200 Search Results for Medical Fraud and Abuse
They can reveal how many overworked and under-trained nurses kill and injure thousands of patients every year because hospitals sacrifice safety for not tracking their own medical errors. Statistics showed that only 14 States track these errors and Continue Reading...
forgiveness on human health. In its simplest form, the purpose of the study is to evaluate human psychological stress that might constitute a risk factor for heart disease. Further, the study will also evaluate the impact of forgiveness on heart dise Continue Reading...
Voice verification technology systems are capable of enabling state and federal programs to confirm the identity of medical service providers such as home health care workers and home health aides. In principle, the assigned service provider would s Continue Reading...
As will be discussed, this has serious implications for security issues on both a personal, organizational and corporate level.
A central concern is that, as the number of users increase online so does the potential threat of invasion of privacy in Continue Reading...
Advanced Practice Nursing
Advanced Practice RN's in the Home Health Care Arena
Identification of the phenomenon.
There is an urgent need for APRN services in the home health care environment. That is the pivotal position this paper proposes to pu Continue Reading...
Budget Plan for $10 Million Fund Allocation
Positive economic development in any city in the United States relies on the provision of effective, efficient, and strong infrastructures that will attract investment to generate job opportunities in the Continue Reading...
Health Information
Patient Health Information
Information privacy and security in healthcare is an issue of growing significance in the U.S. Having taken up the position of office manager in a healthcare organization that is in the process of autom Continue Reading...
The Home Office website was also a good source of informstion in this regard. A very good article that shed light on the more negative view of Holloway prison as well as units in other prisons was Getting it right? Services for pregnant women, new m Continue Reading...
The other side of this is that the companies have to spend finances in areas of language training or job training when they outsource. However, over the years, many U.S.-based companies haven't been discouraged by these additional costs because the Continue Reading...
logs and narrative-only reports is commonplace in a number of public and private sectors, including law enforcement and health care where they are used to codify different types of events for different purposes. Irrespective of the setting and purpo Continue Reading...
3. Where did you find it? (Book, article, URL, etc.)
The information was found at http://www.religiousbook.net/Books/Online_books/Sx/S_5.htm, and it was actually presented in a very sensitive and informative way.
4. Further thoughts:
The underst Continue Reading...
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003
Supreme Court has held that deliberate indifference to the substantial risk of sexual assault violates inmates' rights under the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause of the 8th Amendment to the Constitution. In re Continue Reading...
HUD is a public program that helps people who are need of funding for housing. The people who qualify for this program are on the poverty line or under the poverty line. Recently, in Atlanta, the program got new grants to help the elderly and the dis Continue Reading...
The way that this can be accomplished is by forming boards that are similar to Long-Term Care Committees. The only difference is that they would severe a similar role as a medical control board. Where, they will have the responsibility for determini Continue Reading...
This presented the troubling consideration that many of the current standard-bearers for physical excellence were the product of performance enhancing drug use. Moreover, this cast a dark shadow on what have been regarded as some of the game's great Continue Reading...
" (Cummins, 2006). The VP for Corporate Governance, Pillmore announced a series of ethical principles, to prevent such scandals. The first principle "calls for strong leaders who see themselves as stewards of the company and mentors for its future le Continue Reading...
The problems facing Medicare recipients and the federal government almost seem to be overwhelming. There are proponents of a plan to privatize Social Security and health insurance, placing the onus on the individual to pay for his own health care th Continue Reading...
Sociology: Changing Societies in a Diverse World (Fourth Edition)
George J. Bryjak & Michael P. Soroka
Chapter One Summary of Key Concepts
Sociology is the field of study which seeks to "describe, explain, and predict human social patterns" fr Continue Reading...
There are some situations and outcomes within the healthcare industry where it is important to pay attention to what happens, what could be done, what should be done and why all of the above is true. Indeed, one of those things would be the treatment Continue Reading...
Elderly Care in America: A comparison with England's Healthcare System
Healthcare in America vs. Healthcare in England
Different countries have varying healthcare systems across the world and the systems are set to benefit the local population with Continue Reading...
Soul: Why Only Christian Psychologists Can Practice "True Psychology"
Today, there are more than one hundred thousand licensed psychologists practicing in the United States. These mental health professionals are in a unique position to provide indi Continue Reading...
experienced a significant increase in the cost of health care. In 2004, 16% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was spent on health care. In 2010, President Obama signed the "Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR 3962)" that has been a topic of Continue Reading...
Healthcare Websites
Soda Consumption and its link to obesity in California
The soda sugary drink consumption has increased tenfold along with its availability. California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA) confirms that the overall exposure Continue Reading...
delineation of the research hypotheses. The chapter will conclude with an outline of the remaining chapters.
Relevant Background Information
Increasingly, female offenders and issues associated with their incarceration have been identified as a pr Continue Reading...
Protecting Personal Data
Protection of personal data is paramount in any situation. Battered women receiving help in a shelter, part of a community clinic require confidentiality to avoid problems should their abusers locate them. When computerizing Continue Reading...
Stem Cell Research
The Legal Argument and Analysis for Stem Cell Research
Stem cell research is a new field of research that brings many ethical issues and considerations in which U.S. regulations have been mostly hostile while around the world, th Continue Reading...
If integration with a conventional social group helps prevent suicide and "delinquency" (Hirschi 1969) and motivates people to fight, make sacrifices for a community, or commit deviant acts on behalf of a sub-cultural group, it should affect almost Continue Reading...
Business Ethics
When the Truth Takes a Stretching Class
Maria Bailey clearly and blatantly misrepresented the size of her start-up business, but shrugged it off saying she knew what she was "capable of doing" and just wanted to show potential clien Continue Reading...
Hisory of Palliatve Care
Palliative Care
Palliative Care Methods
Palliative care entails assisting patients get through pain caused by different diseases. The patient may be ailing from any diseases, be it curable or untreatable. Even patient who Continue Reading...
Cigarettes became popular among World War soldiers as "soldier's smoke (Randall 1999)." Camel held 45% of the U.S. cigarette market by 1923 while Philip Morris produced women's cigarette, described as "mild as May." The American Tobacco Company pro Continue Reading...
There is confusion about laws which are subject to different interpretations and this result in critical information not being made available. This is caused by such laws like the "Educational Rights and Privacy Act -- FERPA, Health Insurance Portab Continue Reading...
Privacy Rules HIPPA
Over the years, various regulations have been enacted to ensure increased amounts of protection for the general public. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) was designed for several different reasons. T Continue Reading...
Pluses:
High level of privatization as most companies offering health care insurance are private
The U.S. health care system is the most expensive in the world, meaning that the country spends most money on the health of its people; this is true Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples
1. The Necessity of Medicare Reform for an Aging Population:
This essay would explore the demographic changes and the increasing number of elderly in the United States, examining the strain on Medicare resources. It would loo Continue Reading...
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Five future trends in Public Administration are 1) global interconnectedness and self-sufficiency; 2) changes to public health policy; 3) incorporation of advanced technology into administration; 4) more grassroots advocacy; and 5) emphasis on sust Continue Reading...
Health Care
The government should provide health care, because the economic characteristics of health care make it ripe for abuse in a market environment. Government should provide as a service to its population those goods that, for one reason or a Continue Reading...
Domestic Terrorism
The Al-Qaeda group is probably the most popular terrorist group known this century for their very high-profile attacks; their most bold move was the destruction of the World Trade Center, now known today as 911, or September 11th. Continue Reading...
Internet Risk and Cybercrime at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Internet Risk
Cybercrime
Today, the mission of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as taken from President Lincoln's second inaugural address is, "To care for him who Continue Reading...
Legal Ethics of E-Mail and Social Media and Its Applicability to the Healthcare Industry
Consequences of Social Media
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Perils of Building an Online Network
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Caution with Employee Email Accounts
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Issues when Endorsing other Companies
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