Essays on Medical Doctors

Information and Communication Teachnology

ABSTRACT As telemedicine is used throughout the rural parts of Africa, there are many professionals and patients who find the entire process very beneficial because there is an allowance for a decrease in transmission of highly contagious diseases such as MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). If there are clinics that are found in locations surrounding rural Africa, there are strong concerns that patients will be able to transmit their diseases to other people who are otherwise healthy. With the use of telemedicine, the patients and the health care providers can see each other through a confined space and there is ...

Disinclination of some health care organizations to apply Electronic Medicinal Records

EMRs (Electronic Medical Records) are the information systems of medical that are electronic and they gather, store, and show the information of the patient. Even though there are a lot of favorable effects of the usage of EMR in the activities of medicine but, still the rate of implementation related to the above system is low and it also encounters opposition from the medical doctor (Clayton, 2005). One of the main barriers associated with the application of (Electronic Medical Records) is the financial issue as such issue is considered as the main factor for different doctors. The main questions ...

Introduction

Tobacco smoking is considered to be a major health issues around the globe and is also claimed to be the most preventable cause of death in current time (Borgan, et al. 2014). Tobacco smoking is associated with 6 million deaths per year around the globe and is considered as one of the biggest public health issues by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Behbehani, et al. 2014). Based on current evidence and a report published by the WHO, 5 out of 6 million deaths are associated with direct tobacco smoking while nearly 600,000 deaths are due to non-smokers exposed ...

Executive Summary

The document is a recompilation of information about the current status of a medical facility located in Bayonne, New Jersey owned by a multinational company located in the United Kingdom. Two analysts of the organization study the current status of the medical facility that is the current operations of the company, its economic performance and the trends of the business in the future. The medical facility has technology needs that are necessary for its normal operations. The considered medical facility executed its last technological overhauling in 2004, but the majority of the hospital equipment is from 1999 with a ...

Introduction

Throughout my nursing school years, I have become more passionate about evidence-based nursing practices. These years have been an amazing journey that has imparted knowledge to me necessary for the starting of my nursing career. My experiences in nursing school over the years have enabled me to develop skills and assets that every potential nursing professional needs to become a success in this field. Upon my graduation, I hope to immediately join a workplace that will enable me to work closely with medical doctors and other supporting professionals to help varied patients recuperate well and resume their daily lives ...

Most people believe that health is a condition of the body, in which only the organism is involved. Nevertheless, Western medicine has slowly been accepting that there are different components that make up a healthy person. J. L. Scully, in his article “What is a disease?”, discusses how to conceptualized human maladies in a way that is different than from what people generally believe. He relates disease to suffering, different cultures and the various aspects of the human experience. Basically, Scully believes that disease should be associated to suffering, both mental and corporal. He states, “What ought to concern ...

Social Theory and Health

This article, about Social Theory and Health’ appeared in a Palgrave McMillan Journal dated May 2006 and was written by renowned anthropologist, Mette Beth Risor. The actual title reads, ‘Illness Behavior and Functional Somatic Symptoms - Rethinking the Concept of Illness Behavior from an Anthropological Perspective.’ Theoretically, the researcher’s assumptions were associated with a statement of the problem that illness behavior was discussed, generally, from a non scientific and illogical theoretical framework. As such, the aim of the study was to redefine illness utilizing concepts and assumptions of psychiatrics, psychologists, sociologists and Medical doctors (Risor, 2006) The researcher admitted, a ...