care services; It is a not-for-profit, non-stock ownership health care system. It is consistently ranked among the top health care systems in the United States. INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, the flagship hospital for INTEGRIS, was recently named by US News & World Report Oklahoma’s #1 hospital. The overall satisfaction with this organization is very positive in both the community and among its employees. The positive reputation and transparency of INTEGRIS have made it a reliable source of care
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Domestic Violence amongst African American Women Domestic violence occurs in an estimated 4 million intimate relationships each year in the United States. Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in which a person uses coercion, deception, harassment, humiliation, manipulation, and/or force to establish or maintain power and control over his or her intimate partner. Economic, emotional, psychological, physical, sexual, and verbal tactics are used by perpetrators to control and obtain
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Additional analysis finds that smaller nonprofits that are more reliant on donations revenue manipulate their operating ratios to a greater extent. JEL classification: M4; L3 Key words: Nonprofit organizations, earnings management, disclosure, hospitals. ______________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author. Tel.: (319) 335-0841; fax (319) ; email: robert_yetman@uiowa.edu 1 We thank Ashiq Ali, Ramji Balakrishnan, Leslie Eldenburg, Lil Mills, Shiva
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References…………………………………………………………………………….13,14 Introduction Ambulatory EHR is an electronic health record system that works well in a physicians practice rather than a hospital. It works well in this type of facility because there are longitudinal records and internal. This means the practice deals with a lot of different pharmacies and other facilities. In comparison a hospital would not use ambulatory because they have inpatient EHR where everything is centrally located in one facility. A physicians practice will generally
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION Title Source Author 1 Author 2 Author 3 Publication/Conference Edition Document Type CPI Primary Subject CPI Secondary Subject Geographic Terms How Local Companies Keep Multinationals at Bay Harvard Business Review Online Bhattacharya, Arindam K. Michael, David C. NA Harvard Business Review, March 2008 NA Article Economics International Trade; ; ; Malaysia; Others Abstract To win in the world’s fastest-growing markets, transnational giants have to compete with increasingly
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years, hospitals have been the brunt of antitrust litigation. Between 1985 and 1999 hospitals were defendants in 61 percent of 394 medical antitrust disputes that led courts to issue formal opinions (Hammer, Peter, J. and Sage, William, M., 2003). However, these numbers do not support the under published cases, which do not result in a judicial decision. When hospitals are healthcare conglomerates to provide services antitrust views them as just a business. The services provided by hospitals are complex
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Key health issues High infant and childhood mortality rates from deadly communicable diseases. Perspective/goals Initially, the goal was to develop a medical treatment that was safe, effective, and economically feasible to be used for all births, regardless of race, creed, or culture, in the United States. Eventually, the goal included the global community with the objective of immunizing all infants and children. Role/functions In order to provide immunizations for as many children as possible
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Medical Tourism Industry - Advantage India C.B. Venkata Krishna Prasad* Traveling abroad for health is not a new phenomenon. Medical tourism is actually thousands of years old. In ancient Greece, pilgrims and patients came from all over the Mediterranean to the sanctuary of the healing god, asklepios; the god of healing was located at Epidaurus. In roman Britain, patients took the waters at a shrine at bath, a practice that continued for 2,000 years. During 18th century wealthy Europeans used to
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------------------------------------------------- Market Analysis of Sony Corporation Introduction In the eventful year 1946, two Japanese, Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita collaborated to establish the “Tokyo Telecommunications Research Institute” which later transformed into Sony Corporation in 1958 (Sony story n.d.) . The company heralded an era of user friendly innovative products into consumer product markets world over. With its stringent quality commitment and matching service provision,
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International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). The UAW website classifies the Union as "one of the largest and most diverse unions in North America, with members in virtually every sector of the economy. It represented workplaces ranging from multinational corporations, small manufacturers and state and local governments to colleges and universities, hospitals and private non-profit organizations". What's more, the Union "has more than 390,000
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