shabbi, immigrant by his spirit

Top HIS vendors by revenue.

E ver wonder how your hospital information system vendor ranks compared with the competition in terms of 2010 annual revenue? With so many “I.T.” vendors selling multiple products to hospitals such as supplies, monitors, consulting and outsourcing, “Top Vendor” lists have become very confusing lately. To set matters straight, Health Data Management asked industry experts at HIS Professionals LL...

Use of dental services by immigrant Canadians.

Although the health status and health behaviour of foreign-born residents of Canada have been well documented, little is known about their use of dental services. The authors, hypothesizing that foreign-born people would have lower utilization of dental care services than native-born Canadians, undertook this study to identify the factors associated with dental visits by Canadians aged 12 years...

Access to preventive care by immigrant populations

Many immigrant populations lack access to primary health care. A recently published study on cholesterol screening among immigrant populations in the US found disparities in cholesterol screening in those originating from Mexico, largely due to limited access to healthcare. This inverse care affects immigrants in many destination countries despite their greater health need.Please see related ar...

Nature and Spirit

Hegel's goal in his philosophy of subjective spirit is an empirically sensitive yet basically a priori science of mind. That sounds oxymoronic: How can a discipline be at once a priori and empirically sensitive? Here the elaborate structure of the Hegelian system serves a clear purpose. We have, first of all, the logic—the a priori element in all thought. The system's following two parts, the p...

The Spirit of Teaching

Mind and Spirit