Essays on Errors

What does the court mean when it says "Stare decisis is not an inexorable command; rather it is a principle of policy and not a mechanical formula of adherence to the latest decision"? Stare decisis is a Latin word that means to stand by what has already been decided. Therefore, in criminal law it is defined as the adherence of the current court system with the principles that has already been established by previous court decisions or rulings. In other words, it can be stated to be a principle of policy. Hence, it promotes reliance on the judicial ...

Assignment Executive Summary

Introduction Delivery of quality services is a priority in healthcare as excellence determines patient outcomes. Various factors affect quality service delivery in health facilities. Healthcare facilities employ the most competent healthcare professionals yet patients continue to receive poor quality services. The hospital setting is dynamic as different personnel are responsible for the patient’s well being. Proper communication structures between health professionals reduce chances of information misinterpretation or conveyance of erroneous information. Both medical and non-medical factors affect the quality of service. According to Hughes (2008), delivery of poor services occurs because of errors within the healthcare system. For ...

Cultural competence in medicine is the ability of health facilities and health professionals to take into considerations the cultures and beliefs of other people apart from one’s own (Horvat, Horey, Romios, & Kis‐Rigo, 2014). Cultural competence is necessary within the health sector because it will assist in understanding the attitude and perception of patients towards certain illnesses. In addition, cultural competence will help in determining the right medication and diagnosis of patients in accordance with beliefs and values of different societies. As a leader in the health care, it is appropriate to think of the most suitable strategies ...

There are times when a nursing problem arises as a result of a number of findings, and these findings are pulled together into a summary in order to see the big picture created out of these findings. This act of pulling together is what Brown & Ochs (2018) calls a systematic research review (SRR) or systematic review, which helps researchers identify “what is known with certainty, what is tentatively known, and what the gaps in knowledge are regarding an issue” (p.175). It serves as a link between the individual studies performed and the decision making done in order to create ...

Questions for Guided Article Review

Article you’re reviewing: Please answer the following questions (type your response directly below each question): What was the primary hypothesis of the study? The primary hypothesis of the study is related to the idea a driver is distracted while holding a conversation on a cell phone, but a conversation with a passenger not only improves driver performance it creates a sense of shared situational awareness. This is an acceptable hypothesis, because in the past people were able to hold conversations in cars without a tremendous number of accidents associated with distracted driving. Yet, in the modern world, ...

Abstract

The aim of the experiment is to plot the calibration curve for deteremination of antigen 4D5 by performing ELISA experiment. The primary antibody was blocked by bovine serum albumin, then it reacted with IgG (secondary antibody). Then, the system was washed with carbonate, blocking and substrate buffers. Three replicate experiments were performed, and the experiment was performed with the serial dilutions. By measuring the optical density of the diluted solutions, the calibration line was obtained and the region with the linear dependence “concentration – optical density” was determined. The callibaraion line can be used for the practical tasks: for detecting ...

Errors involved in digital image capturing and processing can either be systematic or random. Systematic errors are classified into geometric distortions, spectral errors and distortions. Geometric distortions are caused by sensor-Earth geometric variations which affects the position of a pixel relative to other pixels,. In digital images, the pixel position is compared to the other pixels in the scene and the absolute position of the pixel relative to real coordinates in latitudes and longitudes. Geometric distortions can render the image and the information expected to be derived from the image as useless,. This is because the image is sometimes ...

Introduction

Safety programs in aviation are structured in relation to the reactive analysis and investigations that have been conducted by the industry with respect to the events and mishaps that the industry experiences. These programs are aimed at reducing the number of accidents and improving efficiency in the aviation industry. While human factors that lead to errors and finally accidents in this industry cannot be fully eradicated since “to err is human”, certain measures can be put in place in order to reduce the possibility of these errors. Thus the safety approaches in this industry involve a comprehensive process used ...

Cardillo Travel Systems

The Cardillo Travel Systems case shows the way the management cooked up the books only to be caught later. This essay will attempt to answer some questions on this case. False Representation to External Auditors: The executives at Cardillo Travel Systems were aware it needed to maintain a minimum of $3 million of stockholder’s equity threshold established by the court outstanding against the organization. (Ritterburg, 2012). This was the reason that shaped their intent to falsify the organization’s books to misrepresent facts before investors and creditors. The issue started with the accountants at Cardillo making an improper ...

Results/ Data Analysis

1. Were the analysis undertaken to address each research question and hypothesis? The analyses were adequately done to address all the hypotheses in the study. Four hypotheses are guiding the study (Annesi and Mareno, 2015): 2. Were the appropriate statistical methods, given the level of measurement of variables, the number of groups being compared, and assumptions of the statistical test? Appropriate statistical methods were used for the analysis of the data gathered during the study. First, regression analysis was used to assess the prediction of emotional eating by body satisfaction at baseline. A multiple regression analysis was also ...

Introduction

During diagnostic reasoning, a clinician attempts to collect, process while also interpreting information obtained from the patient so as to generate an action plan for treatment. However, it is critical that in this process, a clinician may commit some errors that can result in a wrong diagnosis and treatment of the patient. The following section discusses three of these mistakes.

The Illusory Casualty

It is the kind of error that occurs when a clinician tends to develop a bias in finding a causal relationship even in a situation when there is none. It is a powerful bias and occurs when both the ...

What is the most effective nursing care delivery model and why?

The total patient care model is considered as an ideal and effective way in managing patients. It is one of the oldest and effective models in the nursing system that provides all-round care to the patients. One of the major reasons to opt for the total patient care model is that is involves comprehensive patient care services such as planning, organization, and performance of all care activities of the patient. The total patient care includes 24-hour nurse assistance, wherein nurses work in shifts of 8 hours to provide healthcare services to the patient. In this model, the patient receives ...

Aims and Objectives of the Experiment

The aim of this experiment is to study the separation of an extract of a non-prescription analgesic tablet containing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) and caffeine. The separation is achieved through a well-known process called liquid chromatography. The quantities of the aforementioned substances also need to be determined in the experiment (“High Performance Liquid Chromatography,” n.d.).

Theory and Principles

Chromatography is a technique used for the separation of the components, or solutes, in a mixture. The separation is based on the amounts of the relevant solute in the moving, or fluid, stream. There are two phases in chromatography, the mobile phase, and the stationary ...

There was a time when nurses were not included in malpractice and negligence lawsuits, but that is no longer true. Today, nurses are included with doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers and agencies when the outcomes of patient treatments are undesirable. When a nurse is accused of failure to competently perform her or her responsibilities to the patient and employer, the result may be as serious as the death of the patient. For this reason, focus has centered on the types, incidences, and ways to prevent actions that cause patients harm and may result in expensive and license-threatening litigation ...

Abstract

For grocery stores, self-service checkout systems are a convenient option since they save costs for suppliers as only a few employees are required at the store. Self-service checkout systems typically allow customers to scan, pack, as well as pay for their goods with minimal help from the store attendant. It is imperative that such a system has the right functional and non-functional features, an aspect which forms the basis of this paper. This paper provides a list of questions that are needed in determining these features. The functional requirements for a grocery shop include that the system must have ...

HITECH legislation and its primary goals

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 forms part of a stimulus package that was approved as law in order to champion the use of EHR (electronic health records). Electronic health records possess the capacity to transform the health care sector from a largely paper based sector to reliance on clinical information and other sources of information in assisting the providers to deliver higher levels of quality care to patients (Beasley and Sinsky, 2014). At its core, HITECH has five primary objectives. First, HITECH seeks to augment quality, the safety, efficacy of health care ...

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Analysis of Incident Investigation Data for Causal Factors

Abstract Accidents may be caused by various conditions: the worker’s physical and psychological condition, safety rules control, overload at work, lack of manual to prevent accidents from happening. If the worker in poor physical condition, tired and incapable of thinking clearly, he should not be allowed to work any further for safety reasons, and those conditions of workers should be defined by the company’s safety control officers before letting him start the job. Giving overtime to workers also needs careful test of workers’ physical condition. Sometimes exploited may not be equipped with safety terms. Working with dangerous ...

The diagnostic reasoning for clinical diagnoses involves the collection of data and application of systematic approaches to formulating hypotheses and create lists of different diagnoses. However, sometimes the clinician can make errors that that have a direct impact on the way they handle a patient leading to incorrect diagnoses, treatments and overall management plan. Most medical errors are identified as systemic and are usually solved using various interventions as checklists. However, there are other errors that occur during diagnosis and treatment, and these are attributed to flawed diagnostic reasoning (Wellbery, 2011). Diagnostic reasoning errors are mostly caused by heuristics ...

Question 1

Types of Nonverbal Communication There are different ways through which individuals can communicate nonverbally. Gestures, physical distance/personal space, facial expressions, and posture are examples of non-verbal communication techniques (Burgoon & Guerrero, 2013). Gestures can be touching behaviors, agreed-on signs, or signs that accompany verbal communication (Burgoon & Guerrero, 2013). Also known as proxemics, maintaining personal space and physical distance when communicating plays a critical role in passing a message. Proxemics also determines the settings and environment under which people communicate, for example, public, social, personal, or intimate spaces (Burgoon & Guerrero, 2013). Facial expressions can be used to communicate happiness, sadness, disappointment, ...

Introduction

Plato is one of the most influential philosophers in western philosophy. His main contribution in philosophical thought is the theory of ideas, also dubbed by many critiques as “Plato’s Idealism” (Nellickappilly 1). Upon careful analysis of Plato’s idealism, it is inferred that while it has many flaws, it still contributed significantly to the development of human knowledge and philosophical thought.

Strengths and Weaknesses

When it comes to flaws or weaknesses, diverse critiques point out that Plato’s idealism is not logical and is hard to understand. In order to understand these criticisms it is first essential to understand what this ...

Introduction

Traditionally, the primary role of health care organizations has been the delivery of health care services to the public. However, over the last few decades several changes have occurred in the medical field that requires health care organization to develop new ways of enhancing the quality of service delivery. For example, the current generation is more aware of health issues than it has been the case in earlier decades. At the same time, there are more chronic and life-threatening diseases and conditions affecting populations across the nation and the world in general than it was the case in history ( ...

Introduction

Unexpected medical expenses are very common, and they are frustrating when they happen. These medical requirements have to be met, and this necessitates the need to have an insurance cover. The US federal government offers health insurance programs called Medicare and Medicaid that cater for the financial burden for aged and poor citizens respectively (Rowland & Lyons, 1996). A hospital that accepts Medicare or Medicaid as pay sources is very sensitive to its clients. Furthermore, a hospital should satisfy its customers fully and reduce the cost of medical services for them (Rowland & Lyons, 1996). This paper analyzes quality initiatives that ...

Impact of Technology on the Nursing Profession

Introduction Registered nurses sometimes work alone or in collaboration with doctors to provide health care services to patients. The roles of registered nurses include taking and recording patients’ symptoms, diagnosing health problems, and administering drugs and treatment (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2015). To be successful in the nursing profession, every registered should perform theses role efficiently. Just like all other industries, technology has revolutionized the healthcare industry. These technological advancements do not change nursing fundamentals but rather make the jobs of nurses easier. As such, a nurse should be aware of these methods and be willing to incorporate the ...

Ensuring that a particular patient has been adequately diagnosed plays a central role in seeing to it that the ailments which such individuals may be suffering from are satisfactorily addressed. It is only through a thorough and careful diagnostic process that a healthcare practitioner can be able to establish the illness that a patient may be grappling with at a particular time (Berenson, Upadhyay & Kaye, 2014). As such, a proper and well thought out diagnostic process is essential as it will help in creating a form of care which specifically meets the needs of a particular patient. There are ...

During the shutting down phase of a project which involves sign-offs, compliance audits, and official approval, there are possibilities of unforeseen things happening. Shutdowns are largely unpredictable because the normal or programmed operations of project systems are altered. While this may help in discovering problems with the current systems, it also raises certain issues that highlight the burden that may come with project shutdowns. The problems include safety risks, creating expensive or complex problems, delay in respect to the set schedule, ambiguity in decision-making, and the possibility of general failure of a project. Project systems may be designed to ...

Abstract

E-services can be best described as services offered by governments and organizations via the Internet. This paper intends to measure the usability of E-services for illiterate users in Saudi Arabia. This is done by using a general form specifically designed for data collection. The utilization of a special soft keyboard has been suggested for bringing improvements in the E-services usability.

Introduction

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has shown excessive interest in the transformation to e-government in the recent years. For that reason, the government and institutions are considering to introduce electronic services. This is also important as e-services offer huge ...

Introduction

In the wake of multiple aircraft disappearances and accidents, the aviation safety remains a great challenge within the aviation industry today. Human roles on the flight deck, maintenance and inspection are seen to be the leading contributors of most aircraft related accidents. Aviation maintenance and inspection procedures are part of a complex organization where most individuals undertake varied tasks in an environment characterized by time pressures, insignificant and sparse feedback as well as difficult ambient conditions such as poor lighting, long day and night shifts. These situational characteristics and other human erring tendencies have resulted in varied forms of ...

How does the “value chain” relate to health care organizations? What is the role of the value chain in the strategic planning process? In healthcare, a distinct type of the value chain method has proven valuable for identifying the way numerous activities involved in the delivery of healthcare care are combined. The healthcare industry utilizes value chain for figuring out ways of enhancing quality through the delivery, or the connection with patients to, suitable services in order to benefit from the whole set of processes needed for suitable care (Pananond, 2012). The value chain of healthcare is comparable to ...

LAB REPORT-CONTROL SYSTEMS

Abstract Filters are widely applied in many fields and are found in most of the devices. Such areas include low-pass filters installed in the landline telephones, a high-pass filters that are installed in the DSL modems with high-bandwidth and a band-pass filter installed in the cell-phone. The latter enables one to hear only the person to whom you are speaking, but not any other person around you even if they too are on their calls. Finally is the band-reject filter that helps to reject any AC power signal with a frequency of 50Hz or 60Hz when operating the sensitive ...

Introduction to Transact-SQL (T-SQL)

Construct and execute INSERT SQL statements to add the sample data in the following tables to the Customer and Address tables in the HandsOnOne database:

Additional Sample Data for the Address Table Construct and execute a SQL query to list all customers with their corresponding cities and states. The list should be sorted in ascending numerical order by ZIP code, followed by customer name alphabetically. Take a screenshot of the Query Editor after you have executed this SQL command to show that it was completed successfully. 3. Construct and execute a SQL Query to list the Street, City, State, ...

About the paper

The paper is commissioned to delineate the linear and log-linear multiple regression model where the dependent variable, earnings per hour, will be regressed against two independent variables, education and experience. As part of this analysis, we will cite multiple journal articles, books and other related sources to learn more about the regression analysis and how the statisticians perform the data analysis these days. Both the regression models, i.e. linear and log-linear multiple regression will be performed in excel and the output will be attached in the appendix section of the paper. In addition, we will also test the significance ...

Dossey and Keegan (2012) define holistic nursing as a nursing art whose goal is to heal the whole person. Holistic nursing focuses on the psychological, emotional, physical, social, and spiritual wellbeing of a patient. Caring, building of relationships through trust, and interconnectedness between a caregiver and a patient are crucial aspects that underpin the practice of holistic nursing. Since its recognition as nursing specialty in 2003 (Klebanoff & Hess, 2013), holistic nursing is governed by standards of practice to which every holistic nurse must adhere. The standards of practice as outlined by ANA include scope of practice, principles, core values, ...

Part 1

The equipment used to assess VO2 max and lactate threshold includes the h/p/cosmos Pulsar 5.0 treadmill, the Cosmed Quark PFT Ergo testing equipment, the Cosmed V2 mask, the HR Belt Cosmed-ANT (w/transmitter), and a computer.

Calibration Processes

The preliminary step for the experiment is to perform the calibration of the equipment. The treadmill velocity should be calibrated by marking a point and noting the time it takes to complete a predetermined number of revolutions. This time is used to calculate the velocity by using the length of the belt, which should also be measured. These calibrations should be performed at different ...

Results

Deflection per Unit Load (mm/kN) The following method is used to calculate the deflection per unit load in mm/kN from the slope of the graph. Slope=y2-y1x2-x1=6.41-1.2820.19-0.03=32.05kNmm Deflection=132.05=0.0312mmkN

Strain per Unit Load (µƐ/kN)

The following method is used to calculate the strain per unit load in µƐ/kN from the slope of the graph. For Strain (positive) Slope=y2-y1x2-x1=6.41-1.28242-6=0.142kNμε Strain=1slope=10.142=7.042μεkN

For Strain (negative)

Slope=y2-y1x2-x1=6.41-1.28246-8=0.135kNμε Strain=1slope=10.135=7.407μεkN

Calculations and Discussion

Stress The following method is used to calculate stress per unit load in N/mm2/kN from the strain measurements. Stress=StressLoad=8.61×106-1.23×1066.41-1.282=1.439×106N/mm2kN Stress=StressLoad=9.43×106-1.64×1066.41-1.282=1.519×106N/mm2kN

The following method is used to calculate the theoretical value of maximum stress.

Maximum stress=MomentElastic Modulus Moment=Load×Distance=1kN×378.5mm=378.5 kN.mm Maximum stress=MomentElastic Modulus=378.574.94×10-6=5.05×106N/mm2kN The values of the above ...

Results

Deflection per Unit Load (mm/kN) The deflection per unit load in mm/kN is calculated from the slope of the graph as follows. Slope=RiseRun=y2-y1x2-x1=6.4113-1.282260.2-0.04=32.0565kNmm Deflection per unit load=1slope=132.0565=0.031195mmkN

Strain per Unit Load (µƐ/kN)

The strain per unit load in µƐ/kN is calculated from the slope of the graph as follows. For Strain (+) Slope=RiseRun=y2-y1x2-x1=6.4113-1.2822642-7=0.146544kNμε Strain per unit load=1slope=10.146544=6.8239μεkN

For Strain (-)

Slope=RiseRun=y2-y1x2-x1=6.4113-1.28226-48-(-8)=-0.128226kNμε Strain per unit load=1slope=1-0.128226=7.799μεkN

Calculations and Discussion

Stress The stress per unit load in N/mm2/kN is calculated from the strain measurements as follows. Stress per unit load=StressLoad=8.61×106-1.435×1066.4113-1.28226=1.399×106N/mm2kN Stress per unit load=StressLoad=-9.84×106--1.64×1066.4113-1.28226=-1.599×106N/mm2kN

The theoretical value of maximum stress is calculated as follows.

Theoretical maximum stress=MomentElastic Modulus Moment=Load×Distance=1kN×657.5mm=279 kN.mm Theoretical ...

Introduction

Essentially, career development is a progressive process that continues even after employment. According to Noe (2010), it all starts from school work where employability happens to be the most primary goal in career development. Upon employment, career development continues through organizational as well as personal efforts. This can involve training in the case of an organization or furthering education in a personal context. Employee training could aim at organizational goals but impacts significantly on an individual’s career development.

The Role of Training in Organizational Development

Employee training refers to the enhancing of employee’s capabilities and knowledge in performing different tasks at the workplace. It ...

The Mars Climate Orbiter: A Multimillion Dollar Mistake

The Story Grossman (1999) addresses the incident of NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter in her article named “Metric Math Mistake Muffed Mars Meteorology Mission”. She explains how a simple unit conversion mistake caused the Orbiter to burn up in the Martian atmosphere. The vessel costed NASA a whopping $125 million when it vanished into the Martian atmosphere. The problem, later identified by a NASA review board, owed to a software glitch. The software was used to calculate the thrust in “pounds of force” while the other software took the input in “newtons”. This happened due to the fact that ...

Introduction

Over the last few decades, there have been several changes in the roles of audit companies notably due to challenges that have affected the ethics and integrity of the institution of auditing. Traditionally, audit companies are mandated with the responsibility of analysing the financial systems, financial records as well as the compliance of companies’ financial reporting procedures with the specific national regulations. The effectiveness of audit companies in implementing these duties is extremely important in the public trust in business organizations around the world. Local and international investors rely on the accuracy of audit reports produced by audit companies ...

The risk of non-compliance and non-conformance is critical in the development of any system and impacts the success of the development at hand. For developers, taking risks and being innovative is critical in the course of finding new solutions or developing new ideas. However, it is important to observe regulatory requirements that are set in the regulatory domain to ensure aspects such as safety and performance quality are observed (MasterControl, 2017). FDA and ISO regulations, in particular, are quality system regulations and concepts that require organizations or individuals to understand the regulatory obligations for the product or services they ...

Introduction

Spectrophotometry is one of the most common and efficient means of chemical analysis currently used in estimating the concentration of some chemicals. The technique exploits the radiation absorption property of various chemical substances in determining their concentrations. Spectrophotometry is based on Beer-Lambert Law. Beer-Lambert Law is the linear relationship between the absorbance and concentration of an absorbing species (Nair, 2010; Burrows et al., 2013). The mathematical expression of Beer-Lambert Law is shown in equation1 below: A=aλ*b*c Equation 1 In the equation 1 shown above, A represents the measured absorbance, a is the absorptivity coefficient which depends on ...

Impact of globalization on human resource management practices

INTRODUCTION Globalization is the process of integration of several economies with the goal of increasing economic interdependence and mobility of factors of production across the world economies (Lechner, 2009). Globalization has caused an increase in the number of multinational corporations across the globe. Globalisation has had implications on the operations of multinational corporations including especially in human resource management. Some corporations have been forced to review their human resource practices to adapt to the challenges associated with globalisation. Companies have several motives to go global.

Companies globalise for different economic, social and cultural reasons. These motives vary from one ...

Shakespeare’s tragedies are based on the culmination of the recklessness of his protagonists. For example, suspicion was the major cause of Othello’s downfall; Pride was the cause behind King Lear’s tragedy. As said by Aristotle, the protagonist’s weakness is the major reason for the tragedy to happen in the play. Shakespeare’s plays are based on the concept of Aristotle’s tragedy. The tragic hero according to Corrigan (206) is the good man who faces trouble due to his errors or shortcomings. The shortcomings or errors are the real motivators behind the action of the ...

An application of information about ocular detail and ophthalmic appliances in forensic discipline greatly depends on the correct choice of methods, their rational combination, and knowledge of forensic identification basics. It should be remembered that specific details of an identified object are of particular importance in a forensic discipline. This work reviews strengths and weaknesses of an article on the practical application of information about ocular detail and ophthalmic appliances and aims to provide fact checking. Bertolli, Berg, and Pannone (2012) wrote an article named Ocular detail and ophthalmic appliances as a potential aid in forensic identification. The key ...

Abstract

The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is technological programming that gathers, accumulates, and evaluates data related to the earth’s surface. GIS interprets set of data on a single map, which is evaluated and interpreted subsequently. Over the years, the integration of the technology with the principles of Transportation Economics gained a significant attention of numerable economies. Particularly the metropolitan cities of developed countries that encounter various challenges related to the development and maintenance of infrastructure. It was found that GIS allows the Transportation Economists to develop and propose an efficient plan related to different routes and their smart integration. ...

Introduction

Health policy can be defined as a plan or decision combined with actions to achieve specific healthcare goals by implementing key strategies within the society (WHO, 2016). As per the World Health Organization (WHO), an explicit health policy is known to be associated with several success factors such as development of a vision for the future and establishment of key targets for the short and long-term. Health policies enable organizations, institutes, societies, and groups to define outline, propose new goals, and inculcate different roles across various healthcare sectors (Záliš, et al. 2016). Healthcare policies are known to unite ...

Introduction

Radiologic technologist refers to a healthcare professional that carries out diagnostic imaging processes (Hong et al., 2013). The diagnostic imaging procedures include magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography scan as well as X-ray examinations. Many of these professionals work full-time hence working at least 40hours a week. However, studies suggest that overworking these professionals lead to fatigue which brings about discrepancies in their operations (Nejati-Koshki et al., 2014).

Effect of overworking radiologic technologists

Overworking radiological technologists result from under-staffing these practitioners in a health care system (Niederwanger et al., 2013). Staff shortage is considered the leading cause of discrepancies and errors in radiology (Yi et ...

Information Security Threats

Introduction Information is one of the most important assets for many organizations, as it acts as a differentiator and provides a competitive advantage. Loss of information such as patent information, proprietary processes, or trade secrets could prove to be very detrimental to a business. While there are many threats to the information security, this report focuses on three of them, which are 1) Denial of service, 2) Privilege escalation, and 3) Backdoor. This report provides measures that address, block, or removes these threats. Information about tools, products, or services that mitigate these threats is provided in the report as ...

In this PICOT problem statement paper, certain PICOT questions are used using the nursing knowledge. The PICOT question investigates patients undergoing surgery. The PICOT questions considered for this paper are as follows.

P) For patients undergoing surgery

I) preoperative time-out/ Checklist to increase patient safety C) Standard Procedure

O) Reducing rates of surgical errors for the wrong site, site, procedure, and patient.

Time-Out/ safety CHECK-LIST preoperative is an essential aspect of providing health care around the world in every country. Surgical interventions are growing day by day as traumas, injuries, cardiovascular diseases and other diseases are rising with the time. The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken some measures for ensuring surgical safety in hospitals. WHO presented certain ...

Approaches in configuring Clinical Decision Support (CDS) System

The development of an effective CDS system to facilitate the healthcare delivery of a chain of hospitals and outpatient clinics warrants the systematic incorporation of clinical guidelines, documentation templates, patient summaries, HPI and medication history recording tools, condition-specific orders and diagnostic support system across the electronic health record (EHR) (CMS, CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT:More Than Just ‘Alerts’ Tipsheet, 2014). The association of these approaches in EHR is warranted in the context of incorporating the entire aspects of patient care to facilitate the patient outcomes across the clinical settings. The EHR across clinical settings requires the effective incorporation of the research ...

Chapter 3: Methodology

3.0 Introduction The theory of purchasing power parity is essential for the study of international trade since it argues that there exist a relationship between prices of products and exchange rates. This theory provides a framework for assessing long-term changes in the exchange rates. It states that similar goods and services in various countries should have the same cost in the long-run (Frankel 153). Essentially, the PPP theory is based on the assertion that the exchange rates tend to adjust themselves in such a way that there no opportunity costs for buying particular goods or services in a particular ...

Hershey and O’Rourke (2009) argued that the CMS reimbursement changes on “never events” had not only payment implications but also affected the liability risks of inpatient healthcare providers whether there was involvement of the federal payer or not. As a result, the inpatient care providers had to adopt new strategies in the mode of service delivery in the institutions to avoid liability. Some of the shifts in the patient care delivery model include the following. Inpatient providers have increased precautions when handling “never event” complications that have led to an improved safety culture associated with the high-reliability organizations ( ...

Introduction

Networks and computer systems are imperative to establishments in the present age. They have managed to simplify sending and receiving of information and colossal data processing over very short time periods. However, they are always facing threats and attacks from hackers. Dangers to the computing environment, network, and the database comes from everywhere. In such a high stake facility, it is critical to ensure that the main threats are identified and mitigated. The major threats can come from three areas: the physical installation, the users, and malicious attacks. The five top threats to the new network will be the ...

Introduction

In the recent past, medical errors have been on a sharp increase whereby cases of medical negligence reported daily in our healthcare system have been on the rise. As a key pillar in the economy, there is need to address various challenges and health care errors for the well-being of our society. In addition, healthcare is growing at a rapid rate as more complex and new developments in technologies emerge that allows care healthcare professions to work remotely. This new technology and medical advancement is a new fertile ground for more errors that are likely to occur. Though many ...

Chapter 2, Question 6

Creation of teams in an organization is a significant activity in order to attain productivity. Most corporations tend to create teams for instituting synergy impact into an organizational conduct. Besides, an employee team is another approach of motivating resources and extracts maximum output in least possible investment of resources. Moreover, a successful and healthy team in an organization is a measurement of leadership skills and effectiveness of internal leaders. A leader is liable to combine a reserve, innovative, and active resources under similar banner for regulating the routine conduct (Hall, 1-2). Over the years, creation of employee teams has ...

The success of any organisation, in essence, revolves around its ability to adapt to constant change, i.e. to learn. Thus, the efficacy at which an organisation learns is key to whether it grows steadily or staggers, and dies. The five dimensions of organisational learning include psychological, cultural, leadership, contextual, and structural. Secondly, cultural behavior includes values, beliefs, and shared behavior. Such factors in organisational culture are envisioned by the leaders, and primary stakeholders of an organisation, and shared with employees, thereby ensuring that the organisation’s members are on the same page. Moreover, a culture that promotes learning increases ...

Introduction

Causes of Slow TAT Interviewing some of the students who have worked in medical laboratories as interns provided some insight into the reasons of slow TATs. One reason that appeared to be common was errors arising from other departments. Sometimes, clerical errors such as incorrect labeling of specimens lead to wrong tests being done on patients. Other times nurses bring specimens from an unacceptable source for ordered tests and drop them off in the laboratory without letting the staff know. Correcting such a mistake requires the nurse to return to the laboratory and fill out a form which results ...

a. Discuss the risks associated with Penetration Testing and steps necessary to minimize the risk to both the tester and client. Penetration testing is used to discover any security risk present in an application or program. The risks of Penetration Testing are unknowingly gaining unauthorized access to an application which can harm a client’s security, and the tester may also be exposed to any kind of security glitch. It can also mean the loss of data or data being leaked out and in the case of a life-saving equipment; it may result in loss of life. The risks ...

Define and discuss time and space utility

Products must be transported from the place where they are produced to the place where customers demand it to be delivered. The value-add that the product gains due to its transport is called space utility. The time utility is the length of time before or between the product deliveries, which consists of mostly storage and inventory time. When the organizations are able to deliver the goods at a time they are needed, then their time utility increases.

What is the Total Cost Analysis and how does is affect logistics?

Total cost analysis provides the methodology for integration of logistics, manufacturing, and procuring costs across the network. This is done to achieve ...

Summary

Despite overwhelming technological progress and advancement in every aspect of human life, technologies fail sometimes. Moreover, it is not even hardware flaws that are the most dangerous. Software failures are far more dangerous and harder to fix. The waste of money on pretty preventable mistakes is huge, and if people were more cautious and attentive to details, much money could have been saved. The issue gets worse, as IT and technologies develop. Software is everywhere, and its failure is unavoidable, but prompt and effective response can help avoiding pitiful consequences. Many of its errors are predictable and avoidable. A ...