(2008). Employer adoption of evidence-based chronic disease prevention practices: a pilot study. Retrieved November 10, 2010, from http://www.cdc.gov/PCD/issues/2008/jul/07_0070.htm Geyman, J.P. (2005). Myths and memes about single-payer health insurance in the United States: a rebuttal to conservative claims. International Journal of Health Services, 35(1), p. 63–90.
A surgical site infection (SSI) is an infection that occurs after surgery in the part of the body where the surgery took place. About 300,000 SSIs occur each year. While most surgeries do not result in infection; about 1-3 patients out of every 100 who have surgery currently develop SSIs. Certain preventable surgical site infections (SSI) will no longer be reimbursed according to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Effective October 1, 2008, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) selected high-cost or high-frequency events from the National Quality Forum's list of “never events” for inclusion in this reimbursement change (Brown, Doloresco, Mylotte, 2009).
Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer, with nearly 90% of patients dying within 2 years of diagnosis, in large part because it tends to be diagnosed late (Gulyn and Youssef, 2010). Signs and Symptoms Initial presentation of lung cancer, regardless of gender, tend to be nonspecific, as a chronic or new cough in 65% to 75% of cases, with 25% or more having a productive cough (Yoder, 2006). Since lung cancer often occurs in central airways it can also present as pneumonia and lymph enlargement; hemoptysis will occur in 20% to 30% of patients. Other symptoms include dyspnea , with 60% of patients developing it early and 65% developing it at some time during their illness (Yoder, 2006). About 50% of patients present initially with chest pain (Yoder, 2006).
Natalie Perez ITT Technical Institute GS1145 Ms. Faremouth April 4, 2014 Despite the availability of screening tests and early treatment, which have cut the death rates from cervical cancer in half since the early 1970s, cervical cancer remains the third most common gynecologic cancer in the United States. Worldwide, it’s the most common cause of death from a gynecologic cancer. Nearly half of all women diagnosed with cervical cancer are diagnosed at a late stage, with either locally or regionally advanced disease that’s harder to treat. (Shinn, 2004, p. 36) There are two types of cervical cancer. The first is squamous cell, which accounts for an outstanding 80-90% of all cervical cancer cases.
In February 2006, Emily Jerry, a two-year old child was at a Cleveland hospital to complete her last series of chemotherapy treatment. Her doctor ordered intravenous chemotherapy solution that was filled incorrectly by a pharmacy technician. The prescription called for 1% saline; however, a lethal amount of 23% saline was given instead, causing her to slip into a coma resulting in death. Eric Cropp, who was the supervising pharmacist signed off on the technician’s work despite her informing him that the mixture did not look right; nonetheless, he approved it. The pharmacy was so busy that day and short staffed, which led to a preventable fatal error that changed Eric’s whole life in a matter of seconds.
Common treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and targeted therapies (American Cancer Society, 2012). The majority of patients will need a combination of the above therapies to treat their lung cancer. The largest and number one risk factor for lung cancer is smoking. In men, 90% of deaths are related to smoking and 80% of the deaths in women. Lung cancer prevention methods are focused on smoking prevention, cessation and avoiding second hand smoke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012).
Health care delivery is the relationship between patients and providers (Shi & Singh, 2012). These third-party payers include private insurance companies; manage care organizations (MCOs), government programs (Medicare, Medicaid, etc.). Third-party payers provide medical coverage from individual from high to low income families and individuals. However, today many Americans are uninsured. According to Shi & Singh (2012), reports showed that 1 in 3 or 87.6 million Americans were uninsured between 2008 and 2009 under the age of 65.
I. Introduction a. a. Audience hook: The National Cancer Institute estimates that in 2012 there will be 103,170 new cases of colon cancer and 40,290 rectal. Deaths 51,690, totaling 143,000 people diagnosed with colorectal cancer, the 4th most common cancer in both men and women. 1 in 20 men and women will be diagnosed in their lifetime.
She began to develop an interest in nursing, but her parents considered it to be a profession inappropriate to a woman of her class and background, and would not allow her to train as a nurse. Nightingale's parents eventually relented and in 1851, she went to Kaiserswerth in Germany for three months nursing training.The Crimean War began and soon reports in the newspapers were describing the desperate lack of proper medical facilities for wounded British soldiers at the front. Sidney Herbert, the war minister, already knew Nightingale, and asked her to oversee a team of nurses in the military hospitals in Turkey. In 1854 she led an expedition of 38 women to take over the management of the barrack hospital at Scutari where she observed the disastrous sanitary conditions. in 1856 she returned to England, then in 1860, she established the Nightingale Training School for nurses at St Thomas' Hospital in London.
The women recovered completely and lived another 21 years. From that point until her death, Rene treated terminal cancer patients successfully with Essiac Tea. Many people began using holistic cancer remedies in the ‘80s when it became apparent that Western medicine was not curing cancer. Growing numbers of people were diagnosed with cancer, often quite desperate because traditional medicine had failed them. Some sought out herbal cancer cures and other forms of natural medicine.