legal commentator‚ William Blackstone‚ introduced the declaratory theory of law‚ stating that judges do not make law‚ but merely‚ by the rules of precedence‚ discover and declare the law that has always been: ’the judge being sworn to determine‚ not according to his private sentiments...not according to his own private judgement‚ but according to the known laws and customs of the land: not delegated to pronounce a new law‚ but to maintain an expound the old one’. Blackstone does not accept that precedent
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Process Improvement Analysis The advent of patient satisfaction scores has transitioned the way healthcare providers are caring for patients. Healthcare is increasingly consumer driven‚ thus‚ providers must develop improvement processes to meet the needs of patient expectations (Bleustein‚ Rothschild‚ Valen‚ Valaitis‚ Schweitzer & Jones‚ 2014). Picker Institute (n.d.) developed eight principles that reflect the key values that should guide healthcare practices. As more attention was directed towards
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Health Care Communication Methods Paper HCS/320 Kristina Gary June 27‚ 2013 Communication grants an association or institute to organize and merge to accomplish a general objective. Three key guides of communication subsist in an association of several extents‚ granting management‚ peers‚ and workers communication within the organization. Communication and nuances‚ whether it is unofficial‚ informal‚ or formal‚ must be sternly followed. As a coordinator of communication‚ also known
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William‚ Working in healthcare as well for a great number of years has shown that process operation for healthcare organizations‚ especially large medical centers‚ does not conform easily to a specific process. The job shop system in its application to healthcare is well received and does have the redeeming quality of placing processes into smaller‚ more manageable jobs‚ but the processes themselves may not be improved. Prevailing issues with overregulation‚ proper utilization‚ as well
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Negligence Marsha Ruckle University of Phoenix Health Law and Ethics 478 Francis E. Mieckzowski‚ Jr. March 11‚ 2013 Negligence Health care providers‚ including nurses‚ have a responsibility to provide competent and safe care to their patients. When an unsuccessful or unfortunate medical outcome occurs‚ whether it is from negligence‚ gross negligence‚ or malpractice‚ the legal system often is called in to action. The health care setting is a complex arena with much potential for error and it is
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Ethical Health Care Issues Sheri Anderson HCS/545-Health Law and Ethics September 22‚ 2014 Kenneth Pincus Ethical Health Care Issues Healthcare ethics involves making well researched and considerate decisions about medical treatments‚ while taking into consideration a patient’s beliefs and wishes regarding all aspects of their health. The healthcare industry‚ above any other‚ has a high regard for the issues surrounding the welfare of their patients. This power over a patient’s wellbeing
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Health Care Museum Shannon I Hardy HCS/235 October 6‚2014 Steve Linerode Health Care Museum Development Description Analysis (How does the development affect the current U.S. health care system?) 1. Public Health As stated by Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health; Division of Health Care Services‚ Prior to the eighteenth century there was several epidemics of plague‚ cholera‚ and smallbox‚ which provoked sporadic public efforts to protect citizens in the face of a dread
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THEORETICAL BACKGROUND Judicial activism has become a subject of controversy in India.1 Recent and past attempts to hinder the power of the courts‚ as well as access to the courts‚ included indirect methods of disciplining the judiciary‚ such as supersession of the judges2 and transfers of inconvenient judges.3 Critics of judicial activism say that the courts usurp functions allotted to the other organs of government. On the other hand‚ defenders of judicial activism assert that the
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The future of healthcare has grown so much already in the distance in technology‚ computing power‚ and biotechnology making the growth more prominent and useful now and many more years to come. Retrieving information from the web is growing in nursing homes and hospitals. Charts that are now stored on computers hold much more information and more information than did the written charts. Universal IT can allow access around the world to data if needed. This has also made consumers more involved
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The Affordable Care Act approved by President Obama in March 2010 brought remarkable benefits for senior citizens. This law allows seniors to take better care of their health because it offers them discounts in some medical services‚ improving overall their current Medicare program. Before the Affordable Health Act was approved‚ millions of seniors were having trouble to pay their prescriptions since they fell into a coverage gap known as the “Doughnut Hole”. In these cases‚ seniors had to pay
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