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HLTEN514B Contemporary Health Environment : Assignment

   

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Running Head:RESEARCH SKILLS IN HEALTH ENVIRONMENT 1 Research Skills Within a Contempory Health Environment NameInstitutional Affiliation
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RESEARCH SKILLS IN HEALTH ENVIRONMENT 2Research Skills Within a Contempory Health EnvironmentResearch is an investigative process through which information is acquired in order todescribe, predict, and explain the observed phenomenon. Research is important because it isthrough research that, the doctors can come up with new methods of treatments. For example, itis through research that new medicines are invented, new procedures and tools for treatment forbetter health care services (Titler, 2008). Research gives the doctors and nurses opportunity toembrace new technology and skills of handling different diseases and treating patients(Steinwachs & Hughes, 2008). This means that research is very important in our contemporaryhealth care for quality service delivery to the patients.Part AFor an effective research to take place, there must be team members. Team members areimportant in the research process because they are assigned different roles for the purpose ofmaking sure that each area of the research process is covered for the purpose of quality results.To conduct an effective research the following groups of people are involved; Facilitator/mentor,team leaders, staff nurse participants and administrative staffs and each member of the team hasequal responsibilities assigned to them.Healthcare in Australia has been on the top list of issues that require more attention dueto its urgency. There is much research that has been carried out in order to have improved healthcare services. The introduction of Telehealth services has really helped a lot. With telehealthservices, the patient can easily do clinical communication with their health care providers’ onlineright from consultations to service to treatment. This technology has benefited especially thosewho are the rural areas and remote regions to be equally able to get medical attention withouthaving to travel a long way to visit a medical facility (Moule & Goodman, 2009).
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RESEARCH SKILLS IN HEALTH ENVIRONMENT 3The reason as to why medical research is conducted is the need to improve thecontemporary health care by providing new knowledge and skills required for a better healthcareoutcome. Health research is important for the purpose of introducing new treatment which hasbeen proven to be a better replacement for the already existing treatment or rather medication.(Curtis, & Drennan, J 2013 Research can improve practices, for example, the patients withchronic illness or diseases such as hypertension, cancer, blood pressure and others can improvetheir health conditions by having a positive attitude, taking their medication and living and eatinghealthy regardless of their conditions. It is through research that patients having chronic diseaseshave better and alternative medication and treatment to help them control their conditions(Dickson, & Tholl). With the new technology on how to treat cancer, for example, has reducedthe mortality rate compared to the previous means of treatment. It is through research thattechnology has been improvised on the treatment of cancer right from screening in the earlystages to main treatment for cancer patients (McCormack, 2017). It is proven that at institutionswhere research is done the rate of patients’ recovery is high compared to institutions whereresearch is not conducted. Research is vital for better health care services delivery in a country.Part B.Ethics and Data storage Q.9. Data must be carefully stored for the period of five years or more, the fact that a lot offunds is used to support research it is important that the data is kept safe for references andcomparisons. Data should be stored in a way that it restricts any other institutions to accessinformation apart from the team members who are the only ones authorized to do so. Data filesneed to be linkable but at the same time be held separately so that they can only be linked only
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