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several years. Psychologically, it has been found that individuals more actively involved with their own health care often fare m...
in the 19th and early 20th century, the fact is even more remarkable. "Well and Strong and Young" Updike writes that in 1854 Bar...
leadership of the nursing department with another individual at the VP level. Maras has full leadership of the department o...
level of problems for inpatients was 20.9% compared to only 8.4% for outpatients (Wilson et al, 2002). When asked to rate the serv...
a reputation for efficiency and effectiveness, as well see later on in this paper. The hospital was named in honor of Edwa...
provide the physician interface. Beyond these duties are the operational and administrative duties required in this type of facil...
completing the ranges of study required to attain the licensing level each holds. Aides are not licensed individuals and may or m...
these issues(LaBar, 1997). While OSHA as an organization is necessary, it perhaps oversteps its bounds and makes arbitrary rules, ...
wrong leg amputated. Ben Kolb was eight years old when he died during "minor" surgery due to a drug mix-up. These horrific cases t...
to improving standards of public health, noting that the infant mortality rate was reduced significantly between 1980 and 1993, an...
(Fawcett, 1995). Application of either model rests in large part on the appropriateness and completeness of nurse documentation (...
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...
its founding in the late 18th century, the United States has opened its borders to people from a variety of countries and cultures...
ineffective - organizational structure on the organizations ability to function at optimal levels has been known literally for dec...
litigious society where health care workers and institutions are open and easy targets, this dearth of lawsuits reported in The Ne...
a serious or highly unusual medical problem, a hospital devoted to the care of patients with similar conditions may be preferred. ...
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...
data needing a broad bandwidth, but also the need for security as patient files are confidential and security measures are not onl...
2005). Theres little doubt, however, that spending in Medicaid has been on the rise - and this has constituted a huge problem (Bec...
the "number of initial admissions with at least one readmission divided by total discharges excluding deaths" (Lagoe, et al., 1999...
respected academically and is in the business of training future health care providers as it serves the local community. All "att...
occur in an EMS vehicle in the summer months (McElroy, 2002). Such degradation can occur with no visible changes to the medicatio...
processed, but also in terms of the culture where employees feel appreciated. They are paid more than the average wage, on top of ...
employers are increasing employees portion of premium payments or ceasing to contribute anything at all. Many employers have ceas...
of the market (Christensen, Bohmer and Kenagy, 2000). The area of disruptive technology is the same one through which personal co...
HMOs now are listed as the responsible parties for 97 percent of all Americans who have insurance coverage and are not covered thr...
to the fact that it placed requirements on HMOs that were not in place on indemnity carriers, it actually served to reduce the abi...
parameters of his perspective and goals, and, specifically, refers to the unique orientation of nursing. "Nurses encounter patient...