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Showing 1 to 20 of 76 for “"Health Administration"”.
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Workplace Explosions: A Comparison of the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
<p>This research compares how the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) prevent the occurrence of and respond to incidents of workplace explosions in their industries. This was a qualitative study that utilized interpretivism as …
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Leadership Practices of Veterans Health Administration Nurse Executives.
… as a possible solution to the challenges in Health Care. The role of Nurse Executives (NE) has become an influential leadership position in Health Care Organizations (HCO) and a factor in improving HCO. The purpose of this research was to explore self-reported leadership practices of Veterans …
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Evaluation of teledermatology in the Veterans Health Administration
Telehealth technologies are being employed to increase access, quality of care, and cost containment. However, there are no widely accepted measures of telehealth performance and little information about long-term changes in access. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is advantageous for …
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Enterprise architecture processes : comparing EA and CLIOS in the Veterans Health Administration
… industries including aerospace, transportation, healthcare case, defense acquisition and logistics. The CLIOS process, also developed at MIT, is designed to work with Complex, Largescale, Integrated, Open, Socio-technical systems, creating strategies for stakeholders to reach goals through …
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Identifying and analyzing the hiring process for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
… Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA). This model is a guide for understanding the current state of the process and shows that inadequate Position Descriptions (PD) are not the primary reason why the VA cannot meet the 80 day window set forth by U.S. Office …
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Responding to traveling patients' seasonal demands for health care services in the Veterans Health Administration
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides care to over eight million Veterans and operates over 1,700 sites of care distributed across twenty-one regional networks in the United States. Health care providers within VHA report large seasonal variation in the demand for services, especially …
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A framework to improve enterprise-wide implementations : the case of the Veterans Health Administration Telehealth Expansion
… from enterprise systems thinking to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Telehealth Expansion in order to characterize and evaluate the implementation methods used to expand Telehealth nation-wide. An in-depth, multi-disciplinary literature review was conducted to identify how enterprise-wide …
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The impact of a standardized participant simulation learning experience on the critical thinking disposition of undergraduate health administration students.
… disposition of undergraduate students in a health administration program, and (b) to observe faculty perceptions of the efficacy of simulation as a training and evaluative tool for undergraduate students in a health administration program. The California Critical Thinking Disposition …
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From college to career: Do you know how to behave? Impact of instructional practices on soft-skill competencies
… Soft skills are subjective and poorly defined in Health Administration and competency models are not defined in terms of attitudes, behaviors, or dispositions for training and development of students.</p> <p>Purpose: Provides a platform for health administrators to define soft skills more clearly …
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A Descriptive Study of Military Family Needs Following a Polytraumatic Injury
… of the person with the injuries. The Veterans Health Administration is rapidly developing services to meet the needs of severely injured service personnel and their family members. The purpose of the present study was to test the feasibility of a method of assessment to identify the needs of …
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Safety in the Workplace: Differences Between Permanent and Temporary Workers
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently started a temporary worker initiative, due to a large number of temporary worker injuries. All too often, temporary worker injuries occurred on the first few days of a job, due to a lack of safety training. The goal of this research is to …
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Ultraviolet Stimulated Thermoluminescent Response Characteristics of Aluminum Oxide
… set forth by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for the detection and measurement of low levels of ultraviolet radiation.
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Determination of Size Fractions and Concentrations of Airborne Particulate Matter Generated From Construction and Demolition Waste Processing Facilities
… and United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)standards.The results from this study are not valid for determination of compliance with NAAQS or OSHA standards. However, the data indicate that C&D processing facilities may exceed current NAAQS at certain locations, …
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Evaluating the Impact of an Academic Interdisciplinary Patient Aligned Care Team on Patients and Trainees within a Veterans Affairs Academic Medical Center
The Veterans Health Administration (VA), with the Office of Academic Affiliations, launched a pilot project, the Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education (CoEPCE), to create a training program focused in the primary care setting with multiple disciplines (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and …
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Gender Considerations When Examining the Association Between Military Sexual Trauma and Chronic Pain Conditions
… veterans is a growing concern for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Veterans who screen positive for MST receive VHA care for any injuries caused as a result of MST, psychological or physical, free of charge. MST is difficult to track, can result in long-term disability, and the burden …
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Management Commitment In Occupational Safety And Health As It Relates To Federal Agency Programs
… the inception of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and their revelation that management commitment is critical to OSH program success, senior leadership has struggled exercising this concept. Many safety professionals, such as those cited in the Literature Review of this …
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Safety Benchmarking of Industrial Construction Projects Based on Zero Accidents Techniques
… construction industry. The Occupation Safety and Health Administration as well as individual construction companies are constantly working on verifying that their selected safety plans have a positive effect on reduction of workplace injuries. Worker safety is a large concern for both the workers …
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