physicians, and requiring more medical care. Population growth, new technology and treatments, and expanding health insurance coverage are also important contributing factors (Getzen, 2013, p. 23). “The total number of office visits to primary care physicians is projected to increase from 462 million in 2008 to 565 million in 2025” (Petterson, et. al., 2012, p. 2). Table 1 shows the difference in projected growth from changing demographics and the Affordable Care Acts (ACA) expansion of coverage. The
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Impact of Health Information Technology Information systems have much to offer in managing healthcare costs and in improving the quality of care. Health Information Technology creates a system for the collection and processing of data from various sources, and using the information for policy making and management of health services. Health information technology has the potential to enable better care for patients, and to help clinicians achieve continual improvements in the quality of care in primary
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Final Course Project This report was written to provide the reader with a demographic profile and a brief overview of the healthcare organizations, as well as informed them of the potential healthcare needs one might anticipate in this geographic area of Valley, Alabama. Not only that, it will also discuss the marketing analysis that will identify a specific proposed healthcare service for Lanier Hospital which is a cancer treatment center. It will also go in great detail about the overall marketing
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SERIES SCENARIO WORLD Financing Demographic Shifts: The Future of Pensions and Healthcare in a Rapidly Ageing World Interim Report World Economic Forum, January 2008 The World Economic Forum would like to express special thanks to Mercer (Marsh & McLennan Companies) for its strong contribution to the Financing Demographic Shifts Initiative and the development of this document. In addition, the World Economic Forum would like to thank all active contributors from a broad range of Industry Partners
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Institute for Health Information 495 Richmond Road, Suite 600 Ottawa, ON K2A 4H6 Phone: (613) 241-7860 Fax: (613) 241-8120 www.cihi.ca ISBN 1-55392-676-5 (PDF) © 2005 Canadian Institute for Health Information Cette publication est aussi disponible en français sous le titre : Comprendre les temps d’attente dans les services d’urgence : Qui utilise les services d’urgence et quels sont les temps d’attente?, 2005 ISBN 1-55392-678-1 (PDF) Table of Contents About the Canadian Institute for Health Information
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Graduate School of Business Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila A Study on the Attitudes of the Female Residents of Pureza, Manila towards the Reproductive Health Law In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Research Methods and Case Writing Submitted to Dr. Dolores Garcia Submitted by Arien Marie A. Guda I. Introduction Population control or population management has been one of the rallying cries of Filipino economists since Pres. Ferdinand Marcos signed the United
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The U.S. Health Care System Yusara Millan Phoenix University HCS/531 Kenneth Feldiman February 20, 2012 The U.S. Health Care System Today’s health care system is a constant focus of debate those who argue about the American system been the best health care system in the world but there is also the part that argues that the U.S. waste more in health care system than any other nation in earth and yet many Americans have not insurance coverage. The intention of this paper is to search the health
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major categories: demographic characteristics, disease categories, and geographic location. The main focus is on demographic segmentation which is aimed at targeting services for certain socioeconomic characteristics such as gender, age, or cultural/ethnic background (Anniston, 2012). Target Marketing Woman’s Health This facility has implemented several initiatives over the last decade which forms their strategies that target women. There is a lack of focused care for women in the
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Perspective on Health Care Nicole Asta HCS/212 January 14, 2013 Patricia Wolcott Perspective on Health Care I’ll be honest the main reason I got interested in healthcare was because I have been obsessed with ER all my life. George Clooney was my dream doctor, and he still is today. But as I grew older and relised that my day dreams may never come true, I still remained interested in healthcare. However, I did make the critical reaslation that I detest blood and anything to do with it
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