SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Economic Issues Facing Health Care

Essays 571 - 600

Improving Productivity

Logistics/Supply Chain management; Financial m management; Process and quality improvement; and Technology and optimization (Langa...

Eye Health Among Australian Indigenous Populations

US and New Zealand have succeeded, in varying degrees, to raise the health standards of their indigenous communities since the 198...

Jean Watson's Nursing Theory

and technology, however, she refers to these elements as the "Trim," which is a term she originated that differentiates between ca...

Errors in Health Care

on the other hand, are certainly not immune from making errors. Everyone has heard horror stories of doctors amputating t...

LEADERSHIP: FOUNDATION OF A PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE

a part of the healthcare culture. Technology, however, has led to some wonderful things in healthcare, from the polio vacci...

Definitions of Nursing Meta-paradigms

the profession of nursing has developed some basic ideas that serve as the foundation that guides all subsequent professional prac...

Reducing Health Care Costs through Exercise

is no mystery that physical fitness keeps people healthy. However, what many people do not realize is that by staying active they ...

Richard Branson's Ventures into Healthcare

The company was founded by entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson in 1970. He began with a magazine he wanted to publish, then he and a ...

Senior Citizens in Miami, Florida

to the area (via migration or birth) than those that are dying. The bulk of the increase in Florida is due to people migrating dur...

Nursing Cultural Competence

and Cultural Competency in Health Care: An Australian Study by Megan-Jane Johnstone and Olga Kanitsaki. * Abstract; The authors p...

Global Economy and Health Care

is the best product, [healthcare providers] will just use a cheaper product, and then if it doesnt work, theyll go to your product...

Health Care Economics and Funding in the United States - A History

the consideration of dozens of microeconomic systems that operate as a function of the national macroeconomic picture. It is often...

Universal Health Care Is a Good Idea

contention to violent confrontation. This is incredible, since nonpartisan agencies have repeatedly said that without reform, heal...

Health Care and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

of business entities engaging in different types of accounting for a variety of purposes. While this diversity is a great motivati...

Taxonomy of Survey Instruments

a general use function in determining broad measurements of accurate self-awareness in regards to both physical and mental health....

An Overview of Medicaid Eligibility

state to state and from group to group. There are special rules for those who live in nursing homes and for disabled children livi...

A Look at Medicaid Reform

the context of health care reform (Rudowitz, 2010). The new expansion will mean increases in eligibility, and increases in federal...

Hand Hygiene Programs and Health Care Organization

structure is never easy, except for at the very formation of that organization. To come into a pre-existing organizational environ...

Health Care Three Ways

is relevant here is that the authors note that the goal of a CEO performance appraisal should be to link its results to the execut...

Billing, Coding and Reimbursement in the Health Care Field

the expansion of the industry was based on a business model-getting people well and making a profit doing it-rather than on doing ...

Local Health Care And Quality Improvement

medical issues are not handled when they first occur. The change toward greater quality from an administrative standpoint i...

Improving Health Care Quality Through Public Reporting and a Reward System

Leapfrog Group, 2009). That report made the astounding observation that more deaths (some 98,000) result from preventable mistake...

Global Economy and Health Care Industry

In five pages this paper focuses upon technology in a discussion of the global economy and the entry of the health care industry. ...

CHALLENGES OF HEALTH CARE IN KENYA

under-five mortality and a decrease in the number of children who are fully vaccinated (Ambrose, 2006). Furthermore, the problem i...

Focusing on Process Involvement Rather than Individual Error in the Health Care Workplace

safety culture; hereafter "Trust thrives"). The culture is based on understanding and trust, and is further supported by a system ...

BUNDLED PAYMENTS AND CHANGE IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY

This 10-page paper discusses how bundled payments might impact health care delivery in rehabilitation and physical medicine while ...

E-Health, Telemedicine and Impact

abreast of new developments in their field without information management tools. On any average day, there are "55 new clinical tr...

Health Care Staff Shortages

nurses by 2012 to eliminate the shortage (Rosseter, 2009). By 2020, the District of Columbia along with at least 44 states will ha...

Portland Oregon and Its Policies with Regard to the Uninsured

County Health Department, 2009). It appears from this brief examination that the City of Portland depends on the County for its pu...

The United States - A Reluctant Welfare State

the challenge of numerous social problems throughout its history (Jansson, 2000). During the colonial period, indentured servants ...