Recently added articles from Academy of Health Care Management Journal:

Letter from the editors.(Editorial)(Brief article)

Jan 01, 2007; Pitts, Sarah ... Welcome to the Academy of Health Care Management Journal. We are extremely pleased to be able to present this issue. The Allied Academies is a non-profit association of scholars and practitioners whose purpose is to encourage and support the advancement of knowledge, ...

Complementary and alternatives medicine: awareness and attitudes.(Survey)

Jan 01, 2007; Harmon, Susan ... ABSTRACT This study explores how familiar adults are with various CAM procedures and their attitudes regarding use of the treatments. The purpose of this study was to measure consumers' awareness of complementary and alternative medicines (i.e., acupuncture, aromatherapy, ...

Employers "butt in" with regard to smoking in the workplace.

Jan 01, 2007; Johnson, Pamela R. ... ABSTRACT Cigarette smoking is the principal cause of premature death in the United States with over 440,000 people dying each year from smoke related diseases. And, smoking is expensive. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that employee tobacco use costs US ...

The prescription for good health may not be found in access to the health care system.

Jan 01, 2007; Costello, Bridget M. ... ABSTRACT A large number of our policy makers are focusing on the millions of Americans without health insurance as the major health care problem in this country. Their solution to the growing problem of access to the health care system is some form of national health insurance ...

Developing an emergency preparedness plan: a case for simulation.

Jan 01, 2007; Asllani, Arben ... ABSTRACT An Emergency Preparedness Agency located in the Southeast region of the USA has designated seven local high schools to operate as a mass vaccination clinics (MVC) in the event of an emergency such as the outbreak of avian flu. According to federal guidelines, several ...

Building blocks of nonprofit health care success.(Organization overview)

Jan 01, 2007; Palmer, David W. ... ABSTRACT In March 2004 the Sarrell Regional Dental Center for Public Health, Inc. (SRDC) was opened in Anniston, Alabama. The dental center was created to provide preventative, restorative and emergency care for an underserved market, Alabama Medicaid-eligible children ages 3 to ...

When the forces of industry conflict with the public health: a free market malignancy.

Jan 01, 2007; Weis, William L. ... ABSTRACT This paper is the third in a series focusing on the unhealthy propinquity between industry and infirmity. It frames a growing discussion around the dilemma of business interests whose fortunes are tied to a continuation of--rather than the elimination of--common human ...

Health is wealth: can insurance provide safety to this wealth?

Jan 01, 2007; Banerji, Amit ... ABSTRACT This study examines the current state of health insurance in India and the need to make it effective given the enormity of the problem facing the people of the country and the government. Recognizing the gravity of the situation, the government of India through its ...