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WEEK 2-DAY 4
Identifying Data Sources
Week 2 - Day 4
Discussion - 1
Disease Surveillance: A Public Health Informatics Approach Discussion
The term chronic diseases usually refer to the long term agony and slow progressive pain that patients go through once diagnosed. Chronic diseases include several heart diseases, orthopedic pains, respiratory disease ...
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History of Disease Surveillance
History of Disease Surveillance
Introduction
Disease surveillance is an epidemiological procedure through which the disperse and spread out of health issues is tracked in an effort to determine patterns of its growth. The primary purpose of disease surveillance is simply to anticipate, monitor, and reduce the adversities brought on ...
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Week 1
Week 1
Response to AndreNita Toson,
The use of Public Health Informatics in the health sector has been around some time. However, it has recently gained importance due to its effectiveness in tracing diseases and maintaining a record. It is mainly used in response to emergencies and also to survey ...
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Week 1 - Local Public Health Events/Trends - Discussion 1
Cancer Surveillance
Week 1 - Local Public Health Events/Trends - Discussion 1
Cancer Surveillance
Introduction
Product of the dynamic interface between information generation and actions for resolving the problems are the disease surveillance systems. It can also be considered as a constituent of ...
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Managed Care Plans
Introduction
The article "Managed care: the US experience" by Neelam K. Sekhri (2000) delivers a synopsis of managed health care in America (what has certainly been attained and precisely what has not) as well as some lessons for policy-makers in other regions of the globe (Sekhri, 2000). Even though ...
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PHENOMENON OF INTEREST: REDUCING CHF READMISSIONS
Phenomenon of interest: Reducing CHF readmissions
Phenomenon of interest: Reducing CHF readmissions
Introduction
Nursing along with other medical professions is considered one of the noblest professions present on Earth. Nurses as professionals have a greater responsibility then an ordinary medical practitioners on the basis that they ...
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ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
Electronic Health Record Confidentiality
Electronic Health Record Confidentiality
The world of technology has developed itself to an enormously high level where almost any and everything is possibly done electronically. Moreover, with such improvements throughout the world, the medical healthcare systems are also improving with every passing minute. Things are being ...
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Ethical Issue Paper
Ethical Issue Paper
Introduction
There are a number of ethical dilemmas, issues and controversies that the nurses face on regular basis. The fact that the nurses are the individuals who deal directly with the patients on more regular basis than any other professional makes it essential that a proper solution ...
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CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
Conservation Biology
Question 1: Explain the differences and similarities in the declining versus small population paradigm. Use examples in your answer.
The two major paradigms i.e. the declining population paradigm and small population paradigm dominate the discipline of conservation biology. The former is concerned with the identification and management of the ...
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Internal Medicine - Renal System
Internal Medicine - Renal System
Discussion at a Dialysis Clinic
Mr. Smith is a 50 year old man who has recently commenced hospital hemodialysis having developed end-stage renal disease secondary to ADPKD. He has an arteriovenous fistula in place and attends for four-hourly dialysis sessions on a Monday, ...