I currently work with a diverse range of individuals and groups both in my current position in Queensland Health managing the healthcare infection surveillance team, and as a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland. ... This experience has been gained through my studies in the MPH program, my current doctoral research, and in my role in the Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention (CHRISP). ... The focus of my current work and research is dominated by healthcare infection, however my during my MPH I took classes on Health Systems and Social Perspectives in Pop...

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Thus, creating the current institutional health care system. ... This exodus from the current system is causing affordability to be even further out of reach for the average healthcare consumer. ... Over and above, this foreign view strikes a chord locally, by stressing the focus on the patient rather than on profit and procedure. ... The current institutional healthcare system is hurtful and failing in many aspects. ... If advancement is to be obtained from it's current state the courage to admit our current healthcare failures must be realized. ...

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Despite the states" desires to have marijuana legalized for medicinal purposes, the US National Institutes of Health examined all existing clinical evidence about smoked marijuana and concluded that, "There is no scientifically sound evidence that smoked marijuana is medically superior to currently available therapies." ... Therefore, the best way to address this issue at the time is to conduct more thorough and involved research focused mainly on the important medical uses of marijuana. ... Studies should also be conducted through governmental funding on those people in California and Arizona...

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Sales and production facilities also expanded throughout the world In March 2014, Baxter announced plans to create two separate, independent global healthcare companies-one focused on developing and marketing bio-pharmaceuticals and the other on medical products. ... Analysis of Cash Position According to cash flows of these companies it was analyzed that Abbott has shown an increment in the cash inflow every year, it focuses on its operating activities and managed in a way which make them to have a better cash position as compared to baxter and Sanofi. ... If we take a look to its current ra...

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The NCCIH is currently doing funded research on cancer patients, and they state "Cancer patients who receive integrative therapies while in the hospital have less pain and anxiety" (NIH). ... "Integrated medicine highlights focus on the patient as the center of our concern of health" (IOM). ... I envision a health care system that focuses on patient-centered care which is personalized and preventive. ...

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Treatment of current diseases or ailments can be tailored to an individual's genome. ... Gene sequences can be obtained and used to develop pre-clinical treatments or improve current treatment methods. ... A current issue plaguing a number of people and families is the availability of healthcare. ... Focusing on the field of genetics and medicine, much that has been discovered has been correlated by the past. ... Lastly, the current state of genetic research and the progressive advancements that have been made could potentially eradicate the lack of healthcare worldwide....

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"v The results of this survey strongly agree with those of Report of the Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care which concluded that "most Canadians believe that health care should be a socially insured service in the spirit of the current Canada Health Act.... Medicine in this capacity is deemed a social function and service, with doctors being more concerned over the well-being of a patient, rather than obsessing over their function as wage earner.x Following this argument, it may therefore seem morally justifiable for a physician to prefer to work in a public system which s...

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Lappe believes that new adaptive policies that actually understand how microbes will react to the changes they create will be more effective in slowing the evolution of many microbes which will give our treatments a higher success rate and put a stop to the current influx of antibiotic resistant microbes. ... Lappe puts forth the suggestion that the real cause of our current plight is rooted in a historical blindness to the natural forces that have shaped disease organisms, and a continued ignorance of the interplay between our massive destruction of the natural order and our own well be...

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The first in that currently people a going into Canada and Mexico to buy their drugs. ... They also don't have the government regulation could be on how the large drug makes focus their research and development and how they recover their expenses. ...

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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation of Northern California co-counsel Ann Brick said, "This case focuses directly on basic First Amendment principles, thus the case is not about whether the government should legalize the medical use of marijuana. ... This test has never been duplicated, and there is currently no evidence available which shows such results. ...

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This causes new reports to be altered in favor of their current government making it sound like everything is going well and the country is thriving. ... This has been semi-evident throughout the years as we have seen our faith in God and our focus on him deteriorate. ...

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As the project, now called E5, continues, Vanderbilt is working to set up an outpatient electronic order system, an electronic dictation and transcription system, and to focus attention to inpatient areas. ... Most physicians are currently using telephones for their dictation, but the goal will be for a system that will insert dictation notes directly into the patient's chart electronically. ...

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Through the influence of Florence Nightingale, the most famous nurse in history, the field of nursing became viewed as more than just a "job". My philosophy is that in order for a nurse to effectively care for a patient, she/he must exhibit certain attributes: commitment, trust, knowledge and taking...

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A MARKETING RESEARCH PLAN EMPATHY TRAINING Introduction The bedside manner currently used by the medical profession while conveying pertinent information to a cancer patient is quite disturbing. ... Our analysis included observation, another form of primary data by investigating the current personal attitudes regarding the interaction between the medical profession and cancer patients to determine the need for more training in the area of care and compassion. We have discovered the existing attitudes of oncologists are distressing, and the bedside manner the medical profession currently u...

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Given demand for limited resources within the health care system and other sectors of the economy, some observers believe current services might not provide benefits commensurate with costs. ... While physician and other profession/provider buy-in is crucial to an equitable system and certainly to good quality of care, the consistent focus has been on the identified person. ... The notion that denial of care or benefits can be justified for the common good underlies much of the current utilitarian calculus of managed care, population-based medicine. ... While focus on the public health may ign...

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Currently, Indigenous Australians have been affected by health inequality. ... (ABS, 2010) • In the year 2007 to 2008, Indigenous peoples (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders) were hospitalized for major preventable chronic conditions 3.9 times more than other Australians (SCRGSP, 2010) • In 2008, 31% of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders over 15 years reported high to very high levels of psychological distress (ABS, 2010) Now more than ever is the time to focus upon building a positive relationship that works in unison with the Indigenous population. ...

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An Investigation Into Fad Diets and the Effect They Have on our Health Introduction This is an investigation into the effect of fad diets on our health. It has recently come to light that fad diets are increasingly dangerous and unhealthy, but despite all the health warnings, people still p...

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Before taking Wellness, I just thought of health as being without a disease or injury. I used to think it was all about your physical being but now that the wellness class is over, I believe health is an ongoing process of maintaining a balanced mind-body-spirit by promotion, restoration, and preven...

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