The Drug Abuse and Associated Disorders: An Overview of the Anti-Drug Policy and the Need for Policy Change
Drug abuse and associated disorders are serious problems of modern public health care. The use of psychoactive agents causes more than 400,000 cases of death each year. More than 0,55% of the global disease burden is caused by drug abuse. The prevention of drug abuse and minimizing the vulnerability and the risks that promote the […]
Data Integrity in Healthcare: Impact on Nursing Practice and Patient Care
Information technologies are strongly connected with most people’s activities. Healthcare, including nurse services, is not an exception. There are various implementations of technologies in nursing, starting with keeping records of patients and ending with automated staff scheduling. Integration of modern devices benefits all interested parties by changing healthcare activities. With the modification of data management, […]
Healthcare Management: Career Paths and Requirements
Nowadays, healthcare has become one of the most dynamic and growing fields that provide various opportunities and challenges. Healthcare is changing faster than any other sphere. Some of the changes seen in this sector are how services are provided and how care is delivered and financed, among others. As a result, healthcare management requires talented […]
Kantian Ethics in Healthcare Management and Ethical Dilemmas
With the great advancement science has made in medicine and healthcare, certain standards have been set. These standards are important because they direct the services offered by medical practitioners. Protocols and procedures must be observed and strictly followed. Even when medical practitioners follow the protocols, they face ethical dilemmas. This paper discusses the Kantian theory […]
Combating Health Care-Associated Infections: A Community-Based Approach
Providing quality and effective health care is a basic requirement for society. The Government prioritizes public access to quality healthcare services in conjunction with global and local health organizations. However, the issue of providing quality health care is limited because many patients suffer from healthcare-associated infections leading to high mortality rates in health institutions. Therefore, […]
Exploring Healthcare Informatics: Evolution, Challenges, and Solutions
Healthcare informatics is a discipline at the intersection of computer science, health care and information science. It deals with the devices, resources, and techniques needed to improve information acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use in health and biomedicine. Healthcare informatics tools include computers, information and communication systems, clinical guidelines and formal medical terminologies. These tools have […]