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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...

The Ethical Responsibilities of Health Care Organizations

as individuals, "healthcare executives must evaluate the possible outcomes of their decisions and accept full responsibility for t...

Interview with An Executive Leader

it is appropriate, such as when a novice nurse is faced with a crisis. There are times, and stages in a career, when employees can...

Impact of HIV/AIDS on Nursing

noted that cases of a rare lung infection, pneumocystis carinni pneumonia, had occurred in Los Angeles and also that three young m...

Refusal of Palliative Care/Bioethics

this incident may have contributed to her divorce. It is also true that her mother has had a problem with alcoholism for over twen...

Disease Management/Hypertension

management (DM) concept Disease management (DM) is defined as a "systematic clinical improvement process," which addresses both ...

Ethical, Legal Views on Healthcare

expanded upon, specifically, in the Nurse Practice Acts that govern nursing in the individual states. New understanding relations...

Youth Suicide and Depression; Conventional Approaches To Treatment

a major relapse when they are adults (Olfson et al, 2003). Therefore treatment at an early stage may help prevent later episodes. ...

Philosophy of Healthcare Management

justified. As they expect to see signs of slothfulness and unprofessional conduct, this is precisely what they find. Their expecta...

Technology and Is Used for Operations Management in Healthcare Practice

also changing. In the past the systems were being used in a more limited manner, with more emphasis placed on aspects such as busi...

Canada Drug Pricing and Cost Effectiveness

In four pages the increased costs of Canadian healthcare are examined in a discussion of drug prices and cost effectiveness measur...

Barack Obama’s Universal Healthcare

time in history it seems that America lagged "behind European countries in finding value in insuring against the costs of sickness...

Discussion on Articles 1 - 4; Rights of Children and Health

abuse, what it is, the causes, the apparent cyclic behaviour and the way that it may be prevented. Early studies indicated that ab...

Creating a Sexual Health Clinic

serve to mentor teens and provide socially positive guidance and support. Diagnostic and screening exams will also be available, b...

Nursing Management Issue/Medication Error

systems. The following examination of the problem of medication errors focuses on the context of mental health nursing within the ...

Obama vs. McCain on Healthcare and Taxes

his country. A two-time congressman and serving his fourth term as a Senator from Arizona, McCain has shed his maverick reputatio...

Organizational Leadership and Politics

ahead and enjoy the practices of the past (or those of recent government bailout recipients), but not to flaunt them too flamboyan...

Healthcare Problems in America and the Proposed Solution of 2008 Presidential Candidates Barack Obama and John McCain

very different plans to prospective voters. Obamas healthcare plan focuses on expanding coverage to Americans that are presently ...

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. ...

Administrative Assistant/Hospital Administration

for top executives of an organization (BoLS, 2008). They also aid physicians and researchers with the preparation of "reports, spe...

Communication in Healthcare

for any one patient can be almost overwhelming. Fortunately, numerous improvements are being made in health care that will better...

Affordable Healthcare in Australia

can only be expected to escalate in the near future. Therefore, issues of affordability, in relation to equitable healthcare servi...

Healthcare Industry Phase

of sales (Bergen, 2008). Consumers have accepted products from the sector or the entire industry and, in fact, demand more of them...

Right to Die and Government Spending Limitations

This paper presents the argument in nine pages that the government is earmarking too much spending on the preservation of terminal...

An Examination of Business Ethics

In six pages this research ethics discusses 'good guys' Weyerhauser, Southwest Airlines, and Mary Kay Cosmetics and 'scoundrels' C...

Continuing Education for the Healthcare Professional

Continuing education is a universal requirement for professionals in the healthcare industry. This paper presents a lesson plan on...

Hospital Setting and Decision Support Systems Potential

In twelve pages the healthcare industry as it relates to Decision Support Systems are discussed in terms of analytical instruments...

Clinical Healthcare Practice Measures of Cost Effectiveness

when the management team in the clinical practice supports and endorses a system in which medical care is the top goal and "somebo...

Healthcare Industry and Organizational Behavior

In thirty pages this paper discusses the organizational structural impact upon the healthcare industry's dramatic transformation i...

Health Policies and Public Education Comparison

This paper consists of seven pages and compares Europe, Japan, and the United States in terms of their healthcare and education po...