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Health and Medical Administration Commons

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2007

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Full-Text Articles in Health and Medical Administration

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.


Intestinal Microsporidial Infections Among Orang Asli (Aborigine) Children From Malaysia, Hesham Al-Mekhlafi Aug 2007

Intestinal Microsporidial Infections Among Orang Asli (Aborigine) Children From Malaysia, Hesham Al-Mekhlafi

Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi

No abstract provided.


Computed Tomographic Screening For Lung Cancer., Michael Lock Jul 2007

Computed Tomographic Screening For Lung Cancer., Michael Lock

Michael Lock

No abstract provided.


Developing The Physician Executive: From The Surgical Suite To The Executive Suite, William Martin, Susan Quinn Dec 2006

Developing The Physician Executive: From The Surgical Suite To The Executive Suite, William Martin, Susan Quinn

William Marty Martin

The education and training of physician executives represents a challenge. This paper describes several models to design and delier an executive and leadership development program for physicians.


The Effect Of The Fit Between Organizational Culture And Structure On Medication Errors In Medical Group Practices, Amer Kaissi, J Kralewski, B Dowd, A Heaton Dec 2006

The Effect Of The Fit Between Organizational Culture And Structure On Medication Errors In Medical Group Practices, Amer Kaissi, J Kralewski, B Dowd, A Heaton

Amer A Kaissi

No abstract provided.


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 …