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litigious society where health care workers and institutions are open and easy targets, this dearth of lawsuits reported in The Ne...
occur in an EMS vehicle in the summer months (McElroy, 2002). Such degradation can occur with no visible changes to the medicatio...
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...
its founding in the late 18th century, the United States has opened its borders to people from a variety of countries and cultures...
instruments not trustworthy? This is just another meaningless slogan, a cousin of zero defects" (Deming, 1986; p. 66). The...
either to reduce benefits or require employees to pay a greater share of the costs of their health care insurance premiums. Risin...
the "number of initial admissions with at least one readmission divided by total discharges excluding deaths" (Lagoe, et al., 1999...
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...
matter crucial in todays health care industry. The health maintenance organization (HMO) was born of an effort to reduce the rate...
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 ...
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...
old systems to new needs, but Acme Hospital appears not to be hindered by this affliction. It fully expects to acquire all new ha...
employees feel valued; the conditions in their working environment; and resources and salary. Cline, Reilly and Moore (2003) con...
nurse seeks to preserve any culture-specific aspect of the patients life everywhere possible. When some culturally-linked aspect ...
degree (Barnes, et al, 1999). At a time when many healthcare facilities were moving away from clinical ladders, Miami Valley Hos...
of the different types of procedure; the result is a weighted average cost calculation. The department must contest this if the so...
so as to implement an effectively working TQM program. However, in order to achieve the highest plateau in relation to quality, D...
When all other approaches have appeared to have failed, or if the individual commits an act for which accommodation is not an opti...
Indeed, it is more advantageous to allow the hospitals to stay open, and if they do not meet expectations, then they will just fai...
a part of the normal flora of human beings and colonizes the anterior nares (Nicolle, 2006). However, it is also a significant pat...
reassuring people that if they come to the hospital, they will get the best care possible, with the latest technology, and be retu...
it comes to orders, medications, tests, transfers and so on. Another problem for both physicians and nurses is identifying all p...
to wash their hands both before and after attending each patient. However, one physician-investigators asserts in reference to doc...
The NYSNA representative agrees, suggesting that closing hospitals is not a good way to deal with the health care crisis ("Prevent...
of health care is in and remains in flux as we seek systems that not only work in the present but also are sustainable over time. ...