Essays and Research Papers on Medical Issues

This 3 page paper considers the impact of bioterrorism on health care; how we can prevent bioterrorism; and the role of the nurse in bioterrorism. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In eight pages this paper tackles the contemporary problem of access to affordable healthcare in the United States and counteracts this unjust status quo with a just solution. Eight sources are listed in the bibliography.

15 pages in length. A discussion of the Japanese healthcare system along with several solutions to make it better. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

In five pages this paper examines the benefits opiates can provide to ensuring positive mental health in their treatment of depression and heroin dependence. Nine sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 17 page paper reports the health status of African-Americans in the U.S. Statistics about the incidence of specific diseases and mortality rates among Black Americans as compared to White Americans are reported. The essay includes a discussion of the barriers to quality health care services. For instance, Black women are more likely to die ...

This 20 page paper addresses the issues of patents and intellectual property protection as defined by the World Trade Organization at its 2001 meeting in Doha, Qater. The paper analyzes WTO's TRIPS and Public Health Declaration, an attempt to define when patents on medications can be overridden in the event of a health crisis in ...

A 5 page paper that reports on and discusses the VA healthcare system in Pittsburgh with an emphasis on the University Drive location. The paper discuses technology innovations, job satisfaction, services offered, community health clinics, and data, such as number of employees and patients served. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper examines the genetic and environmental factors relating to asthma susceptibility and treatment. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 11 page paper considers how electronic health records have been used and the lack of a single national system or model in the UK National Health Service. The paper considers how systems have been implemented, the factors for success or failure and the lessons that can be gained form the pilot projects in ...

A 5 page paper that defines and describes what an interdisciplinary team would look like in health care. The paper provides three examples and also comments on the advantages of this type of team to patients, health care providers and health care delivery institutions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page paper discussing the stresses faced by health insurers in general and CIGNA Healthcare specifically. Conditions in today’s health care market place increasing pressures on everyone involved, including insurers. CIGNA has experienced these negative effects as well, as evidenced by declining profits and a 65 percent decline in its stock price. ...

A 5 page paper discussing financial trend analysis as it applies to health care. Financial trend analysis is a tool commonly used in making investment decisions because it allows potential investors to assess the path that a potential investment target is following. Analysis of financial statements using methods that make trends more readily ...

A 6 page paper comparing the health care systems of Iceland and the United States, where Icelandic medical students generally go to complete their residency requirements. Both systems are facing intense economic pressures, but Iceland’s national system does not prevent any citizen from gaining access to health care as is the case in the ...

A 3 page paper providing a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting that Medicare approve the use of used electric mobility scooters, abandoning the current requirement that patients receive new equipment only. There are many used devices that cannot be sold, and cannot be re-used by Medicare. At ...

This 3-page paper covers essay questions about patient safey in hospitals and consumer-directed health care. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper provides information about the benefits of garlic. Its positive effect on blood pressure and cholesterol is highlighted.

A 6 page outline of a presentation of the effect that health care costs have on the larger economy. The issue is whether basic economic principles such as supply and demand and price elasticity apply to health care. The superficial view is that health care is above the law of economic principles, but ...

A 9 page paper discussing the microeconomic effects of spiraling health care costs. The presence of the third-party payer masks the effect of elasticity of demand for health care, as it does its microeconomic effects. It does not mask the results, however. As politicians continue to haggle over the future of Medicare ...

Oral health is an important factor in our overall health. The thesis is presented that Maintaining a healthy mouth can help maintain a healthy heart, lungs, and other body systems. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

8 pages in length. There exist a number of elements that significantly influence global economy, not the least of which is that of health care. As well, the issues surrounding the health care system comprise a program that is both monetarily inflated and gravely lacking in patient concern. The writer discusses how ...

A 12 page paper discussing whether organizations and institutions should concern themselves with the work and extra detail required to obtain and then maintain accreditation. The answer to the question of whether health care organizations should seek out and maintain JCAHO is yes, but with qualification. These organizations should guard against falling into ...

A 5 page paper that discusses different issues with measuring performance of a healthcare organization. The report identifies different measures, provides metrics to their balanced scorecard, how goals were established, metrics used, and more. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 10 page paper offering a conceptual model, theoretical model, hypothesis, statement of the problem and theoretical framework in the quest to define health care and whether equal access is a right or a privilege. The hypothesis is that preventive care can be cost effective if approached in a systematic manner such as altering ...

A 5 page research paper that briefly summarizes and discusses H.R. 3200, which is the health care reform bill that, along with the Senate version of the bill, may eventually pass into law and radically reform the American health care system. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper that discusses each of these health care companies. The paper briefly describes each company and the writer comments on their similarities and differences. Bibliography lists 6 sources.