Read this case study, attached. It includes a summary of the patient and the labs, tests performed. No outside research […]
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Describe the types of data found in healthcare. What steps as a healthcare analyst would you follow to prepare these data for analytics?
Describe the types of data found in healthcare. What steps as a healthcare analyst would you follow to prepare these […]
Healthcare Patient With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia JK is a 63-year-old male who presents with complaints of difficulty starting his urine stream and that he has to get up to urinate at night at least three times. He states there are times when he does not think he will be able to go. Past Medical History Controlled hypertension Hypercholesteremia Type 2 diabetes controlled by diet Medications Zestril, 5 mg once daily Simvastatin, 40 mg Niacin, 1,000 mg Baby aspirin, daily Social History A six-pack of beer on weekends Nonsmoker Active in Lions club Physical Examination Well-developed male Chest: clear to auscultation Heart: regular rhythm; no gallops, thrills, or murmurs Digital rectal exam: enlarged prostate Labs and Imaging Liver enzymes: normal Prostate specific antigen (PSA): 2.5 ng/mL Hemoglobin A1C: 6.9 Office-based ultrasound: prostate enlargement approximately 41 cm3 Postvoid residual urine volume: 300 mL Discussion Questions 1. The clinician prescribes dutasteride. What patient teaching should be included? 2. In addition to taking the prescribed medication, the clinician suggests JK keep a voiding diary. What information should JK track in this diary, and what value does this information provide? 3. JK fails to respond to the initial therapy. What second drug should the clinician add? What is the method of action of this drug and what advantage does this drug provide? What patient teaching should be included?
Patient With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia JK is a 63-year-old male who presents with complaints of difficulty starting his urine stream […]
Demonstrate the ability of Central City staff to receive, develop, and disseminate a public alert utilizing Central City’s notification system regarding a HAZMAT spill within 15 minutes of initial notification, in accordance with the Communications Annex in the Emergency Operations Plan.
Demonstrate the ability of Central City staff to receive, develop, and disseminate a public alert utilizing Central City’s notification system […]
What is your assessment of this family’s structure, including an assessment of the boundaries between individuals and subsystems?
Family Therapy (200 words) For your initial post, complete all of the following: Citing the Minuchin et al. and Nichols […]
After reading chapters 9 and 10, review Case #9, “Green Mountain Care,” and then discuss the issues that caused the prospects of universal care in Vermont to not succeed in implementation. Compare your observations with the continual demise of the ACA.
Green Mountain Care After reading chapters 9 and 10, review Case #9, “Green Mountain Care,” and then discuss the issues […]
Analyze at least four potential funding sources for your program, one of which must be from a state funded agency, one of which must be from a federally funded agency and the remaining two can be not-for-profit or for-profit business sources. Explain what factors must be met in order to receive funding from your sources.
Final Project will be written using a persuasive tone, such that you would be able to present it in order […]
Explain legal and ethical tensions between maintaining confidentiality and sharing information.
4.1 Explain legal and ethical tensions between maintaining confidentiality and sharing information 4.2 Analyse the essential features of information-sharing agreements […]
Write a 350- to 500-word plan for your Gemba Walk of a health care organization.
Write a 350- to 500-word plan for your Gemba Walk of a health care organization. Use the 4 Ws […]
Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following: What is the basis for this declaration?
George Halvorson declares that “health care is the epitome of a nonsystem” (2009, p. 2). Write a 250- to 300-word […]
