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Healthcare Clinics, 2007.
A review of the issues of strategic management in a primary healthcare provider clinic.
4,829 words (approx. 19.3 pages), 22 sources, MLA, AU$ 180.95
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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
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"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."
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Improving Healthcare in a Healthcare Facility, 2006.
Describes a system for improving the patient incident reporting system in a typical tertiary healthcare facility.
2,249 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 16 sources, APA, AU$ 101.95
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This paper examines the patient incident reporting system at a hospital and explains that the present system, which is designed to track patient incidents such as falls, patient abuse and medication errors, as well as provide a means of implementing corrective action, is highly labor-intensive and cumbersome. The paper then proceeds to identify and describe six different initiatives that would improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the current patient incident reporting system.
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Initiative No. 1. Use Existing Hospital Information
System for Patient Incident Reporting for JCAHO
Quality Assurance Tracking Purposes
Initiative No. 2. Installation of Hospital-Wide Patient
Records Database
Initiative No. 3. Use Existing IT Systems to Trend
Adverse Patient Incidents for Inclusion in Hospital-Wide
Quality Assurance Reports
Initiative No. 4. Applying Existing Information Systems
for Improved Inventory Control
Initiative No. 5. Implement Interactive Menu-Processing
System for Inpatients
Initiative No. 6. Improve Hospital and Grounds Security
by Using IT-Based Web Camera Applications
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"The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has already mandated that all accredited healthcare facilities have in place a means of tracking patient incidents such as falls, patient abuse, and medication errors and to provide a means of implementing corrective action when deficiencies are identified (Bryan & O'Connell 23). Although our hospital does in fact have such a patient incident reporting system in place, it is a highly labor-intensive paper form-based approach that requires copying and hand-delivery to the Office of Quality Assurance; furthermore, this paper-based system is easily transferable to the existing hospital-wide information system intranet. In this regard, the proposed online replacement should replicate the existing patient incident reporting system as closely as possible to ensure staff acceptance of this alternative (Auerbach, Beckerman, Cohen, Goldstein, Quitkin & Rock 134)."
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Healthcare Technology Plan, 2005.
A review of a technology plan for a healthcare clinic.
1,078 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 54.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the creation of a healthcare technology plan. According to the paper, this is done by means of a clinic-wide Intranet. The paper further discusses issues related to such a plan such as protecting the privacy of patient records, the assurance of business continuity and disaster recovery.
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Executive Summary
Intranet Project Considerations and Plan
Compliance Strategies Demand Enterprise Content Management
Clinic IT Continuity Plan
Summary
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"The Intranet itself needs to have the following: user authentication including single sign-on; personalization; content management and taxonomy definition tools; tools and adapters for integrating content and knowledge management databases; and a strategic plan for how the build out an enterprise-wide portal supports the most commonly used processes in the clinic including the creating, organizing, managing and publishing content. Murphy and Columbus (2002) have completed research of how portals can be made more effective by streamlining content management strategies and serve as the first step in adopting a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Their landmark report on the subject includes a methodology for organizing content first by information type intersected by point in the information or task process supported and includes vendor evaluations."
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Healthcare Leadership, 2007.
A look at healthcare leadership and strategy in the clinical audit unit for healthcare.
1,028 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 53.95
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The objective of this paper is to focus on the importance of leadership strategy in a clinical audit unit within the Department of Health and Medical Services. It looks at how the clinical audit unit responsibility is for all the private healthcare sectors in a given area, and in this case includes more than 1800 facilities (hospitals, healthcare centers, clinics, etc) The focus of this work is to look at how a course of leadership and strategy can be important for future career development.
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Objective
Introduction
Transitions in Organizations - How Long Does it Take?
Planned Change
Leadership Strategy for Transition or Change
Summary & Conclusion
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"The responsibilities of leadership and the strategies the leader must have knowledge of cannot be effectively learned 'impromptu' or experientially. The only sure method of assuring one has sufficient knowledge of leadership strategies and skills is to intentionally become educated in this area. Head of the Clinical Audit Unit, a unit responsible for compliance in healthcare practice standards must necessarily ensure that they are armed with knowledge in leadership in order to effectively lead toward excellence. "
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School-Based Health Clinics, 2007.
An analysis of the role of school-based health clinics in the overall healthcare of patients.
1,243 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 62.95
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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.
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"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."
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Healthcare Communication, 2008.
This paper focuses on healthcare communication between the providers of healthcare and their patients.
1,454 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 70.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the term healthcare communication can refer to all types of communications used in the healthcare industry, be it communication between and among healthcare agencies, healthcare providers, and healthcare clients. In this paper, however, the writer concentrates on the topic of healthcare communication between healthcare providers and their patients-clients. The paper emphasizes the importance of this communication and looks at the current movement in healthcare education to bring back the human touch into healthcare practice in order for medicine to regain its soul.
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What is Healthcare Communication?
Relevance of Healthcare Communication
Emergency Room Situations
Confidentiality
Dealing with Family Issues
Dealing with Sociocultural Issues
Communication in the Process of Healing
Principles of Therapeutic Communication in Healthcare Settings
Verbal communications
Verbal communications
Nonverbal communications
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"Communication is an exchange, a two-way process. But sometimes this is forgotten in the healthcare setting when the patient-client becomes the passive, receiving end while the healthcare provider does all the talking and fails to listen. However, for healthcare delivery to be effective, there should be an exchange of information between the two parties.
"Healthcare providers have a 2-fold responsibility towards their patients who are basically their clients. First, they must have the technical skills, and second, they much have the ability to communicate and empathize. In other words, a healthcare professional does not only need the brain and skill to perform his/her work. He/she must also have his/her heart into it."
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Healthcare in America, 2002.
This paper analyzes the current state of healthcare insurance and implies that the government should increase its level of healthcare.
1,488 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 72.95
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This paper attempts to address the following statement: The government should institute a universal health care system to make preventive and medical health treatment available for all Americans, regardless of income. The paper begins with some basic information about the current status of uninsured Americans and then provides reasons why the government should provide this healthcare to its citizens.
Contents:
A Silent Crisis - Uninsured in America
Number of Uninsured
Economic Reasons That Contribute to Rise of Uninsured Americans
Contributory Reasons to Rise in Uninsured Americans
Road to Universal Healthcare
The Argument for Universal Healthcare
Obstacles to Universal Healthcare
Conclusion - Universal Healthcare is a Basic Right.
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"The Census Bureau ascribes the rising number of uninsured people to the significant drop in employer-based coverage. This decrease occurred almost entirely in firms with less than 25 employees, since these smaller businesses were more vulnerable to economic downturns. Additionally, young adults between 18 and 24 years old were the least likely to have insurance in 2001, with only 28 percent of the group having health insurance (Brostoff). Given the soaring cost of health care and sagging corporate benefits, analysts believe that decline in the number of uninsured Americans will continue to rise."
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Marketing Audit for a Healthcare Facility, 2004.
Explores a SWOT analysis of a fictitious healthcare facility and the 4 Ps (product, price, place, promotion) of marketing and how they apply to the healthcare industry.
3,859 words (approx. 15.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 154.95
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This paper presents a marketing audit that assesses, analyzes and measures marketing effectiveness of a fictitious healthcare system's current marketing plan in relation to the demographic and economic changes happening in the healthcare arena, while highlighting the immediately serviced areas. In addition, the marketing audit also considers current trends in healthcare, local competitors and the need to maintain and expand market-share within the community and surrounding areas.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
SWOT Analysis
Environmental Analysis
Marketing Objectives, Strategies and Tactics
Organization
Conclusion
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"Founded in 1954, XYZ Health System is the leading health-care provider for Cannon County located in Southern Georgia. XYZ Health System is comprised of XYZ Medical Center, a 202-bed acute inpatient hospital located in Cannonton, Georgia. XYZ Medical Center provides a wide range of both inpatient and outpatient services, including a state-or-the-art obstetrics (OB) unit, same-day surgery center, open and closed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) center and 24-hour emergency services staffed by board-certified Emergency Medicine physicians. Other medical services include a dedicated women's center, a state-of-the-art cancer center, and occupational health services. XYZ Medical Center has recently completed an impressive four level parking deck and construction is under-say for a new Intensive Care Unit and Trauma Center. XYZ Villa Rica is a brand new facility under the XYZ Health System umbrella, opening in October of 2003. It features a beautiful birthing center and an expanded imaging department that includes MRI technology along with high speed CT and PET scanning."
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The Economics of Healthcare, 2006.
Discusses the healthcare budgeting process and its impact on the broader healthcare industry.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 116.95
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This paper discusses healthcare budgeting process as it impacts the economics of the industry relevant to the government rules and regulations that define the overall process. Of particular importance are the Medicaid and Medicare programs and how recent changes in policies and the regulatory environment have impacted the healthcare industry. Overall, the regulatory environment of the Medicare and Medicaid government programs has made healthcare budgeting and economics a much more problematic endeavor.
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"While most administration officials view the economics of healthcare budgeting to be nothing more than a specialized version of the normal business budgeting process, in the healthcare industry, this viewpoint can be problematic. The core activities of the healthcare budgeting process are fairly straightforward and can be largely automated through specialized industry software. But the economic impact on the wider community that this process engenders is an extremely important consideration because the budgeting process determines pricing for services, taking into consideration insurance and government restrictions, and this process impacts affordability. Within this process are such line items as staffing requirements, workload activities, as well as a host of variables."
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Healthcare Costs, 2008.
A discussion on how consumers can get better value and reduced healthcare costs that are now out of control.
762 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 40.95
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This paper presents a plan for reducing the high costs of healthcare in the US. The writer makes the argument that we as consumers bear the primary responsibility to control healthcare costs. Specifically, the writer contends that if we pay our own insurance premiums, and a significant part of our healthcare expenses, we will help bring down the costs of healthcare. The writer then expounds on this contention and explains why it would work. The writer concludes that if we were to play a more active role in choosing our insurance provider and our healthcare providers we would help lower costs and improve the quality of our healthcare services.
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Introduction
The Cost of Healthcare is too High
We as Consumers Bear the Primary Responsibility to Control Costs
If We Pay for More of Our Healthcare, We Can Lower Costs
Conclusion
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"I recently accompanied my brother to the emergency room of a local hospital for a broken arm. While I was pleased with the overall care he received, the bill for setting his arm and an overnight stay for observation topped $2,000! Medical professionals may argue that the amount paid reflects their need to cover the costs of overhead and the indigent, but no medical professional can defend $10 for an over-the-counter pain pill or $800 for the use of a room overnight."
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A National Healthcare System, 2005.
This paper discusses the ethics of a national healthcare system in the U.S..
6,360 words (approx. 25.4 pages), 37 sources, APA, AU$ 215.95
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This paper asserts that the U.S., being such a rich nation with so many
uninsured individuals, makes national healthcare and national health insurance a major ethical issue: National health insurance is a political idea which must be resolved. The author points out that the proponents of national healthcare tend to emphasize, in different shades of reasoning according to the cost proposed, the argument that the right to free or affordable healthcare is inalienable; whereas, people in opposition state that the current healthcare system barely works; moreover, it worked better before the current move toward affordable healthcare systems such as Medicaid, Medicare and HMOs became widespread. The paper suggests that the present managed care system will most likely be expanded, but there still will be application-based and ethical imperatives about government controlled healthcare programs as supplementary services and their position in a dynamic healthcare economy, which is becoming increasingly privatized.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Pros and Cons of National Healthcare
Socio-Economic and Ethical Issues
Recommendations
Conclusion
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"Another way of simplifying the current system which confuses so many with its complexities is to look at the ways in which we as a society define health. Health may be conceptualized either as a state of being free from disease or as a constant striving for physiological, psychological, and spiritual wellness. The former approach is a relatively
narrow one and has as its counterpart in ontology, whereby disease is a specific thing external to the individual which must be warded off. There are approaches that are more holistic in addressing the needs of the whole person. Among other things, rather than seeing disease as the negation of health, this simplified point of view envisions the possibility of living a healthy lifestyle even with a chronic condition like diabetes, high blood pressure, or HIV."
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Healthcare, 2005.
A discussion on the type of prepayment system for healthcare and its effect on the costs and quality of healthcare.
1,600 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 76.95
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This paper expands on the relationship that exists inextricably between the length of the patient stay in hospital or other medical institution and the type of insurance held by the individual patient. It discusses an idea for an effective prepayment system for healthcare. It also reviews literature about the conflict of the interaction between the business, management and financial realm within the institution affected by the diagnostic-related groups and the professional medical staff. The author offers a personal opinion on the importance of the balance of the interrelation of the financial paradigm and healthcare giver in order to create a successful result for the patient.
Abstract
Objective
Introduction
Length of Inpatient Stays Found Influenced by Insurance Type
Business Management versus Medical Profession
Clustering of Patients in Industrialized Healthcare
Financial Schemes and Endeavors
From Medical Economics to Health Economics
Discussion
Summarization
Importance of this Study
References
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"The DRGs were an attempt by the medical professionals in an effort of standardization of medical practice. DRGs would allow the hospital to operate on a productive basis and yet the DRGs were not a commodity that could be traded and was not a product that could be stickered with a price tag. The result was the clustering of patients into groupings in order to utilize the hospital's resources more effectively and efficiently. The presumption of industrial engineers did not take into consideration that patients were consumers and had choices they could make between and among the products, services, and healthcare. The intention of the DRGs was not for a market that was administered in healthcare or for the purpose of price competition buildup between different providers of healthcare. However the understanding is that DRGs are a mechanism for fostering competitive forces in a quasi-market for healthcare."
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Public vs. Private Healthcare, 2005.
An evaluation of public versus private healthcare in the United States and Canada.
2,241 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 101.95
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This paper looks at the current situation of healthcare in the United States and compares it to the situation in Canada. It begins by providing statistics and data about the uninsured in America. The writer then discusses reasons for rising healthcare costs, followed by an analysis of the advantages of universal healthcare. The disadvantages are then listed, followed by the writer's conclusion about the current healthcare situation.
Outline
Introduction
Reasons for Rising Healthcare Costs
Advantages of Universal Healthcare
Disadvantages of Universal Healthcare
Final Thought
Works Cited
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"The healthcare system in the U.S. is one of the most technologically advanced and expensive in the world. Despite these high honors, we are facing a severe healthcare crisis if current public policy does not change. The current system is haunted by lack of health insurance, lack of affordability of prescription medication, drug re-importation, and lack of trained caregivers for the growing population. On top of all this, the price of healthcare and medicine are skyrocketing. A possible solution that has picked up some steam is changing the current healthcare system into a free system. One very important question that needs an answer is if we switch to a free healthcare system, then who would pay for it since "free" healthcare is not really free at all?"
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Ethical Relationships in Healthcare, 2005.
Examines ethical relationships between healthcare providers and other staff members in the healthcare industry.
5,309 words (approx. 21.2 pages), 12 sources, APA, AU$ 192.95
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This report deals with the subject of ethical relationships between
administrators and physicians in the healthcare setting and also looks at issues of ethics in general in the hospital setting. Specifically, this report looks at current problems in administrative ethics and also seeks to portray possible solutions to these problems which center around everyday ethics and codified structures of ethics and education, while also making recommendations for future research. One ethical problem that is examined is confidentiality; another is inter-professional relationships. All administrative ethical questions are referenced back to the main motivation of the healthcare staff of both administrators and physicians: doing what is for the good of the patient or client. The report examines issues of integrity, policy, practice, ethical codes, and the relationship between client and caregiver, while examining the changing roles of physicians and administrators in reference to the client's needs.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Confidentiality and Integrity
Ethical Policy and Practice
Relationships between Professionals
Relationship to Patients
Proposed Solutions
Future Research
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"Professional relationships, in contrast, are not relationships between professionals and clients, but relationships between two or more professionals. These relationships are also covered in various ways by the various codes discussed including IECs. Although dual relationships are possible within this context, there is more of a sense of responsibility in maintaining a helping environment among co-existing professionals who respect each other and are not exploitative in their positions within hierarchical relationships."
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Personal Digital Assistants in Healthcare, 2008.
This paper looks at current applications and future trends in the use of personal digital assistants in healthcare.
3,200 words (approx. 12.8 pages), 15 sources, APA, AU$ 135.95
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In this article, the writer notes that today, healthcare practitioners enjoy a wide range of digital equipment that can help them provide more efficient healthcare services, including laptop computers, cellular telephones and personal digital assistants, or PDAs. The writer points out that these devices have been used in various ways by clinicians to improve their ability to deliver more timely and accurate diagnoses and treatments and it is clear that the use of these devices will continue to increase in the future. The writer provides a current snapshot of how personal digital assistants are being used in various healthcare settings, including military and government tertiary facilities and the use of PDAs on the battlefield in times of war, but with a specific focus on how PDAs are being used in nongovernmental healthcare facilities today. To this end, a critical review of the relevant peer-reviewed and scholarly literature is provided to describe the general history and evolvement of PDAs, a recapitulation of current literature and research studies, a discussion of how these devices are currently being used in the healthcare arena, and an estimation of future trends based on the foregoing descriptions. A summary of the research and relevant findings are presented in the conclusion.
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Review and Discussion
History and Evolvement of PDAs in the Healthcare Field
Current Literature and Research Studies
Application of the Area in the Healthcare Arena
Visions for the Future
Conclusion
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"The research showed that personal digital assistants, or PDAs, are increasingly popular handheld devices that provide users with a vast array of functions and features that are particularly useful in healthcare settings. The research also showed that while PDAs are becoming smaller and more powerful, they are also becoming easier to use, but some healthcare practitioners may be reluctant to invest the time needed to learn how to use these devices efficiently today. There appears to be some good reason for this reluctance on the part of many healthcare professionals as well. Past trends suggest that PDAs, like other digital devices, may well just be interim technology that will be eventually supplanted by the ubiquitous computing environment that many observers predict will be firmly in place in the near future. In the meantime, the research was clear in showing that more and more people are using PDAs in their personal and professional lives, and healthcare providers are no exception. A few studies concerning how these devices can be used in various healthcare settings have already found their way into the peer-reviewed, organizational and military-based literature, and it is reasonable to conclude that new applications for PDAs will continue to be identified in healthcare until such a time as a superior technology emerges to replace them. Finally, the U.S. Department of Defense was shown to be a firm advocate of the use of PDAs by healthcare providers as part of its ongoing initiative to transform the battlefield into a comprehensive digital environment wherein resources can be more effectively deployed and better use of existing resources can be accomplished."
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