Abstract
This literature review discusses how healthcare clinics are generally viewed by its patients, as well as how the healthcare employees view their work. It then discusses how the interactions between the patients and employees provides a healthcare environment that will allow for the improvement of healthcare. The paper discusses how the country of Malaysia, and specifically the city and area of Kuala Lumpur, is quickly becoming a modern, developed country complete with the medical facilities that denote that development. It finally discusses how healthcare clinics are able to generate revenue and profits for themselves or the hospitals they are affiliated with.

From the Paper
"This anticipation may not be necessarily what the citizens of Malaysia have earmarked as their highest priorities. Much of the health care provided for them at any of the local clinics may not be what the citizens are looking for. The citizen's attitudes towards health care are likely to be different than the citizens from other developed countries."
"This study will seek to discover those attitudes and how they affect health care coverage, and efficiency of the doctors, nurses and health care professionals at a health care facility in Kuala Lumpur. The study will seek to determine whether the attitudes affected by the citizens affect the health care coverage."

Tags:development, medical, physicians, outpatient

Abstract
This paper discusses the services that most school-based health clinics provide. It describes their role in contributing to the effective management of health care resources. The paper then discusses the role school-based health clinics play in transitioning patients from one level of care, at the school, to others as appropriate, such as a hospital or mental health facility.

From the Paper
"In conclusion, Jarvis (2001) reports that there is a significant shift of health care delivery systems into the outpatient setting. When adding the problems in emergency rooms and other outpatient clinics due to the nursing shortage, Jarvis (2001) reports that health care delivery systems are undergoing rapid change. Advantageous to children and teens, teachers, parents and the health care profession is the school-based health clinic. By providing health care delivery to students directly in the school barriers to a wide range of health care services are removed, resources are allocated for effective utilization and patients are transitioned into required care appropriately and with greater patient confidence."

Tags:outpatient, intervention, consultation

Abstract
The paper looks at how school-based health clinics provide an alternative to standard health care delivery systems. The paper discusses the services that most school-based health clinics provide, their role in contributing to the effective management of health care resources and finally discusses the role school-based health clinics play in transitioning patients from one level of care at the school to others as appropriate, such as a hospital or mental health facility.

From the Paper
"School-based health clinics provide an alternative to standard health care delivery systems. This paper discusses the services that most school-based health clinics provide, their role in contributing to the effective management of health care resources and finally discusses the role school-based health clinics play in transitioning patients from one level of care, at the school to others as appropriate, such as a hospital or mental health facility.
"One of the potentially most effective healthcare delivery systems, yet..."

Tags:school, clinic, health

Abstract
This paper explains that this research study explores how consultation, information, diagnosis, treatment and other aspects of holistic health care services could be successfully provided via the Internet in a remote region of South Africa. The author points out that the purpose of this study is to assess the needs and characteristics of the web portal ,such as desired features, ease-of-use, and understandability and functionality, as viewed by patients/clients. The paper relates that the methodology of this study is both qualitative and quantitative with the data collected through questionnaires, which are included in the paper. The paper also includes tables.

Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Project Goal
Requirements of System Design
Focus of Project Research and Design
Overview of Project
Design Details and Specifications
Website Study Design
Overview of Findings of Study
Introduction
Background to the Study
Importance of the Study
Focus of the Research
Research Design
Data Collection Analysis
Resources
Project Schedule
Risk Assessment - Project Limitations
Research Methodology
Quality Assurance Factors Of The Study
Background Research
Data Required
New Skills
Design Method
Technology Used (I.E. Software, Hardware, Etc.)
Literature Review
Methodology
Statistical Analyses
Initial Survey/Questionnaire
Post-Patient Survey/Questionnaire
Conclusion
Results and Findings of the Study
Discussion
Recommendations

From the Paper
"The natural health practitioner's practice is quite different from that of medical doctors in that much of the homeopathy is based upon the patient's response to questions posed by the practitioner. Consultations require a one-hour period of time limiting the number of patients the practitioner is able to see in a day. Another means of conducting consultations would prove to be invaluable in terms of healthcare delivery to the patient base of this clinic. This system would furthermore allow quicker feedback and results to be filtered to the patients and would end the incessant waiting until their next appointment to receive results, feedback or instructions for their healthcare needs."

Tags:likert, remote, questionnaire, data, feedback

Abstract
This paper examines the quality improvement processes in a primary provider healthcare clinic. It describes organizational excellence, defines and applies the concepts of quality care in healthcare organizations and determines the individual healthcare facility's performance. Further, this work utilizes current technologies in healthcare settings and identifies organizational behaviors that enhance and detract from quality healthcare. It then reviews the issues of strategic management in an organization and identifies specific examples of each from existing healthcare operations.

Table of Contents:
Abstract
Introduction
Eight Characteristics Of Excellent Organizations
Business Excellence Theoretical Framework
Comformance To Standards Unreliable For Excellence
Climate For Change And Collaborative Culture Creation
Technological Considerations Geared Toward Excellence
Necessary Leadership Skills In Healthcare
Patient Safety Considerations
FMEA: Failure Moded And Effects Analysis
Terms Used In The Fmea Risk Assessment Model
The Importance Of A Hazard Analysis
Severity Rating Scales For Failure Mode Effects
Severity Rating Scales For Failure Mode Effects
Failure Mode And Probability Rating
Root Cause Of Critical Failures
Evaluation Of Effect Of Redesign Of Process
FMEA Implementation Timeframe
Organizational Overview
Fmea Process Worksheet
Promoting Healthcare Workplace Excellence - The Georgia Dialogue
Problem Statement/Improvement Project
Analysis Of Problem
Proposed Solution And Anticipated Outcomes
Proposed Solution And Anticipated Outcomes

From the Paper
"One method of assessing and correcting process failure is the method referred to as FMEA or 'Failure Mode and Effects Analysis' is an unfamiliar concept to the majority of health care providers currently. However, it is a vital tool due to the reduction of risk that it has within its potential if implemented correctly, which will identify and prevent process problems before their occurrence in a systematic approach. This is to make identification of the ways that failure can occur within processes and for the identification of why failure might occur and how the process can be ensured to be safer."

Tags:reliance, excellence, leadership, quality

Abstract
The assignment offers a review and evaluation of a Latin American family planning a clinic with respect to structural development and improvement. In the paper, four questions are posed and information relative to the answers is formulated for quality improvement. This paper pays special attention to governance, training, restructuring and improvement through staffing, work role and resources.

From the Paper
"With the twenty first century now upon us, there is even a greater need for management to foster a healthcare environment wherein there exists a coalition amongst doctors, technicians, nurses and all other significant medical personnel to assist one another with what may seem as an insurmountable task; namely, to combine the practice of medical care into a best fit practice model wherein the flow of healthcare consumers through a facility fosters optimal patient care (Rhie & Volmert, 2004; Gillespie, 2002). Technological advancement and change strategies are affecting every private and public medical facility the world over. Patients are not only demanding more care but better care."

Tags:familyplanningclinic, structuraldevelopment, critique

Abstract
This paper describes a business plan to establish a teen pregnancy clinic. According to the paper, the Bay Shore Health Department's goal is to assure the well-being of the community by providing different clinics that will ensure prevention, promotion, and treatment of diseases to preserve the health of the residents of the community. The business plan proposes an addition of a Teen Pregnancy Clinic (TPC), which will have the responsibility to provide complete obstetrical care services to teenaged pregnant clients.

From the Paper
"The mission of the Bay Shore Health Department is to assure the well-being of the community by providing different clinics that will ensure prevention, promotion, and treatment of diseases to preserve the health of the residents of the community. The business plan proposes an addition of a Teen Pregnancy Clinic (TPC), which will have the responsibility to provide complete obstetrical care services to teenaged pregnant clients. The TPC will be comprised of a staff of professionals that will provide pregnant teenagers with medical birth preparedness, counseling, and..."

Tags:teen, pregnancy, clinic

Abstract
The paper explains Terry's views that "Abortion is Murder" and how he sympathizes with the lawless anti-abortion activists. The paper details the author's suggestions for reducing violence against abortion providers and his assertion that abortion should be outlawed. The paper then explains both the pro-abortion and anti-abortion arguments and analyzes the article. The paper explains that Terry's article is an example of a "blame the victim" strategy, for he finds those who are the target of violence to be at fault for what happens to them. The paper shows how the author's stance is anti-democratic.

From the Paper
"Terry's logic in effect gives those who commit violence precisely what they want. They commit violence to end abortions, and Terry would stop the violence by ending abortions. It is clear that he sympathizes fully with those who commit violence even though at one point he does give lip-service to some criticism of them as taking the law into their own hands. Yet, his argument suggests that he does not believe this and that he believes the law is simply wrong. He points to the law allowing abortions as wrong and so as a law that should be thwarted, and he points to the law enforcement community as supporting an unjust law and so as a force that can also be opposed."

Tags:law, murder, violence

Abstract
The paper discusses how Kiegaldie and White (2006) state that the clinical situation is significant for both the nursing professional and the patient because it provides the basis for the quality of care that will be offered and received by the patient in each case (p. 31). The paper looks at how Raingruber (2003) argues that the clinical situation not only defines care but supports the identities of those associated with health care (p. 104). The paper explains that in the current case, the clinical situation demonstrates severe issues associated with both the nurse and patient. The case is explored and then discussed in both personal and professional terms, as well as examined through the theories of each issue connected to the literature. Additionally, a focus on how the findings of the research will influence practice is offered, as well as conclusions drawn based on the research.

Tags:clinical, situation, nursing

Abstract
This paper examines the operation of a clinic that serves the needs of patients in a heavily populated urban area in South America. The paper discusses how the clinic provides preventive infant care and family planning services. The operation of the clinic is hampered by a new paperwork system and by a doctor who allows personal beliefs to interfere with his work; this paper makes recommendations on how to deal with these difficulties.

From the Paper
"In this case, it would appear that the people involved in administering and operating the clinic are failing to connect with the needs of the people that it is intended to serve. Not only are they failing to meet the needs of these people, but it also seems as if they are deliberately putting obstacles in the paths of those individuals who would care for them. Although this clinic would meet with greater success by using a more streamlined approach to administrative tasks, it might be possible to question how the people involved in running the clinic would measure success. Clearly the term "success" would be defined differently by the..."

Tags:clinic, nursing, case