Do you believe the silos between healthcare members are crumbling or do you still see departments isolated?
Do you believe the silos between healthcare members are crumbling or do you still see departments isolated?
Do you believe that healthcare reform will change the way we use teams in the healthcare industry? If so, how will it change teams? If not, what holds the current team approach intact?
Do you believe that healthcare workers are more likely to commit unintentional or intentional torts against patients? What are the most common forms of torts you would expect to see occurring in healthcare? Should there be more severe consequences for committing an intentional versus an unintentional tort against a patient? Should a healthcare worker's license or credential be at risk when a healthcare worker is found responsible for committing either an unintentional or intentional tort against a patient? If you...
Do you believe it is possible for the delivery of healthcare to be both an efficient (a driver of good business) and a human (a driver of good care and healing)?
Do you believe that the use of assistants and aides impacts the quality of healthcare? The book does not discuss the "Dental Therapist". What do you think about this new profession? Where do you think it would be most useful?
In general, US residents believe that offering healthcare to all is “right thing to do”, but yet the US does not offer universal healthcare to all its citizens. Why do you believe that universal healthcare has remained such an elusive goal?
What do you believe is the primary benefit of the Internet to the healthcare industry? Explain your perspective and provide reasons for your position, along with examples that support your perspective.
Do you believe consumerism is still a pervasive part of our culture? Why or why not? How and why are we being taught to consume? Do you think this pattern of consumerism is changing with new generations of people?
Finance departments regard nursing units as not being revenue generators. Why do you believe they are inaccurate in their assessment?
what do you see as racial and ethnic discrimination in US healthcare?
in the documentary Extremis!, how do you see the flim being transformative in healthcare? do you think we have achieved this dilemma of quality versus quantity of life?