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Managed Care, HMOs & Evolution over Last Decade

the rate of such hospital mergers. One of these trends was the "phenomenon of Columbia/HCA," a for-profit hospital system that man...

A Program to Reduce Infidelity

Vaughan also argues that it is unlikely that with this level of occurrence the reasons behind infidelity are unlikely to be simply...

Johnson and Johnson Culture and Change

where employees are important stakeholders as seen with the "Live for Life" employee health program initiated in 1976, which was ...

Iatrogenic Infection

This 14 page paper looks at the issue of iatrogenic infection and how a hospital may undertake an innovation to reduce the occurre...

Technology in an Organization

wine makers, who the California Wine Company competes with, have potential advantages. The current process of inventory control do...

Impact of Professional Environment on Nursing Knowledge

(Bliss-Holtz, Winter and Scherer, 2004). In hospitals that have achieved magnet status, nurses routinely collect, analyze and us...

California Nurse-Patient Ratios

(Cunningham, 2008). Observed Results Cortez (2008) states that in the past, patients had been known to call 911 from their ...

Nurses Job Satisfaction

in the U.S. stands at 8.5 percent to over 14 percent, depending on the specific area of specialty (Letvak and Buck, 2008), by 2020...

Wireless Networks for a Small Business; Governance and Security

AP in a single cell (Benner, 1996). It is more likely to a LAN would made up of several cells with the...

Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Internal Audit in the Public Sector

impact on effect of audits we can look at each individually. 2. Accounting system in the public sector In any public-sector ther...

Price Discrimination Strategies

as a proactive strategy to place competition to disadvantage of force them out of the market, or to compete in a aggressive manner...

Nursing/Medical Vocabulary

9.Surg: Patients recovering from some form of surgery. 10. Med: Patients recovering from some form of illness. 11. ICU-Intensive C...

Fuel Cells

An 8 page paper discussing the economics and problems of hydrogen fuel cells as power plants for cars. Jay Leno praises the BMW H...

Occupational Rehabilitation For A Nurse; A Case Study

workplace is a critical component of occupational rehabilitation (Morrison, 1993). In one study it was found that employees of inj...

Leadership/Clinical Nurse Specialist

2003). As this suggests, a major factor in the leadership of CNSs is that they facilitate and implement educational initiatives. ...

Leadership/Clinical Nurse Specialist

2003). As this suggests, a major factor in the leadership of CNSs is that they facilitate and implement educational initiatives. ...

Implementing New Technology; A Consideration Of Virtual Private Networks

be seen in a range of commercial and non commercial environment. One recent example has been the adoption of a VPN by the Honolulu...

A Critique of the 2006 - 2011 Indian Health Service Strategic Plan

the management of health care programs that affect them. The 2006 - 2011 Strategic Plan not only focuses on performance of ...

Nursing Leadership Scenario

defining the leadership characteristics that would be the focus of this educational effort (Pintar, Capuano and Rosser, 2007). As ...

A PHONICS CURRICULUM IN THE CLASSROOM

This 8 page PowerPoint slide presentation includes 24 slides. The topic is on creating a plan to implement a phonics based curric...

Dialysis Profitability

procedure in which an individuals blood flows into a hemodialysis machine where it is filtered and "cleaned" of impurities and tox...

Exposure of Sanitation Workers to Disinfectants in a Hospital Environment

and staff. Of lesser concern have been the indirect impacts of disinfectant use, including the risk to the sanitation workers due ...

Code Green: Addressing the Problems in Money-Based Hospital Decision-Making

period of restructuring in many industries, including healthcare. Managed care organizations and changes in reimbursement rates f...

Dorothea Dix, Pioneer of Nursing

Dixs problems with mental health may have inspired her passion for aiding those who were diagnosed as being mentally unstable or i...

Spirituality and Religion/Hospital Setting

the dietary restrictions of Jewish and Moslem patients should be honored and other tenets of these faiths should influence nursing...

Changes in Russia Between 1500 and 1800

a lack of development in his own country had been to embrace the ideas of others (Roberts, 1993). This is not unique. Many leaders...

A Hospital Change Initiative

based on a team approach and includes a wide range of professionals and support personnel. The successful operation of the OR is ...

Enhancing Outcomes by Revising a Protocol Based on Evidenced Based Practice

populations, and changes within the structure of the hospital or facility as a whole. Because falls impact patients health, nursi...

Information Technology; Business Solutions

which may include the organizational goals and the need to be able to demonstrate accountability. One area where information tec...

Needs Assessment for an Administrator of Patient Care Services for Women's Healthcare Services

often impacts the health and well-being of other members in a family (Miami Valley Hospital, 2004). As a result, the Womens Healt...