Provider Education for Chronic Pain Management Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the largest healthcare provider in the United States and one of the largest in the world. In fact, fully half of the physicians in the United States rec Continue Reading...
" (Doukas, Maglogiannis and Kormentzas, 2006) The following illustration shows the evaluation Platform Architecture. Figure 3 The Evaluation Platform Architecture Doukas, Maglogiannis and Kormentzas (2006) state that the patient state vital signs Continue Reading...
Moreover, CoPs develop their practice through improving the diffusion of innovation within their active networks; the benefits of such interactions are countless especially in the field of healthcare. One can assume that specialty doctors' communit Continue Reading...
Quality & Safety The quality and safety of health care services has been a major issue in the recent past because of the significance of these factors in the improvement of patient outcomes and enhancing the effectiveness of the health care syst Continue Reading...
Role of Information Technology in Promoting Lean Thinking/Practices in a Hospital: How it Helps Streamlining Processes Lean Thinking and Healthcare Lean thinking has evolved from well-known business management disciplines such as the Toyota Produc Continue Reading...
Delivering Safe and High-Quality Healthcare For effective discharging of duties by health professionals which will, in turn, give a quality service to patients under their care, there is a need for effective inter-professional communication among per Continue Reading...
Antenatal Education Systematic Review Antenatal education programms In pregnant women, how does group antenatal education compare to no antenatal education or individual antenatal education for improving outcomes of childbirth and parenting? In pr Continue Reading...
Lack of accountability, transparency and integrity, ineffectiveness, inefficiency and unresponsiveness to human development remain problematic (UNDP). Poverty remains endemic in most Gulf States with health care and opportunities for quality educat Continue Reading...
Errors are unavoidable in our everyday routines. Numerous mistakes are part of the changing cycle of psychological-behavioral adjustments that lead to appropriate behavioral abilities. The following of medical directions is an essential element of th Continue Reading...
Chinese Medicine Impact on Patient Care One may perceive traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), employed in Southeast Asian nations such as China, Japan, Korea etc., as a key CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) element. TCM in the field of the Continue Reading...
When processed by a transglutaminase enzyme, it can interact with immunological cells and produce cytotoxic inflammation. In autism, it is believed that peptides from gluten and casein cross the intestinal microvillus barrier and enter the blood str Continue Reading...
Japanese-American Biopharmaceutical Industry in the 21st Century Optimizing Ethical Drug Availability Between These Two Pharmaceutical Superpowers" The Japanese-American biopharmaceutical industry represents an ongoing international effort betwee Continue Reading...
Reducing Length of Stays on Critical Care Wards in a Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates the nation's largest healthcare system and provides training for more than half of all of the Continue Reading...
Abstract In order to gather the challenges, it is necessary to rehabilitate organizations into learning institutions at the first step, so as to make them superlative. To make a change from a traditional to a learning organization, the main factor is Continue Reading...
Healthcare in the United States: Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going The current healthcare crisis in America is not one that happened over night. It is one that has been building for more than a quarter century. There was a time in America when Continue Reading...
Communication in the Health Care Environment: Effective communication between patients, physicians, family members, and nurses is one of the most important elements in the delivery of care. Actually, the lack of effective communication in the health Continue Reading...
End-of-Life Decision Making for Minors When the Minor Should be the Decision Maker Today, the right of adults to refuse medical treatment when they feel it is not in their best interests is universally acknowledged, and physician-assisted suicide is Continue Reading...
The Foundation called specific attention to the prospect of institutional and policy-level strategies to increase the participation of under-represented minorities in the health professions. In response, the Institute Committee on Institutional and Continue Reading...
Inefficient Healthcare Routines, Examples of Participative Decision-Making in the Workplace Routine practices are performed on the premise that all clients, patients, their families, visitors and residents are potentially infectious even without vis Continue Reading...
Lack of a comprehensive education and lack of knowledge in EBP could lead many of the nurses that work in hospitals around the country to make errors, which would negatively affect the patient care and predispose them to increased chances of litigat Continue Reading...
Alzheimer's Inpatient Facility The main goal of this Alzheimer's inpatient facility is to provide a suitable alternative for outside care of patients suffering from the condition. Through this process, the facility will help caregivers and families Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. (1992). Evidence-Based medicine: A new approach to teaching the practice of medicine. JAMA, 268 (17), 2420-2425. Evidence-based medicine is a new paradigm that places emphasis on new skills for physicians that Continue Reading...
In a study of the prevalence of elder abuse in the United States, financial difficulties on the part of the abuser did appear to be an important risk factor (Krug, 2002, pp. 130-131). Relationship factors - in the early theoretical models, the leve Continue Reading...
Integrated Behavioral Health in Rural Communities Integrated behavioral health involves working with a primary care physician, a medical specialist and a team of people to bring the best care possible for a patient. This is important when viewed fro Continue Reading...
competency modeling and job analysis to select suitable candidates for different positions in the organization has increased the effectiveness of the recruitment and hiring process. The two processes make it easier for human resource practitioners t Continue Reading...
Social, Cultural, And Political Influence in Healthcare Delivery Social, cultural, and political inequalities are detrimental to the health and healthcare system of the U.S. This is because the U.S. is one of the most multicultural, overpopulated, d Continue Reading...
The list of ethical relationships continues to include procurement and communicability, behond the space for the present report. There is probably no way to include all stakeholders in this decision since that group includes future applicants as ye Continue Reading...
Quality of Life Among Tawau Hospital Staff With Osteoarthritis (knees) Been Treated in Physiotherapy Unit Quality of life among Tawau hospital staff with osteoarthritis (knees) being treated in physiotherapy unit Pilot study Demographics Knowledg Continue Reading...
This performance data will be graphed to identify general trends and specific repeat offenders for corrective action, including contacting the individual(s) responsible for minute preparation to clarify requirements and reiterate their responsibilit Continue Reading...
This has been the traditionally used mode of treatment for non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas, but the fact remains that there have not been many clinical trials conducted that would reveal the benefits of CHOP in comparison to various other chemotherapy optio Continue Reading...
Role of Spirituality in the Treatment of Depression Over the last thirty years, one of the most interesting paradoxes in the study and treatment of depression has been that increased knowledge about the biomedical and genetic causes of the disease h Continue Reading...
However, it presented the major problems of covering only half of the workers of the labor force and the undercutting of political support for public health insurance (Berkowitz). The 50s As social security became popular and Congress passed bills Continue Reading...
However, the researchers can visualize the 'holistic' strategies even involve wide scope for utilization of computing resources as the basic instruments for collection and analyzing the data. (Willis; Jost, 2000) The usage of computers has played a Continue Reading...
Shared values and diverse ideas are crucial for organisational success. Shared values connect people within an organisation (Schein, 2010), while diversity serves as a source of strength, motivation, and empowerment for organisational members (Danowi Continue Reading...
Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice Project Stakeholder Barriers The use and promotion of evidence-based healthcare is faced with resistance. Nurses across the globe have continually faced obstacles to their effort to universally embrace the ap Continue Reading...
