Rivers Hospital

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Rivers Hospital
We were visiting Rivers Hospital today to get some insite on how the health care system differs between Canada and in England.
Rivers Hospital is a private hospital.
First impression of the facility was more like a senior home rather than a hospital and it looked small from the out side.
We were greeted by David Houton who is a Pharmacist in the Hospital.
It was facinating to see how secure and sanitary the facility needed to be to prepare the medicine as a pharamacist since, I was only exposed to the retail pharmacist. Moreover, although it is very expensive to go to the private hospital but just to have the option to not having to wait on the wait list for a treatment if it is matter of life and death.

in UK GP offers primary care just like in Canada and decide whether if you need to go see a specialist.
Secondary care is funded by NHS, National Health Service, for all the UK tax payers.
Unfortunately, since NHS is running out of funds more people are agreeing to pay their own for medical care for the quicker access to medi care.

NHS meets the need of everyone, Free at the point of delivery, and it is based on clinical need not ability to pay.
The Rivers Hospital was under the Ramsey Health care which is a global healthcare organization, which is established in 1964 by Paul Ramsay.

Althought the facility from the outside of the building looked small they could offer multidisplinary care and surgeries.

As a private hospital they were marketing themselves with these differentiation from public hospitals in UK : 1. no wait list. 2. Constant expertise. 3. individualized customer care. 4. comfort and privacy. 5. Premium care privilage.

And since it is a private hospital, their reputation meant everything from the business perpective so they would put a lot of effort in quality control as well as public relations.

after a brief presentation of the hosptial and the history of organization, we got separated into 2 groups.
one group would head to radiology wing of the hospital to view the x-ray, ultra sound, cat scan part of the hospital wing, where the other group would get a tour of pharmacy part of the hospital where phamacist would prepare medicine for chemotherapy in a aseptic unit setting.

I’ve got to witness MRI and CT scan and got some information on how these radiology technology works. Interesting fact I’ve noticed from the explanantion of how x-ray would work is that X-ray would show high atomic number atoms such as calcium in bones better than O2 in lung.

High amount of radiation can cause cancer risk as a work hazzards so radiologists and technicians would get checked up and being monitored constantly for their health.

This is a reason why to check the condition of fetus they would use Ultra sound which does not produce radiation.

Then we went to the Chelsea Flower Show. I never knew that so many people were interested in the flower market. It was a giant Trade show being held at one of the wealthiest area in London, Chelsea. World’s premium garden show for
As a plant vendor, getting into Chelsea Flower Show is a very big deal.
Massiv Floral Display.
Landscape Garden
Moneys are being made from horticulture and its related business.
Gardening tools rediculous amount of money… in the market

MEDICINAL PLANTS PROJECT –BLACK COHOSH (ACTAEA RACEMOSA)

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MEDICINAL PLANTS PROJECT –BLACK COHOSH (ACTAEA RACEMOSA)

Note to the writer-Please use the same grading rubric and table to review 15 articles and place them in table format, as before, answering the following questions
• What are the pros and cons to the potential of over-utilization of the health care delivery system in a zero out of pocket cost to the patient?
• Would providers be able to provide better care since patients would seek medical care sooner when an illness or injury warrants medical attention, or would they be overwhelmed with both patients with real illnesses, and patients seeking care for minor or imagined illnesses?
• Can Americans expect the government to do a better job of allocating scarce resources in the health care sector than private enterprise?
• Can health care be considered intractable, like poverty, on the world stage?
• Are there sufficient resources anywhere to dedicate solely to health care services?
• From a normative perspective, does economic analysis change the direction of a policy initiative once it gains political and or popular support?

What are the mechanisms by which data produced within an ancillary service is returned to the physician’s office?

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The patient-physician encounter represents the fundamental event responsible for the bulk of the data recorded within a medical record. This encounter results in a wide range of activities that happen inside the physician practice, but can also occur outside the practice, in the case of outside laboratory and diagnostic tests or requested third-party consultations. Read Chapter 1 (file uploaded). Also search the Internet for more information on electronic medical records, such as that found at the Web site, HIMSS – Health Care Information and Management Systems Society. Then, answer the following questions: 1. What do you consider to be the most important element of the patient record? 2. What are the mechanisms by which data produced within an ancillary service is returned to the physician’s office? 3. What are the major benefits of having all services operate within a digital framework rather than an analog-based environment? 4. What are the major hurdles to moving to digital records? 5. How would you help a medical practice better understand the value in moving to a digital record environment? For questions 1-5, illustrate your points in the context of a patient’s visit to a health care provider. HIMSS link: https://www.himss.org/ Note: Do not write introduction & conclusion. Answer in your own words or paraphrase your work. You can research on the Internet or books/journals & you can add additional references.

Identify the benefits that Web 2.0 brings to the ICD-11 initiative.

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The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) is owned and published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is used by nearly all countries except the United States. The United States adopted the ICD-10 classification for documenting mortality in 1999, but still uses the earlier ICD-9 system for all other purposes. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid announced that they will adopt the ICD-10 classification on October 1, 2013. Search the Internet for information on ICD-9 and ICD-10 classifications, such as can be found at WHO ICD-10 Classification. Compose 3 pages written in paragraphs on the following: 1. First Paragraph (4 sentences): Write 1 introduction paragraph. 2. Second Paragraph (4 sentences or more): Identify the differences between the ICD-9 and ICD-10 classifications. 3. Third Paragraph (4 sentences or more): Address the impact of the ICD-10 migration to the medical community. 4. Fourth Paragraph (4 sentences or more): Explain rationale for migrating to ICD-10 from a disease reporting perspective. 5. Fifth Paragraph (4 sentences or more): Identify problems when classifications co-exist. 6. Sixth Paragraph (4 sentences or more): Identify 1 potential obstacle to conversion to ICD-10 and how it can be overcome. 7. Seventh Paragraph (4 sentences or more): Identify the benefits that Web 2.0 brings to the ICD-11 initiative. 8. Eighth Paragraph (4 sentences): Write 1 concluding paragraph. Note: Answer in your own words or paraphrase your work. You can research on the Internet or books/journals & you can add additional references. WHO ICD-10 Classification link: https://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/