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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"health care industry"”.
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Vertical Contracting In The Us Health Care Industry
… that determine prices in business-to-business health care markets. Health care is a large fraction of the US economy. In US health care markets, consumers are often insured and interact with the health care system through intermediary decision makers (health care providers, insurers, and …
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An analysis of the health care industry dynamics
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2002.
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Information Technology and Its Transformational Effect on the Health Care Industry
This dissertation examines the adoption of health IT by addressing the barriers to adoption from the perspective of multiple stakeholders. I examine three different phenomena using alternative methodologies and theoretical lenses. Essay 1: The Impact of Firm Characteristics and Spatial Proximity on …
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The evolving role of the corporate real estate development in the United States health care industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1994.
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An examination of the relationship between the economic orientations and strategies of organizations within the health care industry
This dissertation reports an empirical investigation of the relationship between an organization's economic orientation (i.e., whether it is a profit or not-for—pr0fit organization) and its strategy as operationalized in its goals, goal structure, power structure, and goal setting process. The …
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Politics, jobs and workforce development : the role of workforce intermediaries in building career pathways within Boston's health care industry
… intermediaries within Boston play in creating career pathways for economically disadvantaged, under-skilled residents in the local health care industry. Using a case study analysis, this study compares the outcomes of two workforce intermediaries-one which is employer-led and the other which is …
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The effect of organisational structure and managerial practices on the clinical behaviour and job satisfaction of primary health care doctors, as knowledge workers, in the managed health care industry in South Africa
The financial crisis in the South African health care industry has forced participants in the industry to look for ways to contain costs. The subsequent deregulation of the private sector has resulted in the introduction and rapid growth of managed health care. This shift to a new paradigm were …
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Product traceability in the pharmaceutical supply chain : an analysis of the auto-ID approach
… of pharmaceutical products within the health care industry by enabling item level product traceability functionality. The complexity of the health care industry is steadily growing, due to the concurrent increase in medical knowledge, biomedical technologies, the number of medications …
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An Assessment of Management Practices Among Virginia Acute Care Hospitals
<p>The 1990's will see dramatic changes for the health care industry. At no previous time have both public and private health care institutions faced a more turbulent, confusing and threatening environment. Changes in health care arena will come from Federal, State and local governments; …
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The market of medical office buildings
… buildings. At this juncture of time when the health care industry is facing historical changes due to demographic shift, economic challenges and legislative moves, understanding the market mechanism of medical office buildings that provide easy accesses for medical service to aging population, …
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Establishing Technical Writers As Communication Advisors: An Evaluation Of Internal Communications Using Audience Analysis For Cox Health Systems Of Springfield, Missouri
… communication environments, such as the health-care industry. The following survey and audience analysis of Cox Health Systems of Springfield, Missouri, is the sole work of a technical writer, and reflects the diverse and expansive education technical writers receive.
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Teaching Intercultural Communication Competence in the Healthcare Context
… on intercultural communication competence in the health care industry. While international students make an important link between different cultures, serve as great resource in the exchange of cultures and ideas, and make large contributions to the U.S. economy; international students also pose …
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Teaching Intercultural Communication Competence in the Healthcare Context
… on intercultural communication competence in the health care industry. While international students make an important link between different cultures, serve as great resource in the exchange of cultures and ideas, and make large contributions to the U.S. economy; international students also pose …
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Study of referral sources, patient retention rates and patient satisfaction in the Victoria University osteopathic clinic
… sustained long term success of practices in the health care industry. The Victoria University Osteopathy Clinic (VUOC) is a clinic, which provides a competitively priced, high quality service yet suffers currently from low patient numbers. Conclusion: Extrapolation of conclusions from this study …
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"The Goose that Lays the Golden Egg"?: The "Bio-Med" Industries of New Orleans
… category that includes biosciences research, health care, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing. Biotechnology, in particular, has emerged as an attractive target for economic development in New Orleans, in Louisiana, and in the nation as a whole. Informed by …
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A Study of Student Health Services in Four-Year Post-Secondary Institutions
… as, to determine whether or not college student health services are systematically evaluating their programs and incorporating efficiency measures used in other health care settings. The population of study was student health services at four-year institutions of post-secondary education in the …
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Looking good, feeling better, doing great: post-occupancy evaluation report on health care professionals workplace satisfaction
Work-related stress among health care professionals has resulted in high turnover rates, which in turn leads to serious problems in the health care industry. Previous studies have shown that visual design elements can affect or even mitigate health care professionals’ perceived stress and therefore …
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Employer-based health insurance in the United States from 1920-present: The fall of an empire
… almost exclusively on private employers to fund health care. As this thesis will set out to demonstrate, the ability of private employers to fund this burden has been slowly eroding to the point that the system is on the brink of collapse. Without viable alternatives in place our health-care …
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Reducing preventable adverse drug events in hospital settings
… but they have been estimated to cost the health care industry and the public in excess of $3.5 billion dollars per year (IOM, 2007). While extensive, current literature that exists on preventable ADE's varies greatly in regards how prevalent the issue is. The lack of a nationwide …
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Young Adult Women's Responses to Undergoing Treatment for Early Breast Cancer
… from others. The findings identified areas for health care reform. These reforms include areas dealing with increasing the awareness of breast cancer in young adult women, facilitating early breast cancer detection. minimizing delays in treatment, and making adjustments in care such as …
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