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Texas Criminal Justice
The Texas Government credentials document competencies including overall knowledge of the Texas government, policy, and politics. Though many of these positions require appropriate education at various levels and numerous types of training, a fundamental understanding of Texas government supports many aspects of the daily task and strategic decision-making. Specifically, this badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe the Texas criminal justice system including the statistical profile of criminals and victims, the criminal prosecution process, the views about capital punishment, the Texas corrections system, and the process for making criminal justice policy.
Drugs and The Criminal Justice System

When people think about drugs, they often assume all drugs are illegal. However, this is not the case. Physicians prescribe drugs every day to help prevent and cure medical conditions. Prescription drugs are not illegal if used as prescribed. Alcohol and tobacco are also labeled as drugs and are not illegal, unless used by individuals under the legal age. The issue of drug abuse is not new to the criminal justice system.

Alcoholics Anonymous was created in 1935 to provide support for alcoholics, and other programs were established to cope with drug abuse. The government has spent millions of dollars fighting the war on drugs by creating prevention programs for youth and increasing the penalties associated with drug abuse. However, crime due to drug abuse has also increased, forcing law enforcement officials to spend additional time and resources focusing on illegal drug activity.

This resource provides instruction for users to:

  • Define drug abuse and other crimes Map the history of drug use and drug laws in the U.S.
  • Map the history of drug use and drug laws in the U.S.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of programs to address illegal drug use in the U.S.
  • Discuss how illegal drug use is being addressed in the U.S.
Problem Lists, Results Management, and Trending

The EHR provides many benefits. This resource discusses the use of Problem Lists, Results Management, and Trending features of the EHR and identifies how they are important tools for the physician in following patient problems, orders, medications, and disease progression or improvement.

After completing this resource, learners will be able to:

  • Create a graph of lab results and vital signs in the chart
  • View pending orders and lab test results
  • Use Problem Lists
  • Use Patient Management
Data Entry Using Flow Sheets and Anatomical Drawings

When patients have an ongoing health problem or chronic disease, it is useful for the clinician to compare the health data in the record from past patient visits. This is quickly and easily done using Flow Sheets. This resource discusses how Flow Sheets are used and how clinicians can quickly enter data during a patient encounter by updating similar data from a previous encounter. Additionally, clinicians often find it useful to be able to annotate an anatomical drawing of a body region to be clearer in describing the location of findings, such as dermatological conditions.

This resource discusses how to invoke anatomical drawings and annotate them using a variety of drawing tools.

After completing this resource, learners will be able to:

  • Use an EHR drawing tool to annotate drawings in an encounter
  • Create a Problem-Based flow sheet
  • Create a Form-Based flow sheet
  • Work with flow sheets in the EHR system
Fundamentals of Information Systems and Healthcare Records

Although a health information professional deals mainly with the information in the healthcare system, it is important to understand a fair amount about computer systems, including hardware, software, and electronic communications, and how they support the exchange of data electronically. You must become competent in many aspects of technology in order to use it efficiently and effectively.

This resource reviews the computer technology that is the foundation of the electronic health record. Additionally, it provides an overview of the health record itself.

After completing this resource, learners will be able to:

  • Describe the various forms of telemedicine
  • Discuss the functions of healthcare records
  • Explain the fundamental concepts of computers and computer networks