Health Reports Samples For Students

Introduction

This report is a summary of Sections 3.1 to 3.10 of Chapter 3 – “Infectious Diseases and Treatments” – of “Biology of Disease” (Ahmed, Dawson, Smith & Wood, 2007). Section 3.1: Introduction. A small number of pathogenic microorganisms can cause systemic disease – affecting the entire body. This chapter looks at selected examples of major body systems infections, including microorganisms that can cause generalized infections.

Section 3.2: Infections of the Skin. As an important part of the body’s immune defense system, the skin is normally populated by various microorganisms, which effectively prevent access by invading microorganisms such as Papillomaviruses ...

1. Research the history of health information technology and trends in the management of health records.

Information Technology was introduced in healthcare in the late 1970s, when Medicare started to use computers widely in healthcare. Although punch cards and first computers were in use since the 1950s as well. Insurance companies can be considered as pioneers of Health Information Technology. It was in the 1990s, when the integration of computers with clinical systems was initiated. After that, health applications were developed by vendors to be run on integrated computers. After the evolution of LANs and WANs in computer ...

In The Book “The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down”, The Author Anne Fadiman Tells A True Story Of Lia And Her Family.

Ms Fadiman a journalist eloquently documents the anguish of the worst epilepsy disorder in childhood. In early 1980, a large number of Hmong families fled oppression and war in Southeast Asia and came to settle in the United States. Lee family settled in an apartment complex in central California (Fadiman 3). Their settlement signaled an immersion in a cultural and social setting entirely different from theirs. Lia Lee was born to this family in 1982. At three ...

The first job I found was for a Director Health Information Management. I found the position on a Google search that lead me to the Jobs2Careers website (http://www.jobs2careers.com). This website had several positions available in this field. The position is located at the Terrebone General Medical Center in Houma, LA which is an acute care hospital. It is a public, not for profit hospital.

The required credentials for the position are Registered Health Information Administrator or Registered Health Information Technician with a Bachelor’s Degree but a Masters would be preferred. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is an organization that offers credentials ...

Founded in 1997 by the seven time Tour De France winner, Lance Armstrong, the Livestrong Foundation is a non-profit organization based in the United States that is dedicated to providing support for cancer victims. The organization was formerly known as the Lance Armstrong Foundation; however, the name was changed in 2012 as the Livestrong Foundation was launched. Lance Armstrong launched the cancer support foundation after he, himself, survived a tough battle with the deadly disease.

The Livestrong Foundation is dedicated to providing support and empower cancer survivors and their relatives. The Foundation lays a huge amount of emphasis on helping empower and ...

Abstract

The human asset employed by an organization plays a crucial role in influencing the efficiency and performance level of an organization. There are some factors which influence the working nature of employees. These factors have to be fully taken into consideration for the achievement of the set objectives. One the main factor is safety in the working environment. The safety of an employee is particularly significant in an organization. Every employer should ensure that the working environment is free from any safety problem. This helps to improve their performance. Safety and health of an employee help to improve the motivation ...

I was in high school until the end of March 2006. From April 1, 2006, I could not continue studying at any school because of bad depression triggered by autonomic ataxia and hereditary allergies that began in my second and third years of high school. Also, my mother was nursing my father, who had cancer, so I stayed at my aunt's house until the beginning of summer. Afterward, I started going to a prep school to prepare to attend a university in my country, but with much difficulty. (That school is not a university or college but I can learn how ...

In an article written by Shari Roan entitled “Running on empty: the pros and cons of fasting” and published online in the Los Angeles Times on February 29, 2009 presented relevant issues pertinent to fasting as a way of losing weight. Roan initially disclosed that there have been some staggering and alarming information on the continually increasing trends of obesity in the American population. In response to the need to lose weight, it was indicated that fasting was seen as an alternative, or what was specifically termed as intermittent fasting. Citing various studies conducted by scientists and dieticians, it ...

‘A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures’ is a highly acclaimed book written by Quinn Bradlee and Jeff Himmelman. Quinn bradlee shares experiences of his personal life in this book. Quinn bradlee is son of sally Quinn, a best seller writer and Ben bradlee, a Washington post executive editor. This paper discusses the book, A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures’ and talks about related aspects of the book.

Quinn shares how he came in this world with a hole in his heart and he had to undergo a number of surgeries when he was just three ...

Any hospital security engineer must observe the HIPAA privacy rule, which monitors the access and sharing of individual health information, as well as the HIPAA security rule, which comprises of the national security standards that safeguards the electronic health information. Since the hospital stores patient information using the paper based system, the manager will ensure that the implementation of electronic based health information systems is achieved within the shortest time possible (Keller & Associates, 2011). The paper records are always not secure and they contain massive irregularities and drawbacks towards the process of patient care and treatment. The paper based ...

Abstract

The assessment of respiratory functions is mandatory in the diagnosis of lung diseases and related disorders. These functions are assessed by measuring the lung volumes and capacities. In the present experiment, we learnt the use and operation of BIOPAC airflow transducer for measuring the lung volumes. We understood the rationale behind the precautions taken while experimentation. We could successfully correlate the obtained results with the physiological conditions of the subjects of the study.

Experiment on Respiratory Volumes

Respiratory system is a vital system of human physiology. It is involved with the gaseous exchange wherein oxygen is inhaled and carbon dioxide is exhaled from the ...

Executive Summary

The current research relates McDonald’s – the largest fast food restaurant chain in the world. Nowadays, the company is operating in many countries and succeeded to develop a strong brand. The current tendencies of the food industry include healthy nutrition that is inconsistent with the concept of McDonald’s. The company faced the necessity of changing menu towards more healthy, introducing more healthy products, and changing its concept (IBIS World, 2014). The current paper contains SWOT analysis aiming to analyze the situation and make propositions related the new concept of McDonald’s. There were suggestions related the new products lines made. ...

Impact of Healthcare Laws

- The constitution of United States of America guarantees liberty, life and pursuit of happiness to its citizens. Health care is one of the fundamental rights that the constitution protects. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act is necessitates a medical screening examination and stabilizing treatment for all the patients presented at any emergency department across the United States of America. The ethical principle guiding delivery of quality care to the patients that require emergency attendance despite the challenges is the distributive justice. The challenges that tend to threaten this care include inadequate community resource, insufficient capacity and underinsured ...

Tea market is trendy and continually attracting the consumers all over the world. France has one if the popular and biggest tea markets in the world. The French tea market is unique amongst the Western markets. Powerful conventional expressions can be dramatized through product design, print ads, packaging, and outdoor media. This plays a pivotal rule in reinvigorating the business. Major tea importers such as Unilever, and Tetley are active on the conventional market. Every marketing activity, from product design, brand endorsement, publicity and packaging, to CEOs’ words matter a lot. Tea companies have turned their view of publicity from ...

Causative agent

Chickenpox is a disease that is highly contagious, and its causative agent is varicella zoster virus (Wood). Historical information The history of the term chicken pox that is documented as being used from 1684 is not dependably known. There have been speculations that it was derived from chickpeas, on the basis of their resemblance of vesicles to chickpeas (Belshe).

Transmission

It begins with vesicular skin rash on the head and body. It is transmitted through the air and it easily spreads via sneezing or coughing by affected persons or via direct contact with the rash’s secretions. The patient ...

Introduction

Skin is an important component of the human body. It has many functions in ensuring the body health. Caring for the skin means keeping it in good shape to ensure the wellbeing. The nursing home clients have skin problems ranging from pressure ulcers to skin tears. This is alarming because of the serious damage that might occur. This strategic plan will help the clients have skin that will promote good health.

Goals

Objectives Strategies Training is one of the important things that will help the clients care for their skin. Training will happen after every three months. The ...

Business Issue

According to the management records, it has been observed in the past few months that there has been a substantial increase in the sickness absenteeism. The management also perceives that the sickness leaves are higher in Bradley Hotel and Conference Centre as compared to other organizations in the same industry. The arising issue is not apparently very logical to link with job dissatisfaction, as our organization divides and distributes tasks according to the working capacity of the individuals. However, there is a dire need to adopt different measures to reduce and monitor the sickness absenteeism. It is proposed that significant ...

Introduction:

Waiver schemes and the family waivers have been proposed by many states in the country, with each having various schemes to accommodate all those who are in need of help and support. There have been a lot of schemes by the department like the scheme for supporting military families with all their medical expenses, providing them with jobs in the health department, offering them support system in terms of medlineplus schemes etc. Many more such ventures by the public health department have made them unique in the whole world. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2012) A family ...

Introduction

My personal experience back in college as a young adult can be described as wild and care free. I was the captain of my college football team and this made me very popular. I was expected to constantly remain physically fit in order to lead my team to victory and simultaneously achieve good academic performance. However, there was nobody to stop my newly-acquired status as a free individual. I recall the frequent drinking sprees with my friends. These were of course accompanied by cases of rowdiness and restlessness. In other words, I had a high affinity to disrupt the peace. However, I ...

A health promotion program to reduce childhood respiratory illness is the most appropriate program. This is because it helps to deal with complications brought by the illness early in life before they develop into serious complications. Most of these diseases can be ignored, making it difficult to deal with complications they bring later in life. Many people and health institutions fail to put an emphasis on treatment of childhood respiratory illness (Shonkoff, Boyce, McEwen, 2009). Instead, many health institutions focus on programs to deal with adult illnesses that would have been dealt with in early childhood. Symptoms of childhood ...

This procedure targets people who are overweight especially those with a body mass index of 40 or more and those with body mass index of 35 and other serious medical conditions such as diabetes (Lord, 2008). It is essential for those people who can’t lose weight by exercising and cutting their diet hence has compromised their health. The center should target patients who are members of the insurance providers because the procedure is costly. The insurance providers help to offset the hospital expenses. The patient makes an appointment with a bariatric surgeon who usually carries out an assessment of his ...

President’s Sense of SOU

President Barack Obama delivered the State of Union address on 28th January 2014. Obama’s sense of the SOU was to highlight some aspects that currently exist in the country. He focused on letting American citizens understand that he is aware of the issues that need to be addressed by his government. Outlining the formulated strategies to solve the prevailing challenges in the country is essential for any democratic leadership. Barack Obama pledged to address the emerging issues such as raising the minimum wage to encourage saving in the American households. State of Union helps to give a nation a sense ...

Introduction

Most of the microorganisms naturally present in the human body are harmless commensals. However, there also exists other disease causing microorganisms known as pathogens and the mechanism by which they cause disease is known as pathogenesis. These pathogens persist or multiply within the host causing infection. Some pathogens like Pseudomonas aeruginosa are considered as opportunistic pathogens that cause disease only in patients with compromised immunity and only under certain conditions. The infectious diseases may be treated with antibiotic drugs. However, it is important to know the different types of pathogens and the virulence factors by which they cause disease ...

The observation covered both young and adult available in the facility. General hygiene of the facility was the main item to investigate during this observation. Health is one of the critical parts in the life of a human being. In the facilities where children stay, there is a need to observe health rules for children to stay away from contagious diseases. Children are vulnerable to very many diseases that arise from negligence of hygiene. Both the children and adult observed hand washing. Most children kept the rule of washing hands whenever required they did not disobey the teachings from their ...

Leadership in Health and Social Care: The challenge of promoting effective teamwork on hand hygiene compliance in an inter-disciplinary environment for team leaders in Hong Kong authority hospitals

Part I

Introduction: Hand hygiene is the single most effective and cost efficient method for preventing and reducing the transmission of hospital acquired infections. Adherence to hand hygiene practices is the most important method of reducing infections in healthcare facilities. Because hands of healthcare workers frequently serve as vectors for the transmission of organisms between patients, and are also a major reservoir for pathogens with antimicrobial resistance, the simple act of washing ones ...

Introduction

Hypertension is one of the most common clinical conditions that afflict most people regardless of country or race. Hypertension is a non-communicable disease, which means that it is not acquired through contact although mounting evidence through numerous studies suggests that the disease can be genetic or hereditary. In layman’s term, hypertension is commonly associated with high-blood pressure although in a medical perspective, hypertension is quite difficult to define. The definition of hypertension is quite arbitrary depending on factors such as age as well as the level of blood pressure that is normal for a person, which varies among the population. For ...

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Introduction

MHPAEA Act 1 was enforced to guarantee that the people seeking mental and drug abuse disorders receive the same coverage as those seeking medical and surgical care.

Research

The importance of the policy is evident from the fact that drug use and mental health disorders contribute to the development of more than 60 diseases and conditions that are covered by traditional medical plans, including cancer.

Public reaction for Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act 1

The reaction from the public, the media and public service advocates was positive. However, the reaction from employers and medical plan providers was negative, because the change would widen their coverage burden.

The clusters affected by MHPAEA

The groups ...

Introduction

Conflicts are disagreements between two or more groups of people. The parties could disagree on principles, interests or responsibilities. Conflict is very ordinary and expected when individuals with different values and ideas work together. Due to the inevitability of discord, it is important to recognize the conflict, address it and resolve it sufficiently. When conflicts are not resolved appropriately, undesired effects may arise. When conflicts are correctly handled, it strengthens the relationship and trust between the involved parties. There are many different methods of conflict resolution. Choosing the best conflict resolution method is crucial to resolving the conflict. In ...

COMPARISON OF ISOTONIC ANF ISOMETRIC STRENGTH TESTING

Methods: 10 males and 3 females in the age range of 21 to 32 years were tested for hand grip strength. Their height ranged from 65 to 74 inches and weight ranged from 158 to 260 pounds. The BMI range of the subjects was from 21.9 to 38.3 Hand-grip measurements and bench press tests were perfomed on these subjects. The Average 1 RM hand-grip, Average Handgrip, Arm Strength were estimated for each subject. Combined scores from the isometric tests -Arm plus Shoulder, ∑ of 4 isometric tests, Isometric minus handgrip were also estimated. Results: Linear regression and the R-squared ...

Enter Your University

This paper will address the different nuances of Health care company merger and acquisitions , specifically it will address the key financial drivers which prompt a merger, post merger analysis , financial planning in the post merger arena and the relevance of financial analysis in a healthcare organization. Finally the paper will address the current state of the healthcare system and what we can expect to see in the future.

Financial drivers that prompt mergers and acquisitions in Healthcare organizations.

Target company value: If the acquiring company feels that the target company to merge with is undervalued it would be a win fall for the former. Also from the perspective if the target company ...

Human Resource Management

Introduction This project alludes to the compensation and benefit strategy of an organization. It is very essential to clarify the concept and all the aspects of compensation and benefits given to the employees of an organization. Walmart is the world’s largest retail store that has been taken for this project to study the compensation and benefits issues and the steps taken by them. As per the Fortune global 500, Walmart is also one of the largest companies in the world in term of revenues, and the leading private employers worldwide. It employs approximately 2.2 million employees across ...

Introduction The increasing technological advancement, changing healthcare policies and progression of some illness calls for evidence-based research in heath care. The need to adapting to new techniques in the contemporary nursing has led to researchers coming up with a large volume of literature. Decision in healthcare has then turned out very complex. It requires a systematic search and analysis of every article and document by caregivers to get the appropriate evidence-based information. The use of a systematic review in managing large volumes of research evidence involves the process of documenting the methods before starting any search to identify different studies under the ...

Paper outline

Critical evaluation of Minnie’s Food Pantry Volunteer Volunteer program Introduction As presented in the interview, Minnie’s Food Pantry was established on April, 1st 2008 (April fool’s day) with the volunteer program being set in October, 2008. The organization offers healthy meals to families that are in need, in addition to educating them to become positive contributors to the community. In order to make this possible, the organization partners with local grocery stores and market to acquire fresh fruits, vegetables and wholesome meals to the families served. Currently, the organization serves thousands of families via ...

Introduction

Most of the time, people with flu ignore the disease especially when the symptoms are very mild. Moreover, people think of the flu as a bad cold. However, flu is worse than cold (Williams, 2014). Because of misinformation, there is a necessity for a better information dissemination concerning the flu, its causes, and the flu vaccines. Thus, this report gives information about the flu and the flu vaccine.

The Flu

Flu is a viral disease primarily caused by influenza viruses (CDC, 2014a). Most of the time, influenza viruses attack the windpipe and the lungs. Flu is considered a highly contagious disease, and its symptoms are known ...

Term Month and Year

The past decades have seen research conducted to show a link between physical activities and exercises in the retention and treatment of a number of disorders. Studies have also shown that some of the lifestyle factors such as smoking drinking, unbalanced diets with minimal to no physical activity or exercise being incorporated have been the cause of up to 50% of deaths in the country. Persons who have a tendency to exercise have been seen to have lesser episodes of depression, anxiety and were optimistic in their on-goings (De Mello et al., 2013). While these effects may be minimal to the ...

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Background information

Kindred Healthcare Inc. was established in the year 1985 under the name Vencor Inc. After its operation for a decade and a half, the company filed for bankruptcy. After the dealing with the bankruptcy cases, the company opted to change its name to the currently known Kindred Healthcare Inc. Despite the initial bankruptcy odds, the company has revitalized itself to be one of the leading providers of health care services in the United States of America. The company’s mission is to enhance the healing process of their patients’ and reignite their hope in life. Further, the company is focused on ...

Abstract

Since its founding in 1886 by three brothers, Robert, James, and Edward Johnson, Johnsons & Johnsons has reached more than 275 operating companies around the world to include Asia, Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa. Its goal of creating new and better products for customers and healthcare professionals pushed it to expand into three product segments: Pharmaceuticals, Consumers, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics (MDD). In 2013, it stood as one of the top 10 companies in the United States in its Pharmaceutical segment. It has driven growth through a concerted effort to restore reliability in providing products to its consumers with a focused ...

Screening is a vital medical exercise. It helps in identifying victims at higher risks at early stages of the disease making it possible to develop medical intervention measures that can reduce the risk of illness and death. Notwithstanding the fact that screening helps in identifying the level of risks, there are certain implications that make it undesirable. There are medical conditions in which screening is an inevitable exercise. For instance, blood pressure is a non-controversial screening program. Nevertheless, genetic screening for prostate or breast cancer, mandatory HIV screening, or obesity screening are some of the most controversial screening programs. This paper ...

Introduction

This analysis will focus on the excess intake of saturated fats and cardiovascular disease. The analysis is based on the report detailing my nutrient intake recorded for two days starting from September 4, 2014 to September 6, 2014. According to the analysis, my diet during the two-day period predisposes me to cardiovascular disease since it is high in saturated fats. According to the food guidelines given by USDA, saturated fats should contribute less than 10 percent of the total daily calories. However, my nutrient report indicates that saturated fats contribute 12 percent of my total daily calorie intake. Consequently, ...

PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS SUFFERING BEING HOMELESS

Introduction This study chronologically traces the history of people with serious mental illness and is homeless. The study examines the significant events that were followed in establishing policies for homeless people. It provides the background behind such occurrences, the government that was in power and the policies put in place. The paper further gives the ideological background that influences such policies. In conclusion, the study will highlight the present circumstances and recommendations.

Background

For around two decades, the issue of homeless has been a public policy. A third of the homeless people within the society comprise the mentally retarded. These ...

The Importance of Implementing Stronger Background Check System

for Gun Sales in the U.S.

Vice President Joe BidenThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NWWashington, DC 20500

Dear Vice President Biden: In relation to the series of gun-related violence that have mostly occurred within school premises in the recent years, here is a report that analyzes the best way to protect people from being victims in active shooting incidents. I strongly recommend the strengthening of the background check system on gun sales be the priority in the seemingly endless and tortuous debate over the issue of gun legislation. This recommendation is based on the fact that strengthening the background check systems will ensure that only mentally and emotionally fit ...

Introduction 3

Research Questions 3 Terms and Definitions 4 Health and Needs Assessment: 4 Significance of the Study 4 Need for Assessment 4 Proposal to the client 4 Objectives 5 Literature Review 5 Methodology 6 Research design: 7 Limitation of the study 7 Data Analysis 9 Negative Results 10 Summary 11 Recommendations 12

Introduction

Research indicates that nursing group teamwork directs to high-level job satisfaction, safety of patients, better care, and better patient satisfaction. However, unfortunately there has been very little attention paid to the teamwork of nursing ...

Q1a. Dental health goal and reasons for making it a health priorityGoal: Increase the number of patients receiving oral healthcare services by 150 percent to receive oral services such as preventive measures, risk assessment, and dental treatment.Reasons for making it a priority Walls and Murray, (2013) provides the following approaches for making priority in oral care.Increase self-confidence- excellent oral care (flossing and brushing) reduces the plaque that leads to bad breath. Regular assessment and preventive measures help keep the smile in the best condition that leads to self-confidence.Detect and prevent oral cancer- early diagnosis has been proved to be the ...

Introduction

This is well documented that the chemical composition of water affects the taste, color, odor, and so forth. Some of these salts also pose a threat to human health. The chemical composition of water is based on different dissolved solids. Total dissolved solids are referred to matters in tap water or water bodies that left in a container as residue after evaporation and drying of a water sample. WHO and EPA recommended that it should be below 500 mg/L (Broséus et al., 2009; EPA, 2013).

Classification of Dissolved Solids

The dissolved solids comprised of various salt contents present in the water as well as other ...

Aging is not something anyone can avoid. It comes with a lot of blessings, getting to see the world change or to see a new generation of people with new inventions. It also has its disadvantages; your body can fail on you, and there is nothing you can do to go back to the younger energetic years. The best one can do, is age successfully and this way you will not have any regrets. According to me, successful aging is mostly about remaining physically fit and capable of doing things for yourself even though not as good as when you ...

The Ministry of Health for United Arab Emirates is mandated to employ UAE national health professionals that possess the suitable qualifications (Health Authority-Abu Dhabi, 2012). This is in accordance with Health Authority-Abu Dhabi Personal Qualification Requirements. This geared towards ensuring high-quality healthcare services are effectively delivered to patients. Moreover, the ministry is at the forefront in ensuring that UAE national health professionals employed are given most appropriate training and supervision that can facilitate the development of these professionals in their careers (Federal Department of Nursing: UAE Ministry of Health, 2011). Additionally, the ministry has to define benefits that are ...

The Civil Healthcare Fraud case happened in Birmingham. The case was as a result of a complaint launched by a whistleblower. The defendants in the case were; King Jnr., King and Associates Inc., Marie King, SouthernCare Inc. and William Bill. Those involved in the investigation of the case were the FBI, The US Attorney (Joyce White Vance) and the Department for Health and Human Services in the United States. According to the article, “Civil Healthcare Fraud Allegations Settled for $ 1.4 Million”, the manager of King and Associates, Inc. was Marie King. She was a registered nurse and had the duty of directing ...

Abstract

The report discusses the aspects of food in detail regarding the ethics and moral duty that is the liability of the restaurants and caterers. Food is the basic necessity of life. Healthy food is essential for the proper growth of the body a d minds. Owing to it, serious concerns have been arising regarding the healthy food available in restaurants. Often people are motivated to take their meals from outside restaurants in cases e.g. while travelling, in hurry, on duty, for enjoyment, etc. So this report discusses all the issues at one place.

Introduction

Human body is like a racing car. It ...

Introduction

In order to understand the role of unions in workplace health and safety, the workplace health and safety incidents need to be studied. In spite of the fact that colossal efforts have been made to improve the work place safety for employees still the number of casualties have been currently reported to be around 2 million and 330 million accidents had taken place at work stations. Among all other divisions BWI are the most unsafe ones. Construction sector has the highest number of casualties compared to other large industrial sectors and reportedly 100,000 fatalities take place per year ...

Introduction

Age related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of irreversible blindness with strong and consistently reported causal linkages with cigarette smoking. Econometric analyses have demonstrated sufficient rationale in promoting smoking cessation as an effective strategy for primary prevention of AMD (Hurley et al, 2008). Japan shares many of the contemporary health issues with the developed countries including its demographic profile (long life expectancy, aging population) and disease burden (lifestyle related disorders). The prevalence of AMD in Japanese population has been found comparable to that in White population (Nakata et al, 2013).This provides sufficient basis for replication of evidence-based strategies ...

Introduction

There is growing concern for the biting shortage of nurses in the National Health Care Association. As such, it is important to retain the existing nurses within the workforce. Job retention is dependent in many employee-related factors. The National Health Care Association commissioned a study the degree of job satisfaction for nurses in various hospitals throughout the country. The data were collected from private hospitals, veteran administration hospitals and University hospitals. The following report highlights various elements of the study.

Levels of Satisfaction

A look into the entire dataset and the three variables of job satisfaction that are measured in the study reveals ...

In the United States, a national system for determine qualified health care providers does not exist. Local and state governments as well as professional organizations are responsible for providing people with credentialing information about healthcare providers. In my state, the department of health is responsible for providing the public with the necessary information on practitioners’ qualification. My state has a license data base called the provider credential search where on the department of health website where the public can go to find out the information about healthcare providers. https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/providercredentialsearch/SearchCriteria.aspx. The state department of health provides this information as a service to its ...

Analysis of Financial Statements

Financial Analysis Statement Report Introduction: I was asked by the directors of Universal Health Services to write a report on the analysis of financial statements for the last three years to identify the elements which are affecting the internal cash health of the business. The followings are my findings and recommendation. The financial health of the business depends on the historical financial data of the business. It is the responsibility of the CFO of any listed company to identify important financial signals and reports to the higher management in timely manners for the proper planning. It is ...

Abstract

Medical reforms in the form of legislation have played a big role in bringing about parity in the health care sector. The 2010 Affordable Health Care Act, the 1996 Mental Health Parity Act and various other legislations have improved the accessibility, affordability and quality of group health plans and insurance plans. Although a few loop holes and old laws continue o hamper efforts to bring about health care parity, the legislations are a big step in the right direction. The efforts aimed to integrate behavioral health services into mainstream medical service will affect the lives of many Americans positively, as only a ...

The control of Natural Resource Management in Australia is a critical concern and hence the responsibility of governments, communal groups and regional bodies to support projects and programs delivery that consequently inform policy makers on natural resources issues. (Brueckner, Durey, Mayes & Pforr 2014). Water pollution is a significant natural resource management issue in Australia that is caused by different anthropogenic, as well as natural factors (Pigram 2007). The northern Jarrah Forests of Western Australia have been a source of water to the Perth metropolitan Region, however, the water supply system is under a threat of pollution from Industrial activities taking place within ...

Report: Health – Politics, Policy, and Planning

Report: Health – Politics, Policy, and Planning 3 Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4

Links between Health Policies and Politics 5 Health Systems in the European Union (EU) 6 Health Policy Responses to the Financial Crisis in Europe 7 The Importance of Healthcare Planning 8 Conclusions 8 Recommendations 8

References: 9

Report: Health – Politics, Policy, and Planning Executive Summary This report discusses the concept of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), the links between healthcare and politics, the different types of health systems adopted by the nations of the European Union (EU) and the responses by ...

Figure 1 Risk management plan 7 Figure 2 Key data in the project of Terminal 5, United Kingdom (Khumpaisal et al. 2010) 10 Figure 3 Key players involved in the Project Terminal 5 United Kingdom (Khumpaisal et al. 2010) 10

Procurement and tendering of a Major Infrastructure Project

Project Name and Location Mater Hospital Extension, Newcastle, NSW Introduction The Mater Hospital is the first ever hospital that is being built under public-private partnership in New South Wales. The Government of NSW has signed a contract with private sector partner Novacare for 28 years. That involves the construction of new hospital buildings, extension of ...

123 4th Avenue

New York, New York

USA 547890 Dear Mr. Green: Safety and health is crucial in every endeavor. As such, conducting tasks analyses in a work setting is paramount to ensuring that the health condition and safety of all personnel are taken into utmost consideration. As such, in response to your request, I am hereby documenting the “Task Analysis – Ergonomics Report” which summarizes the results of the recently conducted task analysis – ergonomics assessment on a specific job at your convenience store, that of a Shelves Stacker, which was conducted on October 23, 2014. The report contains relevant information which includes a summary of ...

Introduction

Nursing profession entails health practices. Apparently, it is the sole role of a nurse to protect the public at large from the looming of myriad ailments. Also, a nurse has a primary role of ensuring proper strategies invented to promote healthy living. Additionally, nursing profession endeavors to mitigate pain through the diagnosis and further treatment of human response. Above all, nurse immensely advocates better healthcare of individuals, families, communities and the population at large. As a matter of fact, devoid of nurses in the medical profession is beyond imagination. The paper focuses on nursing as a medical profession.

Job Description

Prevalently, Registered Nurses, abbreviated as RNs, ...