The United States (US) has the most expensive health care system in the world. In spite of that, health care is of somewhat inconsistent in quality, and leads to poorer health outcomes relative to other, similar nations. For example, the United States has much higher infant mortality rates regardless of geographical focus. The result is […]
Daly, M. (August 26, 2010). Judge determines GPOs do not violate antitrust laws. Healthcare Finance News. Retrieved February 3, 2013 from http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/blog/judge-determines-gpos-do-not-violate-antitrust-laws As an added support to the important and clarification of the primary article presented above; according to this article, judge determines GOPs do not violate antitrust laws, “for some time now, we have […]
Cowie, M. (January, 2011). Group Purchasing Organizations and Antitrust Law: Recent Developments. DecHert. Retrieved February 3, 2013 from http://www.dechert.com/Group_Purchasing_Organizations_and_Antitrust_Law_Recent_Developments_01-20-2011/ As an important subject matter in the effective delivery of healthcare products and services, GOPs (Group Purchasing Organizations) were created to help hospitals and other providers put in their purchasing power to secure substantial discounts on virtually […]
Healthcare ethics refer to a set of moral values and principles to be used for decision-making in the field of medicine. Read on to know about the ethical issues faced by the healthcare industry in medical research and hospital management. Ethical issues in the health sector should be dealt with lot of care and concern. […]
Prepared by: Abubakar Binji Synopsis: The concern of providing pleasing medical overhaul to all the citizens of the United States at costs which can be focused and succeeded is an unrelenting one. Presently, many Americans do not receive medical care that is satisfactory both in quantity or quality or equality, and the costs of […]
Many quality improvement techniques—including the promotion of evidence-based treatments and well-coordinated care—can improve health outcomes. Their influence is often limited by factors beyond clinicians’ control, such as patients’ education, employment, and social support. To address the social and economic factors that affect health, quality improvement initiatives must reach beyond the traditional boundaries of the health […]
The concepts of evolving origins of life and health can influence adult morbidity in several ways. For example, it can influence the understanding of adult morbidity and the influence on the protection of adult morbidity. There is an account of evolving roots of wellbeing and adult disease. According to Oregon Health & Science University’s description […]
The effective governing boards share long term vision and safeguard the interest of the shareholders, healthcare organizations. For example, the roles of the effective governing board of directors, in publicly held companies is governed in part by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and is designed to serve as a benchmark for management to protect shareholders. […]
There are three critical issues in establishing trust between healthcare administration and doctors; Communication, Respect and Awareness. Communication is critical and needs to be established early in the administration to physician relationship. Administrators need to find out what the physicians need and how the administrators can meet those needs. The approach and delivery of communication […]
Healthcare marketing is the introduction and improvement of healthcare management. Healthcare management is different and unique than any other industry management. This is because certain things need to be looked at such as the patients’ confidentiality. A doctor can be sued for millions of dollars if he appears to violate the confidentiality and privacy terms […]
