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the "5 As," the steps are: 1) ask the patient if he or she smokes, 2) advise him or her to quit, 3) assess the willingness to...

is not an expectation based on fact or knowledge, it is based on hope. 2. Clinicians personal and professional values Personal ...

the FTCs complaint is true, "alleging that the systems three hospitals extracted huge price increases from payers after the deal a...

stories are legendary about people who receive their tattoos under the influence. The problem is that with mentally challenged i...

either to reduce benefits or require employees to pay a greater share of the costs of their health care insurance premiums. Risin...

data needing a broad bandwidth, but also the need for security as patient files are confidential and security measures are not onl...

Boyer explained the learning community as: 1. A purposeful community-a place where faculty and students share academic goals and w...

is a delicate balance between cost, supply, usage and contingency measures. Though the hospital needs to carry adequate supplies ...

has emerged since the existing systems originally were placed into service. There are more reasons than only convenience fo...

in the standard of care. But also risk management serves to prevent such incidents and promote patient safety. Risk managers analy...

nurse desk or to another location for prescription refill. Messages are recorded on paper message pads, after which the message i...

platform that could standardize procurement. Thus, there was no way to assure each emergency department was paying the guaranteed ...

the written record. The patient also adamantly refuses a recommended treatment, but he is only 16 years old. The parents go along ...

respected academically and is in the business of training future health care providers as it serves the local community. All "att...

continues to battle against the ongoing nursing shortage. Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that ...

2005). Theres little doubt, however, that spending in Medicaid has been on the rise - and this has constituted a huge problem (Bec...

a serious or highly unusual medical problem, a hospital devoted to the care of patients with similar conditions may be preferred. ...

100 percent and also to create a neighborhood health and daycare facility. Another proposal is the creation of a preventative diag...

instruments not trustworthy? This is just another meaningless slogan, a cousin of zero defects" (Deming, 1986; p. 66). The...

any other industry, but health care is different in that practitioners are constrained by patient progress. A doctor may order a ...

in the world (McClory 2002). The Cardinal had lost his battle with cancer and he was ready to let go (McClory 2002). Letting go a...

but fails to deliver in terms of system response. The hospital and its IT contractor, DCS, are entering non-binding mediation in ...

can be defined as any threat to maintaining standard operations or a threat to the protection of rights of patients. Because hosp...

employees feel valued; the conditions in their working environment; and resources and salary. Cline, Reilly and Moore (2003) con...

old systems to new needs, but Acme Hospital appears not to be hindered by this affliction. It fully expects to acquire all new ha...

of such fires; and learning how to prevent them. Some of the material addresses all three points, some does not. Because there are...

which of these three factors was the most influential in propelling hospital quality improvement. This research revealed that the ...

matter crucial in todays health care industry. The health maintenance organization (HMO) was born of an effort to reduce the rate...

markets that can be quite lucrative. The industry can expect greater numbers of patients in the future, resulting both from demog...

feel that ongoing, regular access to and the use of health information is essential to achieve important public health objectives ...