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An Evaluation of EMTALA

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

PATIENT SAFETY AND CONSUMER-DIRECTED HEALTH CARE

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

Health Beliefs of African Americans

being mentored by an elder; 2) those who received their ability to heal as a divine gift; and 3) those who were born with the abil...

Health Care: Questions On Two Articles

There is no question HMOs are in need of some major improvement efforts. Time and time again, anecdotal accounts of personal ongo...

How Regulatory Agencies have Improved Outcomes

(Chen et al, 2003). Accreditation has been identified as a measure of quality, but whether this results in measurable difference...

TRICARE: A POLICY ANALYSIS AND REALITY CHECK

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

Reflective Learning Document; Healthcare Promotion

the stage of evaluation is being one mainly concerned with health-related assessment activities so that progress can be measured a...

THE RISING COSTS OF HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES

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

Harry Truman and Bill Clinton on Health Care Reform

- his strategy was turned down. "Though Mr. Clinton promised a simple plan that would guarantee choice along with security, he de...

Smoking Cigarettes

on advertising campaigns promoting cigarettes. Smoking was depicted as sophisticated and adult, and considered a normal part of ev...

Patient Care and Individual Differences

and sustaining without yielding, they contend that bearing is a reaction which is more passive than coping but an activity which p...

Benefits of Marijuana Legalization

that has always been associated with the civilization of a society. Yet, it appears that once a society is considered civilized it...

Career Paths in Health Information Technology

are the people who make sure these records are accurate. In that we see that a health information technician is perhaps just as va...

Significant Policies of Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama and Their Controversies

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

Abstract for Article on Diabetes Screening

criterion for inclusion in the study as all children previously diagnosed with type 2 diabetes were excluded. Body mass index (B...

Should Wal-Mart Extend Insurance Benefits To Same-Sex Partnerships; An Ethical Discussion

a to increase the level of healthcare that can be received and benefit both partners you may have been going without insurance, or...

The Effects of Second-Hand Smoke on Children

risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke: even small amounts of secondhand smoke exposure can be harmful to peoples health"...

Global Warming and Global Health

global warming associated with an increase in environmental pollution from greenhouse gases could lead to an expanded range of ano...

Obesity in the United Arab Emirates

the UAE (Join the movement to tackle obesity, 2004). The UAE is the fifth most obese nation in the world, following the "United St...

HEALTH CARE AND FUTURE TRENDS

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

Family and Health Promotion

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

DOES THE U.S. NEED HEALTH CARE REFORM?

States will cost a lot. There just isnt enough to do so. But Welch (2005) points out that a universal health care policy doesnt ha...

Allocating Health Services

saving technology. This may seem cruel but the doctors and hospitals surely do not work for free and as such monetary issues are c...

The Challenges of Being an Advocate and Neutral Facilitator (Mediator)

Obviously, the relationship that is formed between a mental health advocate and his or her client is critical. This relationship ...

Homelessness, Mental Illness, and the Advocate Role

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

Uses and Future of the HTML Alternative, XML

which are characteristic of typical Web content" (Why XML, 2001). There are data converters that translate HTML to XML for use, b...

Obesity and its Many Costs

of people without health care insurance than in years past. As the economy worsens and the US slides into recession, we can expec...

Health Education and Technology

problem with the approaches of the past, which were to hand out pamphlets at health care centers, was that the pamphlets did not a...

Misconduct in Scientific Cases

biphenyls" combined to prove up to "1000 times more potent in mimicking estrogen when tested in combination" (ORI casesummaries.as...

Technology Questions

In five pages a Q and A format is used to answer 2 questions posed by a student regarding health care professionals and the import...