Health Services Strategic Marketing-HAS 505 | The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Dr. Gary A. Morris | 4/24/2011 | 1. Determine how this Federal law will affect market-driven and non-market driven decisions. This federal will affect the marketing aspect of the health care industry regardless if they are driven or not. If the companies are driven and market correctly then they will be able to attract people that are willing to pay for the services they
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In the beginning of the year 2010‚ the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed and enacted legislatively by Congress in order to increase public access to health care at a reduced cost. The ultimate goal of the ACA was create a better overall atmosphere for workplace heath and safety by making healthcare more affordable. However‚ the passage of the ACA did have some unforeseen consequences in regards to worker compensation. The ACA was passed in order to increase government
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Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill CheckPoint 1 According to the article by Jim Mann‚ from the Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice‚ (2012) he states how the involvement in the criminal justice system with mentally ill offenders was profoundly affected by the decision which resulted in large numbers of mental hospital patients returning to the community during the mid-1970s. The article states that after an examination of the characteristics of mental health courts was conducted‚ the
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Criminalization of the Mentally Ill Have you ever been dealt a dilemma were you knew that someone needed your help but you were also aware that you where not the individual with the capability of helping. This was the situation with my friend Dan; he and I went to high school together and were good friends. After graduation Dan went on to obtain a dual degree in mathematics and physics from Cal Berkeley‚ and was on the first U.S. table tennis team to go to china in the early 1970’s. I remember
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Vulnerability of the Mentally Ill Eva Morris American Sentinel University Vulnerability of the Mentally Ill Evaluation and treatment of the mentally ill population has developed from confinement of the mad during colonial times‚ into the biomedical balancing of neurological impairment seen in these modern times. There were eras of mental health reform‚ medicalization‚ and deinstitutionalization sandwiched in between (Nies & McEwen‚ 2011). Regardless of the stage of understanding and development
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Mentally Ill in Prison Tisha R. Gilmore Argosy University Abstract There are many mentally disabled individuals incarcerated in U. S. jails today. Their disabilities range from those born with mental retardation‚ to those with traumatic brain injuries from being involved in accidents‚ and include those with chemical imbalances due to natural causes or drug addictions. These people are treated as criminals and not as patients. Jails are not the place for this population. Keeping them incarcerated
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Concepts of Ill Health Disability and Impairment The words disability and impairment are used in a variety of different ways and can often be quite difficult to define clearly particularly the word disability. Tom Shakespeare (1998) a campaigner for disabled rights and writer on disability‚ genetics and bio-ethics who has achondroplasia‚ a form of dwarfism‚ formalized a distinction between the two words. Disability – Tom Shakespeare sees disability as being a problem which occurs when society
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palliative care needs of ethnic minority patients October 29‚ 2012 Literature Review A Paper Presented to Meet Partial Requirements For NRSG-494B Transcultural Nursing Southern Adventist University School of Nursing Literature Review: The palliative care needs of ethnic minority patients: staff perspectives An article titled “The Palliative Care Needs of Ethnic Minority Patients: Staff Perspectives” discussed the palliative care staff’s perceptions of multicultural care provision
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Page Title: 8 Care Options for Alzheimer’s Patients | Qualicare Meta Description: When a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s it is wise to find the best care option early on. Get to know your care options in this helpful article. 8 Care Options for Loved Ones with Alzheimer’s The effect of Alzheimer’s will differ for each patient. However‚ you can expect that the condition can worsen over time and they will require round-the-clock care eventually. Family members who have this disease could
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Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill 1. In my article deinstitutionalization bought on some positive effects by lowering health cost‚ but negative consequences came into the community also. Bringing into effect such things as Medicare and Medicaid‚ and the establishment of the Community Health Centers. This began to make it easier for the mentally ill to be able to get the help and rehabilitation that was needed rather than just being placed in mental institutions and left alone. “For
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