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Hospital Information Systems

interfaces with the a new computerized patient order entry system. Therapists use tablets at the patient bedside, which enhances m...

Ethical Dilemma/Canadian Nursing Practice

individual, the eight values of the CNA Code provide a framework for guidance regarding nursing behavior. The Code states that the...

Online Education/Professional Development

by trying things out)...reflective learners (learn by thinking things through, working alone) 5. sequential learners (linear, orde...

Healthcare Administration/Conflict & Stress

inadequacies in the standard of patient care due to a clinician refusing "to consult the on call physician or group" due to a cont...

HR Employee Benefits and the Impact of Rising Employer Costs

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...

Financial and Managerial Accounting

the companys present and future performance, rather than past history (Managerial accounting - an introduction). They relate only ...

The Impact of Mananged Healthcare on Laboratory Income

also increased the costs of healthcare and became one of the problems of rising costs. The insurance companies over time have so...

Recent Economic Effects on Home Health

In 2001, health care spending as a percentage of GDP was 14.1 percent, or $5,035 per capita (Levit, Smith, Cowan, Lazenby, Senseni...

Use of Restraints in Healthcare

indicates, restraint places health practitioners between the proverbial rock and a hard place. However, there are practice standar...

U.S. Healthcare System and Important Institutional or Structural Changes

of the consumer and using appropriate marketing strategies can hospital executives ensure greater customer satisfaction and repeat...

IHP Accreditation, The ACICS Process

This research paper describes the accreditation process being initiated by the Institute of Healthcare Professions (IHP) with the ...

Health Care and Free Market

insurance cost, 2004). The rising costs are bringing hardships to insured and uninsured alike; the single biggest cause for person...

eHealth Tools of Quality Improvement

inform them as to the quality of care that home care agencies in their region are capable of providing for themselves or family me...

Newsbytes for Healthcare Journals

This paper reviews three articles from healthcare publications. The pertinent points in topics as diverse as pain management, tra...

Tai Chi Class at VA NY Harbor Healthcare

This paper summarizes the experience of a student who attended a Tai Chi class given at VA NY Harbor Healthcare System. Five pages...

JOB DESCRIPTION OF A HEALTHCARE RISK MANAGEMENT FUNCTION

Analyzes a risk management job description from Memorial Hermann healthcare system. There are 4 sources listed in the bibliography...

RESEARCH PLAN, PART I: PRICE DISCREPANCIES AMONG HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS

Offers an overview and hypothesis for a research paper focused on how standardizing costs can lead to more efficient healthcare de...

PATIENT COMPLIANCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A SOCIAL NET

A literature review about the importance of friends, family and neighbors on patient compliance when it comes to healthcare. There...

RISKS FACED BY HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS TODAY

Discusses some of the risks faced by today's healthcare organizations. Topics include joint ventures, physician contracting, the T...

LITERATURE REVIEW AND METHODOLOGY FOR HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SUCCESS

A literature review and methodology overview for a paper about the integration of healthcare systems. There are 4 sources in the b...

A Sample Allied Health Care in Radiology Admissions Essay

life long learning as a personal life philosophy. Over the course of the last decade, the focus in human resources departm...

TUNISIA, ECONOMICS AND HEALTHCARE

Focuses on Tunisia, its economic health and healthcare issues. There are 5 sources listed in the bibliography of this 4-page paper...

Mental Health Care, Veterans

This paper concerns veterans inability to obtain health care services from the VA, with a focus on mental healthcare. Six pages in...

AN ANALYSIS OF STEVEN BRILL'S "THE BITTER PILL"

Discusses Brill's Time magazine article "The Bitter Pill," and its impact on the politics and economics of the U.S. healthcare sys...

Hospital Technology

The purpose of technology in hospitals is to increase efficiency and accuracy of their healthcare systems and to improve patient c...

Homeless and Health Care

problems "are extremely high among the homeless population" (NCH Fact Sheet #8, 2005). In fact, homeless persons are far more li...

Applying Economic Term Definitions to Health Care

period. It is determined by a number of factors including income, tastes and the price of complementary and substitute goods." In ...

Legalizing Euthanasia in Canada

clear pronouncement in the case noted above that assisted suicide remains illegal, several additional cases have either ended in a...

Healthcare, Change, and Leadership

organisational changes fail at a rate of 29% (Maurer, 1997). Reengineering is higher at 30% and of most concern is the figure for ...

Turkey's Market Failure

When looking at market failure four main potential causes have been identified, these are market power abuse, the influence of ext...