Essays and Research Papers on Health Care

A 7 page paper divided into two sections. The first section identifies the stakeholders in health care reform and comments on the types of communication policymakers would have with these groups. The second section discusses the types of communication media elected officials would need to have with stakeholders. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This paper examines administrative issues and concerns that have impact and that might impact the NYU Downtown Hospital in lower Manhattan. Issues under consideration in this paper include leadership styles, conflict resolutions, employee motivation, internal communication and decision-making. Bibliography lists 14 sources.

This 4 page paper concludes that there are communication and cultural gaps between the Hmong and Americans, and this is something that can lead to a reduction of proper medical treatment and preventative care. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses specific student-identified aspects of managing in the health care setting. Those aspects are: communication, delegation, training, dealing with employee restrictions, i.e., shortages, social and discrimination issues, and how to terminate an employee. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing the effects that a large physical expansion project at Glendale Adventist Medical Center (GAMC) in Glendale, California will have on several areas of operation and management, including staffing, finances, technological advances and communication with the local community. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 10 page discussion of the need for, and benefits of continued education in the medical arena. Promotes the usefulness of distance learning in completing continued education programs, comparing the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning to more traditional classroom-based approaches. Notes the trend toward distance learning is one which has been promoted by ...

A 5 page paper. This essay discusses some of the challenges of having multiple layers of medical care, such as primary care physicians and specialists. One topic discussed is coordination and communication with survey data reported. The last part of the essay reports the medical malpractice award caps in Texas. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 10 page discussion of the diagnostic procedures which are preferred for acute appendicitis. The author compares the value of collecting a detailed clinical history and symptoms with that of more elaborate tests such as computerized Tomography. The contention is presented that although CT offers some advantages in some cases, it all too ...

A 5 page assertion that networking is opening vast avenues for increased efficiency and accuracy in the analysis of medical imaging. Traditional methods of data analysis in such applications and medicine relied solely on the visual inspection of that data by experts. Neural networking complements this inspection with detailed computer analysis utilizing complex ...

This 3-page paper discusses medical technology in home health care settings. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 11 page paper discussing emphasis on training and cost containment; the origins of success and failure of IT projects in health care; and a recommendation for achieving real IT-based value while decreasing training cost and time. The success and failure of IT projects in health care rests on the same basis as IT ...

This 4 page paper compares the way MRIs, CTs, and mammograms work and the applications to which they are best suited. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A paper which looks at the potentially dehumanising effects of technology in nursing, and considers the ways in which technology can be incorporated into holistic care plans. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page research paper that examines the impact of technology on healthcare. This report shows that only a relatively small percentage of the world's population receives the benefit of high-tech innovations. Therefore the following examination of the impact on technology on health care first looks at how it is changing health practices in industrialized ...

A 4 page paper discussing the use and importance of IT at a small home health care organization. There are many improvements that could be made to the existing information system, some of which already have been planned. The goal is to design and implement a system that will provide nearly-instantaneous updates that ...

A paper which compares and contrasts two journal articles on the symptoms and management of infant colic, one of which is written for the medical profession and one for the general public. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an example letter of a consumer writing to Oxford Health Plans regarding the high cost of prescription drugs. Suggestions are made and reasoning is provided to convince the insurance company to change its drug co-pay options. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page contention that while medicine is evolving to be more humanistic, physicians seem intent on maintaining a solely empirical approach to healing. The author suggests that traditional cultures and women most often prefer the humanistic approach. Age, however, is a variable factor in determining an individual's perception of the ideal role ...

5 pages containing the content of a 13-slide PowerPoint® presentation outlining the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists' requirements for continuing education and documentation. Bibliography lists 1 source. KShlthCEx-ray.rtf

An 8 page research paper which examines topics which should be covered in establishing an education program which will empower both the asthma patient and the patient's family to take control of this chronic, yet controllable disease. The writer covers such topics as creating a personalized care plan, the role of allergens, and how to ...

A 14 page review of the causes and interventions for pediatric asthma. Concentrating on identifying important information for inclusion in a peer education program in Harlem, this paper defines the conditions and delineates its impact in New York, noting that lower socioeconomic classes are apparent more at risk for the condition than other classes. ...

A 16 page paper providing an overview of the current state of continuing education for physicians. Not only medicine has changed in today’s world, however, so has all of education. Continuing medical education (CME) holds promise today that never existed in the past. The paper discusses characteristics of adult learners; new approaches ...

This 3 page paper emphasizes the importance of hygiene and vaccines in controlling these diseases. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page report discusses. The ways in which the modern medical system in the United States treats women unfairly. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing anticipated increased regulation of the pharmaceutical industry. Everyone expected to pay more than they would like for their prescription medications in years past, but the former Burroughs-Wellcome component of the current Glaxo-Wellcome generated a public outcry when it first marketed AZT® as the first - and only - drug treatment available for AIDS patients. ...