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While some of the European health care system share many similarities with socialized medicine, the US system of health care is ba...

launching a business). And what about competitive advantage? This is great if the opportunity is a "first-mover," in other words, ...

group are already marginalized by virtue of having the condition; their aspirations therefore are lower than for others, because "...

is referred for tests, a medical code is given to that referral (Dietrich, n.d.). If a clinic of several physicians, for example, ...

The other ideological camp would be the socialist camp, a camp comprised of those that believe health care is a universal right. ...

such as Massachusetts and California, the pros and cons of universal health care and others. Some of the articles reviewed are lis...

outgoing because of the particular medication. And yes, the commercials list the side effects, but usually as an afterthought. Bec...

desire for the latest developments (The managed care evolution, 2004). Unfortunately, super-sophisticated medical technology is e...

had pushed through legislation mandating mandatory medical error reporting (Hosford, 2008). Additionally, and perhaps more importa...

major transportation route of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. In the years preceding the Louisiana Purchase the Spanish ...

with more knowledge than they may have had in the past. On the other hand, as they say, too much knowledge can be dangerous. Physi...

endeavor. Nursing in any context requires a detailed knowledge of individual patients. Specifically, a forensic nurse will have a...

a machine, as it were, even if the machine is connected to a health-care professional on the other end. Along those lines,...

radiologist must travel to a rural hospital to examine the images (Gamble et al, 2004). If he or she cant travel, then a courier w...

with similar expertise but with a slightly different viewpoint; it may be expanding vertically by acquiring a company either above...

costs ("American Academy of Emergency Management: EMTALA," 2008). In some cases, patients without insurance would be sent to a cou...

merely decided to retest all of the students (ONeil, 2004). Finally, the third scenario in this case study involves Rosa. Rosa man...

are told what they should do by their physicians. For example, if a patient visits a doctor and due to age parameters, he or she w...

they should have "choices that are diverse and responsive to individual needs"; and they should exercise personal responsibility i...

allowing the Department of Defense to provide civilian health care to dependents of military service members, TRICARE today has di...

doctors and hospitals who have no problems charging a patient three dollars for an aspirin tablet. Its also easy to point the fing...

Housing is of obvious concern as is successful intervention in the destructive pattern of behavior that has led to the homelessnes...

this indicates, family is incorporated into and valued within the realm of pediatric nursing practice as a factor that is crucial ...

that telemedicine is already having an impact on how healthcare is being delivered (Kohler, 2008). Kohler points out that technolo...

Hillary Clinton has lobbied tirelessly to provide all Americans with decent and affordable health insurance and was the chief arch...

led to most nurses being dissatisfied with the reality of working in conditions that threaten the safety of patients, and the qual...

in the western United States (Cleverley, Cleverley, & Song, 2012). Such institutions are typified by the primary goal of "sharehol...

in the overall quality of care delivered by community health nurses (CHNs) is providing end-of-life care that is holistic and cong...

The writer looks at a scenario where a home care health organization wants to introduce an electronic patient records system. The ...

information flows between healthcare facilities; the bottom line is that legislation will have to be concerned not simply with pro...