The quality of life can be greatly enhanced with the extraordinary CFES technology and advances in prosthetic devices. However, the present cost to the patient can be prohibitive. How would you make this technology available to anyone who needs it?
Computerized functional electrical stimulation (CFES) and prosthetic devices with advanced features are capable of performing several complex functions due to integration of several technologies.
Advanced prosthetic devices and CFES however, can be expensive and several patients will not be able to afford the technological advancements. A few ways in which these advancements can be made available to persons in needed are by having a regulation that subsidizes such products, in utilizing philanthropic or charity donations towards procuring these products and in having a health-care policy to ensure that these devices are provided to those in need.
The quality of life can be greatly enhanced with the extraordinary CFES technology and advances in...
Advances in technology have fed the explosion of wearable devices and patient self-monitoring. How can nurses leverage this technology to promote healthy lifestyles and improved compliance with self-care and monitoring?
In the United States a terminally ill patient can decideto decline extraordinary medical treatment but in all cases patient orbthe spouse is the one who makes the decision (either with prior instructions or by making his or her wishes known yo the health care provider ) In the United Kingdom the government can and does, limit the avialability of extraordinary medical treatment. Thus, although care is free ( or nearly free) to the patient. It can be limited against their...
technology can keep a dead person alive. Is that quality of life worth maintaining? Who should should decide exactly what about end of life issues? what are costs involved!
Everyone wants a work–life balance, right? Who doesn’t? However, with the way software development and quality is shaping, it will soon become very difficult to confine testing to just 8 hours of work in the office premises. In a lot of testing, use case scenarios will happen on mobile devices, which is integral to all of our daily lives today. That being said, a tester will increasingly see connections between his or her core work and his or her life...
You have a technology business that produces computer control devices. Last week you shipped twenty custom-made computer controllers to a manufacturer, and they arrived four days ago. Today the manufacturer called you and said she is going to return ten of the controllers because she now realizes she has no use for them. Also, she will not be paying for those ten controllers. Because the controllers were specially made for the manufacturer’s specific needs, you don’t see how you can...
Research a website that consumers can refer to in order to determine the level of quality of care they will receive as a patient. Discuss the site: What conclusions did you make? Was the site user-friendly? (If so, why? If not, why not?) What can be made to improve the site? How easy was it for you to find this information? Would you as a consumer of care base your decision on your research, or would your physician influence the...
How health information technology (HIT) can improve evidence-based medicine (EBM)? Your answer should include EBM resources, approaches that HIT can assist or improve EBM, furthermore to improve healthcare quality. Is evidence sufficient for clinicians’ making clinical decisions? If yes, why? If no, what else needs to be considered in addition to the evidence in making a clinical decision? Do healthcare administrators need evidence to make decisions? If yes, how? If no, why? What are the transferable principles that you have...
As you may have experienced or at least can imagine, the role of patient advocate is a very important responsibility. I hope that no one has to assist a loved one when addressing his/her long term care needs. However, for most of us, the inevitability of providing support is real. So, in order to understand what patient advocacy is, I would like you to describe (3 paragraphs) how you think you can make a difference when approaching the needs of...
T. B. is a 91-year-old female found unresponsive at her assisted living facility. EMS is called and attempts are made to resuscitate her for 45 minutes before the patient regains a stable heart rhythm. Due to the lack of oxygen during this time period, the patient is now fully dependent on a ventilator and is unresponsive due to anoxic injury to her brain. The physicians have numerous meetings with the patient’s children and fully explain that the cardiac arrest has...
analyze the case as completely as possible. (Remember, medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, contextual features and case analysis may be helpful ways to organize your thoughts.) We have spent a good deal of time this half-term talking about the importance of autonomy. One author has described autonomy to mean "self-rule," and it is a patient's most basic right. As such, it is a health care worker's responsibility to respect the autonomy of her patients. However, at times this...