Steinberg and other surgeons travels to those foreign countries to perform surgery for those patients depending on their parents military affiliations, specific insurances or nothing at all due to an organization called Future Faces, that help children with cost of surgery due to facial deformities. ... The modest body of scholars on patients traveling to China, India, and Pakistan for organ transplants suggests that financial gain out of transplantation surgeries substantially increases morbidity and mortality rates". (10) The advantages of medical tourism is lower labor and living co...

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Commission surveyors paged through an organization's notebooks, crammed with minutes of meetings and documents of policies and procedures, and they listened to presentations that had been carefully and meticulously prepared"(2008).The advancing pursuit of high standards should not be something we have to "get ready for", it should be a way of life." ... The final benefit is that it can trim the organizations liability insurance premiums. Insurance companies, like AIG, acknowledge the importance of the Joint Commissions accreditation by offering special discounts and credits on annual pr...

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In corporate liability cases victims must prove negligence due to lack of: (1) duty in providing proper maintenance of safe and adequate facilities and equipment; (2) selecting and retaining competent physicians; (3) oversight on persons practicing medicine within facilities where care was given; (4) adequate policies and rules that ensure adequate quality of care (Hoffman & Podgurski, 2009). ...

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These health disparities largely result from differences in socioeconomic status and insurance status. ... The growth of various ethnic communities and linguistic groups, each with its own cultural traits and health profiles, presents a complex challenge to healthcare practitioners and policy makers in terms of achieving equitable access. ... "Several recent federal policy initiatives address the issue of low health literacy. ...

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