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Medicalization

the degree to which homosexuality may be a medical condition. The medical profession has since moved on from this approach and the...

JOB DESCRIPTION OF A HEALTHCARE RISK MANAGEMENT FUNCTION

Analyzes a risk management job description from Memorial Hermann healthcare system. There are 4 sources listed in the bibliography...

RESEARCH PLAN, PART I: PRICE DISCREPANCIES AMONG HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS

Offers an overview and hypothesis for a research paper focused on how standardizing costs can lead to more efficient healthcare de...

RISKS FACED BY HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS TODAY

Discusses some of the risks faced by today's healthcare organizations. Topics include joint ventures, physician contracting, the T...

LITERATURE REVIEW AND METHODOLOGY FOR HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SUCCESS

A literature review and methodology overview for a paper about the integration of healthcare systems. There are 4 sources in the b...

Newsbytes for Healthcare Journals

This paper reviews three articles from healthcare publications. The pertinent points in topics as diverse as pain management, tra...

Tai Chi Class at VA NY Harbor Healthcare

This paper summarizes the experience of a student who attended a Tai Chi class given at VA NY Harbor Healthcare System. Five pages...

PATIENT COMPLIANCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A SOCIAL NET

A literature review about the importance of friends, family and neighbors on patient compliance when it comes to healthcare. There...

Mental Health Care, Veterans

This paper concerns veterans inability to obtain health care services from the VA, with a focus on mental healthcare. Six pages in...

AN ANALYSIS OF STEVEN BRILL'S "THE BITTER PILL"

Discusses Brill's Time magazine article "The Bitter Pill," and its impact on the politics and economics of the U.S. healthcare sys...

Hospital Technology

The purpose of technology in hospitals is to increase efficiency and accuracy of their healthcare systems and to improve patient c...

TUNISIA, ECONOMICS AND HEALTHCARE

Focuses on Tunisia, its economic health and healthcare issues. There are 5 sources listed in the bibliography of this 4-page paper...

HR Employee Benefits and the Impact of Rising Employer Costs

15.4% in 2003/4 (Anonymous, 2004). The approach has been to look for new ways of satisfying the same needs, such as the use of gen...

Healthcare Administration/Conflict & Stress

inadequacies in the standard of patient care due to a clinician refusing "to consult the on call physician or group" due to a cont...

Healthcare: The Death of Ivan Ilyich

unnecessary, and the look of importance which implied that if only you put yourself in our hands we will arrange everything - we k...

Culturally Sensitive Nursing/Hispanic Client

(Kemp, 2005). In American mainstream culture, making eye contact is expected, as this indicates that the other person is listening...

TQM in the Hospital Setting

hospital setting but wrote, "The lack of empirical research fails to provide support to claims that TQM reconciles trade-offs betw...

Research Proposal for Healthcare Industry Survey on Consumer Satisfaction

There are a number of elements that come into consideration when assessing how these types of facilities determine the necessity f...

Nonprofit Hospital's Strategic Management Plan

This hypothetical situation isnt necessary fictional - real hospitals face this situation almost every day. In order to examine th...

Healthcare and Dictates of Culture

a model in which not only the biological components of illness were considered but also the psychological and sociological compone...

Financial Prospects of Roche Holdings

be interpreted before looking at the bigger picture so that the movements and trends may be paced in a wider context and assessed ...

Ethical Dilemma/Canadian Nursing Practice

individual, the eight values of the CNA Code provide a framework for guidance regarding nursing behavior. The Code states that the...

Online Education/Professional Development

by trying things out)...reflective learners (learn by thinking things through, working alone) 5. sequential learners (linear, orde...

Hospital Information Systems

interfaces with the a new computerized patient order entry system. Therapists use tablets at the patient bedside, which enhances m...

Recent Economic Effects on Home Health

In 2001, health care spending as a percentage of GDP was 14.1 percent, or $5,035 per capita (Levit, Smith, Cowan, Lazenby, Senseni...

Real-Time Information in the Hospital Setting

real-time applications, patient records are updated instantly as information is added to them. Thus the physician making rounds h...

Cuba and Healthcare

problems with its water supplies as extensive deforestation has taken place over the last century which have taken its toll on the...

Domestic Violence and its Societal Impact

hesitant about coming forward to name their abusers, because the system did not seem to either believe them about the scope of the...

Health Care, HR Departments, and Government Regulation

offer such an important and expensive benefit if they were not required to do so by law. When an individual starts a company, he...

Health Care Assistant and Nurse in a Situation Regarding Conflict Resolution

In four pages a hypothetical situation is considered in which a conflict commences in an ICU between a healthcare assistant and a ...