3. One should follow the constitutional procedure announced or given by authorities. In this case even Dr. Townes too comes under the legislation and should follow the regulations without fail. Violation of this may leads to create new problems to the hospital as well as to the doctor personally. The issue should be settled either by involving third party or making discussions by these two parties only.
4. I think it is required procedure as i said abouve and one should follow in the same way. If customized solutions were prepared, then every one may find their own excuses and owy answers to not follow the policies.
5. He may be a very good doctor, rate of success is higher in operations, but if he do not follow the procedure, then it becomes a limitation him only. Once, a law or policy is implementing, it should be implement unconditionally and without fail. In this case, Dr. Townes has to follow the procedure like any other doctor without fail.
To reduce the number of wrong-site surgeries in the United States, The Joint Commission's National Patient...
385 Inappropriate Touching in the Operating Room Dale Buchbinder anesthesia for a patient undergoing ankle surgery. The patient is doe and her vital signs are good. You look up and see that the podiatric (foot) sengon is at the wrong end of the table and appears to be fondling the breas You are giving of the patient. You can't believe your eyes and ask, "What are you doing?" The surgeon stops touching the patient and looks up with a surprised...
Health Record Face Sheet Record Number: 76-50-77 Age: 31 Gender: Male Length of Stay: 1 Day Service Type: Inpatient Discharge Status: To Home Diagnosis/Procedure: Left Inguinal Hernia Herniorrhaphy DISCHARGE SUMMARY PATIENT: WALLACE INPATIENT Record Number: 76-50-77 ADMITTED: 06-03-XX DISCHARGED: 06-04-XX PHYSICIAN: DR. ALEX, M.D.DIAGNOSIS: Left inguinal hernia. PROCEDURE: Herniorrhaphy. HISTORY OF THE PRESENT ILLNESS: : The patient is a 31-year-old Caucasian male who was in his usual state of health until approximately 1-2 weeks prior to admission at which time...
Your Dr. Henry Case (activity 7.1) Study paper is due the end of
this week (Unit 7). Make sure your paper includes headings,
Introduction, Summary of the Case, Issue with corresponding legal
reference such as bylaws, state licensure, etc., counter-arguments
(all sides of the argument regarding the issue(s), possible
solutions to the issue within the ethical and societal context
(don't forget to link the ethical principles), Conclusion, and
support (in-text citations and reference page). Write the:
Summary of the case...
See the attached article. Please use in-text citations and
references in APA format 7th edition. Please do list bullet points
as your answer. Think thoughtfully when responding to questions
please.
Compose a short report of at
least 250 words to include the following elements:
List possible risk reduction strategies aimed at preventing
wrong-site surgeries.
What are the two strategies you will recommend to prevent a
similar event from occurring at the hospital and why?
How could healthcare organizations improve patient...
Dr. Gee is a surgeon at ECH. He is an employee of ECH and is a member of the medical staff. He is 68 years old and has been on staff for 40 years. As an Administrator at ECH, you’ve worked with him for several years. Last week, he came to your office for a meeting scheduled to discuss operating room start times. When he is 10 minutes late, you have him paged. He is apologetic and will be right...
Project 7-1: Classify Patient Incidents According to Policy This primary source of information on patient safety will be used to analyze the incidents according to level of severity. The following policies define the three categories of severity Policy on Level I Event: An incident that resulted in patient death or serious short or long-term (6 weeks or more) disability or harm Policy on Level II Event: An incident that resulted in minimal short-term patient disability or harm Policy on Level...
Record Number: 81-50-77 Age: 32 Gender: Male Length of Stay: 2 Days Service Type: Inpatient Discharge Status: To Home Diagnosis/Procedure: Foreign Body Left Ankle DISCHARGE SUMMARY PATIENT: PATRICK INPATIENT RECORD NUMBER: 81-50-77 ADMITTED: 10-15-XX DISCHARGED: 10-17-XX PHYSICIAN: DR. ALEX, M.D. DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS: Healing fracture left ankle with retained foreign body implant. PROCEDURE(S): Removal of foreign body implant from left ankle (K-wire and screw). HISTORY OF THE PRESENT ILLNESS: This 32-year-old male patient is admitted for removal of hardware from his...
Case 2.1: Organizational Culture Can Help Reduce Burnout in Hospitals There are more than 5,600 hospitals in the United States that admit a total of approximately 35 million patients each year, so it is no surprise that there is a great amount of pressure on physicians, nurses, staff, and hospital administrators to provide top quality care with the utmost urgency and accuracy. The services these health care professionals provide are invaluable and the decisions they make can have a lasting...
Description: This patient story follows the care experience of four-year-old Noah and his mom, Tanya. A surgery, a series of miscommunications, and an early discharge from the hospital contribute to an adverse event that changes the family’s life forever. The patient story includes several discussion questions and concludes with an emotional video that gives readers Tanya’s perspective on the devastating experience. Noah Lord is born — by Cesarean section — on January 25, 1995. He is a healthy baby, meeting...
This patient story follows the care experience of four-year-old Noah and his mom, Tanya. A surgery, a series of miscommunications, and an early discharge from the hospital contribute to an adverse event that changes the family’s life forever. The patient story includes several discussion questions and concludes with an emotional video that gives readers Tanya’s perspective on the devastating experience. Noah Lord is born — by Cesarean section — on January 25, 1995. He is a healthy baby, meeting all...