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Introduction This study’s central focus was the current vaccination issue in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world. It is known that large numbers of patients worldwide refuse vaccines for religious, ethical, medical, or personal reasons. Among the most unexplained factors are often cited conspiracy aspects, whether the world...
Introduction Medicine has developed throughout the centuries, and the current level of medical science is dramatically different from the past decades. Treatment reflects the culture and the current status of the country’s development. It is connected both with technological progress and attitudes to personality, spirituality, and historical heritage. For instance,...
A crucial part is played a gig in cancer prevention and control via public health by detailing the distribution of cancer and finding cancer risk components. The three main epidemiologic procedures are ecological, analytical, and experimental. Hypotheses are possibly caused by risk elements and sources of illness by descriptive epidemiology....
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) occurs when the lungs have trouble loading blood with oxygen or removing carbon dioxide from it. Similarly, It is also defined as the inability of the body’s pulmonary system to meet its metabolic needs in blood oxygenation and co₂ removal (Choi et al., 2018, p....
Introduction Nursing is a broad field that consists of several specialties. One of the critical categories of nurses is the nursing practitioners. This group of nurses has evolved to become significant medical practitioners that many people rely on for their medical needs. On average, at least 1.6 billion Americans visit...
Introduction The occurrences of plagues and pandemics can be traced way back to medieval times. COVID-19 is a virus infection produced by SARS-CoV-2 that causes what physicians refer to as a respiratory infection and can impact an individual’s upper respiratory tract or the lower respiratory tract (Ciotti et al., 2020)....
Summary The field of health care ethics addresses the wide variety of moral decision-making situations that can arise in medical practice. The areas of moral concern can include the clinical relationship between medical professionals and the patient, human subject research, the harvesting and transplantation of human organs, euthanasia, and abortion...
Problems such as chronic anxiety and depression are common among Hispanics because the region’s conditions are typically characterized by hard physical labor. The stigma and cultural conditions of the parts contribute to mental illnesses that often interfere with habitual activities. It is especially prevalent among the adult male population, who...
Rohypnol Rohypnol is a generic drug known as flunitrazepam which contains lorazepam, diazepam, and alprazolam. This type of drug is a strong muscle relaxer, approximately ten times Valium. It is mostly used for the treatment of insomnia, seizures, and anxiety (Oluwole et al., 2020). In addition, it is used before...
Introduction As opposed to the earlier perceptions that older people encounter massive challenges, Loe acknowledges that they practically navigate those living obstacles, making them stay independent and healthy. Old age is not a social problem, as the elders have experiences for improving their former versions, thus being connected and comfortable....
Introduction Many caregivers rely on various technological advances for wellness diagnoses and prevention, and medical technologies are rapidly becoming a core aspect of care propagation. Preventive care among many healthcare entities, such as community programs, is critical for improving medical outcomes. Obesity is a complicated condition characterized by an overabundance...
dos Santos Nunes, E.P., da Conceição Júnior, V.A., Giraldelli Santos, L.V., Pereira, M.F.L., de Faria Borges, L.C.L. (2017). Inclusive Toys for Rehabilitation of Children with Disability: A Systematic Review. Universal Access in Human–Computer Interaction. Design and Development Approaches and Methods. UAHCI 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10277, 503-514. ...
When making medical decisions, three significant key components of evaluation and management services are considered: history, examination, and medical decision-making. History, the selected critical components highlighted, is critical in medical decision-making since treatment heavily relies on the patient’s records (Buhmann et al., 2018). Specific to chronic health problems, the information...
Introduction Medical sterilization refers to any birth control methods that intentionally make a person unable to reproduce. They can be surgical or non-surgical and can be performed on both males and females, and they are intended to be permanent. Sterilization can be done in various ways, but the common one...
The theory is vital in every business, process, or activity. It provides the initial knowledge, experience, and theoretical characteristics that a person must have to act. With the help of theory, a person learns the initial stages of any business, which, in consequence, plunge him into the depths of his...
Introduction People with troubled pasts often conceal their adverse experiences out of the fear of social stigma. Their health issues are often being taken into consideration without addressing the entire complex of existing comorbidities, especially mental ones (Atkins, 2021). Substance use disorders, in particular, present a challenging topic for analysis,...
Health specialists and nutritionists identify many types of vitamins. Those named after the first five letters of the English alphabet are the most important for the functioning of the human body. According to experts, “vitamin A helps form and maintain healthy teeth, bones, soft tissue, mucous membranes, and skin” (Vitamins,...
Introduction Deaths from cardiopulmonary arrest occurring outside of a healthcare setting are the primary cause of death in developed countries. Even after being revived by emergency medical personnel, many people die each year in Britain and the United States. It takes 8-9 minutes for emergency medical services to arrive at...
The knowledge-sharing process in nursing often has many barriers that the researcher should overcome. The research in the nursing sphere always includes the interactions with the patients, which involves the difficulties related to their safety and rights protections. Another problem can be associated with the reliability and validity of the...
Definition Definitions of the concept of depressive disorder have evolved over the centuries since ancient Greece, where melancholy descriptions were associated with excessive amounts of black fluid in the body. From that time to the 19th century, the basic concept of the symptoms of depression was formulated. As a result,...
Many factors have been proven to influence human health and well-being through research and experiments. These factors are mind-triggered, genetically inherited, or learned and believed to work. Although there is a controversy between spiritual life and its effects on health, there is no clear proof and concluded research that has...
Overview Someone can get infected through contact with an infected individual’s blood. Nowadays, majority of the people get it after sharing needles used to inject or prepare drugs. For some, the condition is short-term whereas for others, it is long-term to the extent it is referred to as chronic. At...
It is important to note that various nations and cultures care differently about their elderly members of society. Some, more individualistic and westernized ones, rely on nursing homes to provide the necessary elderly care for the older groups. Whereas others, more collectivist and conservative ones, consider it as a child’s...
The most obvious and essential benefit of using the electronic health records is keeping every medical history piece in one place. This is a plus for a patient, as they will receive a more distinguished diagnosis based on their previous deceases and treatments. It is also a benefit for the...
African American children and adolescents are among the most marginalized groups of people in the United States of America, considering their age and race. These children are exposed to various life problems such as racism, poor households, and consistent violence, negatively affecting their mental health. Nonetheless, other subjects look into...
The United States must implement value-based care and public-private partnership strategies to attain universal health coverage. As indicated by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the World Health Organization’s global health coverage goals, most people support universal health coverage (UHC) (Galvani 16). Despite rising domestic healthcare spending and accumulating...
Many say that acknowledgment of an issue is the first step to its resolution. However, merely recognizing the issue is not sufficient for healthcare services to construct a suitable intervention. A concrete plan for a disorder treatment process is the key to its success, yet it is impossible to compose...
Gender-Related Factors Mental health characteristics differ among males and females from adolescence onwards. During development, gender dissimilarities have been discovered in various factors. Men are more likely than women to suffer from schizophrenia as they develop the illness at a younger age than women. Females appear to have stronger premorbid...
Statistics Related to Access to Health Care Entities in Rural America Paradoxical things and processes are taking place in the relationship between public health and the population in the United States (US). Quality in terms of technology and personnel is steadily increasing. However, access to essential and standard treatments and...
The performance criteria I wish to improve on is functioning within an ethical framework. Nurses are obligated to provide quality care while navigating complex relationships with patients, families, and colleagues, wherein ethical conflict commonly occurs. Existing frameworks help nurses maintain integrity in these morally complex situations, and a lack of...
Introduction Do life and death begin and end with an individual, God, or medical practitioners? The discussion on medically assisted suicide, MAS, has been taking unprecedented directions over the last few years, making it a controversial legal and ethical issue. According to the ProCon organization (2022), 66.3% of patients used...
Thank you for your insightful post. I can see you took your time to conduct ample research to find arguments for your discussion. You have focused on simulation training as the most effective method of developing and training healthcare staff. I concur that simulation training relies on learning from actual...
The United States is one of the countries with the strictest policies, rules, and regulations against the peddling and abuse of illicit drugs. Unfortunately, the classification of illicit drugs in the US is largely flawed and influenced by external factors that do not acknowledge individuals’ well-being or benefits. In the...
Introduction Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), mainly acquired through sexual contact, be it oral, anal, or vaginal sex, have immense impacts on the reproductive health of the affected if not addressed as early as possible. Some STIs cause significant damage if not treated, but others are not that harmful. STIs include...
The COVID-19 Vaccine Dilemma What are the characteristics of the coronavirus? COVID-19 is easily transmissible and can have rather grave complications, affecting several body systems and increasing the chances of mortality. The dilemma of whether to use a vaccine is especially agonizing for healthcare employees, who have professional obligations, personal...
Introduction In general, the medical field very often faces the problem of the confidentiality of its patients. One of the pillars of medical ethics has to do with the aspect of secrecy that must remain between doctor and patient. Revealing this secret under different circumstances can harm patients’ family life...
Topic Statement Pediatric obesity is often the result of unhealthy nutrition and the lack of control from parents but not of health issues or hormonal imbalance. Annotated Bibliography Chung, S. T., Onuzuruike, A. U. & Magge, S. N. (2018). Cardiometabolic risk in obese children. Annals of the New York Academy...
Vision is an extremely complex functional mechanism that people take for granted. It begins with the passage of a stream of light from objects through our eyes, with the conversion of the energy of light quanta into a nerve impulse carrying information to the brain. Our eyes are organs like...
In the fall of 1811, Frances Burney went through a surgery to remove a growth that was identified by the doctors as a cancerous tumor. Prior to the operation, the woman had experienced pain in her right breast and was advised to perform it earlier. Unfortunately, she was rather reluctant...
Clinical distrust mirrors the historical unethical acts experienced by socially and financially underrepresented groups. The Guatemala tests have been viewed as a dark side of the U.S. clinical examination’s set of experiences. The U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues tracked down the Guatemalan trials ethically off-base, close...
Introduction Depression is a crucial discussion point in this research since it is a prevalent mental condition afflicting millions. According to Stringaris (2017), it is a mental disorder that may continue for a period of time. Moreover, depression has been dubbed the “common cold” of mental diseases, and it looks...
Introduction With the ongoing war in Ukraine and the sanctions against Russia, prices of fuel, electricity, water, and the rest has been increased, contributing to mental health problems for many individuals and families. Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) indicate that Europe’s mental health care has...
Executive Summary The coronavirus pandemic in India has awakened one of the country’s top health problems, namely Tuberculosis (TB). Public clinics sacrifice other services to address the COVID-19 issue, while private medical facilities charge prices beyond the reach of the most damaged social groups. The problem was analyzed, and two...
One of the coding spheres within the Medicine section in the CPT manual is ophthalmology. This subsection includes codes for general ophthalmological services, special ophthalmological services, contact lens services, and spectacle services (American Medical Association, 2020). There is also one code (92499) for any unlisted ophthalmological procedure or service (American...
Similar challenges occur during the observation and treatment of minors and adolescents. Besides communicational gaps that may arise, sessions with children imply a wide range of strict rules. Dealing with legal or ethical considerations slows down decision-making and diverts attention away from the treated issue. Nonetheless, the application of Gibbs’...
The United States is facing an influx in the senior population, hence the need to acquire and use available resources to maximize value and efficiency. Notably, most people in their late adulthood have physical and mental conditions that make them need assistance in daily living. The clients may not have...
In what ways can an APRN distinguish their role from other nursing roles and medical counterparts and why is this important? The APRN is the highest trained nurses, both by education and usually by clinical experience and skill (upon graduation). APRNs require at least a Master of Science in Nursing,...
The first step is to conduct a competitive analysis as well as an evaluation of the facility’s capacity for offering service to the public. The second stage is to link the telemedicine program’s aims with the clinic’s objectives. The third step is to plan the adoption of a telehealth system...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a relatively common condition affecting individuals who have experienced severe trauma. According to researchers, PTSD correlates with the individual’s repeated recollection and reliving of traumatic events that have affected mental well-being (Carmassi et al., 2020). Thus, an individual has flashbacks, dreams, and thoughts correlating with...
Introduction Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) is a psychological disorder that causes a person’s brain to be abnormally hyperactive than usual behaviour. Different scholars have tried to differentiate between ADHD and hyperkinetic disorder, arguing that the two terms are not synonymous. However, WHO uses the two terms interchangeably to refer...
The change in medical policies in Canada significantly contributed to the apt distribution to the populace. The Canadian authority focused on the incorporation of policies that enhanced the scope of practice, affordability, and accessibility. Over the decades, one of the significant challenges that affect the quality of care involves healthcare...
The challenging case of the conjoined twins presents a situation that no parent should ever find themselves in. However, this case also presents clear outcomes that the twins’ parents were familiarized with. While the case did require an intervention from the court, the parents had a chance to make this...
In 2009, there were many gaps in healthcare related to nursing LGBTQIA+ patients. The healthcare providers and their staff were not well-informed about the specific issues they should address when working with such patients, as there were certain disparities that were more spread in that group compared to other adults...
The high variability of the quality of care delivery affecting mainly the uninsured, rural populations, ethnic minorities, economically challenged rural populations, and the elderly is a critical issue in the U.S. healthcare system. Chronic illnesses are the most expensive conditions to manage with regard to direct and care costs. The...
Alcohol addiction, also known as alcohol use disorder, is a chronic disease attributed to relapse and remission. According to Wang et al. (2020), alcohol addiction is defined as a brain disorder which involves the brain reward circuit. It is among the leading factors for individual death and disability. Like other...
Mental health of a person is a complex issue because of the numerous factors affecting it and many diseases that might impact this aspect. In such a way, much attention is given to analyzing the psyche of a person and determining the major causes for the emergence of undesired conditions....
Introduction The main postulate of clinical epidemiology is that every clinical decision should be based on strictly proven scientific facts. This postulate is called EBP – medicine, which is based on evidence. The main principle of evidence-based medicine states that in the diagnosis, treatment, and direct prevention of various diseases,...
Introduction Kids Count is an internet site that compares the performance of children in various areas against children in many other areas. Over 4 million metrics and statistics on children’s and households’ well-being are housed in the cloud service (Kiryanov et al., 2017). The knowledge for the children’s data collection...
Introduction Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurological condition that affects an individual’s mental health. Although symptoms start early in childhood, a practical diagnosis is made in adulthood. According to Posner et al. (2020), around 8% to 13% of all children around the world are affected by ADHD. This condition has...
Spontaneous Reporting Systems Polypharmacy refers to using multiple drugs by an individual for therapeutic reasons. Recently, the situation has been identified as a vital social problem because it induces adverse events (AEs) and increases the chances of AEs through drug-drug interactions (DDIs). Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions are two primary types...
Introduction HIV/AIDS is a global public health concern that originated in Africa in the early 20th century. The deadly disease originated in central Africa from a chimpanzee, and it was known as the simian immunodeficiency virus (Odugbesan et al. 573). When hunters came into contact with the infected chimpanzee, the...
Introduction Parkinson’s disease is one of the most common conditions among older adults, and currently, it does not have any cure. Moreover, Parkinson’s disease negatively impacts people’s nervous systems and prevents them from functioning properly over time. At the same time, individuals with Parkinson’s disease also experience a certain social...
For older adults, hypertension remains one of the main causes of many adverse cardiovascular outcomes such as stroke and death. The burden of this chronic disease is feared to escalate given the world’s aging population. Accordingly, the present study focuses on T, an elderly patient with arterial hypertension. T is...
Introduction Nurse practitioners (NPs) are an essential part of the healthcare system. They provide high-quality, patient-centered care and are a vital part of the healthcare team. NPs play a key role in providing care for patients, especially those with chronic illnesses. Moreover, NPs are involved in providing education and support...
From the graph (see Figure 1), it is notable that a higher percentage of black individuals (35%) died in the hospital due to cancer compared to white individuals (20%). This means that a larger population of the black community suffering from cancer loses their lives while receiving treatment at the...
Family and cultural background are one of the most significant parts of a person’s life, as their perception of the world forms out of certain biases that their origins give them. Therefore, certain medical conditions can be related to the cultural background, as in every place, a certain cultural background...
Life expectancy refers to the projected average period of living among people within a particular region. It is a multifaceted phenomenon that mainly depends on the ability to improve certain variables such as healthcare services and governance. Although a country’s life expectancy determines the growth index, it is a matter...
The article by Jesus et al. (2021) focuses on examining disparities that people with disabilities had to experience during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic because of social distancing and lockdown policies. The authors defined that the pandemic disproportionally affected people with disabilities and negatively influenced their health due...
Advocacy Drivers and Factors Bethany Hall-Long practices and improved her advocacy through participation in different campaigning and volunteering activities. It helped her pave the way for a career in politics and keep advocating for improving the nation’s health and contributing to international research. It was important for Hall-Long to stand...
The article “Mental Health Service Users’ Perceptions of Stigma, From the General Population and From Mental Health Professionals in Mexico: A Qualitative Study” provides the findings of an in-depth look into the stigmatization of mental health service users by healthcare providers and the general public. According to the article, mental...
It is important to note that for a person to be able, to tell the truth, they need to feel comfortable. This largely depends on who is performing the assessment. Thus, it seems to me that I would first let the person know that the conversation would be confidential and...
When people age and can no longer perform daily tasks on their own, they tend to rely on other people for support services. These services help them live as safely and independently as possible as they pay for medical and non-medical care. Long-term care, therefore, encompasses a wide range of...
Introduction Ebola virus, also called Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a fatal and rare disease caused by the Ebola virus. The virus affects humans and non-human primates such as gorillas, chimpanzees, and monkeys. Marburg disease is a hemorrhagic fever that is caused by the Marburg virus. This fever affects non-human primates...
Introduction People with existing conditions are always at risk of experiencing additional negative health outcomes, and one of them is anoxic brain injury. At the same time, such a brain injury can also affect healthy individuals, including children, as a result of accidents such as drowning. Moreover, the eventual health...
The scenario in which the doctor does not allow the patient to ask questions about the treatment or procedures performed on his body concerns autonomy and justice. The first principle of nurses’ ethics involves that all patients have rights to know about the possible risks and consequences of the procedure...
Introduction The healthcare sector differs from other economic sectors; while it is a market capitalist economy subject, it also has many similarities with non-profit organizations. As all people may become ill, medical care availability is an important question: if not all people obtain medical help, it diminishes their human rights....
Banner, D., Schiller, C. J., & Freeman, S. (2019). Medical assistance in dying: A political issue for nurses and nursing in Canada. Nursing Philosophy, 20(4), 1-7. Web. This article discusses the personal, political, and professional ramifications of the 2015 legalization of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada for nurses....
Aquatic therapy is one branch of recreational therapy where individuals are engaged in activities in a swimming pool. I am interested in this area of recreational therapy because I enjoy active sports, and I think that aquatic therapy, in particular, can be very helpful for many patients. One of the...
Introduction Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a disorder that belongs to a broader category of inherited sickle cell diseases (SCDs). Its primary characteristics include the irregular shape of blood cells and therefore affect oxygen distribution throughout the body. Normal red blood cells are round and flexible for effective movement through...
Professionals have to deal with multiple psychological and clinical issues of different degrees regularly. However, sometimes it can be tough for the specialist to diagnose a person if they have several problems simultaneously that might affect each other. For instance, psychological illnesses often are supplemented with addiction, and in some...
Introduction Aging is a gradual change process characterized by the human body’s declining functionality. The deteriorating biological, social, emotional, and cognitive functionalities make a person depend on others for survival. Although it is a natural process caused by changes in hormones and other cellular activities, it may be facilitated by...
Schizophrenia is a human mental disorder that alters and affects peoples thinking capabilities, actions, and emotions. Moreover, the conditions also change people’s perception of reality and influence a person’s social behavior. In this sense, schizophrenia determines people’s relationships and circles. Although schizophrenia is rare compared to other mental disorders, the...
Introduction The article talks about NHS specialists facing potential sacking because they refuse to comply with vaccination. Under the new NHS policy, frontline staff has until April 1 to get fully vaccinated or risk being removed from frontline roles (Meierhans, 2022). Around 80,000 NHS staff have refused vaccination so far...
Introduction In his paper “How Junk Food Can End Obesity”, David H. Freeman puts doubt on foods marketed as ‘healthy and wholesome’. He argues that people who commonly eat junk food should not be enticed to leave them for the purportedly healthier, more readily available foods. Instead, he proposes that...
Major depression is a mood disorder that leads to an obstinate feeling of sadness and even loss of interest in anything for over two weeks. Major depressive disorder is referred to as one of the major causes of disabilities all over the world. It is also regarded as one of...
Introduction One form of family planning is strict adherence to birth control measures. There are two types of birth control: scientific birth control and natural birth control. The scientific method of birth control uses medically proven interventions to ensure reduced chances of getting pregnant. The natural birth control measures are...
The ability to communicate one’s thoughts to others clearly and concisely is a cornerstone of any people’s collective activity. For this reason, miscommunication leads to misunderstanding, which, in turn, negatively impacts the outcome of the work. Mistakes related to the exchange of information in the medical sphere, however, are additionally...
Introduction Diabetes damages the body’s organs and leads to a strenuous economic impact on the patients, their families, and the country. Moreover, the condition affects the emotional well-being of the family members and the patients. Consequently, diabetes has an economic and psychological impact on patients and their families. Diabetic patients...
Introduction A coordination process allows effort integration between health providers to improve the quality of care. The health program should be comprehensive to include clinical information exchange, patient safety, performance evaluation, and care competency to create patient-oriented operational systems. Depending on the illness and needs, patients often see more than...
Introduction One of the most important aspects when conducting the treatment of patients with kidney substitution therapy is the quality of their life. This problem remains the most acute because this group of patients feels constant dependence of their health and life on the factors they have little control of....
Food insecurity is one of the most pressing global problems that is also relevant for the US today. Many families do not have enough economic means to purchase the necessary food, which disrupts their eating patterns and leads to many negative health outcomes. The COVID-19 pandemic has further aggravated the...
Introduction Ergogenic aids include any training strategy, mechanical device, dietary element or practice, or pharmaceutical procedure that enhances exercise performance or training adjustments. The ergogenic aids often employed are amino acids, caffeine, and steroids. Pharmacologic, physiological, and dietary ergogenic aids are available. Athletes are increasingly exploring nutritional supplements that can...
Introduction Diabetes is a condition whereby the body’s ability to produce or act to insulin is altered. This leads to high blood sugar levels due to abnormal metabolism. In the Hispanic population blood, sugar readings of more than 11.0 mml/L indicate diabetes. In the United States, the Hispanic population’s preference...
It is important to note that every study needs to be properly evaluated in order to ensure that it is both reliable and valid. Without determining these properties, it is problematic to use them as a source of evidence to support a specific argument. It is stated that “reliability focuses...
Every philosophical current has brought to this world its own reflections on the nature of things. All the philosophers, despite the similarity of his statements with the speeches of other philosophical geniuses, had their own point of view and were able to defend it competently by proving the correctness of...
Health, Cultural, Social, and Economic Barriers Affecting Safety, Health, and Recovery Health services are a social determinant and barrier that affects community health, safety, and recovery efforts. Lack or limited access to health services can significantly affect a community’s safety during a disaster (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,...
Healthcare insurance must be more affordable; in the modern US, low-income people, especially immigrants, are uninsured and cannot afford health insurance coverage. Another concern in the US is that even those well-insured often have to travel around the country to find a healthcare program that will suit that person individually...
The patient’s background The patient has a strained connection with her cocaine-addicted mother, who has been emotionally and physically abusive to her since she was three years old, along with her live-in partner. Moreover, the patient has had abandonment issues since she was an infant when her mother left her...
Introduction Nurses’ actions and attitudes play a significant role in the physical and mental state of their patients. It is hard to disagree that precisely nurses empower patients in the decision-making process and act as advocates for their rights. Consequently, it is essential for nurses to avoid medical errors and...
There are a lot of various objectives for older adults which are designated to improve the general health and well-being of this age group. Out of many important objectives, there are two of them which might seem to have the highest significance. One is about reducing the amount of inappropriate...
Voluntary euthanasia can be defined as a case when the person wants to die and requires assistance. Involuntary euthanasia, on the other hand, means that such a person would prefer to live but has a condition that would cause their death eventually, and the suffering from this condition cannot be...
Summary This memo aims to explain how the market and public policy changes, including healthcare reimbursement mechanisms, are driving changes in how the hospital engages in population health. This memo also explains the social determinants of health as well as why the hospital needs to work in partnership with other...
Introduction Maternal health is a critical field in the wider medical system that is intended to meet the needs of women during childbirth, postnatal period, and pregnancy. The professionals in this field possess a wide range of competencies that empower them to provide high-quality and personalized support. When proper care...
Medicare is a government health insurance program available to anybody aged 65 and older. A group of disabled individuals in their 20s and 30s. End-of-life, renal illness patients submit Charges and Charges That Are Eligible: Submitted Charges refer to the amount that the provider typically charges for the service and...
Diverse perspectives ensue vivisection, bio, and genetic engineering activities, trying to deduce their significance in evolution, medicine, and society. Significance in society, medicine, economics, or evolution is not the sole concern for human-hybrid experimentations. Legal and ethical perspectives are equally essential and remain salient considerations that determine continuous activities in...
At the height of the pandemic, news were extremely erratic, with many journalists assuming a primarily pessimistic viewpoint. For instance, in his article “How Long Will a Vaccine Really Take?”, published on April 30, 2020, Stuart A. Thompson casted doubt on the statements by Trump’s Administration. Particularly, Trump’s experts believed...
Introduction: Diabetes Disease Diabetes is a global pandemic whose effects cause immeasurable burden to the globe. Zhao et al. (2021) report that about ten percent of the world’s population suffers from diabetes currently. There exist several forms of this illness, including Type 1, Type 2, and Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the...
Summary Mental illnesses have become an essential part of health in the last few decades, with sufficient attention being devoted to interventions that resolve them. Treatment of mental diseases has involved both conventional and unconventional methods to reduce the occurrence of these conditions. Unconventional methods of treating mental illnesses are...
Introduction Mental illness is defined as a health condition with changes in ones emotions and behavioral change. Mental illness is said to accrue from stress or challenges after engaging in social, work, or family activities. Like heart disease and diabetes, it’s a medical problem. Mental health can take many forms...
Background Medication errors are one of the most spread types of medical errors that remains a significant healthcare problem. According to WHO (2017), medication errors kill one American every day and harm approximately 1.3 million people a year in the United States. Moreover, this problem is determined by a large...
It is difficult for healthcare organizations to ensure a high level of quality in modern realities. It begins with forming problems and their acceptance by people who work in this industry. It is essential to convince people that the chosen quality improvement method is the right one. You can convince...
Sources of Revenue The Endometriosis Fund of America does not have a diversified source of revenue because there is no stable source of income. According to its Statement of Revenue, the majority of revenue is generated by gifts, grants, medical conferences, and fundraising events, while investment income is less than...
Introduction Clinical case management has come a long way to its current definition, interpretation, and scope of activities. The concept of case management and the procedures associated with it are century-old, as they were mentioned by Mary Richmond in 1922 as “social casework” (Kanter, 2010). The key issue in the...
This cover letter reflects the main idea and position of the research team regarding The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equality Act. Studies have shown that the application of this Act was the most crucial step towards achieving equal opportunities in obtaining insurance services for mental health. Nevertheless, there are...
Reasons for Coronavirus Research Coronavirus is one of the most severe infections that has been reported to cause a global pandemic. The first case of COVID-19 was reported in Wuhan in December 2019, and since then, all the continents have been affected by the infection (Yuki et al., 2020). Many...
Introduction Healthcare services usually transform during the period of major scientific breakthroughs or global crises. However, the current COVID-19 pandemic challenged health delivery services worldwide. Indeed, many hospitals reported a 70% reduction in the use of primary healthcare services at the beginning of the lockdown (Cutler, 2020). Moreover, environmental pollution...
Introduction A pandemic is an outbreak of a disease spreading across countries or globally. For example, COVID-19 and influenza outbreaks are pandemics that struck the world, affecting human lives. The influenza pandemic came in different forms, including H1N1, H2N2, and H3N2. Its mortality is associated with pregnancy, underlying conditions, and...
In esophageal cancer, malignant cells develop in the esophagus tissues, leading to tumor formation. Cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol use, and Barrett’s esophagus are all known to raise the risk of esophageal cancer. Weight loss, progressive dysphagia, retrosternal discomfort, hoarseness, and coughing are all signs and symptoms of esophageal cancer. There...
Patient registration is the most crucial step in the registration cycle for billing specialists. Patient registration enables billing specialist to collect demographic, insurance, and eligibility data in real-time. Additionally, financial obligations of patients, such as payment plans and termination regulations, are highlighted (Jain & Panchal, 2019). Another critical step is...
Major depressive disorder (MDD), known as depression, is commonly characterized by relatively long periods of low mood that could last from two weeks to several years. Individuals affected by MDD experience a loss of interest in things that previously brought them pleasure and other mental struggles, such as low self-esteem...
Implementation of patient portals has helped eliminate some of the significant challenges experienced by providers and their patients. Before implementing the portals, health professionals had to deal with a huge number of calls from patients seeking various services. Patient portals made the process easier by allowing patients to contact their...
Case Description Prescribing a medication that will be beneficial for a patient’s condition often requires significant effort from the physician. In specific cases where a severe mental disorder is present, choosing the right drug and its dosage is crucial for positively affecting the individual’s condition and alleviating the negative symptoms....
Introduction. Steps involved in CPT Coding Current Procedural Terminology is a form of medical language. The process involves seven main steps encompassing (Landon & Mechanic, 2017). A review of the report’s header. An examination of the index in CPT codebook. A scrutiny of documented report. Development of selected preliminary code....
Introduction This paper focuses on the public health setting, which includes interprofessional teams based on decision-making and knowledge-sharing activities. However, within these teams, there are often limited means for effective communication that do not allow for achieving better patient outcomes and promoting relevant change initiatives. The use of iCARE components...
Depression arises unexpectedly and unpredictably, and just as suddenly leaves a person. There is no cure for depression, and this uncertainty can be scary for many people. But the positive side is that the inability to completely control depression leaves room for a more eager life perception. In other words,...
Simulated electronic health record (EHR) is a new information retrieval system focused on a streamlined, intuitive, and accessible electronic record scheme. Its integration into medical education is essential because it will allow future employees to access the different information bases they will have to work. These learning systems include documented...
Income and Social Status Social status Financial resources Level of education Social Support Network Assistance from communities, friends, and families. Emotional reassurance. Informal social support network. Overwhelming parenting and contemporary living that negatively influence their kids. Poor quality housing and homelessness also negatively affect children’s health. Education and Literacy Increase...
Introduction The SCOFF questionnaire was used as a method to identify and classify children at risk of eating disorders. Then, the children were provided with both relevant referrals and treatment. For this article, the primary tool is the SCOFF questionnaire, which consists of 5 questions with yes or no answers....
History shows that humanity has faced numerous outbreaks of diseases, and some of them have changed the course of history. In the days when the whole world is caught in the coronavirus pandemic, it is essential to remember that in the history of humankind, some many epidemics and pandemics covered...
This country’s healthcare industry will require some innovative and creative approaches in the future. The economic and institutional environments in which hospitals in the United States have operated have changed dramatically over the last two decades. According to the American Hospital Association, government-mandated cost-cutting initiatives, movements from cost-based to prospective...
The authors of the article argue for the need to rethink and reinterpret historical trauma as there is a significant difference in how people experience, approach, and transmit the instances of trauma. The conceptual intervention applied in the article relates to the person-centered ethnographic research intended to highlight the contextualization...
The concept of mental disorder is inextricably linked with the concept of mental health. This is a condition in which a person is a socially useful person, realizes themselves and is able to withstand stressful influences. This term defines not only the psychological state of an individual and their self-perception...
Any person or an organization with interest in investing in a particular company is astakeholder. The business activities can affect or be affected by the stakeholders’ actions. Stakeholders in a business setup include customers, investors, suppliers, and employees. The advancements in business operations worldwide have attracted additional stakeholders such as...
This article highlights the nutritional necessities of all adults, children, and youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities with special care needs. Ptomey & Wittenbrook (2015), center their discussion on patients with CYSHCN and IDD special care needs. The research aims at developing nutrition interventions suitable to these populations. The authors...
Introduction Bioethics is a discipline concerned with the morality and immorality of medical developments and technological advancements intended to enhance the life quality of human beings. Thus, bioethics examines the incorporation of the right to human values, dignity, and good health in the application of biomedical solutions in health. Unfortunately,...
There are many different factors that affect human health and well-being. Stress is one of the most significant as it often comes from within and can be increased by external ones. Hence, this work aims to determine what contribution a stressful state makes to the state of health of the...
Medicaid is a joint program between the federal and the state program in which the former provides requirements and the latter implements the services. It provides healthcare coverage to American citizens, including low-income adults, pregnant women, seniors, and children (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2022). Key characteristics of the...
Skin disorders in aging populations are often characterized by physical symptoms, which can be interpreted as unattractive by both older and younger individuals. Because the appearance of the skin, as well as hair and nails, influences the self-concept. Due to this, changes to the skin due to aging that are...
Chipping framework execution is relied upon to be helpful in the space of well-being, helping people, and against duplicating, as there have been instances of purchasing international inoculation IDs. RFID chipping can develop existing data storage methods, which need better protection (Sewell, 2018). Since information is being gathered and transferred...
There is a difference between the AAC systems that people with degenerative diseases need compared to others using AAC. For example, if a child has cerebral palsy, then long and extensive motor training and practice may be necessary for ACC’s effective and full use. (Beukelman & Light, 2020). Patients diagnosed...
Introduction The objective of the study is to find the correlations of the sociodemographic public stigma while putting into consideration life satisfaction and mental health knowledge (literacy). Public stigma is the universal attitude that the members of the public have regarding individuals having mental illnesses (Lo et al., 2021). The...
There are several reasons why it is important to assess the satisfaction of the population with the quality of medical services. Satisfaction is an indicator of the quality of medical care that can be used to make health prediction. In addition, patient satisfaction is connected with the organizational aspects of...
Introduction Ongoing research into the cancer treatment oncotripsy is aimed at developing a method that uses ultrasound harmonic stimulation at a resonance frequency specific to cancer cells, this is an example of ultrasound therapy. As a minimally invasive treatment for cancer, oncotripsy does not require surgery. Using low-intensity pulsed ultrasonic...
The healthcare information system plays one of the most important roles. This concept implies a system for managing medical data. This implies the storage, management and use of medical information using the patient’s electronic medical record. Moreover, the information system in healthcare helps to conduct data operations more efficiently and...
Introduction Over the past decade, there have been increased cases of mental illness in the United States. Although the cases were initially reported in the cities and other major towns, the rural areas have continued to experience a surge in cases. As opposed to cities with numerous amenities to offer...
Since its outbreak in 2019, COVID-19 pandemic has brought great suffering to humankind. The virus has led to a dramatic loss of life worldwide, and it still presents a significant threat to public health, food systems, and economic growth. In the United States, COVID-19 has created both public and private...
Atrium Health. (2021). Levine Children’s Hospital. Web. Currency (C). Although the considered page does not indicate the date of its creation, there is evidence for suggestions about its recent update in 2021. The page contains the COVID Safety update, which shows an update not much time ago (Atrium Health, 2021)....
Internal medical audits can be divided into prospective and retrospective ones. The benefits of the prospective audits include prevention of sending incorrect claims, reduced denials’ chance, and demonstration of the organization’s proactivity. The weaknesses are that it is only possible to review a small number of claims, and this process...
Notably, the confidence interval (CI) can be applied to medicine to enhance the quality of clinical decisions. He and Fineout-Overholt state that healthcare professionals may use CI to interpret research based on reliability and validity. Briefly, CI demonstrates the level of uncertainty related to the sample statistic. CI helps healthcare...
Project Charter Project Overview Executive Summary The struggling 205-bed general medical and surgical hospital that serves a community in Chicago is experiencing a decline in performance because of the huge demand that it is unable to meet. The parent firm is keen on implementing a project model that had been...
