Probability plays a major role in the medical community. Diagnoses are based on probabilities. They are really questions or “what if’s”, and are answered by the probability that the treatment will be the best for the ailment.   Let’s look at probability in terms of both the real world and the medical community.   Survey […]

Measures of Central Tendency and Variation   Understanding descriptive statistics, their measures of center and their variability, helps form the foundation of statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics tell us how frequently an observation occurs, what is considered average, and how far data in our sample deviate from being average. With these statistics, we are able to […]

Suppose that you have two sets of data to work with. The first set is a list of all the injuries that were seen in a clinic in a month’s time. The second set contains data on the number of minutes that each patient spent in the waiting room of a doctor’s office. You can […]

1. Who should determine when a child should start eating solid food?   A. American Academy of Pediatrics   B. Caregivers   C. Parents   D. Managers of the facility       2. Timing and are important skills for caregivers to use to facilitate infant-toddler social play.   A. arts and crafts   B. […]

Present two different types of data, or variables, used in the health field. Examples could be blood pressure, temperature, pH, pain rating scales, pulse oximetry, % hematocrit, minute respiration, gender, age, ethnicity, etc.   Classify each of your variables as qualitative or quantitative and explain why they fall into the category that you chose.   […]

What is the value of studying the humanities in the field of health professions?   How might a topic such as art, literature, music, dance, etc. from other time periods enhance your career and personal life in the present?   Select one aspect of the humanities that is meaningful to your personal life and one […]

Overview of Community Assessment and Community Health Nursing Intervention: Community assessment is a systemic way to determine the health status, resources or needs of a population. Community Health Nurses (CHN) assess the community by using the nursing process:   ·         Module 1: CH nurses gather subjective data (i.e. windshield survey and interviewing […]

What is the value of studying the humanities in the field of health professions?   How might a topic such as art, literature, music, dance, etc. from other time periods enhance your career and personal life in the present?   Select one aspect of the humanities that is meaningful to your personal life and one […]

Interoperability Mini-report In healthcare, interoperability concerns the capability of disparate systems to exchange and share data from a range of sources, including pharmacies, laboratories, hospitals, and physician practices. Sharing information across organizational boundaries allows a patient’s medical records to follow them throughout the health care system. This can have obvious benefits for a patient, especially […]

Value is not an automatic result of implementing a healthcare information system. Leaders must take steps to ensure the delivery of value. This week, you will select any current (within 2 years) Healthcare IT news article that interests you personally and discuss the nature of IT-enabled value. A good starting point is to review the […]