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Chaos Theory, Complexity Theory and Health Services, 2005.
A discussion on "In Commentary: The Potential of Chaos Theory and Complexity Theory for Health Services Management", by Margaret Arndt and Barbara Bigelow.
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This paper examines Margaret Arndt and Barbara Bigelow's book which discusses the relevance and potential of the chaos and complexity theories in terms of improving health services management in the United States. It highlights that reevaluating professional knowledge and assumptions in a field as complex as health care can be unsettling, but it can also invigorating.
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"In "Commentary: The Potential of Chaos Theory and Complexity Theory for Health Services Management", Margaret Arndt and Barbara Bigelow examine the relevance and potential of these theories in terms of improving health services management in the United States. They emphasize that reevaluating professional knowledge and assumptions in a field as complex as health care can be unsettling, but it can also invigorating. Because of the potential benefits of such an approach, Arndt and Bigelow (2000) argue in their article that applying chaos theory and complexity theory to health services management is worthy of pursuit, despite potential controversy or disputes regarding the validity of this approach. Since America's health care system is plagued by inherent complexity and chaos, applying ..."
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Chaos Theory, 2005.
This paper discusses chaos theory based on James Gleick's "Chaos: Making a New Science" and Ian Stewart's "Does God Play Dice?: The Mathematics of Chaos".
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper explains that James Gleick believes that chaos theory is revolution in thinking, a major shift from the ordered universe of Newton and even the less mechanical universe of Einstein. The author points out that chaos theory says that the universe is decided on the basis of chance to a great degree and that the aggregate of those chances cannot be predicted or even discerned to allow a clear cause-and-effect assessment. The paper relates that chaos theory says that a small change in a system, which takes place all the time and cannot be tracked or even relied upon, can produce more and more changes until something much greater and unforeseen occurs.
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"Ian Stewart is trained as a mathematician, while Gleick writes about science for the New York Times. Stewart is British, and Gleick American. They write about the same subject from different points of view. Stewart begins his book noting that the direction for creation has been first from chaos into order, and that physics has now found that order is something of an illusion masking the continuing chaos of reality. He also cites Newton and the Newtonian era as affirming that nature has laws and man can discover what these laws are. The world described by Newton was a clockwork world which operated like a machine, and Stewart discusses the nature of that world and world-view much more directly than does Gleick."
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Chaos Theory, 2005.
This paper applies chaos theory to business management.
1,070 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper explains that organizations are becoming aware of the serious need to cope with and quickly adapt to change; therefore, they increasingly are turning to chaos theory in order to understand and manage change in a dynamic business environment. The author points out that chaos theory, also known as non-linear systems theory, is based on the premise that the world is made up of complex systems that are non-linear, dynamic, unstable and unpredictable, contrasting sharp with Newtonian science, which believed that the universe functioned in an ordered, stable, linear and predictable manner. The paper relates that chaos theory has led to organizations being viewed as organic or living systems that will find orderly solutions if they are allowed to do so; however, organizational management needs to be more sensitized to environmental changes, leading to flexibility, responsiveness, dynamism and a reduced reliance on precise planning.
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"True, that discerning the underlying structure of the complex systems that bring about change is often difficult because there are a number of myriad factors involved. However, chaos theory is nevertheless useful in understanding and managing what was previously considered to be uncontrollable, chaotic events and behavior. This is achieved by defining chaos as "the range of behaviors that deterministic processes can adopt." One such deterministic process is deemed as the organizational culture and structure itself. Indeed, this is precisely the reason why modern organizations are moving towards decentralized, leaner, flatter structures that allow for employee empowerment, self-organization and emergence."
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The Chaos Theory, 2005.
This paper discusses the possibility of more accurately forecasting weather through the application of Edward Lorenz' chaos theory as based on James Gleick's book "Chaos: Making a New Science".
2,315 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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This paper explains that James Gleick in his book "Chaos: Making a New Science" reports the work of meteorologist and pioneer of the chaos theory, Edward Lorenz, to computerize the forecasting of weather based on physical laws. The author points out that Gleick explains, even though the straight-forward mathematical attempt by Lorenz to find weather averages was a "failure", Lorenz discovered that the phenomenon of climate instability was related to the chaos theory. The paper relates that Lorenz' two non-linear discoveries are (1) that models of chaotic systems have an exquisitely sensitive dependence on initial dependence called the butterfly effect and (2) that even simple systems can show complex, chaotic behavior proving that the "clockwork" universe doesn't exist.
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Gleick's Belief of the Possibility to Forecast Weather
The Butterfly Effect
Nonlinear and Linear Systems
Similar to Predicting the Motions of Planets
Link between Aperiodic Behavior and Unpredictable Behavior
Thermal Convection
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"The very act of predicting weather is "fragile" when it comes to computer modeling, even though the data may be "reasonable trustworthy" and the laws of science are "purely physical" (20). But the computer modeling of weather patterns and air movement and temperatures and all the other ingredients that go into the stew, are only good for a day or two; "beyond two or three days the world's best forecasts" are / were speculative, and "beyond six or seven," Gleick writes, "they were worthless." Why were they worthless? "The Butterfly Effect was the reason.""
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Health Services Administration, 2003.
An overview of the planning and organization of health care services and a discussion of the health services programs available to the different populations.
2,404 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper discusses how the organization of health care systems has progressed over time as advances in medicine and technology have occurred. It looks a how the advent of multi-hospital systems, HMO?s, and the like, have developed in response to the changing demographics of the population and in response to the changing health care needs of the population as technological advances have wiped out previously debilitating sickness.
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Introduction
Overall Health Care System: Analysis of Development
Social Factors Influencing Health Care
The Future of Health Care
Conclusion
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"One important idea to consider when discussing the administration of health care services is the perceived need by the public for such services. The concept that the availability of health care services creates a demand for health care and need is important to consider. New technological advances have perhaps implanted in the minds of physicians and patients the need to treat disease that may have otherwise been ignored. One important factor to consider in planning health program administration is evaluating the utilization of health care services. The function of health planners is to identify areas of greatest need or highest potential demand in communities for health care delivery organizations."
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Quality And Costs In Health Care Services, 2007.
An analysis of the relationship between cost and quality in health care services in the United States.
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This paper researches the quality of health care services in the United States and analyzes the relationship between cost and quality in health care services. The paper examines the role of four agencies in addressing quality in healthcare - the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Finally, it addresses the implications to the profession of nursing relating to cost and quality in health care and particularly relating to advanced practice nurses.
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Objective
Introduction
Review of Institute of Medicine Report
Role of Four Identified Agencies and Quality in Healthcare
Healthcare Cost and Quality and the Implications for Advanced Practice Nurses
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"It is extremely important in view of the limited supply of workers in today's health care workforce that the APN be highly educated, highly trained, and experienced to a great degree in health care service delivery. The APN must know the policies and regulations of agencies that regulate and monitor the health care organization. The APN must be well versed in indicators, procedure and protocol in order to avoid medical errors either in failing to test, monitor, or instruct the patient. The scope of the APN's duties require that the APN be technologically savvy, detail oriented, and conscious of all procedures and checks that will avoid useless and avoidable medical errors in the health care organization which has employed them. The APN must play an active role in development of education for nursing future APN's. The APN must furthermore, actively document the effectiveness of the APN role for the purpose of gaining the trust of the public in the quality of care received which has been provided by the Advanced Practice Nurse and in a cost-effective manner while showing that APN provided care is highly successful in avoidance of useless and avoidable errors in the health care organization."
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Chaos Theory, 1999.
Defines and assesses the truth and usefulness of the theory on the breakdown of ordered systems.
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To assess whether chaos theory is a good theory one must first do two things - define chaos theory itself and then define what one means in general as a good theory. The initial proposition is the easier of the two, and so is taken up first in this paper.
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"Chaos Theory
To assess whether chaos theory is a good theory one must first do two things - define chaos theory itself and then define what one means in general as a good theory. The initial proposition is the easier of the two, and so is taken up first in this paper.
Chaos theory is in fact a broader-ranging set of ideas than is usually described by the title "theory", for it puts forth not a proposition about a particular and specific set of events (such as in the case in something like the theory of angular momentum) but instead makes a rather sweeping generalization about the way the natural - as well as perhaps also the social - world is put together. Chaos theory is in fact a sort of meta-theory, the basic ideas of which can be extracted and applied in a variety of situations. Some of these ..."
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The Health Services Industry in India, 2006.
This paper analyzes the business prospective of the health services industry in India.
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This paper explains that the GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) defines four modes for trading in the health care industry: (1) Cross-Border Trade in which trading takes place from one country to another, (2) Consumption Abroad in which the medical services are used abroad by the consumers, also called 'medical tourism', (3) Commercial Presence in which a service supplier crosses the borders to establish and provide heath services, such as hospitals, clinics and nursing homes, in other countries and (4) Movement of Natural Persons in which health personnel such as doctors, technicians and administers cross country borders. The author points out that, in the past, the bulk of healthcare infrastructure in India has been provided by the public sector, but the large-scale entrance of Third Party Administrators (TPAs), corporate hospitals and information technology are creating an organized delivery system of healthcare facilities. The paper stresses that India is ready for large-scale global trade in medical services to augment the domestic tele-medicine network in all areas and to integrate the domestic facilities with the global tele-medicine network. Many graphs and tables.
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Overview of Global Healthcare Trade
Cross-border Trade (Mode 1)
Consumption Abroad (Mode 2
Commercial Presence (Mode 3)
Movement of Natural Persons (Mode 4)
Implications of Trade in Healthcare
The Current Indian Health Scenario
Future Trends, Scope of Foreign Collaboration and Policy Environment
Mode 4 Trade in Medical Care
Institutionalizing Effective Alternatives to Fee-for-Service Primary Care
Reinstating or Creating Cross-Subsidy
Increasing Private Purchasing of Health Services by Government Facilities
Evolution of a Mixed Healthcare Model in India
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"In India, approximately 60% of the total health expenditure comes from self-paid category as against Government's contribution of 25-30%, while contributions from insurance companies are negligible. However, opening up of the insurance sector to private players will make healthcare affordable to a large number of people. Currently, in India only 0.2% of the total population is covered under Mediclaim, whereas in developed nations like USA, about 75% of the total population is covered under such insurance schemes. One reason could be the lack of awareness and marketing. Moreover, agencies like GIC take 6 months to process claims and to reimburse customers after they have paid out of their own pockets."
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Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services., 2002.
This research paper examines and analyzes the landmark Supreme Court case of Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services.
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This research paper examines and analyzes the landmark 1989 United States Supreme Court abortion case of Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services.
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United States Department of Health and Human Services, 2004.
Description and analysis of the organizational structure of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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This paper describes the organizational structure and the different levels of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and then goes on to point out the weaknesses and strengths of this type of structure. Next, the paper presents recommendations for improving the agency's structure based on the analysis provided of its structural weaknesses and strengths.
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"Another potential weakness with the structure relates to the range of departments within the structure. As noted, the National Institutes of Health has over 17,000 employees and a budget of over $27 billion. In contrast, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has 294 employees and a budget of $309 million (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, HHS: What We Do, 2003). The question this raises is whether the departments receive equal attention from the Office of the Secretary, or whether attention is related to size. If attention is related to size, it is possible to assume that the smaller divisions may be neglected. This could include not providing adequate control, supervision, or assistance."
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Marketing e-Health Services, 2004.
This paper discusses the marketing of health services, particularly men?s health products and, notably, ?generic Viagra? on the Internet.
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This paper relates that today, due to the advanced technologies, such as the World Wide Web, computer software, hardware, high-speed databases, and other turnkey systems, small companies, medium-size companies, and even individual entrepreneurs can market with ease their goods and services to just about any person in any city or country. The author points out that an entrepreneur or business of any size must know the market, how to use the Internet, how to brand the business, how to select vendors, and how to strategize based on country-of-origin. The paper stresses that, beyond just marketing Viagra-related products, the wise web marketer, with an eye towards global markets for health products, will want to offer other health-connected products, such as vitamins, supplements, women?s health products, and even creative RN and physician advice columns.
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Introduction
Thesis
Strategic Positioning ? What to Sell?
How Can These Companies Do This?
Consumer / Market Analysis and Targeting
Promotion Planning ? Branding the Product and Service
Entering Global Markets
Conclusion
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"Meanwhile, among the myriad of user-friendly Viagra-related Web sites the researcher locates in seconds is www.EveSmith.com, which offers ?generic Viagra online? for as little as $2.94 per 100-milligram tablet (when you buy in volumes of 100 pills). The Web site is very plain, featuring lots of white space, with a clip art line drawing of a young woman at the top (?Eve Smith?) smiling. Compare that online price with the typical drug store price ? based on a prescription from a doctor ? and one finds that a 50-milligram Viagra (not generic, but the actual Pfizer product) in traditional drug stores ranges from $8 to $11 dollars per tablet."
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Health Care Services, 2005.
This paper discusses health care services and facilities for the elderly together with related issues.
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This paper evaluates the role of long-term care admissions and discharges on the utilization rates of healthcare services in the elderly population. The writer discusses that it is anticipated that these rates decline for elderly persons upon discharge from these facilities, as patients have improved their overall health outcomes as a result of such stays.
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"In a long-term care facility, it is necessary to consider the various issues related to the quality of health services and aspects of utilization. The outcomes related to health utilization are based upon a number of contributing factors, many of which are a product of the external environment in which these facilities are located, as well as the type of health systems that operate in these areas. It is anticipated that other important considerations also include cultural boundaries, population statistics, and financial factors, amongst others. Therefore, it is also expected that the utilization of healthcare products and services in the elderly population is largely based upon these factors, and that regular utilization is likely to improve overall health outcomes in this population."
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Health Care Services, 2002.
Contrasts two models of payment for health care services.
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This paper shall provide a brief overview into the positive and the negative aspects of traditional fee- for- service methods of payment versus the structure of the health maintenance organizations.
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Migrant Health Services, 2002.
A brief paper on the benefit of using migrant and ethnic health service providers to reach the larger community.
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This paper reviews the research document ?Providing Culturally Appropriate Care: A Tale Of Two Hospitals?. The point of this study is to examine two successful cultural approaches to increasing the quality of service in neighboring communities, where there is a majority of migrant residents in the area. The paper concludes that migrants are now becoming a vital demographic issue and that the presence and distribution of a certain ethnic group contributes to the well being of the whole regional community.
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"The hospital management realized that this approach would be crucial and keep growing in the future, along with the expanding community, that they had been seeking advices from eligible sources such as the church, doctors who understand about the cultures, and also from the community members. The inputs were discussed in the advisory board to help the management with the next level of policies. To bridge up the gap between the hospital and the ethnic groups, the board also helped to carry out public health fairs to discuss about social and health issues."
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Health Services for Illegal Aliens, 2004.
Argues that illegal workers in the United States should receive public health benefits.
700 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 24.95
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Health services are crucial for any American, illegal alien or not. The paper argues that to refuse health care to people because they are in the country illegally is not only cruel and heartless; it simply ignores the foundation of freedom upon which America's ancestors built the country. This paper further argues that illegal aliens in the United States should be entitled to receive basic health services and gives compelling reasons why this is true.
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"However, as these immigrants enter the country illegally, work here illegally, and do not (or can not) retain citizenship, a growing number of the public and their legislators believe these people should not receive basic needs when they are in need, such as health care. California voters passed Proposition 187 in 1994, and part of the proposition banned public services to undocumented aliens working and living in the state. Eventually, the higher courts threw much of the Proposition out, but it gained national attention and several others states that have large immigrant populations, such as Florida, began writing similar legislation for their own states. However, most immigrants say they do not come to America for the social services they can receive ? they come for jobs, and legislating against them cannot change that."
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