Impact Of Medicare Part D
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This 4 page paper discusses the impact Medicare Part D is expected to have on the macroeconomic system and on specific demographic groups. It also comments on the Act's possible effects on the health care system. Statistical data are included. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Impact Of Medicare Part D On Pharmacy
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10 pages in length. The fear, confusion and overwhelming anxiety the Medicare Part D prescription program has created throughout America is both grand and far-reaching; that seniors have come to rely upon their pharmacists to provide better and more accurate information regarding the precedent-setting system change speaks to the greater confidence the elderly population has in their neighborhood pharmacy than in their own physicians or Medicare representatives. The much anticipated – if not much dreaded – transformation that occurred on January 1, 2006, has rendered the expected amount of dread and frustration where inherent problems and their possible solutions are concerned, a particular point in the otherwise troublesome transition where pharmacists can provide assistance with the process. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCMedicareD.rtf

Impact Of Prolonged Illness On Families
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This 6 page paper reviews an article entitled: Impact of a prolonged surgical critical illness on patients' families by Swoboda and Lipsett (2002). The study reported investigated the economic effects and family lifestyle changes when a family member cares for a patient who has been discharged from the intensive care unit. The findings in this study are supported by other studies that are reported. Additionally, there are also psychological, emotional and physical effects for the caregiver. One study discussed relates the effects on parents when a child is seriously ill. These are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGillfm.rtf

Impacts of Disease Throughout History: The Evolution of Understanding and Treatment
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An 11 page overview of the impact of disease on world cultures. Correlates the impact on traditional cultures and the way those cultures dealt with that impact with advances in modern medicine. Emphasizes the impact of disease on the Americas and specifically on the Native American inhabitants of the Americas. Describes common European diseases which either directly or indirectly impacted the Americas and our contemporary, verses our traditional, understanding of those diseases and their treatment. Includes a one page Roman numeral outline. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPdiseaT.rtf

Implantable Hearing Devices
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A 4 page discussion of the relative attributes of these types of hearing aids. The author describes the physiological process of hearing and distinguishes between partially implantable (bone-anchored) hearing devices and totally implantable (cochlear implants) hearing devices. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPhearng.rtf

Implementing A Rapid Response Team In A Hospital
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This 5 page paper is a proposal to implement a rapid response team in a hospital. The paper explains what a rapid response team is and reports research that demonstrates lower mortality rates when this type of team is used. The writer includes the composition of the team, the criteria for calling the team, the team's purpose and types of interventions provided and criteria for evaluating the team's effectiveness. Data included. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PGrrthsp.rtf

Implementing Electronic Health Records
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This 11 page paper considers how electronic health records have been used and the lack of a single national system or model in the UK National Health Service. The paper considers how systems have been implemented, the factors for success or failure and the lessons that can be gained form the pilot projects in the UK, such as those at Hillingdon and Bradford. The bibliography cites 22 sources.
Filename: TEehrimp.rtf

Implementing the Core Measure
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A 7 page paper discussing implementation of JCAHO’s core measure process for heart failure (HF). The HF-l core measure addresses discharge instructions to HF patients, and the paper provides a plan for implementing that core measure. It addresses creating a system, training staff members to use it and the changes that can be expected. Includes a concept map. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSnursCoreMeasIm.rtf

Improving Cost Accounting with Resolute Hospital Billing®
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A 4 page paper discussing Dayton, Ohio's Miami Valley Hospital's use of Epic Systems' Resolute Hospital Billing® system. The software product does not solve all AR problems, but it proves itself to be an invaluable tool for increasing AR efficiency; reducing the revenue cycle; and providing third-party payers with the documentation they require. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSacctResol.rtf

Improving Organ Donation Through Clarification and Education
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In six pages this paper discusses how to improve organ donations through clarification of confusion regarding the concepts of death, calming the fears that signing a donor card and offering organ donation consent encourages physicians to hasten death, and the importance of community education to change perceptions, attitudes, and to develop a more informed awareness of what organ donation and transplantation means. Seven sources are listed in the bibliography.
Filename: TGorgandon.rtf

In Favor of "Pulling the Plug"
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This 9-page paper examines some of the issues surrounding the controversy over the right to die and argues in favor of the right of mentally competent persons to end their own lives under certain circumstances. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: HVRteDie.rtf

In Favor Of How Bayer Is Making Money From Cipro Pills
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5 pages in length. Myriad concerns over health and safety have surfaced since the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. With the heightened state of tension caused by the seemingly associated presence of Anthrax, it is no wonder people frightened for the nation's future. However, it is important for the student to point out that there is yet another concern revolving around the Anthrax situation that has people divided over its social, ethical and economic impact: Bayer Corporation's high price for Cipro, the antibiotic that effectively contains the progression of Anthrax. Is this German-based company morally and legally right in making money off this terrorist activity by charging the consumer $4 per pill when other nations have it accessible for a mere $10 per month? Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TLCbayer.rtf

In Favor of Stem Cell Research
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This 4 page paper argues in favor of stem cell research, presents opposing views, and refutes them. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: HVProStm.rtf

In Support of Equal Access to Health Care
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A 9 page paper offering a conceptual model, theoretical model, hypothesis, statement of the problem and theoretical framework in the quest to define health care and whether equal access is a right or a privilege. The hypothesis is that preventive care can be cost effective if approached in a systematic manner such as altering the software of the existing inpatient care provider order entry (CPOE) system. The paper discusses the vision of Oregon’s experimental system. Bibliography lists 13 sources, 5 of which are annotated.
Filename: KShlthCareAcc.rtf

In Support of Equal Access to Health Care
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A 10 page paper offering a conceptual model, theoretical model, hypothesis, statement of the problem and theoretical framework in the quest to define health care and whether equal access is a right or a privilege. The hypothesis is that preventive care can be cost effective if approached in a systematic manner such as altering the software of the existing inpatient care provider order entry (CPOE) system. The paper discusses the vision of Oregon’s experimental system. Bibliography lists 13 sources, 5 of which are annotated. Includes a concept map as an appendix.
Filename: KShlthCareAcc2.rtf

In The Name of Science - The Ethics of Biomedical Research
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A 6 page paper that explores the ethics of biomedical research, focusing on the key element of voluntary informed consent. Discussed are recent adverse events that have occurred in gene therapy research and the amendments and additions to federal regulations resulting from these events. Also included is a brief discussion of the history of the guidelines and regulations that safeguard human subject volunteers in medical and scientific research. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: LCBiomed.doc

In Vitro Fertilization
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This 10 page paper provides different sections to relay the history of the procedure, how it is done and nursing examples related to the process. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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In Vitro Fertilization And Multiple Births
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A 15 page paper. In vitro fertilization has been a topic of heated debate for a number of years. One of the reasons for the debate has to do with the high percentage of multiple births, specifically, triplets and more. This paper provides some statistical data and discusses the economic, legal, religious, ethical, social and health issues surrounding the process of in vitro. The writer also reports some of the latest advances in this field, then draws a conclusion regarding the issue. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: PGinvit.wps

Incontinence Among Elderly In Nursing Homes – A Proposal
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A 5 page paper that offers a research study proposal. Sections include the introduction, problem statement and rationale, outline of methodology, and literature review. The introduction discusses the four categories of incontinence. The incidence of incontinence among the elderly residing in nursing homes is greater than fifty percent. That makes it an important condition to investigate, particularly since studies have found at least 80 percent of incontinence cases can be improved or cured. One of the first-line treatment interventions is bladder training. The literature review emphasizes this particularly intervention. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PGincon.rtf

Incontinence In The Elderly
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An 8 page paper that includes an introduction, purpose of study, literature review, theoretical framework and conclusion. Reports of the incidence of urinary incontinence differ greatly, depending on the ages included and the definition of incontinence. What is certain is that at least half the older residents in nursing homes suffer from this condition. The different types of incontinence are described. Different interventions that have significantly decreased the incidence are discussed. Statistical data include the incidence and the annual costs related to this condition. This is a problem that some authors call underdiagnosed and undertreated. There are many interventions that can dramatically decrease incontinence and provide the older adult and the elderly person with greater quality of life. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PGincont.rtf

Increasing IT Utilization in Health Care
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An 8 page paper discussing the use of IT in health care, particularly in hospitals. IT use frequently is inefficient, at least in terms of what it could be accomplishing. The paper discusses standardization across the industry, digitization of patient records and decision support systems in a "what if" view of the benefits that could be gained through greater utilization of available technologies. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KShlthCareIT2.rtf

Increasing Quality of Cleanliness in Healthcare;
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This 10 page paper consider how quality is effectuated by cleanness in healthcare and looks at how changes may be implemented to a case study provided by the student. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TEcleann.wps

Increasing the Influence of Information Technology in Health Care
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An 11 page paper discussing emphasis on training and cost containment; the origins of success and failure of IT projects in health care; and a recommendation for achieving real IT-based value while decreasing training cost and time. The success and failure of IT projects in health care rests on the same basis as IT success or failure in any other industry. Recommendation for solution to training costs is to adopt industry-wide standards, as suggested by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative in 2003. An accompanying 12-slide PowerPoint presentation is available. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KShlthCareIT.rtf

INCURRED BUT NOT REPORTED: AN ANALYSIS
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This 4-page paper discusses the concept of Incurred but Not Reported (IBNR) and why it's a problem for managed care and medical institutions. The paper discusses some solutions for the IBNR problem as well. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MTibnran.rtf

Individual Differences in Patient Care: From Postoperative Pain Management to Chronic Illness and Injury
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A 6 page review of two nursing articles dealing with patient care. The author of this paper provides an overview of each article, its presentation style, and findings, and identifies similarities in the message being conveyed by both articles. In addition to the direct impacts to health, illness and injury can result in a number of complex problems. The literature is replete with examples of treatment regimes and recovery expectations but always at mind must be individual variation in both physiology, emotion, and manner of dealing. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Infant Mortality: Current Situation
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16 pages in length. With the ongoing technological advancements in the medical field, it is difficult to believe that infant mortality is still so prevalent in today's society. However, it is this very technology that provides the opportunity to avert infant death that is being overlooked as a means by which to address the issue. Statistics indicate that infant mortality is primarily a socio-cultural epidemic, in that appropriate medical attention is gravely lacking in low-income and minority communities. Genetic disturbance represents yet another population in which infant mortality is experienced, no matter the individual's race or financial status. Genetically induced infant mortality is often not detected until well into the third trimester, a point at which termination of pregnancy is both a health risk for the mother and a morally painful decision to make. Bibliography lists 19 sources.
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Infection Control 1850 - 1950
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This 5 page paper considers the developments in infection control over this pivotal period. Starting with the international development in microbiology, including the contributions of people such as Agostino Bassi de Lodi, Ignaz Semmelweiss, Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister and Robert Koch. The paper then goes on to consider how the United Kingdom dealt with public health issues in regards to infection control as a result of these discoveries. The paper includes the work of Dr John Simon and the relevant acts of Parliament through to the appointment of the first infection control nurse in 1959. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Infection Sentinel Event Outcomes
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A 9 page paper discussing organizational-level efforts to reduce the incident of postoperative infection. The paper discusses building a culture of safety; benchmarking; sentinel events; quality and progress indicators; and the implications of extended hospital stays resulting from infection. The recommendation is that the facility adopt the Patient Safety Indicators software offered by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and take steps to build a greater culture of safety within the organization. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Infections/Elderly in Nursing Homes
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An 8 page research paper that discussing the pervasive problem of controlling infection among elderly patients in a nursing home environment. The writer covers the most common infections of the urinary, respiratory and GI tract and also discusses the principal features of an infection control program. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khinf_el.wps

Infectious Mononucleosis
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A 7 page research paper that includes a 1 page abstract and offers an overview of infectious mononucleosis (IM). Topics covered include the history of IM and the association with EBV; characteristic symptoms of IM and how it is diagnosed; incubation; and recovery and treatment. This overview concludes with a brief look at several recent research studies addressing IM and the recommendation of researchers for future research on this topic. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khim.rtf

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Causes, Symptoms & Treatments
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A 12 page overview of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and its two most common forms, Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease. Describes symptoms, causes and treatments. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Boweld.wps

Influences on Seeking Treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
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This 10 page paper is the correlation and analysis of a research projects' results that were supplied by the student in order to ascertain what factors, if any, influenced the decision of patients whether or not to seek treatment for this condition. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEprosta.rtf

Influenza
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An 8 page overview of influenza, its impacts, and addresses. This paper delineates the various subtypes and places an emphasis on Avian Flu. Vaccination is discussed in detail. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: PPmedInfluenza.rtf

Information Needs Of Doctors And Nurses
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A 3 page paper that identifies the information needs of doctors and nurses at a specific hospital. The source article is entitled: Perceived Information Needs and Communication Difficulties of Inpatient Physicians and Nurses. The writer then discusses the problems and offers suggestions for solving those problems. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Informed Consent and Honoring Directives
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A 4 page paper discussing implications of points of a student-supplied scenario in which an elderly woman underwent unwanted medical procedures. The paper discusses advanced directives, informed consent and euthanasia. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSmedInfConsent.rtf

Informed Consent in Medical Care: Case Studies in the Polarization of Parental and Medical Opinion
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A 14 page analysis of informed consent. The author defines informed consist and identifies its critical elements. Three specific cases involving infants and the polarization of medical and parental opinion are analyzed in regard to consent, negligence, palliative care, and duty of care. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: PPmedCns.rtf

Inhalation Anesthetics And Renal Toxicity
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10 pages in length. Past issues with inhalant anesthetics and renal toxicity were not readily recognized due to the limited amount of information available on the precarious combination; today, however, the vast research that has been conducted pertaining to this topic has presented myriad data that renders a substantial relationship between the use of such inhalant anesthetics as methoxyflurane and the propensity toward renal toxicity. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCinhal.rtf

Inhaled Nitric Oxide Pulmonary Therapy for the Newborn
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A 4 page overview of nitric oxide therapy as it is used in treating persistent pulmonary hypertension of the term or near term infant. This paper describes the condition and the considerations that must be made when deciding whether to administer the treatment. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPpulmNO.rtf

Injuries Common to Female Basketball Players
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This 12 page paper considers injuries that are common to female basketball players and outlines the biological reasons that these injuries occur relative to the types of movements involved in basketball. This paper considers the physical structures of the human body as they relate to performance in basketball and the propensity for certain injuries in female players. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHbaskin.wps

Innovations for Wal-Mart
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A 9 page paper making several recommendations for Wal-Mart at the end of 2006, after Maryland targeted the company for health care contributions and after a Maryland court denied the requirement. Wal-Mart is beginning to be more outwardly-focused than in the past; the paper recommends expanding the location of primary care clinics in Wal-Mart stores; expanding its $4 prescription program currently available only in Florida; subsidizing direct health care costs of employees; surveying employees directly to discover their wants and needs; and requiring the use of biofuels in all Wal-Mart vehicles where biofuel is available. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: KSwalmInnovt.rtf