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Information Technology and VMS Operating Systems

"is a 32-bit, multitasking, multiprocessing virtual memory operating system" (Article 73391, 2001). OpenVMS Alpha is the 64-bit v...

The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith Critically Reviewed

will lead to prosperity for all citizens, rich and poor. He coined his approach to free trade "laissez-faire," which is a French ...

Healthcare Definitions and the Retail Drug Sector

such the journey to one of these stores will often be more convenient. Value is also added with the use of own brands, differentia...

Rationing Health Care and Ethics

where there is reduced access and denial of necessary services to patients in general (Lens, 2002). This situation causes increa...

Medical Consent and Dependents Over the Age of 18

have declined given their knowledge of the fact that the pain their daughter was experiencing was not that atypical and was obviou...

Organizational Structures and Health Care Management

structure that supports whatever methods need to be used in the process. Requiring that one vice president oversee nursing in two...

HMO Effectiveness Speaker Notes

are able to take advantage of preventive measures (i.e., flu shots, cholesterol screening, diabetes screening), then it is reasona...

Managed Care Research and Ethical Issues

majority group in the United States. When considering other population groups, the disparities are even greater. The purpose her...

Failure of OmniCare

statement reported a negative worth of $8 million (Webster, 2002). For awhile, it appeared as though the Detroit Medical C...

Controlling Costs and HMOs

a total of more than $4,000 for every citizen of the country (Grumbach and Bodenheimer, 1994). Plagued by overspending for years,...

Crisis in Health Care and the HMO Model

wider array of coverage options so that all patients would be treated well. In essence, while people cannot choose any doctor they...

HMO Incentives for Doctors

2008). Incentive programs can actually have very positive outcomes if they are used correctly and ethically (Sabin, 2008). In so d...

HMOs and The Evolution of Managed Care

century, business and corporations began offering pre-paid health insurance programs to railroad workers, miners and dockworkers. ...

Comparison of Various Types of Healthcare Organizations

and will be made up of a number of different departments divided by areas of specialty, such as accident and emergency, maternity,...

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...

HMOs and Metaparadigms of Nursing

the situation in which the health care is offered, that is, a clinic, a hospital or a physicians office. "Health" refers to a st...

Preventive Strategies, Cost Containment, and Managed Care

stability, while the goal of tertiary prevention "is to help the patient return to wellness following treatment" (Torakis and Smig...

Insurance Companies, Health Professionals, and HMO

In ten pages this paper examines the issues involving health care professionals and insurance companies as they relate to HMO and ...

Future Leadership in Health Care

In ten pages this paper examines health care changes and future leadership implications with topics including globalization and HM...

Managed Health Care and HMOs

In ten pages this paper discusses the evolution of the health care industry in an overview of cost containment and HMO and managed...

HMO Industry Place of Kaiser Permanente

In nine pages Kaiser Permanente is examined in an overview of its history and position in the HMO industry. Seven sources are cit...

Oxford, HMOs and the Health Care Industry

types of bonuses that doctors can be paid for cutting costs (Eastman & Eastman, 1997). While they have a point, if regulators will...

Medical Economy of the United States and the Impact of HMOs

The individual physician, or group of contracted physicians are, therefore, considered liable for the incurred costs of medical tr...

Is Health Care Improved by HMOs?

In five pages this paper examines if HMO actually improves health care and by what means it endeavors to do so. Eight sources are...

Health Care Industry Strategic Planning

In eleven pages this paper discusses strategic planning in the health care industry with HMOs and their impact, the relationship b...

Relationship Between Patient and Doctor and Managed Care

In eight pages this paper examines the HMO model in a discussion of managed care and its impact upon the relationship between doct...

Health Maintenance Organizations' System Improvements

In three pages this paper examines how HMOs can be improved in order to ensure better care quality. Three sources are cited in th...

HMOs and Price Reduction

In nine pages this paper discusses how HMO providers attempt to slash costs for health care goods and services. Six sources are c...

PPOs v. HMOs

an employer. Under the HMO system the traditional fee-for-service setup of medicine in which a doctor is paid for each patient vis...

Health Payment Systems and Economics

In eight pages the U.S. medical economy is examined within the context of HMOs and their impact. Seven sources are cited in the b...