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From:Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine (Vol. 13, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction: The main objective of our study was to determine the rates of negative appendectomies and perforated appendices at the Labrador Health Centre, and make a comparison with the rates published in the...
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From:Modern Physician (Vol. 11, Issue 2)Byline: Barry Weinbaum How can you be accused of breaking the law when you believe that what you are doing is legal? I wrestled with this question for a good part of my four-year ordeal with the federal government....
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 21, Issue 43) Peer-ReviewedAdjust services rather than penalise patients Fining patients would cost more to administer than it could ever recoup, and NHS staff would be reluctant to support a punitive regime that could interfere with...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 20, Issue 39) Peer-ReviewedSince almost every document from the Department of Health has 'patient-centred' or 'patient-led' in the title, you might think the UK is leading the world in putting patients first. You would be wrong. A study I led...
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From:Current Paediatrics (Vol. 15, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedSummary Medicine is one of the oldest professions with its origins dating back to ancient times. Current management strategies are a relatively new feature of the National Health Service, and have evolved and increased...
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From:Journal of Dental Hygiene (Vol. 79, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedLocal health departments can be resources for the public and health professionals to access educational materials on a variety of topics. Though the dental office is ideal, it should not be the only venue for obtaining...
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From:Journal of Healthcare Management (Vol. 49, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedEXECUTIVE SUMMARY Multisource or 360-degree feedback has become a widely used component of leadership development in many organizations, and a growing body of research supports its use for this purpose....
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From:Healthcare Financial Management (Vol. 55, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedVisitors to this Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Web site will be able to access the report Year-End 2000 Emergency Department Data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network....
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From:Nursing and Health Care Perspectives (Vol. 20, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedHome health agencies in the 1990s are able to provide better care for their patients by using all available technology. The National Library of Medicine is funding 19 telehealth projects in rural, inner-city, and...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 319, Issue 7212) Peer-ReviewedEDITOR--In Italy at the end of 1997 a new law was approved which streamlined the processes involved in obtaining external breast prostheses for women who have had a mastectomy. The new law was the direct result of...
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From:Physician Executive (Vol. 17, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedOne of my tasks as a recently appointed Vice President of Medical Affairs was to develop a medical staff action plan. Part of the plan entails developing methodologies to maintain and expand market share. It is...
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From:Physician Executive (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedCredentialing, the Most Important Function for Success Recently, I was asked by a managed care physician executive about my choice for the most important component for the containment of medical care costs. I quickly...
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From:Health Care Financing Review (Vol. 13, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe costs of health administration are compared across several countries, accompanied by discussion of some of the variations in the definition of health administration. The influence of American health accounting on...
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From:Journal of School Health (Vol. 62, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedChildren with special health care needs in classrooms have become a familiar situation to educational and school health care personnel. Legislation such as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (Public...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 305, Issue 6855) Peer-ReviewedWide access to health care and a strong social welfare policy has not eliminated differences in Swedish infant mortality rates in manual labor and non-manual labor social classes. The difference in postneonatal deaths...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 304, Issue 6842) Peer-ReviewedThe most valuable resource of the NHS is its staff. The people who know that best are the few managers who understand modern management and the health service and who have the respect of all the different tribes within...
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From:The Hastings Center Report (Vol. 21, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedIn 1989 the Oregon State legislature passed the Oregon Basic Health Services Act, which created a Health Services Commission charged with "developing a priority list of health services, ranging from the most important...
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From:The Hastings Center Report (Vol. 21, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedMost states now have statutes on treatment directives, commonly called "living wills." Often, however, these statutes only cover patients who are terminally ill at the time the treatment choice is to be effectuated....
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From:Hospitals & Health Networks (Vol. 67, Issue 22)Hospital groups such as the American Hospital Assn (AHA) and the Catholic Health Assn (CHA) are not in full support of Pres Clinton's health care reform plan. The AHA and CHA believe that the means of funding and the...
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From:The CPA Journal (Vol. 63, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe continued escalation of health care costs has become one of America's most serious social and economic problems. It is estimated that the amount large companies spend on health care increases by an average of 22%...