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In the United States it has been shown that areas of lower economic status don’t have the best physical and mental health care. On top of already struggling to make ends meet, people are being forced to ignore illnesses, they are unable to take prescribed...
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Abstract The Affordable Care Act health care reform is a current hot topic in the United States and is quickly becoming a reality. A main focus of this act is access to care. There is a large population of underserved citizens in this country without...
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Modern technology affects every single aspect of the society we are living in today. Kiley R goes on to say that “there is not an industry out there that has not been affected by the high technology revolution”. https://www.aimseducation.edu/blog/the-impact-of-technology-on-healthcare/. It may be in transportation, communication,...
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Are Business and Medicine Ethically Incompatible In the book Taking Sides authors Lisa Newton and Maureen Ford present in issue five the question Are business and medicine ethically incompatible. Professor of medicine, Arnold S. Relmans essay Analysis of What Market Values are Doing in Medicine...
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Home Based Healthcare Phenomenon For centuries, healthcare has been improving in ways never imagined. From portable x-ray machines to laser technology in surgeries, the modernization in the medical field has been, and always will be, astonishing. Along with new advancements, healthcare is becoming more accessible...
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When Medicare was established, it was to promote health services for the eligible retirees of the age of 65 and older to help with medical health care. The Medicare bill was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson the President of the United States on July 30th,...
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Introduction Managed care and Medicare have both affected how hospitals make financial decisions in healthcare including underpayment for services and denial for requests. Cost shifting and cross-subsidization are among these decisions. There are policies in place that utilize these methods. Although both offer benefits and...
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According to Berman, Health sector reform is defined as sustained, purposeful change to improve the efficiency, equity and effectiveness of the health sector. If these involve any 2 of these elements -health financing, expenditure, organization, regulation and consumer behaviour then it can be called as...
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The Problem As a healthcare administrator exploring the future trends of information technology in the healthcare setting has to be a daily practice. With an ever-changing patient population addressing future needs today can better prepare a facility when population changes or environmental issues arise. Two...