have a significant impact on the healthcare system. The increasing efficiency of doctors is expected to have a significant impact on the shortage of specialist physicians in the future. This issue could be solved using technology. Hopefully, the use of information technology can help boost the number of specialist physicians (Patric, 2022).
Electronic health records have revolutionized the way healthcare is done. Despite the progress that has been made in terms of keeping and tracking these records, they are still not widely used yet. This means that the kind of growth that was expected from the adoption of these records has not materialized. Although the adoption of electronic health records has been made in various parts of the world, it’s still not widely used in all areas. This means that the ability to keep track of one’s medical history is still very important (Patric, 2022).
The increasing importance of information technology in healthcare has led to the prediction that the cost of healthcare will eventually come down. Various factors such as better accessibility and efficiency will help make healthcare more affordable and more effective.
It’s widely believed that keeping one's health is much cheaper and easier than treating a.
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Healthcare Informatics is defined as "the integration of health-care sciences, computer science, information science, and cognitive science to assist in the management of healthcare information" (Saba & McCormick, 2015, p. 232). Nursing Informatics is a subset of informatics, specific to the field and the role of the nurse in the healthcare setting. The American Nurses Association (ANA) identified nursing informatics as "a specialty that integrates nursing, science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, and knowledge in nursing practice" (ANA, 2001, p.17). Healthcare and nursing informatics are both vastly growing fields within the medical field and are continuously incorporating new and evolving technology. Both have been around for the past three decades, at least. The technology boom at the turn of the century has helped informatics and information systems further evolve. Enhanced delivery of care, improved health outcomes, and advanced patient education are just a few aspects that have improved. With any new technology or innovation there are implications, some foreseeable and some that come to light after the unveiling of the new process or product: some impacts that are most notable are clinical, managerial, and policy implications. This paper explores the implications, (both constructive and adverse), that are the most notable in today's healthcare world within the healthcare and nursing informatics fields.
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Sweeney, J. (Feb, 2017). Healthcare Informatics. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), 21( 1), Available at http://www.himss.org/ojni
Introduction
Healthcare Informatics is defined as "the integration of health-care sciences, computer science, information science, and cognitive science to assist in the management of healthcare information" (Saba & McCormick, 2015, Pg. 232). Nursing Informatics is a subset of informatics, specific to the field and the roll of the nurse in the healthcare setting. The American Nurses Association (ANA) identified nursing informatics as "a specialty that integrates nursing, science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, and knowledge in nursing practice" (ANA, 2001, Pg.17). Healthcare and nursing informatics are both vastly growing fields within the medical field and are continuously incorporating new and evolving technology. Both have been around for the past three decades, at least. The technology boom at the turn of the century has helped informatics and information systems further evolve. Enhanced delivery of care, improved health outcomes, and advanced patient education are just a few aspects that have improved. With any new technology or innovation there are implications, some foreseeable and some that come to light after the unveiling of the new process or product. Some impacts that are most notable are clinical, managerial, and policy implications. This paper will explore the impli ...
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The engagement of an individual in criminal activities is often influenced by various underlying factors. As such various theories have been developed to explain the behavioral patterns of criminals and enable the criminal justice departments to operate effectively. Among the developed theories, the psychological theories are perhaps the most accurate in the field of criminology. Psychological theories are based on an interaction between biological and social-cultural factors that either promote or deter criminal behavior, (Walters, 2016). Classical theories of criminology did not account for the state of mind of criminals. As such, many criminals in the past were convicted of crimes they committed unknowingly. This has changed since the adoption of psychological theories. Both individuals as well as criminal justice officials now understand that psychological factors influence criminal behavior. Appropriate measures have been implemented to ensure that the criminal justice department treats all persons fairly by assessing underlying psychological factors. As such, psychological theories have not only promoted the work of the criminal justice department but also promoted individual awareness about underlying mental conditions that affect an individual’s behavior, (Byrne & Hummer, 2016).
Review of the Literature
1. Byrne, J., & Hummer, D. (2016). An examination of the impact of criminological theory on community corrections practice. Fed. Probation, 80, 15.
According toByrne & Hummer (2016), psychological theories have the most direct influence on probation and parole compared to other theories of criminology. The authors have comprehensively analyzed the impact of various theories used to evaluate criminal behavior. They suggest that behavior is intertwined with unconscious motives. Therefore, understanding the reasons behind a crime requires a psychological evaluation to understand the interaction of the two factors. This article is suitable for this research because it captures the relevance of psychological theories in criminology.
2. Dippong, J., & Fitch, C. (2017). Emotions in criminological theory: Insights from social psychology. Sociology Compass, 11(4), e12473.
Few formal theories have been developed to capture the role of emotional processes as facilitators or inhibitors of crime, (Dippong & Fitch, 2017). According to the authors, gaps in criminology can be filled by focusing on the underlying psychological factors of the offenders. The article highlights the effect that practices such as interrogation have on the mental state of an individual thus resulting in inaccurate findings during criminal investigations. As such, this article is a reliable source of information about the relevance of applying psychological theories in criminology. .
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Most studies in recent times have discovered that Korean dramas have come with a “Korean wave” in media in the global stage. Audiences have been reconceptualised due to the availability of internet and computer that have facilitated the digital revolution. Korean melodrama has earned more views than local melodrama, a result of its marketing its content without owning a means of distribution.
Korean melodrama is a representation of a product that is a hybrid of Hollywood, since Korean melodrama makes use of practices, tools, and conventions in the narrative that comes with the preoccupation of the Korean socio-political and historical aspects. The aspect of familiarity that lacks in local melodrama exists in Korean melodrama. Studies in have shown that audiences tend to respond positively to things they are familiar to and that is exactly what Korean melodrama is.
The use of genre by Korean melodrama is a huge success to its big audiences from the west, as a study by the Korean Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) back in 2015 estimated that around 19 million Americans enjoy Korean melodrama compared to five million who preferred local melodrama as they are a definition of what the world is in reality. The aspect of what is good and what is bad entangled with emotional narratives that give the audience an opportunity to select a hero or a heroine (Martin, 2019).
Korean melodrama are structured in a way that the audience can critique structures of institutional powers and explore a world with aspects of complex social issues. Korean melodrama has a vital element of their characters not being complex and this does not place a huge burden of danger or any sort of conflict in their existing world (Smith, 2017). The study also found out that Korean dramas have integrated aspects of adventures, romance and included professional fields like doctors and police, and lawyer, which are familiar genres to the audience. The structure of the Korean melodrama comes along with themes and selective iconography that make Korean melodrama suitable for global audiences.
Korean drama has earned viewers more than local dramas in the local stage given the Korean dramas depict the actual Korean culture. Most people are attracted to Korean melodrama since they are interested with the reality. A study by a Korean television found out that their supervisor had received more than five hundred emails from people who were not Korean to include English subtitles in their videos. This proves to be a massive support comparing people have less interest in their local drama. Korean drama have earned a huge fan base due to the license agreement of online streaming that was agreed by Korea (Moon, 2019). Studies have recorded that the market of Korean melodrama has around 12% of them wh.
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Electronic health records have revolutionized the way healthcare is done. Despite the progress that has been made in terms of keeping and tracking these records, they are still not widely used yet. This means that the kind of growth that was expected from the adoption of these records has not materialized. Although the adoption of electronic health records has been made in various parts of the world, it’s still not widely used in all areas. This means that the ability to keep track of one’s medical history is still very important (Patric, 2022).
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2. Dippong, J., & Fitch, C. (2017). Emotions in criminological theory: Insights from social psychology. Sociology Compass, 11(4), e12473.
Few formal theories have been developed to capture the role of emotional processes as facilitators or inhibitors of crime, (Dippong & Fitch, 2017). According to the authors, gaps in criminology can be filled by focusing on the underlying psychological factors of the offenders. The article highlights the effect that practices such as interrogation have on the mental state of an individual thus resulting in inaccurate findings during criminal investigations. As such, this article is a reliable source of information about the relevance of applying psychological theories in criminology. .
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A comparative analysis between Korean melodrama and other local melodrama
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Most studies in recent times have discovered that Korean dramas have come with a “Korean wave” in media in the global stage. Audiences have been reconceptualised due to the availability of internet and computer that have facilitated the digital revolution. Korean melodrama has earned more views than local melodrama, a result of its marketing its content without owning a means of distribution.
Korean melodrama is a representation of a product that is a hybrid of Hollywood, since Korean melodrama makes use of practices, tools, and conventions in the narrative that comes with the preoccupation of the Korean socio-political and historical aspects. The aspect of familiarity that lacks in local melodrama exists in Korean melodrama. Studies in have shown that audiences tend to respond positively to things they are familiar to and that is exactly what Korean melodrama is.
The use of genre by Korean melodrama is a huge success to its big audiences from the west, as a study by the Korean Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) back in 2015 estimated that around 19 million Americans enjoy Korean melodrama compared to five million who preferred local melodrama as they are a definition of what the world is in reality. The aspect of what is good and what is bad entangled with emotional narratives that give the audience an opportunity to select a hero or a heroine (Martin, 2019).
Korean melodrama are structured in a way that the audience can critique structures of institutional powers and explore a world with aspects of complex social issues. Korean melodrama has a vital element of their characters not being complex and this does not place a huge burden of danger or any sort of conflict in their existing world (Smith, 2017). The study also found out that Korean dramas have integrated aspects of adventures, romance and included professional fields like doctors and police, and lawyer, which are familiar genres to the audience. The structure of the Korean melodrama comes along with themes and selective iconography that make Korean melodrama suitable for global audiences.
Korean drama has earned viewers more than local dramas in the local stage given the Korean dramas depict the actual Korean culture. Most people are attracted to Korean melodrama since they are interested with the reality. A study by a Korean television found out that their supervisor had received more than five hundred emails from people who were not Korean to include English subtitles in their videos. This proves to be a massive support comparing people have less interest in their local drama. Korean drama have earned a huge fan base due to the license agreement of online streaming that was agreed by Korea (Moon, 2019). Studies have recorded that the market of Korean melodrama has around 12% of them wh.
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Critical Evaluation of Four Articles On Note Taking
Note taking is the process of recording information from another source and is an integral part of university studies. Comprehensive studies have been conducted to underline the cognitive process of note taking. This essay aims to critique four research articles pertaining to the study of note taking namely by highlighting several pros and cons of certain methodologies used, to improve future researches done on the topic of note taking.
The first article aims to examine whether the use of laptops in note taking impairs learning compared to people who were using the longhand method (Mueller & Oppenheimer, 2014). They conducted three experiments to investigate whether taking notes on a laptop versus writing longhand would affect academic performance, and to explore the potential mechanism of verbatim overlap as a proxy for the depth of processing. They used an experimental design in order to achieve a quantitative result. Using five 15 minutes TED talks lectures, the use of either laptop or longhand method for note taking as a categorical variable, and 67 participant samples from different university research subject pools, they concluded that participants using laptops were more inclined to take verbatim notes than participants using the longhand method. An overlooked procedure of this methodology is that in their first study, either one or two students were placed in an enclosed room.Mueller & Oppenheimer (2014) unknowingly made this a variable in their experiment. Additionally, typical university lectures are done in an occupied lecture hall. Mueller and Oppenheimer (2014) should have had his experiments in a lecture hall with students while testing his participants, emulating an environment similar to the real world. Doing so would increase external validity without sacrificing internal validity. Participants were taken randomly from a pool of voluntary university students, which is a good representation of the larger population for their hypothesis of the experiment. Mueller and Oppenheimer (2014) did not account for how the participants usually took notes in their classes. Instructing the participants to take down notes in a medium they are not used to could have affected their implicit processing of information, affecting results. The experimenters should have divided the participants into two separate groups based on which medium they were more comfortable in using. A third control group whereby participants did not take notes would have been beneficial to this experiment, eliminating compromising factors such as selection threats (Trochim, 2006).
The next article alleviates most of the previously stated concerns. This experiment was conducted to determine whether students’ note-taking and online chatting can influence their recalls of lecture content and note quality (Wei , Wang .
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Critiquing Quantitative, Qualitative, or Mixed Methods Studies
Adenike George
Walden University
NURS 6052: Essentials of Evidence-Based Practice
April 11, 2019
Critique of Quantitative, Qualitative, or Mixed Method Design
Both quantitative and qualitative methods play a pivotal role in nursing research. Qualitative research helps nurses and other healthcare workers to understand the experiences of the patients on health and illness. Quantitative data allows researchers to use an accurate approach in data collection and analysis. When using quantitative techniques, data can be analyzed using either descriptive statistics or inferential statistics which allows the researchers to derive important facts like demographics, preference trends, and differences between the groups. The paper comprehensively critiques quantitative and quantitative techniques of research. Furthermore, the author will also give reasons as to why qualitative methods should be regarded as scientific.
The overall value of quantitative and Qualitative Research
Quantitative studies allow the researchers to present data in terms of numbers. Since data is in numeric form, researchers can apply statistical techniques in analyzing it. These include descriptive statistics like mean, mode, median, standard deviation and inferential statistics such as ANOVA, t-tests, correlation and regression analysis. Statistical analysis allows us to derive important facts from data such as preference trends, demographics, and differences between groups. For instance, by conducting a mixed methods study to determine the feeding experiences of infants among teen mothers in North Carolina, Tucker and colleagues were able to compare breastfeeding trends among various population groups. The multiple groups compared were likely to initiate breastfeeding as follows: Hispanic teens 89%, Black American teens 41%, and White teens 52% (Tucker et al., 2011).
The high strength of quantitative analysis lies in providing data that is descriptive. The descriptive statistics helps us to capture a snapshot of the population. When analyzed appropriate, the descriptive data enables us to make general conclusions concerning the population. For instance, through detailed data analysis, Tucker and co-researchers were able to observe that there were a large number of adolescents who ceased breastfeeding within the first month drawing the need for nurses to conduct individualized follow-ups the early days after hospital discharge. These follow-ups would significantly assist in addressing the conventional technical problems and offer support in managing back to school transition (Tucker et al., 2011).
Qualitative research allows researchers to determine the client’s perspective on healthcare. It enables researchers to observe certain behaviors and experiences amo.
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Technology has evolved over the years in various sectors, with new technological innovations being developed. One of the areas that has witnessed great applications of technological evolution is in the detection and prevention of crime. This article will analyze the various technologies that are used to prevent and detect crime.
Byrne and Marx (2011) in their article reviews the topic in detail and gives insight in the role of technology in combating crime.
The key data that will be used in this research is secondary data from various peer-reviewed sources that review the topic of Crime Analysis Technology from various perspectives. Byrne and Marx (2011) presents various data on crime and the use of Information Technology in crime detection and prevention. For instance, it highlights that the percentage of schools in the United States that deploy metal detectors is approximately 2%. The article also approximates that as of 2006, one million CCTV cameras had been deployed in the United States, although the article does not provide current estimates on the same.
The article plays a great role in my final research. It gives a highlight of the various technological applications for crime prevention and detection. This can provide a background for further research, especially the technological innovations that are currently being developed. The article also presents figures about various elements of technology in crime prevention and detection such as the number of CCTV cameras, the crime rates such as the registered sex offenders, among others. Projections can therefore be made to the future.
The article mentions several significant facts. First, it classifies technological innovations in criminal justice as hard technology versus soft technology. Hard technology innovations include hardware and materials while soft technology innovations include information systems and computer software. Examples of hard technology is the CCTV cameras, metal detectors, and security systems at homes and schools. Examples of soft technology include predictive policing technology, crime analysis techniques, software, and data sharing techniques, among others. Both of the two categories of technological innovations are important in criminal justice. Another fact is the new technology of policing. The article identifies hard policing technological tools such as non-lethal weaponry and technologies for officer safety. It highlights soft policing technologies such as data-driven policies in policing and information sharing. Another important fact that the article mentions is the issues that should be con.
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Introduction
The purpose of a flowchart is to graphically present information in a logical pattern according to whatis.com (2018), usually showing the progression within a process from beginning to end. This flowchart will illustrate the pattern of progression in the criminal justice systems of Canada and India. In most countries policing, the courts, and the correctional systems are interdependent in this relationship, the police are the first step and the other steps follow in a logical progression. The purpose of mapping the steps of these countries criminal justice systems is to give visual context to this progression.
Criminal Justice of Canada
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Canada’s criminal justice system is not that different from other systems from around the world. The Canadian system comprised of the police who investigate crimes, collects evidence, and apprehend suspects for trial in the court system. Canada’s policing uses a decentralized multiple coordination model. In Canada, the federal government is constitutionally responsible for legislating in all areas that relate to criminal matters Braiden (2006), but legislating police activity is the responsibility of the provinces.
Each province has passed a Police Act to meet their responsibilities. Police forces in Canada deal with all types of crimes, from Crimes against Persons to Crimes Against Property according to the Canadian Department of Justice (2017). The crime being investigated will dictate the course of the investigation that will follow. To satisfy their role in the criminal justice flowchart the police must collect evidence and this evidence will be used at trial.
The gathering and preserving of evidence according to rules established within the Police Act and federal legislation spelled out in the Canadian Constitution Canadian Department of Justice (2017). Once an investigation occurs with the collection of evidence, and this evidence obtained through interviews and legally issued search warrants the police will develop a most likely and viable suspect and the police will request an arrest warrant for the suspect spelling out who they are looking to arrest and for what crime they wish to arrest them for.
Courts
The arrest is one of the final steps for the police in this matter and the beginning of the court process. The first step in this process is to put the person in custody into a holding cell usually at a detention center, the person is typically seen by a judge or a justice of the peace as soon as possible, this is usually done in twenty-four hours according to the Canadian Department of Justice (2017). At this point, the judge determines a pre-trial date in some cases will release the party on bail.
A bail hearing allows the prosecution to present evidence in hopes to keep the accused in custody. In the Canadian system, the state has all the expense of investigatio.
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Founded in 2001, Global Inc. is one of the leading manufacturers of consumer electronics such as personal computers, smartphones, and household appliances among other products. As a limited liability company members are not liable for the organization’s liabilities or debts (Deering & Murphy, 2003). It has experienced growth currently with approximately 13, 500 workers and an annual revenue of $14 billion as of December 2017. Smartphones and personal computers form its major source of revenue which currently comprises 45% of all the revenues. Starting 2009, the company expanded to the international market and has since experienced a growing revenue due to the expanding market share. More so, due to benefits such as cheap and readily available labor, the organization moved some of its manufacturing processes to Indonesia, Bhutan and Hong Kong which has greatly impacted the operational cost enabling it to provide goods at competitive prices.
In 2016, the company faced issues related to labor management as it was established that some of its suppliers employ underage workers and also utilizes bonded labor. It has been an ethical issue faced by the organization whether it should cut ties with the suppliers and find other suppliers. The company did not have any policies that controlled labor management practices by the suppliers hence it was not likely for the organization to act with speed. On the other hand, in the established manufacturing plants in Asian countries, it emerged that some workers received wages lower than the minimum wages in the said countries. These have been the two major issues that have recently tarnished the organization’s public image. However, it has put efforts to turn around the situation and regain its previous public image.
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Deering, A., & Murphy, A. (2003). The Partnering Imperative: Making Business Partnerships Work (1st ed.). New York, NY: Wiley.
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Trending Ethical Issues in Consumer Electronics Industry
In the consumer electronics industry, players are competing with each other to create cutting edge devices that are more appealing to the consumers. Due to this need, majority of the manufacturers have employed various strategies such as partnering with third party manufacturers in a bid to lower operational costs hence being able to present consumers with competitively priced devices. However, it is imperative to note that adoption of the various strategies by the industry players has led to a number of ethical issues such as unfair labor practices as looked into in the following section.
One, partnering with third party manufacturers.
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Criminal background checks help in determining a new employee’s behavior on the job, aids in identifying illegal immigration or harbored a fugitives, and acts as a societal norm.
Determining the behaviors of a new employee
One-way Criminal background checks helps employers is through acting as a guide in determining employee behavior before joining their task force. The character of an employee is a factor that should be considered before the employee is offered an opportunity to work for any organisation (Harris & Keller, 2005).
Hiring a criminal puts the security of the customers and employees at risk. Without past information about an employee, an organization is likely to employ a criminal. In this respect, a background check comes in place to make sure that the potential employee has no tarnished background.
Aids in illegal immigration or harboring a fugitive
Criminal background checks can also aid identifying illegal immigrants or harbored fugitives in workplaces. In the modern day, illegal immigration has become a norm in the society. Considering that the illegal immigrants are not citizens of the country, it is evident that any person cannot access their records. A criminal background check does not only help to know the previous criminal engagement activities of a person, but it also helps to know if a person is in the country's system or not.
Acts as a societal norm
Criminal background checks act as a social norm which can help in a nation’s economic growth. The productivity of its citizens dictates the economy of any nation. Ethics and productivity go hand in hand. When one is involved in criminal activities, it is evident that the level of his or her productivity can be questioned (Blumstein & Nakamura, 2009). It has become a norm for the society to try and look if one is associated with shady dealings in the past. The norm has been essential in two different ways. The first way is associated with the aspect of making sure that the people who are engaged in business activities are people with a good reputation and trustworthy (Harris & Keller, 2005). The second way is associated with the influence that the background check has on the members of the society. Most members of the society try as much as they can to avoid engaging in criminal activities because such can affect their future and that promotes a norm of avoiding and staying away from crime.
References
Blumstein, A., & Nakamura, K. (2009). Redemption in the presence of widespread criminal background checks. Criminology, 47(2), 327-359.
Harris, P. M., & Keller, K. S. (2005). Ex-offenders need not apply: The criminal background checks in hiring decisions. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 21(1), 6-30.
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Crime analysis is a function that usually involves the systemic analysis in identifying as well as analyzing the crime patterns and trends. Crime analysis is very important for law enforcement agencies as it helps law enforcers effectively deploy the available resources in a better and effective manner, which enables them to identify and apprehend suspects. Crime analysis is also very significant when it comes to arriving at solutions devised to come up with the right solution to solve the current crime problem and issues as well as coming up with the right prevention strategies. Since the year 2014, crime rates in the USA have increased steadily as per a study done by USAFacts, which is a non-partisan initiative (Osborne & Wernicke, 2013). With this increase in crime rates, which has majorly resulted in massive growth in technology, it is essential to come up with better means and ways of dealing with the increased crime rates. With the current advancement in technology, better law enforcement tools developed, which has enabled better crime deterrence in better and efficient ways. All this has been facilitated by the efforts of crime analysts who have come up with better tools and thus enabling the law enforcers to better deal with the crimes (Osborne & Wernicke, 2013). In this paper, I will consider the application of crime analysis technology and techniques in fighting crimes. Application of crime analysis technology and techniques used to make crime analysis more accurate and efficient.
Currently, the two technological tools that are used in predictive policing software have enabled security agencies to effectively use predictive policing ("Crime Analysis: Fighting Crime with Data," 2017). Application of this software has enabled better crime prevention as with data obtained in the previous crimes have been used to predict possible future severe crimes in a specific area.
Through the adoption and use of crime analysis, law enforcement agencies have been able to fight against crimes as when compared with the past effectively. The use of crime analysis comes at the right time, where there has been an increase in crime rates in the current digital error. In a survey done by Wynyard group in 2015, the study revealed that for every 10 law enforcement officials 9 of them believe that the use of current technology in crime analysis has had positive effects in helping the agencies in solving crimes as they can identify essential links and trends in crimes ("Crime Analysis: Fighting Crime with Data," 2017). In the same way, other sectors have benefited from data analysis with spreadsheets, databases, and mapping, law enforcers have been able to use data analysis to come up with a better decision. Crime analysis ha.
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In the wake of technological advances, the use of computers has played a major role especially in criminal justice (Moriarty, (2017). This paper has focused on the use of computer application technologies in criminology and the potential it has in legal systems. From enabling easy access for witnesses to search for accused peoples’ photographs on the screen and go through the whole court procedural activities. Moreover, criminals’ records can be monitored using databases and it is easy to make a follow-up on crimes they have committed in the past and the charges against them. Forensics can also be conducted and investigations can now be carried out easily and very fast. Also, when one is linked to cases, they can be easily identified using forensics and fingerprints. Portable laptops have also helped police officers in getting information and any important details related to a crime at any place without having to go back to their working stations. James (2017), argues that unlike in the past, investigations are done faster due to internet connections and ease of communication between community members and investigative officers through the use of phone gadgets.
Computers have broad variance in usage which has been enhanced by computer applications. For instance, massive record keeping systems have relied for reference on criminal accounts, case records and unresolved warranties. Incorporation of technology in criminology has just made the career easy and also improved livelihoods. Many police units now use computerized applications to keep up with the ever-rising crimes. There are different applications being used nowadays, from mobile technology, to use in-car computers, CCTV camera installations and also software such as the Computer Aided Dispatch. Investigators often use programmed record management systems to monitor information they obtain and guard it properly. With the current technology, it is possible to detect impending crimes, track stolen goods and the culprits, tell which time a crime occurred and also who committed it and where.
Computer applications:
1. In-Car Computer installations in police cars.
Blumstein (2018), contends that this application that allows traffic patrol police to effectively carry out their activities especially when vehicles violate traffic rules. In the current world, things are drifting toward being more computerized than handwritten (Maxfield & Babbie, 2014). Thus event arrest reports are being typed. It also means that after traffic references are written down, they are generated by the computers installed duplicating a copy to the person who breaks the rules. This is seen to reduce paperwork and improve the efficiency of police officers' work.
2. Computer Aided Dispatch
In the past, correspondents would use hand.
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Flexible Design Methods
Critical Analysis of the Whistleblower incentives and protection: Are a way of applying investment banking incentives to control management unethical and illegal practices
Introduction
Whistleblower incentives and protection refers to the monetary reward as well as protection which the United States Government offers to the individuals who exposes certain wrongdoings in the community more especially in government institutions. The Federal law requires the government to reward the whistleblowers a certain percentage of money that is recovered following their tips of exposing the wrongdoing acts. This percentage may go up to 30 percent of the total recovered money. In this paper, I will critically analyze whether Whistleblower Incentives and Protection are ways of applying investment banking incentives to control management unethical and illegal practices. And maybe are the whistleblowers rewarded accordingly in terms of security and money.
Problem Statement
What happened?? This is not anything like what was approved or what was in the white paper. Follow the instructions and make a paragraph out of the bullet outline problem
The Problem statement, which will be addressed in this paper, is that, whistle blowers are not given adequate incentives and protection resulting in the difficulty of reporting wrongdoing, misconduct and unethical behaviors. According to Andon, et al., (2018), Lack of whistle blower incentives and protection makes it difficult for whistle blowers to report wrongdoing, as they feel insecure. “The current whistle blowing system is not effective and therefore does not provide the basis for investigation of corruption cases and any misconduct within a company (Ballan, 2017). In support of Ballan’s views on the whistle blowing system, Keith, Todd & Oliver, (2016) indicated that the managers aren’t empowered to sanction employees involved in unethical behaviors because of lack of whistle blower incentives which are reinforced by the Federal laws.
Specifically, failure of finance department to offer adequate whistleblowers incentives as well as protection within the investment – banking sector in the United States. As per Keith, Todd & Oliver, (2016), in their recent research, they recommended that the finance department in any organization is a very critical area that can determine the overall performance of an organization. Failure to provide whistleblower incentives and protection to finance staff makes it difficult for them to report unethical behaviors.
Research Questions
What happened here? Where is the list of approved RQs Where are the numbers
It’s important to note that integrity and corruption free environment can be enhanced if specifically the involved organizations are audited or watch.
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Critical Appraisal of Research Articles on Evidence-Based Practice
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Barakat-Johnson M., Lai M., Wand T. & White K. (2019). A qualitative study of the thoughts and experiences of hospital nurses providing pressure injury prevention and management. Collegian, 26(1), 95-102.
Park S. H., Lee Y. S. and Kwon, Y. M. (2016). Predictive validity of pressure ulcer risk assessment tools for the elderly: A meta-analysis. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 38(4), 459-483.
Boyko T., Longaker M. T., and Yang G. (February 1, 2018). Review of the current management of Pressure Ulcers. Journal of Advances in Wound Care, vol. 7, issue No. 2. Pages 57-67.
Ferris, A., Price, A., & Harding K. (2019). Pressure ulcers in patients receiving palliative care: A systematic review. Palliative Medicine, 33(7), 770-782.
Level of evidence of the article
Level 4 evidence. The article provides a summary of the individual thoughts and experiences regarding the issue of pressure ulcers
Level 2 evidence. The information comes from the meta-analysis of all the relevant and randomized, as well as the controlled trials.
Level 1 evidence. The article offers evidence from the systematic review of the randomized as well as the controlled trials from the experiments.
Level 1 evidence. The information is evidence from the systematic reviews of trials that have been relevant and controlled while the researchers were trying to carry out the research.
Conceptual Framework
The theoretical basis that led to the research was an increased number of injuries resulting from pressure ulcers, and this led to the need for having a study to find the ways that were effective for preventing such occurrences.
The theoretical framework that led to this study was that pressure ulcers have become a major challenge and a challenging goal when it came to providing healthcare for pressure ulcer patients. Therefore, it led to the need to have a study that could deal with the challenge.
The theoretical framework that necessitated this research was the incidence of pressure ulcers that were increasing because of the poor and aging population as well as the elderly that were living with incidences of disability.
Pressure ulcers were highly associated with significant mortality and morbidity and high costs of healthcare services, and this led to the need for a study to review the situation.
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A qualitative and exploratory design using semi-structured interviews. Sampling was also done and used for obtaining the participants and information from the relevant individuals of the study.
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Comparative Argumentative Critical analysis
Introduction
Plato’s allegory of the cave is a notion about human perception. Plato argued that knowledge acquired through the senses is just an opinion but for one to acquire knowledge then it must be through philosophical cognitive. Plato gives an analogy of the prisoners tied to some rocks in a cave since they were born. They cannot see anything except shadows of objects carried by people walking in the walkway. Since the prisoners had not seen the real objects ever since they were born, they believe that these shadows are real. Fortunately, one prison escapes from the cave and meets the real world and recognizes that his perception of reality was mistaken. He goes back to the cave and informs the other prisoners what he found. Unfortunately, they don’t believe him (Alam 5).
Overview of Gogol’s Overcoat and Lahiri’s Namesake
The overcoat is a story written by Nikolai Gogol about Akaky Akakievich, an underprivileged government clerk in Russia. Though he is devoted to his work, his hard work goes unrecognized by his colleagues who joke about his overcoat. When his overcoat is worn out he decides to get it fixed but his tailor advises him to get a new one because the old one was beyond repair. His tailor finally makes a new coat for Akaky which makes his colleagues celebrate him by throwing a party for him. His coat does not last long because it is stolen and Akaky’s efforts to get it back do not bear fruit. He dies of fever (Yilmaz 195).
Namesake is a story about Indian immigrants who settle in the US. Soon after, they get a baby boy who is given a temporal pet name by his father: Gogol. When he starts kindergarten Gogol is given his good name, Nikhil, which he rejects and clings to his pet name. But when he grows up Gogol knows the meaning of his name and starts to despise it. At the age of eighteen, he changes his legal name to Nikhil. He becomes acculturated and adopts the American way of life. That way he feels comfortable around his friends and especially the girlfriend. It was after his father’s death that he knew the true meaning of his name and changed it again to Gogol (Jaya 158).
The relevance of Plato’s Allegory of the cave on Gogol’s ‘Overcoat’ and Lahiri’s ‘Namesake’
The most significant insinuation of these stories is how the two main characters change their identity. Both of them were not named after they were born. Coincidentally, their fathers picked their names for them. As the writers of these two stories put it, these two characters could not be given any other names. These two characters are comfortable with their identities just like the prisoners in the cave (Ledbetter 130).
Akaky is afraid of changing his old ways of doing things. He was seen in the same position and place with the same uniform, his overcoat, and this made his supervisors believe that he was born as a r.
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As far as the definition to my words is concerned, metacommunication can be defined as all nonverbal cues experienced by different people. Some of the metacommunications experienced by people include; tone of voice, gestures, facial expression and body language. On matters related to the facial expression, it can be used to show the feelings of the people involved in an incident. However, different people should be encouraged to understand the use of the metacommunication in ensuring that the society is able to operate in an effective manner. Again, gestures can be used in ensuring that communication is enhanced amongst different people. The use of gestures plays important roles in ensuring that different ideas are shared in the best way possible (Hazari, 2019).
On the other hand, evaluative communication can be used for the purposes of causing defensiveness by ensuring that judgment is passed. It is through that whereby majority of the people are enabled to focus on the problem experienced hence making it easy for the right solution to be found. The ability of people to focus on the problem can be used in ensuring that the required solution is identified therefore reducing the issues experienced by the people. However, majority of people should be encouraged to engage in evaluative communication for the purposes of ensuring that the solution to the issues experienced is found (Ma, 2020).
References
Hazari, S., North, A., & Moreland, D. (2019). Investigating pedagogical value of wiki technology. Journal of Information Systems Education, 20(2), 8.
Ma, Q. (2020). Examining the role of inter-group peer online feedback on wiki writing in an EAP context. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 33(3), 197-216.
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My first term I chose is matrilocal family. However, matrilocal family is a family whereby the husband goes to live with the family of the wife. This is a culture which allows the man to move to live with the mother and the father in law. As a result, the man is required to change his social life their living according to the cultures of the parents in law (Brown, 2020).
As far as the episode is concerned, the man had to go and hence live with the female’s family. It is through that whereby the man was required to change his lifestyle and hence adapt the live from the female’s family. Moreover, when not controlled, matrilocal family might end up bringing about conflicts amongst the people and their care has to be taken so as to ensure that the cases of misunderstanding are not experienced.
On the other hand, conjugal family is the other term which should be considered in different aspects. However, this is a term in which the marred coup.
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CRITICAL ANALYSIS PAPER 7
Critical Analysis Paper #2
Professor McMahon
Waffa Elsayed
HBSE
03-25-2019
Introduction
In this paper, I will argue that “Intimate Partner” is used to represent any inclusive romantic or sexual relationship between two non-biologically-related people. Ideally, these kinds of relationships show lots of love and support for each other. Unfortunately, some people do not act like the ideal condition and abuse their partners cause considerable emotional or physical pain and injury (Belknap, Chu, & Deprince, 2012). Sometimes abusing behavior brings violence and makes the worse situation ever. Different type of abuses such as emotional abuse, economic abuse, social isolation, physical abuses takes place in case of creating intimate partner violence. Sometimes some people start to stalk their partners with generating a different motive such as anger, hostility, paranoia, and delusion towards their partners (Belknap, Chu, & Deprince, 2012). One partner verbally threats his/her partner through using emails, text messaging, and social network Internet sites. In 2012, 4th February, a 21-year-old California boyfriend had bound legs of his girlfriend with tape and threatened her with pointing a gun towards her and beaten her, and kept her for nine days. This situation occurred as the girl received a text message from another man on her cellphone (Belknap, Chu, & Deprince, 2012). It is clear that technology can lead to intimate partner abuse. In this paper, I will argue that technology in terms of electronic devices can be used as the trigger for more intimate partner violent abuse. Comment by Sarah McMahon: I would suggest having someone review your writing to help improve your ability to convey your ideas. Comment by Sarah McMahon: I am wondering what this means- different from what? From IPV? It seems to me that it is a similar motive so I am unclear. Comment by Sarah McMahon: The purpose of this assignment is: “Develop an argument that compares these types of violence in a specific way(s), such as the root causes, the impact on victims, society's perception of the crime, or our response to the crime. How are they similar or different?” I am not sure your thesis answers that question?
Causes and Impact of Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking and Electronic Abuse
These days, out of ten women, one lady murdered or badly injured by her intimate partner. Life threatening matters are the most common factor which can create physical violence among intimate partners. Comment by Sarah McMahon: This is not a full sentence. I would suggest having someone proofread your paper as I suggested last time. Comment by Sarah McMahon: I am unclear on what this means. What are the life-threatening matters and what is the most common factor that causes physical violence? If you are talking about the causes of IPV .
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COUNSELOR ETHICS
Counselor Ethics and Responsibilities
Grand Canyon University: PCN 505
Dr
November 15, 2017
Counselor Ethics and Responsibilities
To be a successful counselor and abide within the ethical and legal guidelines, counselors must take into consideration what is involved in providing sound and ethical judgements. Being a counselor should not be taken lightly, someone is trusting us to provide them with the best care possible and assist in finding solutions that will possibly work for the betterment of their livelihood. Counselors must ensure that their clients confidentiality will not be misused and counselor’s guarantee that appropriate measures are in place to provide a professional, safe, nonjudgmental environment.
Client Rights
Principles of Ethical Practice
There are five key principles of ethical practices, and Davis and Miller (2014), references Kitchener (2000) models on the following five principles:
a.) Autonomy addresses the concept of independence. Counselors should make sure they are not pushing their own values and beliefs onto clients, but rather encourage them to make their own decisions and act within their values. He/She would ensure clients fully understand how their differences may affect others whether positive or negative. He/She would also ensure they are competent to understand the choices they are making are theirs without any other influences. Clients who are children or persons with mental limitations, he/she need to make sure they have a well-informed, competent adult making decisions in their best interest.
b.) Nonmaleficence is the concept of not causing harm to others. Professionals should ensure clients are positively engaged during sessions and are not misconstruing information given to them.
c.) Beneficence shows the responsibility of the counselor contributing to the safety of the client. Incorporate positive outlooks and thinking in sessions. Periodically asking clients about their feelings, depending on the circumstances to make sure they have no intentions on harming themselves and be proactive when necessary.
d.) Justice in counseling means “treating equals equally and unequals unequally” (Davis & Walker, 2016). If I am providing services to two clients who are depressed. One is depressed and suicidal and the other client is not, more attention would be devoted to the client who is suicidal, and the proper steps would be taken to ensure the client does no harm to himself.
e.) Fidelity includes being, loyal, faithful and committed. Maintaining and having trust within the client-counselor relationship is crucial to successful progress, once that trust is broken, the client may leave and seek treatment elsewhere, or worse harm themselves or others. Clients need to be able to talk to about their feelings no matter how bad they think their situation is.
(Davis & Miller, 2016).
Informed Consent Process
Informed consent .
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COMMUNICATION TRAINING PLAN
Communication Training Plan
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliations
Company Culture and Communication Obstacle
Northwest Valley Community College has a culture of providing the best learning environment to its students and ensuring that school staff communicate effectively without experiencing unauthorized access to their data and information. Also, its culture is ingrained in ensuring its students are working in an environment that is healthy and safe. The management of Northwest Community understands the importance of having a healthy learning environment and effective communication network inside and outside the school premises. As such, Kelsey Elementary school is setting up measures to implement a detailed communication training plan for staff and students to gain information safety skills.
This plan will be developed by a strategic communication team selected by the school. This plan will be designed in a way that it provides a framework to manage and coordinate communication among the students, instructors and parents. The plan will identify efficient communication channels, standards, appropriate audience, and frequency. This plan will require a shared responsibility among management, students, communication team and students. After the implementation of this communication plan, the team will measure its effectiveness to ensure it meets the expected objectives and goals.
Needs and Tasks Analysis
Northwest Valley Community Collwgw communication team will conduct a needs and analysis task to determine the training needs. The management will be able to know who needs the training and the kind of training required. The following are the steps the company will use to conduct training needs analysis.
· Organizational Analysis: The school management should work with the teachers to identify the priorities of student training. In this case, the management will conduct an evaluation to ensure the training goes hand-in-hand with the school’s goals and objectives.
· Secondly, the management will list specific types of communication channels to be utilized within the school environment. Also, they will specify the skills and competencies needed by employees to ensure they clearly understand how to utilize these communication channels. By doing this, they will have a solid foundation on who should conduct the training and how it should be conducted. (Liaw, 2014)
· The last step will involve the identification of staff members who need to undergo communication training. However, since it is a learning institution, every staff member and students will be subject to training.
Research Technique
Northwest Valley management has decided to implement an external training program to address the training plan. Therefore, they need to identify and understand the organization’s communication training needs. As such, they should start by hiring an e.
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Commitment to Professionalism
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Commitment to Professionalism
Your Name
Course Number & Title
Instructor's Name
Month Day, Year
Commitment to Professionalism
Advocating for _________
Identify the focus of your advocacy efforts and give an example of an issue you would like to address as an advocate. You may want to start off with something like: A great passion of mine is to advocate for __________ because___________. Research shows that this is a critical issue______________.
In the next few paragraphs be sure to:
· Identify one individual or group (local policy maker, state-level legislator, corporate leader, etc.) that you can contact for support of your issue and provide a rationale for choosing this individual/group.
· Describe the strategies you would use to gain the support needed for this issue through individual advocacy.
· Describe the strategies you would use to attract the support needed for this issue through collective advocacy.
· Create two talking points (as discussed in Chapter 13) using one concrete example (refer to key term in chapter reading for precise definition) for each point to demonstrate the importance of the issue. These talking points should be appropriate to use when talking to legislators or the media about the issue for which you are advocating.
Commitment to the Profession
In this section be sure to
· Describe how you will advocate on behalf of young children, their families, and the profession.
· Describe how you will support the development of future practitioners and leaders in the field.
· Referring to to Figure 13.1 “A Professional Continuum” and describe how your efforts will support the field away from unskilled workers and toward paradigm professionals.
Don’t forget specific details, examples, and citations to help you get a top grade
References (Text and at least TWO outside sources)
Ashford Textbook (Online edition): *
Author, A. (Year published). Title of book: Subtitle of book (edition, if other than the first) [Electronic version]. Retrieved from from URL
Example:
Witt, G. A., & Mossler, R. A. (2010). Adult development and life assessment [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/books/4
Online Journal Article (such as from the Ashford Library):**
Author, A. (Year Published). Article title. Journal Name, Volume(Issue), page range. doi:# or Retrieved from journal’s homepage URL
**When including a URL for an online journal, you must search for the journal’s home page and include this in your reference entry. You may not include the URL found through your university library, as readers will not have access to this library.
Examples:
Churchill, S. D., & Mruk, C. J. (2014). Practicing what we preach in humanistic and positive psychology. American Psychologist, 69(1), 90-92. doi:10.1037/a0034868
Santovec, M. (2008). Easing the transition improves grad retention at Trinity U. Women in Higher Education, 17(10), 32. Retr.
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Cover Letter for Grant Proposal
Pasqualina L. Anderson
Walden University
HUMN 6207-3, Grant Writing
Dr. Frances Mills
January 17, 2019
Abstract
The homeless population in communities across the United States is vulnerable to physical and mental illnesses, largely due to a lack of medical treatment resources and harsh environmental conditions. Rehabilitation centers and programs aimed at closing the gap between this population’s lack of resources and medical needs can help address many of the problems this population faces. Social programs aimed at reducing homelessness or intervening in the lives of homeless populations do not necessarily extend beyond providing food, shelter, and a means to economically transition from being homeless to being a non-homeless member of society. Mental illness is one of the barriers to economic sustainability and sustenance that have been recorded in this population. The aim of the proposed program is to offer a means of treatment for this population, using a sample size of 20. Another vital aim of the program is to examine the correlation between the homeless population, their environmental circumstances, and mental illness. It is the program leaders’ hope that the program’s analyzation of the data will lead to new intervention, treatment methods, and deep understanding of how mental illness plays a role in homelessness.
Keywords: homelessness, mental illness, intervention treatments
Cover Letter
To Whom It May Concern,
An estimated 500,000 individuals are homeless in our community and are at risk of developing serious, uncontrollable health issues (Rogers, 2018). Our grant proposal’s main objective is to improve the well-being of the homeless population within our community. Besides physical ailments and diseases that may impact the homeless population, mental health issues and challenges will need to be addressed as part of this proposal. Specifically, our project seeks to reduce the prevalence of drug addiction and substance abuse amongst the homeless.
Utilizing a case study research design, our project will aim to analyze data pertaining to the relationship(s) between our community’s homeless population and drug addiction/substance abuse. A sample size of 20 will be selected from the Homeless Health Education Group. The projected timeline for the project is three years. It will focus on providing psychiatric intervention, reduce health problems, and provide mental health care. A rehabilitation center will be established to meet these objectives. Technology assets will be necessary to enhance efficiency and collect data reports from the 20 members of the sample population (Gitilin & Lyons, 2014; Marchewka, 2014).
Management and oversight will need to be incorporated into the proposal to ensure the project achieves its mission (Burke, 2013). The project’s projected budget expenditures total $1.638 million and its projected revenues total approx.
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Introduction
The development of health information in the healthcare field
has proven to significantly improve the efficiency of healthcare
workers, improved the quality of life for patients through the
reduction of preventable deaths and provided valuable research
data in the scientific field for development of pharmaceutical
drugs and medical treatments. Although technology
developments and improvements in healthcare are profound,
there are significant disadvantages of electronic health care
records that must be addressed for the protection of patients in
the United States healthcare system.
Advances in Health Care Information Technology
The United States health care system is classified as unique,
massive, and a consistently expanding system and yet lacks
coordination and universal coverage for all residents in the
United States (Shi & Singh, 2019, p. 2). The vast amount of
organizations, individuals and government agencies that are
involved in the US health care system include nearly twelve
million people working in health care delivery, public and
private agencies providing insurance to over five-thousand
hospitals, fifteen-thousand nursing homes, two-thousand mental
2. health facilities, hospice and home-health agencies and over
twelve-thousand programs providing basic health support to
migrant workers, low-income and the homeless populations (Shi
& Singh, 2019, p. 2). With a health care system that stands
above all the other developed countries, one would expect that
technology would provide a plethora of affordable care and
services to the population.
Technological developments and improvements in health care
have made significant impacts on patient care and quality of life
through improved communication, implementation of Electronic
Health Records, and more efficient processes and practices of
health care professionals (Banova, 2019). Technology in the
health care field leads to high quality resources, improves
communication and the collection of information that is
necessary in health care to ensure that potential mistakes are
caught quickly, and patient harm is prevented. Technology is
also responsible for the implementation of health care systems
that improve the quality of care and drives advancements in the
health care system (Chen & Department of Hospital and Health
Care Administration, 2019). The advances in health technology
and science have played a significant role in shaping the health
care delivery system in the United States over the past one-
hundred years, evolving from primitive practices to the largest
industry in the world known as health informatics driven by the
advances we see today (Shi & Singh, 2019, p. 72).
Technology in health care is responsible for copious benefits
and has contributed to life extension, medical cures, advanced
diagnostic procedures, development of new drugs, and
improving the quality of life to many who suffer from chronic
conditions (Shi & Singh, 2019, p. 101). The implementation of
health informatics in the healthcare field also has multiple
benefits which include reducing healthcare costs through the
development of a standardized health IT system and providing
clinical researchers with advanced medical knowledge for such
things as developing treatments for viral outbreaks and
preventative measures such as development of the flu shot
3. (Banova, 2019). This technology is fundamental to the
management of information being used in the delivery of patient
care, quality improvement, billing and collections, and various
other facets involving the operation of health care organizations
(Shi & Singh, 2019, p. 103). For example, health informatics
was the foundation for the HIPAA program which was
established by the US Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) as a federal law that required the creation of
national patient privacy rules to protect sensitive health
information from being disclosed without patient consent or
knowledge (HIPAA, 2018).
Since the establishment of the United States Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 to ensure
safeguards are in place to protect patient information, health
informatics has demonstrated consistent growth (Simoes, 2015).
Electronic health records (EHRs) were developed in response to
the establishment of HIPAA in an effort to replace the
traditional paper medical records, providing secure storage of
confidential patient health records, and giving patients the
ability to obtain electronic access while enhancing the quality,
efficiency and safety of patient care through health informatics
(Shi & Singh, 2019). It is disappointing that the adoption of
universal health information technology such as electronic
health records (EHRs) has been a slow and problematic process
resulting in communication breakdowns between health care
organizations and negatively impacting patient trust, data
accuracy and patients ability to obtain immediate, accurate
knowledge regarding their health care (Byrne et al., 2014).
Technological breakthroughs are more prominent in the United
States than any other developing country with electronic
wearable devices, telemedicine utilized for medical diagnosis
and patient care utilized when the physician and patient are
separated by distance, and at home monitoring systems
receiving the most attention due to their ability to protect
patient safety for chronically ill patients (Loncar-Turukalo et
al., 2019). Wolff, Darer, & Larsen demonstrated that a lack of
4. communication exists between medical providers, family and
caregivers that has a negative impact on the safety and quality
of care that chronically ill, elderly and terminally ill patients
receive as a result of the caregivers lack of ability to access and
monitor the patients electronic health records demonstrating
that technology does not improve a patients overall satisfaction
or their quality of life (2016).
It is important to understand that advances in technology
although important to the quality of care, has been the largest
factor in the continued rising costs of medical care in the United
States (Shi & Singh, 2019). Technology is exciting, new,
constantly evolving, brings hope to the individuals who may
benefit from these advances, and in some cases can be
inspirational to medical professionals. There are several factors
that contribute to the correlation between technological
advances, the continuous rising health care costs, and the
impact this has on advances in health care today.
There was a time when certain conditions equated to no hope of
survival. Shi & Singh demonstrated that as a result of major
technological advances, physicians now have the ability to help
patients suffering from such illnesses as diabetes, end-stage
renal disease, heart disease and HIV/AIDS and due to modern
technology, these conditions are no longer fatal (2019, p. 117).
Various surgical procedures have been reduced to minimally
invasive providing patients with less impact and allowing for
quicker healing times (Shi & Singh, 2019, p. 117). These
technological innovations although profound and an incredible
improvement to quality of life for patients, has contributed to
the negative impact on health care costs.
Medical technology has had a positive impact on health care
accessibility such as utilizing communication technology to
allow patients remote access to their health care providers, or
providing rural hospitals the ability to coordinate care through
video communication (Shi & Singh, 2019, p. 119). Large urban
hospitals and medical clinics have been transformed into state
of the art facilities with newly developed technologies, modern
5. medicine, and the latest diagnostic and therapeutic remedies
being offered to patients not only allowing for access to modern
treatments but reducing costs to patients as these services are
often offered on an outpatient basis where previously only
available in the hospitals (Shi & Singh, 2019, p. 117).
As previously discussed, the United States is responsible for the
highest spending in the world in the development of new
medical technology and the cost of health care (Shi & Singh,
2019, p. 119). As Shi & Singh demonstrated, the actions of the
United States benefits the other developing countries as they
essentially get a free ride in the technological field by waiting
for the United States to develop the technology and then utilize
this technology in the European and other economies at a
fraction of the cost (Shi & Singh, 2019, p. 119). The United
States would benefit through the establishment and
implementation of a centralized health technology assessment to
evaluate ethical and legal dilemmas, efficacy, safety, and cost-
effectiveness of newly developed medical technology (Shi &
Singh, 2019, p. 120).
Essentially, medical technology is only beneficial when it helps
a patient and is beneficial to their care. In the United States,
the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for
regulating the introduction of new medications, biologics and
medical devices based on performed medical trials and the
ability to demonstrate their efficacy and safety however, the
FDA does not evaluate cost-effectiveness thus demonstrating a
lack of monitoring rising health care costs, excessive spending
and wasteful practices in the health care field (Shi & Singh,
2019, p. 123). Americans have demonstrated a desire to have
access to the newest and the latest technology although, there
are significant disadvantages of technological advances that
must be addressed for the protection of patients in the United
States healthcare system. The good should outweigh the
negative and be beneficial not only medically but cost
effectively as well.
Mobile Medical Technology
6. The future of technology is being ushered in with exponentially
better performance in smaller and more compact devices. As
such, the advancements in smartphones and wearable devices
has allowed the medical industry to capitalize on this trend by
developing new microsystems, wearable devices, and apps
designed for smartphones, tablets, and watches. According to a
recent article, “Technology advancements in recent years have
caused an explosion of smart and highly connected computing
devices that are in a small form factor” (Qureshi & Krishnan,
2018). From new blood pressure cuffs, sleep apnea diagnosis
devices, and health applications to patient education, these new
mobile technologies are increasing quality of care and providing
a more patient-centered healthcare model.
Blood Pressure Monitoring
New micro technology and computing is making advancements
in blood pressure monitoring. It is making it easier and more
cost efficient for patients to check their blood pressure and keep
an electronic log. This log can be digitally transmitted to the
patient’s healthcare provider for analysis and medication
adjustments. Factors, such as stress and exertion, will have a
negative effect on blood pressure. Patient’s blood pressure
taken in a hospital setting do not tend to be an accurate measure
because this environment is stressful and frightening to the
patient causing blood pressure to spike. A more accurate
reading can be taken at home when the patient is in a less
stressful, more comfortable setting. Not every patient is able to
take their own blood pressure and the equipment used in a
hospital setting is too cumbersome and expensive for patients to
have them at home. The new blood pressure cuff that connect
to a smartphone via Bluetooth technology alleviates this
problem by having a small compact cuff that can be carried
around easily. According to a recent study, “95% of the health
personnel on whom the device was tested agreed that the device
can be useful in terms of medical cost, distant health services
and obtaining useful reference data” (Ilhan, Yıldız, & Kayrak,
2016).
7. Sleep Apnea
It is estimated that 5 to 20 percent of the adult population in the
US have varying degrees of obstructive sleep apnea (National
Sleep Foundation, 2020). Obstructive sleep apnea has many
risk factors that cause serious problems including death.
Causes of these deaths range from lack of breathing while
asleep to vehicle wrecks causes by drowsiness. In the past, the
only way to test for sleep apnea was through long studies where
the patient would come to a hospital, be connected by diodes to
machines that would record body movement, breathing, and
oxygen levels. However, with the advancements in medical
technology, new mobile devices are available that allow patients
to take home the device and test for obstructive sleep apnea at
home. “Improvements in computational capacity combined with
increased availability of training datasets are likely to foster
improved algorithm performance that will simultaneously
benefit consumer and clinical sleep devices alike” (Bianchi,
2017). These devices allow for automation to occur in scoring
for sleep apnea markers. “Whether this occurs in a clinical
context or not, there is little doubt it will continue to dominate
the analysis of portable devices, if only because of the scale and
desire for rapid/immediate results” (Bianchi, 2017).
Applications
Smartphones are being used by more and more people daily.
The Obama administration made it possible for even low-
income family to have a phone. These phones started out being
basic flip phones but have since become lower-end smart
phones. With the increasing growth of smartphone use comes
opportunity for application developers and healthcare provider
to team up and create apps that will make the flow of medical
information easier and more secure. This will allow patients to
have a more active role in their healthcare decisions and
activity. “Medical applications make smartphones useful tools
in the practice of evidence-based medicine at the point of care,
in addition to their use in mobile clinical communication.
Medical applications can range from education, news, reference
8. guides, and database to electronic health records. Popular
medical applications include:
· Micromedex – Pharmaceutical reference apps
· UpToDate – Medical news and advancements app
· John’s Hopkins ABX Guide – Comprehensive reference app
· Red Cross First Aid – Instructional guide app for everyday
first aid.
· My Chart – Electronic medical records (Schiola, 2016).
Patient Education
Health Literacy is particularly important. Having a patient
being involved and active in their healthcare decision can be the
difference between a patient making an informed decision on
treatment or blindly trusting a healthcare care provider. Also,
patients are more likely to follow through with treatment plans
if they are educated on why they need the treatment plan and
how the plan is going to help them successfully recover from
their illness. Advancements in medical technology makes it
possible for patient education to be more streamlined and
acceptable to all patients. Wearable devices are communicating
with smartphones and giving patients dashboards that can show
them an overview of their scores and test results. Applications
like MyChart allows patients to communicate with their
healthcare provider and get answers to questions without having
to leave home. Biomedical wearables are allowing patients to
send data to physicians in real-time so that feedback can be
given quickly. The quicker that a diagnosis is given; the
quicker a patient can decide on a chosen treatment plan.
Advancement of Care Through Information Technology
The healthcare system is increasingly complex because it is
marked by multiple hand-offs between primary care and
specialty providers, inadequate communication among
providers, and lack of clarity about a care provider for patients
with life-limiting illness. Patients and families often cite such
difficulties as information deficits, uncoordinated care, and
insufficient psychosocial support. Studies have shown that
information enabled healthcare has the potential to reduce
9. disintegration of needed information which ensures high quality
and safer care (Clauser et al., 2011). In the face of prevailing
challenges of delivering well-coordinated, patient-centered care
in a complex modern healthcare system, this section will
examine the potential role of information technology (IT)
advances to help both providers and patients. As such, it will
also take cognizance of these challenges and opportunities to
advance understanding of how patient data, provider and patient
involvement, and informatics innovations can support high-
quality healthcare. Given the advances in electronics, the
Internet and telecommunication which have pushed the field of
health care to embrace information technology (IT); this section
of the research article will also focus on the use of information
technology in health promotion and its evolving impact on the
healthcare system in the USA (Roberts et al., 2020).
For the purpose of better understanding, we shall narrow the
technological care coordination advancement by using a known
ailment of cancer. Hence, cancer care is characterized by three
important facets. One is state-of-the-art clinical medicine,
which may include evidence-based and sophisticated therapies
targeted to patients' tumor and biological characteristics.
Second, an approach to care that is attentive to the spectrum of
patients' needs (i.e., physical, psychosocial, functional,
spiritual). Third, the use of systems solutions, both human and
machine, that support organizations in achieving their clinical
medicine and patient-centered care delivery goals (Roberts et
al., 2020). Therefore, enhancing these delivery features for a
disease as complicated and diverse as cancer often entails
complex decision making as outlined earlier on the opening
paragraph of this section. Studies have also shown how to
marshal information technology (IT) to effectively measure,
monitor, and proactively intervene when necessary across all
these dimensions to continually improve performance and build
an effective system of cancer care. As such, reports have shown
that these attributes of care delivery for modern healthcare and
for cancer care delivery, have few efforts being made to
10. describe this IT improvement in managing general healthcare.
Some studies have discussed the potential for IT to improve
cancer care from both the patient's perspective and as part of an
overall system-improvement strategy. With the advent of HIT,
patients have been empowered to become more involved in their
cancer/health care. Therefore, the internet has become a useful
tool as all Americans have sought cancer-related information on
the web. Beyond information seeking, IT provides resources for
social and emotional support to cancer patients and their
caregivers. Given the distress and uncertainty that inevitably
accompanies a cancer diagnosis, virtual social support groups
are a way for patients to find coping strategies and share
experiences (Roberts et al., 2020). Indeed, there has been an
improved cancer management through IT which has been
propagated through shared decision making, symptom
management, and treatment adherence literature. Additionally,
there has been confirmed delivery of tailored advice about
chemotherapy symptoms through handheld computers which has
been reported that patients and providers found this strategy
feasible and acceptable.
For the advancement of healthcare promotion through
information technology; there are different applications of
health IT in health care and health education. As such, health
providers and patients are accepting and even crediting health
IT for providing patients with resources to educate themselves
on their health status and actively participate in their health
care by enabling them easy access to health information
(Nimkar, 2016). Among all healthcare applications of
technology, the use of IT has evolved as a revolutionary and
rapidly emerging trend in health care. Self-management patient
portals, electronic medical records, interactive preventive health
records, personal health records, online peer support groups and
social media are some of the latest trends in health IT (Nimkar,
2016). Consequently, the U.S healthcare system has always
sought to improve the quality of health care. According to
Nimkar (2016); this can only be achieved if medical and other
11. health personnel (e.g. doctors, nurses, therapists, and health
educators), administrators and patients collaborate at different
levels to assimilate complex information. Health IT has
enabled this assimilation of information from various sources
and hence emerged as a growing phenomenon in the field of
health care. It has a wide range of applications in educational,
administrative, clinical and research areas of health.
No doubt, there are challenges associated with technological
advancements and the health IT is facing its share of challenges,
however, it is still evolving to be one of the fastest growing
trends in the US healthcare system. Indeed, health-related IT
can facilitate a paradigm shift from a system-centered disease
prevention model of care to a more patient-centered health
promotion approach.
Healthcare Information Technology
Healthcare information technology refers to the application of
technology to health care. This is in terms of healthcare
professionals and patients storing, sharing, and analyzing health
information in electronic systems (Zhang et al., 2015). The
method of technology aims at providing better care to patients
as well as achieving health equity.
History of healthcare information technology in the USA
The 1920s was the time healthcare technology in the USA
got its roots. Health care practitioners commenced using
medical records to file details, patient care outcomes, and
complications (O’Malley et al., 2015). In 1928, establishment
of the Association of Record Librarians of North America
(ARLNA) was done to regulate medical records. Paper records
were active up to the 1970s, use of computers, contributed to
the commencement of new styles of healthcare system
technology. The adjustment was made possible by Dr.
Lawrence Weed, who generated the first medical record: which
was problem oriented. The system not only allowed access of
patient’s whole medical history by Clinicians but also
verification of diagnoses by third-party facilities. In 1965,
Medicare and Medicaid branches were founded, and the two
12. health care systems are being used today. The foundation of the
two branches led to healthcare information systems
development, as electronic medical records were growing.
Unfortunately, the healthcare system was expensive.
For medical keeping, only the most significant providers could
dedicate the resources to weigh technology. This was as a
result of the computer were big mainframes. Technological
advancement in computers inspired the development of
numerous systems for managing well-being of patients in the
1970s. For instance, Computer Stored Ambulatory Record
(COSTAR) and Registries Medical Record System were created.
Computers became prominent in the 1980s, and the development
of the voice recognition model by Dragon Systems was done
(Ajami, 2016). Personal computers and window software
became predominant though they were not primarily used for
medical recording.
Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Increased awareness and importance of EHR was in the late
20th century. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) made a study on
healthcare records as well as the welfares of medical records.
This study established obstacles to the embracement of
electronic health records, such as high cost and lack of
standards. The report, fortunately, set the expected standards of
EHR. To keep track of patients’ medical care, systems such as
the Healthcare Information Exchange (HIE) and Master Patient
Index (MPI) were introduced (Evans, 2016). World Wide Web
technology paved its way in 1990, establishing how to access,
share, and direct information though there were no immediate
effects on healthcare. In 1994, a new standard, ICD-10 coding
standard was introduced, the amount of codes that could be
employed in medical records was expanded by the rule.
In a study by IOM, the government of President George W.
Bush supported the statistics of IOM; that hospitalized patient
lost their lives due to preventable medical errors. He obligated
computerized health records, and President Obama, in year
2009, signed the Health Information Technology for Economic
13. and Clinical Health (HITECH) to embrace electronic health
records. By the year 2010, EHR was widespread, and efforts to
help healthcare practitioners migrate to the system (Cifuentes,
2015). The number of EHR users continued increasing, and by
the year 2015, the number had doubled. Up to date, the theme
of flawless information sharing amid healthcare providers,
products, as well as systems are being adopted. Today, users
can freely interact with applications, systems can communicate
with each other, and consumer devices integrate.
Impacts of Technological Advancement in Healthcare System
Costs Savings: Technological advancement from paper health
records to electronic records has reduced the cost of casualty.
Healthcare practitioners monitor a patient in real-time when
using advanced medical devices and devices (Zhang et al.,
2015). This reduces the unnecessary visits of patients to their
doctors. Readmission and hospital stray significantly reduce.
Reduction in unnecessary tests reduces spending money on
hospital bills. The savings per patient, therefore, increase.
Reduced Paperwork: The advanced software helps healthcare
providers in tracking procedures as well as using numerous
methods, which reduces paperwork. When entering data into a
system that is computerized, it is more quickly compared to
paperwork methods. Also, the risk of error in both patient’s
data, as well as financial details, reduces (Baker et al., 2015).
This helps in improved quality care for patients. Moreover,
efficiency is improved.
Rapid Information Sharing: Due to wireless communication,
instant messaging is possible in hospitals. These technologies
offer users a platform that they can send messages and other
secure information. For instance, a health practitioner can send
a lab test to another practitioner; therefore, necessitating
comparing patient data with other patients’ data. This system of
messaging can accelerate the communication process,
efficiently securing information safety.
For a consultation, patients can practically get in touch with
healthcare providers from any part of the world, it is a result of
14. the possibility of using smartphones or web-based consultation.
For medical coding experts, it is possible to digitally access
patient records while working at home. Productivity and
efficiency, therefore, increases.
Reduced Unnecessary Test: Before EHR, scenarios of repeating
medical tests were common. This was because of, for instance,
the unavailability of a patient test to another different doctor.
Repeating tests were not only costly but also were inconvenient
and uncomfortable. Fortunately, with EHRs, health care
practitioners can easily access patients’ test results, thus
recording immediately. Unnecessarily repeated tests are
therefore reduced.
Challenges with the Use of Information Technology in
Healthcare System
There have been several challenges caused using health
informatics in healthcare.Challenges has been associated with
collaboration in the daily healthcare work practice, among
professionals in different healthcare organizations as well as the
patients themselves and their relatives, researchers and
practitioners are still trying to find solutions to these challenges
associated with using IT systems to share information and
knowledge in healthcare (Svensson, 2019).
Safety and Security: Although EHR aims at safeguarding and
ensuring that data security is maxima, there exist security
challenge, unfortunately. This is as a result of the increase in
use of modern mobile healthcare technology, significantly
increasing data breaching. An increase in malware has become
a threat to healthcare data.
Identity theft, physical harm to patients, and financial harm to
the individuals as well as the public at large are some of the
emerging threats (Martínez et al., 2015). The weakness of data
encryption and inadequate access control, for instance,
increases the inability to protect data, thereby paving the way to
a cybercriminal who hacks and tamper with sensitive
information. Individuals using health technologies may lack
knowledge of how their data is used and disclosed to third
15. parties.
Regulatory Burden: in the process of enhancing the safety of
healthcare data and patients, technological, regulatory Burden,
however, is currently insignificant. Comparing the regulatory
Burden to the severities of the development of pharmaceuticals,
strengthening regulation could help gain much. There are
emerging issues today on regulating the technology of the
computer. The issue debates on whether to frequently regulate
mobile apps (Baker et al., 2015) or strict protocols.
Since technology advances day by day, the field of healthcare
system technology will grow alongside technology. The …