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- Public health implications of depression. Sobocki, P. // Actas Espanolas de Psiquiatria;ene 2008 Supplement 1, Vol. 36, p17
The article discusses the economic problems brought by mental depression in Europe. According to a study, depression offers various challenges to the country's health care industry, including increased cost and growth in suicide among depressed persons. The author believes that the development...
- El médico y la relación con la industria farmacéutica. Buffo-Sequeira, Ingmar; Arroyo-Castelán, Edgar; Halabe-Cherem, José; Martin, Mariana Monroy-Saint // Revista CONAMED;oct-dic2012, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p182
Currently, between the Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare professionals there is a very close and delicate relationship that may lead either party to conflicts of interest in which the party that results affected in the end may be the patient. The purpose of this analysis is to pose...
- The uneasy (and changing) relationship of health care and religion in our legal system. Vischer, Robert // Theoretical Medicine & Bioethics;Apr2013, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p161
This article provides a brief introduction to the interplay between law and religion in the health care context. First, I address the extent to which the commitments of a faith tradition may be written into laws that bind all citizens, including those who do not share those commitments. Second,...
- The impact of market forces on the physician-patient relationship. Marks, Vincent // Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (Supplement);Feb1994, Vol. 87 Issue 22, p24
The article reflects on the commercialization of medical care by physicians in Great Britain. Physicians can still be ethical despite acting as salesmen when they implement the ethic of trade which is based on the concept that the customer is always right. Physicians who are marketing their...
- Values and leadership. Pendleton, David; King, Jennifer // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);12/7/2002, Vol. 325 Issue 7376, p1352
Considers the role of values and leadership in health care, based on the same in the commercial sector. Values in the commercial world; Values in the health care world; Reasons why the medical community should be concerned with such values; Fundamentals principles for medical professionalism;...
- Integrating data can help link the disconnects in healthcare. Walker, Tracey // Managed Healthcare Executive;Aug2004, Vol. 14 Issue 8, p54
Examines the integration of clinical and financial data in the health care industry in the U.S. Aim of better outcomes and quality of care; Addition of a new syntax and encoding scheme that must be addressed using integration techniques; Development of a comprehensive business process automation...
- Innovation, the new panacea. Abbasi, Kamran // JRSM Cardiovascular Disease;May2013, Vol. 106 Issue 5, p163
The article discusses the important role played by innovation in healthcare. It is expected that innovation will bring new products and new approaches to clinicians and policy-makers. It is also suggested that taxpayers' money will be saved by successful innovations and will make several...
- High-tech innovations boost efficiency, quality and safety. // Journal of Business (10756124);11/10/2005, Vol. 20 Issue 23, p7
Focuses on the consideration of health care providers in adopting the new technology solutions to improve patient care in Washington. Arrays of highly sophisticated devices which speed the diagnosis and treatment of myriad medical conditions; Significance of telemedicine to enable providers to...
- HARMONIZATION OF HTA-BASED REIMBURSEMENT AND REGULATORY APPROVAL ACTIVITIES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY. Tsoi, Bernice; O'Reilly, Daria; Masucci, Lisa; Drummond, Michael; Goeree, Ron // Journal of Population Therapeutics & Clinical Pharmacology;2015, Vol. 22 Issue 1, pe78
Background Regulatory approval and reimbursement are necessary to bring health technologies to market. As both are distinct processes, the lack of interaction between regulators and payers has been criticized for resulting in health system inefficiencies. Objectives This study describes the...
