YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Allocating Healthcare
Essays 271 - 300
U.S. health care system, shares some of the biases of that system (Eichner and Vladeck, 2005, p. 365). Instead of helping, Medica...
the American population becomes progressively older. This report warns that we are on the threshold of becoming a basically "geria...
or incentive for operating in a cost effective manner where possible. Medicare and private insurers always look at the case...
individual, the eight values of the CNA Code provide a framework for guidance regarding nursing behavior. The Code states that the...
by trying things out)...reflective learners (learn by thinking things through, working alone) 5. sequential learners (linear, orde...
inadequacies in the standard of patient care due to a clinician refusing "to consult the on call physician or group" due to a cont...
15.4% in 2003/4 (Anonymous, 2004). The approach has been to look for new ways of satisfying the same needs, such as the use of gen...
hospital setting but wrote, "The lack of empirical research fails to provide support to claims that TQM reconciles trade-offs betw...
In 2001, health care spending as a percentage of GDP was 14.1 percent, or $5,035 per capita (Levit, Smith, Cowan, Lazenby, Senseni...
real-time applications, patient records are updated instantly as information is added to them. Thus the physician making rounds h...
interfaces with the a new computerized patient order entry system. Therapists use tablets at the patient bedside, which enhances m...
also increased the costs of healthcare and became one of the problems of rising costs. The insurance companies over time have so...
Resource Management Systems," 2007). Acquisition relates to recruiting employees as well as the selection process ("Contemporary P...
the rate of such hospital mergers. One of these trends was the "phenomenon of Columbia/HCA," a for-profit hospital system that man...
federal government provides direct health care services to specific demographic groups: "First Nations people living on reserves; ...
unnecessary, and the look of importance which implied that if only you put yourself in our hands we will arrange everything - we k...
(Kemp, 2005). In American mainstream culture, making eye contact is expected, as this indicates that the other person is listening...
the degree to which homosexuality may be a medical condition. The medical profession has since moved on from this approach and the...
of sales (Bergen, 2008). Consumers have accepted products from the sector or the entire industry and, in fact, demand more of them...
serve to mentor teens and provide socially positive guidance and support. Diagnostic and screening exams will also be available, b...
systems. The following examination of the problem of medication errors focuses on the context of mental health nursing within the ...
figure would increase greatly in coming years (Cohen, 2003). There are twelve basic areas of social work practice, with each ar...
his country. A two-time congressman and serving his fourth term as a Senator from Arizona, McCain has shed his maverick reputatio...
as individuals, "healthcare executives must evaluate the possible outcomes of their decisions and accept full responsibility for t...
it is appropriate, such as when a novice nurse is faced with a crisis. There are times, and stages in a career, when employees can...
for any one patient can be almost overwhelming. Fortunately, numerous improvements are being made in health care that will better...
for top executives of an organization (BoLS, 2008). They also aid physicians and researchers with the preparation of "reports, spe...
to go out the window, due to various situations. The healthcare industry is such a one, that may not perform to the usual demands ...
strategies and 10 tools that were used and to be able to relate examples of at least five of these. These goals support self-eva...
can only be expected to escalate in the near future. Therefore, issues of affordability, in relation to equitable healthcare servi...