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As the nation gears up for the 2020 election, Democrats are promising bold new changes to the American health care system. One idea championed by many on the left is “Medicare for All,” or a single-payer system, which would eliminate private health insurance for most forms of care. Advocates of this plan promise that nationalizing health insurance will cut costs by reducing overhead and promote overall health by giving every American access to...
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All health care practitioners now face HIPAA-HITECH enforcement. Many experience the HITECH-mandated Office for Civil Rights (OCR) audits as intimidating, nerve-racking, and in other ways stressful. This program empowers practitioners with vital information as they prepare for the inevitable audit. Attorney James M. Barclay provides an insightful look at the OCR audit process by covering the following topics: reasons for self-audits, sources that...
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This video is an excellent primer on professional conduct for health care practitioners, with regard to both seeking/applying for a position and optimally performing one's role. Divided into two parts, the program first deals with job search and interview techniques; the second part then focuses on establishing sound personal health practices, increasing awareness of body language, learning the principles of stress management, developing time management...
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Certified nursing assistants may encounter a range of documentation and legal problems on a daily basis. This program aims to provide CNAs with the essential dos and dont's of the most common types of documentation and legal situations. Designated for 3 contact hours of continuing nursing education.
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Culturally competent care adapts care interventions to the cultural needs and preferences (ethnic and religious beliefs, values, and practices) of diverse clients. This program provides practical and effective methods for recognizing and dealing with the particular needs of clients coming from different cultures. Designated for 3 contact hours of continuing nursing education.
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The Industrial Revolution brought about some important advancements. These included the understanding of human physiology, diseases and their treatment, medicine, and medical procedures. This program, targeted at GCSE history students, covers a range of important developments, including Pasteur’s Germ Theory, improvements in hospital care and the work of Florence Nightingale, the use of anesthetics and vaccinations, and the Public Health Act of...
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Between 1500 and 1700, people’s understanding of disease and medicine progressed. New approaches, particularly the scientific method, led to significant changes, including identifying how blood flows around the body and the classification of diseases. However, elements of superstition and religious beliefs still prevailed in diagnoses and treatments. This program explores this period in Britain’s medical history and is an excellent resource for...
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In a dehumanizing era of managed care and healthcare delivery systems, the demand for a warm and caring bedside manner has grown sharply. In response, Harvard Medical School developed a course called Living with Life-Threatening Illnesses that is devoted to training future doctors to be more compassionate by pairing each participant with a uniquely qualified teacher: a patient with a potentially fatal condition. This ABC News program focuses on the...
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This program provides an introduction to the topic of legal and ethical boundaries in health care, exploring what they are and how transgressions occur. Using interviews with three experienced health care professionals, it places special emphasis on the subtle or ambiguous situations that most often lead to complaints. The video is rounded out with dramatized scenarios aimed at initiating classroom discussion.
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This episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series gives a behind-the-scenes look at the Brooke Army Medical Center, a state-of-the-art facility in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where specialists are trained in more than 100 military occupational specialties to support professional physicians. This video from the National Archives and Records Administration shows this important facility and the highly skilled and dedicated Medical Service...
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Stigma around weight is pervasive in the United States. But as author and podcaster Aubrey Gordon outlines in her New York Times bestseller book, anti-fat bias is also counterproductive, exacerbating health disparities and interfering with effective obesity intervention treatments. In this NewsHour program, Stephanie Sy speaks with Gordon to learn more.
17) Blood Relative
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Divya (15) and Imran (24) are trapped in the bodies of small children. A rare disease stunts their growth, leaving them reliant on expensive medicine and unlikely to live much longer. Can their hero Vinay help them to defeat India's broken medical system?
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This program examines health, medicine, and surgery in Britain between 1250 and 1500, when knowledge and practices were largely based on superstition and untested theories such as the human body’s four humors. It also looks at the various causes wrongly attributed to the Black Death, which killed 1.5 million people. This is an interesting and informative history resource—ideal for GCSE history students.
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When Lynne Hanley was studying English at Cornell, she fell in love. When she tried to get contraception, she was told she had to be married to get it. After she realized she was pregnant, she went to a local doctor who lectured her, telling her she would be punished if she tried to end her pregnancy. This is her story.
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When Valerie Peterson became pregnant with her third child, her doctor told her the child wasn’t developing properly. The grim diagnosis meant Valerie had a choice to make. She could carry the pregnancy to term and deliver a stillborn baby, or she could have an abortion. Living in Texas, Valerie faced access and scheduling restrictions that made her decision to end the pregnancy much more difficult than she anticipated. This is her story.