Essays and Research Papers on Health Care

A 5 page paper discussing TQM's applicability to healthcare organizations. The paper discusses TQM's data-based decision making; participative decision making; the centrality of customer service; measurement; quality tools; and empowerment. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page executive summary of a report concluding that a hospital needs to replace obsolete operating room lights. Reasons for replacement includes insignificant cost differential in replacing bulbs vs replacing the entire system; better patient outcome; better working conditions; possible reduced malpractice insurance premium rates for the hospital; and greater productivity. A ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of blood sampling and hemolysis. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper is a policy memo, designed to discuss the significance of a single-payer health care initiative in Massachusetts. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of what occurs during the cleaning of instruments. This paper offers some information about sterilization and preventing cross contamination. Bibliography lists 5 sources

A 6 page review of migraine headaches. The author explores the causes and symptoms of migraines and evaluates the usefulness of acupuncture in treating those causes and symptoms. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing the medicalization of normal physiological processes, using in vitro fertilization and childbirth as examples. Some very natural physiological characteristics of women of reproductive age more often than not are treated as medical conditions requiring medical attention. The purpose here is to review the advantages and disadvantages of regarding ...

A 6 page overview of this new addition to the Medicare Program. Designed to provide prescription drug coverage, the program has been a lifesaver for many. For others, however, there are complicating factors that mean more out-of-pocket expense in obtaining their drugs than what they incurred previously to their enrollment in Medicare D. ...

This 12 page paper provides an overview of an article on post-operative pain. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses periodontal laser treatments; it also briefly explains how a laser works. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page discussion of the importance of belief and ritual in the healing process. The author points out that both can be either simplistic or complex and uses the example of percussion as a ritual that is common to many cultures. Data is presented that percussion is indeed of medical benefit to ...

This 20 page paper provides an overview of the issues of Medicare fraud and the impacts. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 10 page paper. World Vision launched the Hope Initiative specifically to combat the epidemic of HIV/AIDS. This essay discusses the socio-political and organizational contexts of this group's advocacy efforts, explains the type of advocacy the group performs and discuses the socio-political aspects of this global group's work. Bibliography lists 15 sources.

A 3 page paper answering 3 questions about corporate criminal liability in the healthcare setting, particularly as it applies to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The Justice department states that only organizations are "covered entities" that can be held responsible, but there are other means of holding individual employees ...

This 7 page paper discusses potential improvements to a hypothetical long-term care facility in Massachusetts, based upon the results of a survey of residents in such facilities. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper identifying information pathways in a nonprofit hospital clinic. The overall system can be improved by requiring that all patient data be stored electronically. This creates a record of items presently not accounted for (such as paper messages or verbal instruction), making them available for practitioners' use as well as ...

A 9 page paper discussing four areas that have the potential of affecting or being affected by managed care organizations generally referred to as health maintenance organizations (HMOs). Health prevention and cost containment strategies directly relate to managed care; quality improvement has less direct effect. Population health focus affects managed care only when ...

A 12 page paper answering 3 questions about HMOs, the uninsured, HMO ethics and implications for US health care. Questions address HMO structure; relationship with the uninsured; HMO behavior ethics; who the uninsured are; and consequences for American society. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the pros and cons of euthanasia from a nursing perspective. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 9 page paper which summarizes three scholarly articles discussing the practice of breastfeeding and its discontinuation. No additional sources are used.

This 3 page paper discusses the relationship between income level and stress, and finds that the people who are most stressed by financial problems are the very wealthy and the very poor. It argues that it is absolutely untrue that less money means less stress. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This paper discusses the problems that are being discovered in regard to the epidemic of obesity that is sweeping the globe. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 8 page paper discussing the use of IT in health care, particularly in hospitals. IT use frequently is inefficient, at least in terms of what it could be accomplishing. The paper discusses standardization across the industry, digitization of patient records and decision support systems in a "what if" view of the benefits ...

This 3 page paper explores the causes and effects of eating disorders in general, and solutions to the problem. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page research paper that addresses the fact that many hospitals struggle to survive in today’s dramatically changed health care delivery system, and that change initiatives that are designed to cope with fiscal survival include downsizing their number of employees and by eliminating or limiting services (Apker, 2002). Examining these change initiatives reveals ...