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Complementary And Alternative Medicine: Opportunities And Challenges, William Marty Martin, Hugh Long Oct 2007

Complementary And Alternative Medicine: Opportunities And Challenges, William Marty Martin, Hugh Long

William Marty Martin

Health care finance is complex in all sectors of the health care industry. This article highlights both the challenges and opportunities of financing and reimbursing care with a focus on CAM providers and CAM provider organizations.


Quality Models: Selecting The Best Model To Deliver Results, William Martin Dec 2006

Quality Models: Selecting The Best Model To Deliver Results, William Martin

William Marty Martin

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Electronic Medical Record In Nation Care Delivery, Development: Case Study On Ghana, Faustine Williams Dec 2006

The Role Of Electronic Medical Record In Nation Care Delivery, Development: Case Study On Ghana, Faustine Williams

Faustine Williams

Electronic medical record (EMR) is not only being welcomed by health care providers as a way to improve care delivery, but also serves as a catalyst for development. The purpose of this study is to examine benefits of EMR and its ultimate contribution to development of health care delivery.

Design:
This is a qualitative, explorative, and descriptive study using survey questionnaires and a sample size of 50 at the Kole-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana.

Results:
Results from the research indicates strong importance of EMR system in developing countries to facilitate effective and efficient data collection, data entry, information retrieval …


Technological Iatrogenesis: New Risks Force Heightened Management Awareness, Patrick Albert Palmieri Dec 2006

Technological Iatrogenesis: New Risks Force Heightened Management Awareness, Patrick Albert Palmieri

Patrick Albert Palmieri

Iatrogenesis is a term typically reserved to express the state of ill health or the adverse outcome resulting from a medical intervention, or lack thereof. Three types of iatrogenesis are described in the literature: clinical, social and cultural. This paper introduces a fourth type, technological iatrogenesis, or emerging errors stimulated by the infusion of technological innovations into complex healthcare systems. While health information technologies (HIT) have helped to make healthcare safer, this has also produced contemporary varieties of iatrogenic errors and events. The potential pitfalls of technological innovations and risk management solutions to address these concerns are discussed. Specifically, failure …