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| paradoxes in US health care |
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Definition
-US most advanced tech
-more die from medical errors than breast cancer (44k to 90k per yr)
-highest health standards
-highest expenditure per capita |
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Definition
-health care associated infections
-top 10 cause of death |
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Term
| changes in health and sickness overtime |
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Definition
-acute to chronic
-improved standard of living
-advances in public health
-progress in medical practice |
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Term
| why is hand hygiene important |
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Definition
-HCAI
-cross contamination btw patients
-99k deaths
-5-15% get sick form germ from hospital |
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Definition
| -guidelines, materials, advances, questions about prevention of spreading infections by washing hands |
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Term
| characteristics of a profession |
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Definition
-systematic theory/body of knowledge
-professional authority/special privileges
-social utility/community sanction
-ethical codes/internal control
-professional culture/organizations |
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Term
| relating profession to professionalism pledge |
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Definition
-respecting others
-excellence
-duty |
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Definition
-self regulation where professionals monitor eachother
-important because no one is supervising so employees much make sure workers are ethical |
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Definition
-effective
-safe
-timely
-patient centered
-equitable
-efficient |
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Term
| role of physicians and AMA during patent med war |
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Definition
| -make sure patients were informed on ingredients and efficacy of drugs |
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Term
| 5 pharm care practice domains |
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Definition
-risk management
-patient advocacy
-disease management
-pharm care service marketing
-business management |
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Term
| 6 barriers to implementation of pharm care |
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Definition
-drug focus
-service focus
-other health care profs
-lack of incentives
-logistical
-ignorance (esp significant) |
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Term
| pharmacist/pharm tech sims diffs |
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Definition
-sim-enter scripts, count, distribute
-diff-control subs, quality assurance, counseling |
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Definition
-better informs consumers about new products/alternatives
-inappropriate prescribing, strains patient-dr relationship, increases costs of care |
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Term
| 5 dimensions of patient adherence |
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Definition
-health system
-social/economic
-condition related
-patient related
-therapy related |
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Definition
-skills necessary to navigate the healthcare system
-12% have it |
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