history behind managed health care that started back in the late 19th century. The managed care plans were first organized during the 1920s but their origin is credited to non-profit organizations during the 1940s. The growth of the managed care was fairly slow when it first started until the health care costs begun to soar in the 1970s and 80s when employers begin to see managed care as an alternative to high-priced health care options. The increase in competition within the health care industry led
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The managed care delivery model was intended to decrease unneeded health care costs‚ by controlling the level of service along with the type of service that was being provided. This model came in a response to the rocket costs of the unrestricted fee-for-service plans in the 1980s. (PBS.org) Managed care plans are a type of health insurance. There are several ways the managed care model is expressed one particular way is the Health Maintenance Organization or better known as HMO. HMOs have their
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Review of: Challenges To Using A Business Case For Addressing Health Disparities Perspective: Challenges To Using A Business Case For Addressing Health Disparities‚ sheds light on a alternative approach to community healthcare. The authors reflect on two approaches in addressing disparities‚ business case and social case. They discuss some of the challenges along with the potential benefits in implementing the business case method. The article goes on to mention some key areas that healthcare organizations
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Journal Article Review #1 Andrea Corza Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 305 Health Assessment Professor Ava Farahany January 14‚ 2011 Journal Article Review #1 “A guide to taking a patient’s history” is an article found in the December 2007 issue of the Nursing Standard which was written by‚ Hilary Lloyd and Stephen Craig. In this article Lloyd and Craig create an outline of sorts that can be followed in order to obtain a more thorough patient history. Throughout the article‚ Lloyd
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Professional Article Review ESL-433N 15 Jan 2014 Professional Article Review Bilingual education is a rapidly growing issue for educators all across the United States and dates back farther than many might assume. The impact of bilingual education quite possibly dates back to the early settlers in North America in 1664. It was said that at least eighteen different languages were spoken during the time of the 17th century in addition to the many Native American languages
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Article Review and Critique Week One Assignment Strategic Management MIS 44285 Instructor: Dr. Alan Smith Date: February 7‚ 2013 Article Review and Critique: “Knowledge -Worker Productivity: The Biggest Challenge” By Michael E. Porter (1999) Synopsis This article first introduces there are not specific knowledge workers before. The workers are all thought as manual workers. Peter F. Drucker pointed out two different types of workers in all types of business environments: the
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Journal Article Review Kim Watson Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 305 Health Assessment Professor J. Deibel Spring B 2014 Journal Article Review Introduction ‘A guide to taking a patient’s history’ is an article published in the nursing standard Journal‚ volume 22‚ issue 13‚ dated December 5‚ 2007‚ written by Hillary Lloyd and Steven Craig. In this article‚ Lloyd and Craig describe the practice
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UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BUS4090- Strategic Management Presented to Kamaria‚ K. N By Dalton K Choge 626794 Business article Review 4 Spice World CEO takes firm to new heights with mergers This article is all about Entrepreneur Beju Shah‚ CEO of Spice World Limited (SWL) and his growth Strategy for his company. His growth strategy is one of mergers and acquisitions with established brands instead of starting them from scratch. This is because of 2 reasons; one has a head start
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The title of the article that I choice to discuss for the article review is entitled “IFRS Adoption in the U.S.: Why the Postponement?”‚ written by Qun and Kenneth Hiltebeitel. The article came from the The CPA Journal‚ November 2010 Issue . In the article the writer’s main focus is on IFRS‚ which are principles based Standards‚ Interpretations and the Framework adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board. The article most importantly analyzes the survey results of the targeted
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Nursing Article Review Tony Pousson Rasmussen College Adult Nursing Two Mrs.Wolfskiel Introduction The journal article review completed this week is entitled “Nursing tools and strategies to assess cognition and confusion”‚ written by Thomas Aird and Michelle McIntosh published in the British Journal of Nursing in 2004. Summary of Article This article focuses the differences between cognition and confusion
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