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Information Technology (IT) and Health Care, 2005.
A look at the impact that IT has had on the health care sector.
4,571 words (approx. 18.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 83.95
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This research study investigates and assesses the role and impact of information technology on the health care sector. The paper also looks at why the medical health care professions are not taking full advantage of the IT revolution and attempts to answer this question by determining what the objectives of central health care organizations are, what the critical success factors are for meeting those objectives, what decisions are key to those success factors, and what type of information systems will produce the desired and expected results. The paper also examines how the internal and external environment affects the impact of information technology on the health care sector and looks at why some strategies for implementing information technology are more successful than others.
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"Healthcare systems serve to perform the very important function of preserving human capital. In modern society, health care assumes significance not just in terms of the expenditure it generates, but also because it is a large-scale consumer of goods and services, important employer and contributes in research and development. From the perspective of countries, maintaining and improving health care services require significant investments. Consequently governments and the private sector consistently strive to improve the productivity levels of this sector by controlling costs. It is in this context that information and communication technology can play a key role in making both ends meet ? ensure adequate health care for people at affordable costs. (Murphy, p. 12) "
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Health Care and Information Technology, 1995.
Discusses benefits, uses, problems of telemedicine, health information networks and data management.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, £ 33.95
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"Introduction
The information revolution has changed the way that companies do business in a variety of fields. Computers and the large amount of information that they can process quickly have brought numerous innovations to businesses from the way that paperwork is handled to the way that manufacturing is accomplished and transactions processed. The healthcare industry has not been left out of this revolution. Imaging technology as well as changes in telecommunications have resulted in remote access to specialists which previously would have been unavailable. Improved transaction processing means that providers receive payment more quickly, and records of patients are maintained more easily through database management systems. This research considers the effect of information technology on the healthcare industry ..."
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Computer Technology and Health Care, 2002.
Discusses the impact of computer technology on health care.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 18.95
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The purpose of this brief essay is to demonstrate the impact of computer technology on health care and medicine.
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Information Technology and Health Care, 2002.
An overview of the growing use of technology within the healthcare industry including privacy issues.
3,025 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 63 sources, £ 78.95
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This paper looks at the increasing amount of technology deployment in the health care industry. The goals of technology streaming of paper-intensive processes are detailed. As well, privacy issues and security issues to the private patient information is addressed.
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Health Care Managers and Health Care Delivery, 2004.
Examines the relationship that exists between health care players, how they perform their duties, and how they join their forces in health care delivery.
2,367 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 51.95
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This paper examines and provides information on the roles and responsibilities that health care managers are tasked to accomplish in today?s health care systems. Moreover, this paper examines how a health care manager's job as a leader who ensures a smooth and organized management and operation of health organizations, influences his/her perspective on health care professions. The paper emphasizes the importance of understanding how health care managers perceive their duties in health care service.
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"The basic role every manager must be able to render is the task of providing good human relations to everyone at work. Through this role, the objective of accomplishing jobs in an environment where good work relationship is maintained can be made possible. In the field of health care, healthcare managers must have the ability to perform this basic responsibility. A healthcare manager should be a specialist in managing the condition of the healthcare staffs. Though this duty may be perceived as a simple task, it is critical that a good human resource management be delivered to a health organization to ease the stress and pressure that health care providers, such as the doctors and nurses, experience from their duties."
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Health Care and Managed Health Care: The Need for Sweeping Reforms, 2002.
A look at role of primary care nurse practitioners in relation to health care reforms.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 6 sources, £ 62.95
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This paper investigates the role of primary care nurse practitioners in respect to health care and health care reform. The failure of primary healthcare is critically assessed, in the respect that health care is currently "managed" by independent "for- profit" organizations, where there is an emphasis on financial success rather than patient welfare. This paper also places a strong emphasis on the role of nurse care practitioners in the state of Florida and in community health care clinics.
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Health Care Information and the Internet, 2005.
Examines health care information management in an era of globalization and the Internet.
2,637 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 56.95
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Due to the Internet, the health care information that is being passed along to consumers is changing greatly. This can be good or bad, depending on who is being asked the question and how the health care information is managed. This paper examines health care information and the Internet to provide a more complete picture of what is going on in this field today.
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"How quality is assessed often comes from peer review. When this is done experts in the field look at the material that is provided to ensure that the work is quality . Some of the Internet sites that deal with medical information utilize this process in order to review the materials that are offered before they are posted . This presents them with some difficulty, however, because the approach of having peer reviewed information is not always uniform and because experts in the field are required . When Internet consumers visit sites that do not have these types of reviews, the quality of information that they receive may be unacceptable."
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Economics of Health Care Information Systems, 2002.
Looks at the importance of information systems in the health care industry in the United States.
2,059 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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Stakeholders in the U.S. health care system include private and public purchasers of health plans, physicians, hospitals, clinics, health plans, consumers, and public health programs. Each stakeholder wants quick access to information for a variety of reasons. The paper shows that, in light of these important issues, information systems in the health care environment is no longer a luxury; it is a necessity. The paper examines the benefits as well as the disadvantages of the health care industry's move towards dependence on IS. It also presents information on proposed legislation to protect medical records and patient confidentiality.
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"The intertwined issues of security, privacy, and confidentiality have drawn increased attention to and public unease with the growing use of technology in health care. In 1996, HIPAA mandates included the enactment of federal laws and regulations against unauthorized access to electronically stored or transmitted patient records and misuse of personal health information. These new security standards were designed to protect all electronic health information from improper access, alteration, or loss. The proposed regulations include technical guidance and administrative requirements for those who use, maintain, or transmit electronic health information."
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Releasing Health Care Information, 2004.
This paper discusses the administrative, ethical, and legal aspects of releasing health care information.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 22.95
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This paper explains that the entire health care system in the United States is predicated on a well-established system of careful control of medical information that is afforded the highest degree of privacy and privilege. The author points out that the release of information pertains to all medical information with a personal identifier on a document of any sort, which can take the form of traditional paper-based medical records and forms, digital output stored in a hospital?s mainframe or a clinician?s desktop, and X-rays and their interpretations that are subject to release of information privacy protections. The paper concludes that, notwithstanding the ethical considerations involved, failure to exercise adequate security of such personal medical information or to comply with requests for information should carry serious consequences.
Table of Contents
Objectives
Background and Overview of Release of Information
Types, Uses and Purposes of Release of Information Documentation
Legal and Ethical Considerations and Potential Consequences
Review, Summary and Conclusion
Controlling Federal and Colorado State Law
Explanation of Health Information Policy/Procedure Specific to Release of Information
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"Under HIPAA, all patients have the right to inspect, copy, and amend their health-care information; authorize or refuse to authorize its use; and receive a formal accounting of how their information is used. Infrastructural barriers must be used to block unauthorized access to a patient's medical data. The rule provides for civil monetary penalties of up to $25,000 for each standard violation as well as criminal penalties of up to 10 years imprisonment and/or a fine of up to $250,000. (104) The federal law represents a floor of protection for medical data; stricter state laws are not preempted. In addition to these, many other federal statutes may interact with HIPAA's privacy provisions."
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Health Care Information Systems and Communication, 2008.
An analysis of the importance of wireless communication in the infrastructure of health care organizations.
3,923 words (approx. 15.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 75.95
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This paper discusses the importance of communication in the health care system. It particularly focuses on the role of information systems in communication within health care. The paper looks at three communication strategies that will help change a health organization's information system. The paper then focuses on the need for a deep penetration of wireless communication to be embedded into the infrastructure of health care organizations.
Table of Contents:
Current ICT status
Scope of Proposed Strategy
Objectives of Proposed Strategy
Technologies, Platforms and Systems
Process and Organizational Implications of Proposed Strategy
Implementation Plan
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"Currently there is a definite lack of standards in the mobile and wireless technology industries. Wireless technology almost becomes obsolete as soon as it is implemented. This is the biggest barrier that health care organizations have when it comes to integrating wireless technology with existing work systems. There is no question that wireless technology is here and in our lives for good. What the question is, is just how long it will be before the needs of a wireless world are seen in a big picture. The need for health care organizations to exploit wireless technology while maintaining patient security is the most important view of the future of medicine (Merrill, 1991)."
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Information Technology and Nursing, 2005.
This paper looks at the effects of information technology on nursing and health care.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper discusses that just as information technology produces a dual impact on the workplace in general, it can be expected that the impact on nursing will be a similar pattern of increased efficiency versus complexity and problems. The writer notes that technology provides a means for measuring nursing outcomes and for evaluating performance. Further, the writer maintains that the use of advanced technology in health care can greatly increase efficiency and affordability, and also permit new management programs and the introduction of innovative services. Information technology is well known for increasing efficiency and producing cost savings.
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"Just as information technology produces a dual impact on the workplace in general, it can be expected that the impact on nursing will be a similar pattern of increased efficiency versus complexity and problems. Technology provides a means for measuring nursing outcomes and for evaluating performance. The use of advanced technology in health care can greatly increase efficiency and affordability, and also permit new management programs and the introduction of innovative services."
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Research into Information Technology: Managerial and Organizational Issues, 2005.
Discusses issues of privacy and information technology in the health care sector.
7,950 words (approx. 31.8 pages), 31 sources, MLA, £ 121.95
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Patient privacy is considered such an important issue that legislation has been passed to make sure that doctors and other health care providers retain the confidentiality of their patients' records. This paper discusses the implementation of this legislation, known as HIPAA, and the difficulties faced by the health care sector due to the vulnerability of modern-day technology. While technology makes information, such as medical records, more accessible, it also allows systems to be abused by hackers. The paper examines how these problems are dealt with on an organizational and managerial level.
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"The role that decision-making, management, and planning on a centralized level play in technology is continuing to increase (Leddy, & Fuller, 1996). This is particularly true in nations that are still developing much of their technological framework and comes from a lack of resources, instability on a financial level, and overpopulation (Leddy, & Fuller, 1996). Having information that is not sufficient or not accurate is also hurting the decision-making abilities and the planning abilities of many of these individuals (Leddy, & Fuller, 1996). It has been suggested that there are two very prominent factors that are limiting the success when it comes to organizational and managerial change within technology (Leddy, & Fuller, 1996). Some of this comes from not having enough adequate data but the rest comes from a shortage of individuals that are trained to make these decisions on this level (Leddy, & Fuller, 1996)."
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Impediments to Health Care Access for Low Income Visible Minorities, 2002.
Identifies causal factors for the gap in health care access for lower-income Americans and visible minorities and the more affluent members of America's majority.
29,350 words (approx. 117.4 pages), 135 sources, APA, £ 176.95
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As the American population continues to become more diverse racially, members of visible minority groups within the population become more prominent. Simultaneously, with the increase in diversity, income distribution in the American economy has become more distorted. While economic growth in the United States has surged over the past decade, the income gap has widened; not only between the richest and poorest Americans, but also between moderate-income and low-income Americans. Members of visible minorities in the population tend to be represented disproportionately in the low-income and poverty classifications in the United States. While there is an abundance of implications of this state of affairs, one of the more crucial ones is access to health care. Individual and household financial capacity, the scarcity of employer-paid health insurance among small businesses, cultural differences based in social psychology and other factors frequently act as impediments to health care access for low-income individuals and households among visible minority population groups in the contemporary United States. This problem and these issues are investigated in this study. The study identifies causal factors for the gap in health care access between lower-income Americans and members of visible minorities in the United States, on the one hand, and more affluent Americans and members of the majority segment of the population, on the other hand. The initial chapter of this study delineates the problem investigated. Specific research questions are formulated and stated to provide greater focus for the investigation.
Social psychological theory and applied social psychology literature are reviewed in the second chapter. Literature relevant to the functioning of low-income and visible minority population groups in the United States within a social psychological context are reviewed in the third chapter. The fourth chapter is devoted to a review of literature relevant to both the health care system in the United States and the experiences of low-income and visible minority population groups in relation to health care access and health care delivery in the United States. An assessment of the problem investigated, performed within the structure of the research questions, is presented in the final (fifth) chapter. Conclusions drawn from the study findings are stated and recommendations for further research are made. The summary conclusions reached through the conduct of this study relate both to health care access and health care utilization by low-income persons and members of visible minorities. With respect to health care access, the summary conclusion reached is that a universal system of health care entitlement is required in the United States. In relation to health care utilization by low-income persons and members of visible minorities, the summary conclusion reached is that extensive education is required for both low-income persons and members of visible minorities, on the one hand, and health care providers, on the other hand. Low-income persons and members of visible minorities require education on the benefits and function of health care services, while health care providers require education in the social mores of the diverse populations they must serve.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Problem Delineation
Background on the Problem
Statement of the Problem
Research Questions
Review of Relevant Social Psychology Theory and Literature
Introduction
Sociological Theory and Health Care
The Welfare State
Accessing Contemporary Health Care
Role of Ethics in Accessing Health Care
Alternative Health Care Delivery Systems
Chapter Conclusions
Social Functioning of Low-Income and Visible Minority Population Groups
Introduction
HIV/AIDS Related Behavior
Initiatives to Improve Health Care
Access and Behaviors
The American Health Care System and the Experiences of Low-Income and Visible Minority Groups
Introduction
The American Health Care System
Analysis of Health Care Delivery Systems
Care Quality
Alternative Approaches to Health Care
Bioethical Issues
Problems of Accessibility
Initiatives to Improve Minority Access
Chapter Conclusions
Assessment of the Problem Discussion, Recommendations for Further Research
Appendices
Annotated Bibliography
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"Social Cognitive Theory [self-efficacy] emphasizes the role of expectancies, self-efficacy, peer normative influences, and social competency skills as key components affecting adolescents? behaviors (DiClemente, Lodico, Grinstead, Harper, Rickman, Evans, & Coates, 1996). The applicability of models based on social psychological principles for understanding African-Americans? decision-making and sexual behavior has been questioned because most such models tend to be individually-focused and do not take into account the social context in which the behavior is embedded (Cochran & Mays, 1993). Social cognitive theory, however, explicitly integrates behavioral, cognitive, and environmental factors as reciprocally interactive. Thus, given the hypothesized multi-factorial nature of sexual decision making and the potential impact of the high-risk social environment of the study population, approaches based on social cognitive theory are thought to be particularly relevant for understanding the myriad factors that may affect African-Americans? sexual behavior."
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The Role of Privacy in Healthcare Information Systems Technology, 2001.
This paper examines today's new Healthcare Information Systems Technology and how they affect the patient's privacy.
6,450 words (approx. 25.8 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 105.95
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This paper discusses privacy and today's growing information systems technology in all fields, specifically on healthcare. Computerization of health care information, while offering new, viable opportunities to improve and streamline the health care delivery system, the author finds, also presents new challenges to individual privacy interests in personal health care data. He feels that technical and organizational capabilities to secure and maintain confidentiality in data must work in tandem with legislation to preserve those privacy interests while making appropriate information available for approved uses.
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"Concerns over the privacy and security of electronic health information fall into two general categories: concerns about inappropriate releases of information from individual organizations; and concerns about the systemic flows of information throughout the health care and related industries. Inappropriate releases from organizations could result either from authorized users who intentionally or unintentionally access or disseminate information in violation of organizational policy, or from outsiders who break into an organization's computer system. The second category--systemic concerns--refers to the open disclosure of patient-identifiable health information to parties that may act against the interests of the specific patient or may otherwise be perceived as invading a patient's privacy. These concerns arise from the many flows of data across the health care system, between and among providers, payers, and secondary users, with or without the knowledge of the patient. These two categories of concerns are conceptually quite different requiring different interventions or countermeasures (?For the Record,? 1997, 54)."
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