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Uninsured and HMOs

citizen of the country (Grumbach and Bodenheimer, 1994). Plagued by overspending for years, the general system also has been char...

The Role of the Nurse Anesthetist

view as well, developing theories of nursing that focus on nursing and its components as systems of varying degrees. Some, such a...

Advantages of Socialized Medicine

in such a manner. There is no question that far too much time, money and effort is spent on government regulations and bureaucrac...

Overview of Kindred Health Care

the years end they had "no outstanding borrowings"; they had $112 million to use for future acquisitions (Diaz). Services Kindred...

Essays on Health Care

before, with the result that there is a "pill" for virtually any physical condition. Individuals taking any kind of ethical drug ...

Australia and Medicare

the poorest communities, in terms of income level, have the lowest standard of health: a group which practises low-risk behaviours...

US Aliens and Rights

human beings, and nowhere is that more clear than in the realm of constitutional rights" (Cole, 2006). However, in truth, non-citi...

Issues Pertaining to Health Care Economics

will wait out a problem and not seek preventative services. Also, ideology enters the picture. Some people simply avoid medical ca...

The Obama and McCain Health Care Reform Plans

remainder in expanded Health Savings Accounts" (Straight talk, 2008). As for the currently uninsured, McCains plan is to work with...

USING A SWOT ANALYSIS TO DEVELOP NEW SERVICE OR HEALTH CARE PROGRAM

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

TELEMEDICINE AND VALUE TO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

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...

DIABETES AND COST INCREASES

the rise, more people are needing the drug therapies to help with controlling the disease (Buono, 2008). Its estimated that diabet...

Marketing and Health Care

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...

MARKETING, HEALTH CARE AND ETHICS

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

Health care is a Right vs. Health Care is a Privilege

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

Reforming Health Care

the fact that Americans demand extraordinary health care but refuse to pay for it; that medical science is now able to extend life...

Health Care: Questions On Two Articles

4 pages in length. The writer discusses money's role in driving health care reform and what shifts might take place over the next...

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 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...

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 ...

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...

Transcultural Assessment - Arab-Americans

(Maier-Lorentz, 2008). Male doctors, for instance, may not be allowed to touch female Arab patients in certain parts of the body a...

Basic Rights in Health Care

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...

Health Care Systems in the U.S. and China

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

Communications in Health Care (Case Study Analysis)

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

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...

Cultural Considerations and the U.S. Health Care System

and others is becoming more and more diverse. Mwaura (2006) emphasizes that every culture has experienced a similar evolu...

The Impact of Bioterrorism on the Future of Health Care

to current medicines, or to increase their ability to be spread into the environment" (Miller-Boyle, 2006, p. 6). Miller-Boyle wri...

Hillary Clinton’s Health Care Proposal

reform is the American Health Choices Plan. In it she addresses costs and quality and hits on topics such as long term care, canc...