When medical errors are made.

Medical error has been found to be one of the leading cause of death and injury, most people die in hospitals each year as a result of medical error. Medical errors are classified as human errors in health care, it occurs when a health care provider or specialist chooses the wrong approach to treating its patient or a situation whereby the care provider did not carry out the appropriate method the way it ought to. These two criteria are best defines medical errors, meanwhile when such a circumstance occur the patient bears the brunt, they are the ones that are open to the outcome of the event that has occurred when a medical error occur. Sometimes it is caused as a result of communication error, when one does not understand what is being said, then based the whole session on assumption, this is why in health care it is not right to base treatments on assumption, this idea is not legit. Many of medical errors are products of negligence which is common in the midst of inexperience health professionals. In some cases some patients get the wrong types of drugs because the physician has not written the prescription legibly. Sometimes medical error might pop up due to the patient disposition too. To ensure medical error is brought down to the lowest ebb proper documentation is needed; also health records should be properly tagged so that it will not be mixed up. This will help to fortify the health records security and usage.

In Nigeria privacy should be taken serious in Healthcare.

Privacy is to be taken seriously, there are some vital information about patients that must not be disclosed no matter the occurrence, everyone wants to feel secure. Should certain information be disclosed be it intentionally or unintentionally persons who such information belong to, will find it difficult to move around without covering up their faces; realistically all records must be stored in a retrieval system whereby the can be safeguarded out of reach of anyone.

Confidential heath care is a human right enshrined in law, therefore it has been taken seriously, if the health records of an individual is lost completely then they would not find healthcare secure and meaningful, people like to see their files and information kept for years even after a tenure when they are not going to need them anymore, it is now a thing of advantage that there has been various electronically methods of keeping information.

Should a patient request for their health record and it cannot be provided due to the natural disaster that has destroyed the copies that have been kept, then the patient should be explained to by management and it would be assured to them that there is a kind of format used by the organization that could not be deciphered by anyone outside the health care organization.

Teenagers must be seriously remembered in this occurrence because they do not want their health information to leak out to their parents, friends and strangers. A teenager who sits in a consulting room with his or her doctor can rely on their doctor to keep confidential any information that has been disclosed except an exemption applies.

Permissions for uses and disclosures of facts about any patient, their ailment and treatment are not to be shared except they are  permitted or required as stated by health care law, a covered entity may not use or disclose protected health information without a permission that is equitable under the law, meanwhile when a covered entity obtains or receives a legitimate permission for its use or disclosure of protected health information or report, such use or disclosure of preserved health information must be constant with such permission. Permission is not required in some instances such as in the cases listed below

1. Uses by the creator of the analysis for treatment

2. Uses for training programs in which trainees learn under the supervision to practice and improve their skills in group or individual counseling

3. Use or disclosure by the covered entity to defend itself in a legal action or other proceedings brought by owners of such ingotmation.

But for every other use permission from patient is expected to be granted before usage, some might agree to, without any terms with the physician while other might decide to give conditions with which such facts can be used. If disclosures are done without following the necessary procedures then the owner of such a fact has the right to take it up in the law court for the charge of breaching over privacy.

Every health professional is expected to know the basis of disclosing health information and they are to follow the legal procedures so as to safeguard them from facing the wrath or the law.

Health care has not been a static, so much changes have been made in health care over the years, most of which are benefitting to the hospitals, professional health care workers and the patient alongside. It has also marked merit for the health care industry. In the last 10 years there has been the introduction of modern health care facilities which helps to facilitate the delivery of health care services. Technological advancement has also crept into health care which has made it easier for health professionals to carry out their function in a better way with the maximum amount of precision. There is now the use of syringes that are being controlled electronically by computers; much type of machines have been discovered and introduced by scientist which have made monitoring of patients easier and faster. This is not the area in which health care has developed, if health care facilities are considered, it would be identified that these facilities are better built, attractive and serving purposes. There are many electronically operated doors, beds, wheel chairs and more. Cameras are now used in every patient ward and waiting rooms so as to monitor and to record the way health care is being dispensed, this alone has helped to ensure that every health professional is not doing the wrong thing or treating patients in a manner that is not acceptable by the patients or that is out of healthcare ethics.

All of these are enough to ensure that a patient health records are intact therefore no matter the incidence/disaster heathcare is ahead. We are a modern health care organization so we must be able to harness all that we got in place.

ICT and HIPAA have improved healthcare.

Healthcare Reforms has redefined it totally.

Telemedicine refers to the provision of clinical health care over the internet using either an application or other means of communication that could connect health professionals and their patients on the go. Information technology has help to cut off the barriers which people from remote areas experience in getting medical assistance. Also it has helped health professionals to share information wirelessly. Public health professionals can reach out to much more people at a go than ever before at a cost convenient rate.

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), has helped to improve healthcare delivery greatly in many ways, as a matter of fact it has helped to ensure that insurance policies are not flawed by insuring that mismanagement of funds is brought to zero level. Before HIPAA was established patients between 12-18 years were not granted privacy, this implies that every information about them would be released to their parents/guardians which relatively hinders how they relate with health professionals  before now.

World AIDS DAY

World AIDS Day

Government and health officials, non governmental organizations and individuals around the world observe the day, often with education on AIDS prevention and control.

Spread the WORD and not the VIRUS meanwhile don't stigmatize those living with the virus, you can't get it by living with them except you have sex with them or share materials that can cut through the skin with them.

A friend in the early hours of today said having anal sex with them can't promote transmission of the disease 😄😃 My friend you're wrong

Anal sex is the highest risk sexual behavior. Receptive anal sex “bottoming” is riskier than insertive anal sex “topping”.

Aids can be transmitted through the following

Blood
Semen
Pre-seminal fluid
Rectal fluids
Vaginal fluids
Breast milk

BUT NOT through

Air or water
Insects, including mosquitoes or ticks
Saliva, tears, or sweat
Casual contact, like shaking hands, hugging or sharing dishes/drinking glasses
Drinking fountains
Toilet seats
Swimming pools

Every 1st of December we raise the awareness, mourn those that have died of the disease and show love to those living with it.

The campaign continues, stronger,better and informative. When it started in 1988 it sounded as if those health professionals talking about it were clueless; when they said it has no cure. Later on those living with AIDS were stigmatized. But now we got more information than we had back then. So we can coexist in their midst without having issues except if....... LOL.....

Happy World AIDS Day

SELF-INJURY

Self-injury is when you hurt yourself as a way of dealing with very difficult feelings, overwhelming situations, past experiences. It is when somebody intentionally damages or injures their body. It is usually a way of coping with or expressing overwhelming emotional distress.

However, the intention is to punish themselves, express their distress or relieve unbearable tension. It is a mixture of all in some cases. Many who injure themselves use it as a measure to cry for help.

The act looks much like suicidal, therefore it becomes very confusing and frightening for people who witnessed it but doesn't understand self-injury to figure it out.

Self injury involves the following behaviors

Burning oneself
Cutting the skin
Jumping from high-rise
Drug overdose
Punching oneself with objects

The causes of Self-Injury include

Financial worries
Sexual abuse
Physical abuse
Mental Health Problems
Relationship breakup
Depression
Recurring issues
Pressures

However self-injury is bad but some individuals can't cope with certain emotional problems, they rather settle for a self inflicted injury on themselves as a means of transforming emotional pains into physical pains.

Hillary Clinton wishes to amend the Affordable Care Act

“I want to build on and make improvements in the Affordable Care Act, and I will stand against any Republican effort to repeal because you know what the alternative is?
We’ll go back to the insurance companies making all the decisions.
If you’ve got a preexisting condition, you’ll be lucky if you can afford health insurance.
If you’re a woman, you’re going to pay more, because that’s what used to happen before we had the Affordable Care Act.
If you’re a young person up to the age of 26, you’re out of luck; you can’t be on your parents’ plan anymore.” — Hillary in South Carolina.

She concluded that the insurance policy wasn't a fair one; especially when the cases mentioned above is put into consideration. The government had to prescribe health insurance due to the fact that funding the health sector has an adverse effect on the country. In the other way round it has made it almost impossible for poor individuals that cannot afford health insurance to settle for self medications. It has helped in many ways especially through the Pay for Performance scheme.
Let's hope Hilary brings about a change that won't be a burden to the government, hospitals and patients.

Coffee inflates and deflates the breast.

There is a link between coffee and breast size which every woman must put into consideration.

According to researchers, three cups a day was enough to start making breasts shrink, with the effects increasing for every cup drunk.

There is a clear link between drinking coffee and smaller breasts as around half of all women possess a gene that has been shown to link breast size to coffee intake.

CYP1A2*1F is a gene that's associated with breast cancer. A woman with this gene will loose cleavage size, should she take much of caffeine while women without this gene will experience breast inflation.

Coffee-drinking women do not have to worry that their breasts will shrink to nothing overnight. They will get smaller, but the breasts aren't just going to be smaller but they'll become more succulent and the risk of having breast cancer will be reduced greatly.

This would serve as a disadvantage to women that would prefer to parade with gigantic bursts and a plus to those who prefer smaller bra cups.

So unless you believe your breasts are pyramid shaped, don’t worry too much about the coffee induced booby trap.

I remember a lady once said she's the one with the smallest burst in her family, when I investigated it was found that she was the only one taking COFFEE in her family.

Well it's not healthy having very big burst most especially if you possess CYP1A2*1F.

Since coffee inflates and deflates The breast. Isn't it's intake a measure to knowing your stand locally?
Don't entertain coffee if you want a big burst.

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (EHR) strengthened privacy, monitoring and precision.

Privacy is to be taken seriously, there are some vital information about patients that must not be permitted to reach the outside no matter the occurrence, everyone wants to feel secure and respected. Should some certain information be disclosed be it intentionally or unintentionally they will find it difficult to move around without covering up their faces, to be very realistic all records must be stored in a retrieval system whereby the can be safeguarded out of the reach of every persons.

As a matter of fact we know that confidential heath care is a human right enshrined in law, therefore it must be taken seriously, for if the health records of an individual is lost completely then such will not find healthcare secure and meaningful, people like to see their files and information kept for years even after a tenure when they are not going to need them anymore, it is now a thing of advantage that there has been various electronically methods of keeping information. As a body that is willing to comply with Health Care Information Systems we are aware that there are so much measures through which health care records can be kept without losing the information that has been provided by every patient. A patient needed his/her health information for future references and treatments therefore it would become an issue if it cannot be provided as at the time it was requested for. In some instances a law suit may be filed, since it would look like a breach of agreement.

Should a patient request for their health file or record and it cannot be provided due to the natural disaster that has destroyed the copies that have been kept, then the patient would be explained to by management and it would be assured to them that there is a kind of format used by the organization that could not be deciphered by anyone outside the health care organization. Also as a body that is not existing in relic times it must be right to have a soft copy of these files and also to accrue them from other health care sources especially since the introduction of Electronic Health Records, which has been prescribed to all health care sectors, it is a strong method of possessing patients information in ways with which they can be gathered even while the hospital in question has lost all the data it has derived from treatments and diagnosis. We know the essence of putting In place a database that works; therefore that is never going to be an issue should natural disasters occur, this will put hospitals ahead of those that have so much believed in the old modes of keeping records, the hard copies are usually voluminous and hard to maintain than soft copies. Possessing an online cloud will even make it so easy to get back all necessary files once they are requested for; if this is not in place then it will not be easy to derive, therefore it would be told to patients that the natural disaster has damaged all the files we ever had therefore we will try as much as possible to re-run diagnosis and ensure that we build an adequate and detailed health care record of their over a period of time, also they might be complemented with some freebies, so as to show that such was not done intentionally, and for the privacy they might nag over it would be explained to them how all of these files have been stored and that an ordinary person might not be able to have them in their useful state, the papyrus used will be one such that whenever water has a contact with it all the information in them would be wiped off, that should give them enough reason to smile and count on healthcare as being caring, competent and organized.

Teenagers must be seriously remembered in this occurrence because they are the sole group that does not like their health information to leak out even to the hands of their parents let alone to a stranger. A teenager who sits in a consulting room with his or her doctor can rely on their doctor to keep confidential any info they disclose except an exemption applies. So it would become a serious issue if their health information crept out of where they have been kept in order. As an organized body all of these must been included in the mission statement so that chaos will not rock the minds of patients also so that loyal customers will not flee over time just because of a natural disaster that occured all of a sudden then leave the vision statement hanging in jeopardy.

As for staff, the human resource department should not just bring in anyone that is not willing to work with the use of today’s technologies. Therefore those ones that are not capable of using electronic modes of saving their work will have to be trained on that also for others that are to be written on hard copies they will be brief and not detailed, such that should other persons pick it up they will have less meaning or become totally meaningless to them. Vital information should not be written or passed all over the hospital just like that, as a rule under privacy act it must be noted that the patient does not expect everyone to know the condition of his/her health except if such a patient has been consented, but even in this occasion it would be used for the treatment of some other persons or to discover new ways with which the ailment or disease the patient is suffering from can be discovered. So using electronic methods to store information have been discovered to be the easiest form of keeping them because they can be easily called upon when need be. As a modern health professional that is existing in this era he/she must possess knowledge of using electronic methods to saving health records.

Another is that in most circumstances the health professional must have been familiar with the health problems of the patients he/she treats on daily, monthly or quarterly basis, also in their offices there will be a data/information recording devices that will have the record of any patient they diagnose or treat intact, this would even mean less work for these health professional since they will not need to be calling for patients files every now and then, and as a measure to ensure that privacy is not breached the information recording device will not be the type on which data could be culled off such as using a pen/flash drive of other electronic memory cards. It would make it unique and give every patient the maximum confident that their information has been kept intact. Like in the case of natural that was discussed earlier the files in the records retaining device will not be lost. Therefore health professionals will be respected and free with their patients.

Permissions for uses and disclosures of facts about individual and their ailment and treatment are not to be shared except they are  permitted or required as stated by health care law, a covered entity may not use or disclose protected health information without a permission that is equitable under the law, meanwhile when a covered entity obtains or receives a legitimate permission for its use or disclosure of protected health information or report, such use or disclosure of preserved health information must be constant with such permission. Permission is not required in some instances such as in the cases listed below.

1.Uses by the creator of the analysis for treatment
2.Uses for training programs in which trainees learn under the supervision to practice and improve their skills in group or individual counseling
3.Use or disclosure by the covered entity to defend itself in a legal action or other proceedings brought by the individual.

But for every other use permission from patient is expected to be granted before usage, some might agree to without any terms with the physician while other might decide to give conditions with which such facts can be used. If disclosures are done without following the necessary procedures then the owner of the record has the right to take it up in the law court for the charge of breaching over privacy. Every health professional is expected to know the basis of disclosing health information and they are to follow the legal procedures so as to keep them from facing the wrath or the law.

They will be trained to follow the supposed trails as directed by Electronic Health Records (EHR), instead of Electronic Medical record that is prepared and dwells within the place where they are gathered alone. EHR is the best method since it involves interaction with other health care organizations.

To achieve one’s management plans it should be known that one cannot succeed without having the right mission with which the vision can be achieved. At first the environment must have been studied to know if there will be the achievement of the organization’s plan. How can the management plan be achieved when the right hands have not been hired, the right type of hands must be employed. This could only emanate from such a setting only if the company is organized right from the start. There is nothing difficult in achieving a wonderful management if the right principles were adopted.

Health care has not been a static entity, so much changes has been made in health care, most of which are benefitting to the hospitals, professional health care workers and patients alongside. It has also marked merit for the health care industry. In the last 10 years there has been the introduction of modern health care facilities which helps to facilitate the delivery of health care services.

Technological advancement has also crept into health care which has made it easier for health professionals to carry out their function in a better way with the maximum amount of precision. There is the use of syringes that are being controlled electronically by computers; much type of machines have been discovered and introduced by scientist which have made monitoring of patients easier and faster. This is not the area in which health care has developed, if health care facilities are considered, it would be identified that these facilities are better built, attractive and serving purposes. There are many electronically operated doors, beds, wheel chairs and more.
Cameras are now used in every ward and waiting rooms so as to monitor and to record the way health care is being dispensed, this alone has helped to ensure that every health professional is not doing the wrong thing or treating patients in a manner that is not accepted by the patients or that is out of health care ethics.

All of these are enough to ensure that a patient health records are intact and in order, therefore no matter the incidence healthcare is yet ahead. Modern health care organization must be able to harness all that they have got in place.

Teenager Healthcare (privacy)

It was believed and backed up by law that confidential heath care is the right of every human and failure to respect this term would mean breaking the law.
An assistance has no right to release any record without informing the administrator, this could mean that the data has lost its security and that all records kept in the supposed system are not well guarded thereby content of many or all the records kept might have been accessed by the assistant or someone else without consenting the owners of such information.
Should the assistant release the record without consenting the administrator then the admin could sue him or her for data violation in the court of law.
A teenager is considered to be a soft minded individual that could easily be made to change their mind even in the wrong direction; the teenager should not be asked to request the record except they decided on their own but should such occur a discussion with the teenager about informing or involving his or her parents must be met but in a careful manner so as not to breach privacy which could lead to teenagers refusing treatments in future time.
Any part of the record is to be kept confidential though this section may exclude some amount of fact that can be shared with parents but these parts are the parts that will not breach the privacy rule, healthcare professional might await court order before releasing health records of teenagers.
The parents have right over their children to an extent because adolescents too wanted a private life they are not willing to share all of their day to day activities with their parents let alone health matters, they also rely on their doctors to keep all infomation that have been disclose or gathered through diagnosis confidential except; should an exemption applies just as adult too would.

Technology in health-care

Health care has not been a static entity, so much changes has been made in health care, most of which are benefitting to the hospitals, professional health care workers and the patient alongside. It has also marked merit for the health care industry.
In the last 10 years there has been the introduction of modern health care facilities which helps to facilitate the delivery of health care services. Technological advancement has crept into health care which has made it easier for health professionals to carry out their function in a better way with the maximum amount of precision. There is now the use of syringes that are being controlled electronically by computers, many types of machines have been dicsovered by scientist which makes monitoring of patients easier. This is not the only area in which health care has developed, if health care facilities are considered, it would be identified that these facilities are better built, attractive and serving purposes. There are many electronically operated doors, beds, wheel chairs amd more. Cameras are now used in every patient ward and waiting rooms so as to monitor the way health care is being dispensed, this alone has helped to ensure that every health professional is not doing the wrong thing or treating patients in a manner that is not accepted by the patients or that is out of health care ethics.

In the next ten years there will be more development because technology has not stopped proving of its usefulness in health care, these days we have got enough of evidences that could convince us all that there lies potent discoveries. Soon enough health professionals will have less to do than their machines would. In the next ten years, we should be prepared to witness machines that could detect ailments/anomallies in the body system and give out the accurate treatment/drug prediction when a patient is examined under such a device. According to the world at large flying cars are meant to be launched/introduced by 2015, therefore i see new type of emergency vans being used instead of the one in use today, also architectural designs would take a different shape in the next ten years, the roof would be included as a means of getting into hospitals when these flying emergency vans are emberaced. Health care in the United States craves over reaching all the population at the point of their need without leaving anybody out, it would become achieved because information will be able to reach many people easily and most of all diagnosis and treatments will become lot easier. The future of health care is brighter than one could imagine.

In this industry i planned to be a life saver, one that can help people whenever they are in need, also i so much like the idea of enlightening people on how much their health is important to not even thenselves alone but to the government too, most people do not know how to prevent themselves from contracting uncalled for diseases, majority fall for it because of negligence. As an elite in the field i will like to carry everyone rhat comes my way along most of all i will like to illuminate them with simple methods they could apply which would not enable them contract communicable diseases.

As a matter of fact, in this world the hardest thing is not adaptation, most individuals are professionals but are shy of talking to their patients on things that could in-turn put then on the right track.

I want to be a success in the industry, i will want any group or team in which i find myself to work deligently so that we can save more lives that it was in the past. What is the essence of speed when a man has lost his ways? I have learnt my skills and have trained mself on how best i could apply it wherever i find myself in the health care industry. As health care professionals we have inherited new difficulties because we have inherited more privileges, failure to deal with these priviledges would mean flaws. As a health care professional i will do all i can to ensure i do all that i am supposed to do in order to achieve positive results. Virtually everyone on earth believes unless you try to do something beyond what you have mastered, you will never grow. I am in support of this saying which explains why i am energertic enough to anything on the field of professionalism that would ensure positive results are earned in all my endeavours. Trust is like a mirror once its broken it cannot be fixed back, i will ensure that i keep all that is meant to be patients privacy and will not dare breach them, so they will not lost confidence in me.

Over the course of my program my perception has changed totally, in the past years i do see health care as something that one do to earn a living but i have been made to understand in the course of this program that saving lives is the most important entity in health care. I am not the same person anymore, in the past i am not conscious of how i eat, drink and even relate with people in the populace. This culture has thought me a lot that can never be taken away from me. I feel whole after the whole course. If there is anything i must say it should be that i am grateful.

Technology like i have said earlier has not seized discovering new ideas and new techniques to doing things in a more convenient and faster way. The more we know, the greater our ability to learn, and the faster we expand our knowledge base. In the next decade technology would have unearthed new machines, electrical equipment and computational equipment. Wait time will be reduced to almost zero level most of all it will then take patients few minutes to be attended to fully and joyfully.

The cost of health care services would be high in the future years, compared to what it is in at the moment, patients palce under scrutiny with a computer is most like going to pay much more than those under the srutiny of human. this would be as a result of more machines to maintain, financially the health care industry cannot go down the drain because it is making enough money which can be used to run the sector should government refuses to go on with the support. Financially the health care industry is doing very well that it scares the living day lights. The adverse effect is that people will get health care services at a higher cost but it would be of high quality compared to what they are getting today.

In conclusion i will like to say that more advancement is coming into health care, more understanding is on its way, work-load will be reduced for health professionals and patients will get qualitative treatments at the speed of light.

When you consider the many advances of recent years, it’s impossible not to see the growing footprint of consumerism in the daily operations of the modern medical practice. What’s truly remarkable is how many of these changes and improvements have resulted from technological progress, and how many more will be further advanced by technology. Patients are more empowered than ever to research their symptoms and diagnoses to better understand their medical conditions.