synthesized in part from a presentation by CEO George Halvorson to a Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health Care System meeting in San Francisco, and from the Commission’s site visit to the Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center in March 2007. Additional information was obtained from presentations, telephone interviews, or e-mail communications with the individuals named in the acknowledgments; from information and documents available on the organization’s Web
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accompanied by significant shifts in the country’s domestic policy, especially in the area of health care. Erosion of the socialist ideology that shaped China’s political landscape after the World War II is clearly apparent in the country’s market reform
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Health Care Policy The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) signed by President Obama in 2010 will bring about changes to the health care system that affect every American. The PPACA ensures access to affordable health care with a focus on cost containment and enforcing quality of care for those who seek services. According to a Congressional Budget Office budget report the PPACA will cost tax payers an estimated $900 billion and provide coverage for more than 94% of the population
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2010 Edition Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice Second Edition [pic] American Nurses Association Silver Spring, Maryland 2010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a national professional association. This ANA publication ( Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice) reflects the thinking of the nursing profession on various issues and should be reviewed in conjunction with state board of nursing
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2010 Edition Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice Second Edition [pic] American Nurses Association Silver Spring, Maryland 2010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a national professional association. This ANA publication ( Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice) reflects the thinking of the nursing profession on various issues and should be reviewed in conjunction with state board of nursing
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Patents for these genes are held by Myriad Genetics, an American company, which has granted Genetic Technologies exclusive rights to BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing in Australia. In 2002-3, and again in 2008, Genetic Technologies sought to enforce its rights in relation to the BRCA genes in Australia, including through demands that public hospitals and other laboratories cease to offer the tests. Genetic Technologies later withdrew these demands. However, the episode prompted the establishment of a Senate Community
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nation’s health care expenditures result from hospital care, physician, and clinical services. One way the Affordable Care Act seeks to address the issues of cost is by reducing the compensation for hospital and treatment services that result in medical errors or inadequate quality of care. One of these payment models in consideration is pay-for-performance (P4P). To understand better exactly what pay-for-performance entails, this discussion includes: * The definition of pay-for-performance
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restrictions and recommendations University: Shanghai University – School of Economics Course: Service economics and Trade Tutor: Professor Dong Yinguo Author: Hake Feka Student ID: 13D62241 Abstract The result of the market-oriented reforms in China along with its opening up to the outside world were rapid industrialization and integration in international trade. The service sector has perceived a fast, continued development and has made huge contributions to the overall economy in terms
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1. Read and study information related to: Integration of technology in health care evaluation and planning. Planning of health care services. Effectiveness of the delivery of health care services. 2. Prepare an outline of the most relevant aspects of the readings to be discussed in class. A. Integration of technology in health care evaluation and planning. a. As part of the strategy for the nation to put information technology to work in health care. This includes a variety of electronic
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INTRODUCTION Kenya vision 2030 aims to create a cohesive, equitable and just society based on democratic principles grounded in the existing, rich and diverse cultures in Kenya. The vision 2030 is based on three pillars namely Economic, Social and Political. The economic pillar seeks to ensure prosperity for all Kenyans through economic development programs in key sectors aimed at achieving an average gross domestic product (GDP) of 10% per annum up to 2030. The social pillar aims at building
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