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A video analysis

Step 1: Watch the following video and take notes. After watching the video respond to the following question in the discussion board. What is YOUR definition of professional courtesy in healthcare? Step 2: Incorporate personal experience, if appropriate, to help support or debate other students’ posts. If differences of opinion occur, debate the issues and […]

Ethical breach

In the Asian culture, there is often a belief that terminally ill patients should not be informed about their prognosis. Would you respect the cultural practice and not inform a patient about the prognosis? Is there a way for health care providers to balance the patient’s right to know with respect for the cultural practices […]

A better understanding of the strategic implications of big data

To this date, health care industry has not fully grasped the potential benefits to be gained from big data analytics. While the constantly growing body of academic research on big data analytics is mostly technology oriented, a better understanding of the strategic implications of big data to benefit healthcare organizations is urgently needed. To address […]