For the stress management group this is nearly a 75% reduction in the risk of having another major cardiac event over that 5 year period. Considerable discussion centered on trying to determine what factor led to the positive outcome for the stress management group. ... The stress management group also showed improved lipid profiles, but no increase in physical fitness. ... The stress management group found better ways of adapting to stressful situations. ... Offering social support and stress management, these groups are probably the largest application of mind/body medicine today. ...

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Furthermore, they are highly skilled in providing care for their clients whose primary focus is the management of illness or wellness issues that may include nutrition, stress management, sexuality, exercise, family development tasks, and care for the aged (Reed & Shearer, 2011). ... Another important role played by the community health nurses is case management, either privately or through insurance companies. Case management is a long-term relation between the nurse and the client in the provision of the best care plan to aid in the recovery from chronic illnesses. ... They help in the prov...

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By definition, the EHR according to the Health Information Management System Society (HIMSS) is a longitudinal electronic record of patient health information generated by one or more health encounters in any care delivery setting (Jacques, 2011). ...

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Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Response Division and Operations Branch. ... This structure response system has been created by the Department of Homeland Security in response to the past failed responses using the guidelines set forth by the National Incident Management System. ...

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Introduction The subject of social medicine is to determine connections between epidemiology, socio-economic status and to investigate how to organize activities of health to improve the overall health conditions in a community. Throughout the history of modern medicine, social determinants of healt...

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In the world today, technology is an imperative part of our lives and hard to function without for most. Technology is the new era in our current generation. Instead of doing things manually, the computer has always been my first option. Computers are convenient, combined with the internet, they ca...

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Introduction Professional sports provide a source of entertainment for millions of people. Players and games are seen as diversions to everyday life. Yet to athletes, and to those who work behind the scenes in the front-offices, professional sports are a job. Running and managing sports teams and l...

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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explain what The Joint Commission (formerly The Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)does to help the health care industry improve quality care and safe practice. The accreditation of hospitals and other facilities is an ongoing proce...

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield BACKGROUND The first prepayment plan was started in 1929, by Justin Ford Kimball. He had no experience in health care but he did have knowledge for financial management. He developed a sick benefit fund so the teachers would have something to fall back on if they had ...

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Definition and Description of Clinical Nursing Problem Despite evidence of effectiveness of antimicrobials to prevent SSIs, previous studies have demonstrated inappropriate timing of prophylactic antibiotics within one prior to surgical incision. Studies performed in the 1960's and 1970's demonstrat...

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Exercise and healthy living have been proven to be safer and effective alternative to medication for reducing stress. Regular exercise, setting personal goals and counseling can effectively reduce stress and avoid prescription medications. My conclusion was based on research among 10 female high sc...

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The Army Medical Service Corps is comprised of a wide diversity of medical administrative, scientific, and provider specialties ranging from the management and support of the Army's health services system to direct patient care. ...

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Background People can be affected by healthcare fraud and abuse directly and indirectly. Fraud is defined as an intentional deception, false statement or misrepresentation made by a person with the knowledge that the deception could result in unauthorized benefit to oneself or another person. It includes any act that constitutes fraud under applicable federal or state law. Abuse is defined as practices that are inconsistent with professional standards of care; medical necessity; or sound fiscal, business, or medical practices. Intent is the key distinction between Fraud and Abuse. ...

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"Training Traditional Birth Attendants wastes time and resources."" Discuss the arguments for and against this perspective. As a result of the 1978 Alma-Ata Conference, the WHO recommended that governments use traditional birth attendants (TBAs) as part of the strategy for providing primary health care (Ebay-Tessendorf 1997:20). Even today, TBAs exist in all the developing countries and deliver two thirds of the world's babies (Lefeber 1997). It is because this is unlikely to change in the near future that investment in training has often been justified as a worthwhile use of time...

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According to several research articles, medication management is an important aspect of treating the CHF patient; however, medication compliance has been identified as a problem among patients with CHF even though medication compliance is a primary way to improve the patient's physiological stability, and to prevent exacerbation and rehospitalization. ...

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Some examples of these are the reduction of acute care hospital beds, new limits made on the number of drugs being reimbursed, an increase in generic prescribing and over the counter medication, an introduction of voluntary gatekeeping in primary care, and a benefit package for the management of chronic scenarios and situations. ...

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