It could be true that for some, either undocumented or documented, this is the only or one of the only ways to receive treatment for various health-related conditions. However, I think health reform is a small part in the bigger context of U.S. immigration policy, which lacks a basis to implement specific health policies like individual […]
Practicing ethics in healthcare marketing means deliberately applying standards of fairness, or moral rights and wrongs, to marketing decision making, behavior, and practice in the organization. In a market economy, a business may be expected to act in what it believes to be its own best interest. Ethical theory provides a system of rules or […]
The Visible Human Project is a computerized library of human anatomy at the National Library of Medicine. It begins in 1986 and is still an ongoing medical project. As a result, it has created what is termed as “complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the mal and female human body.” The images are accessible over […]
The impact of a cardiovascular health awareness program (CHAP) on decreasing blood pressure is one that emphasize on cohort study. The one evidence-based solution I might use to address public health problem of diabetes in Manila is the use and impact of cardiovascular health awareness program (CHAP) on reducing blood pressure — a cohort […]
The viability of any negligence claim, including a medical negligence claim, is predicated on the defendant’s duty to exercise reasonable care. In a medical negligence claim, this duty arises out of the physician-patient relationship. Sample of problems and practices resulting in physician liability include the physician’s use of an unprecedented procedure that results in patient’s […]
Quality improvement (QI) practices represent a leading approach to the essential, and often challenging, task of managing organizational change. Statistical process control (SPC) is, in turn, a key approach to QI. SPC was developed in the 1920s by the physicist Walter Shewhart to improve industrial manufacturing. It migrated to healthcare, first in laboratory settings (eg, […]
If a physician is employed by the hospital, the hospital can be held vicariously liable for the physician’s negligence. The plaintiff must show that the physician was employed by the hospital at the time of the alleged negligence and that the negligence occurred within the scope of the physician’s employment with the hospital. A negligent […]
Medical staff bylaws generally are binding on the parties—the organized medical staff and the hospital or health care entity that approves and signs them. Medical staff bylaws consist of the individual medical staff members, applicants, and other practitioners who have been granted clinical privileges. A number of jurisdictions have held that medical staff bylaws always […]
Governing body of an organization are those members/persons, committees or departments who make up a body for the purpose of administering the health of an organization, such as overseeing and controlling the corporation’s daily activities. Responsibilities include being able to legally establish and implement policies and procedures for the management, effectiveness, and operation of an […]
Notice of Occurrence, which occurs when the insured becomes aware that an injury has occurred as a result of acts covered under the contract. The insured must notify the insurance company promptly. Notice of Claim, which occurs whenever the insured receives notice that a claim or suit is being instituted. Prompt notice must be sent […]
