An Interview With Robert J . Dole A Congressional Leader Looks At Health Care :

A Congressional Leader Looks at Health Care :

Identify the challenges of leadership in hospitals

Background: In this study, we seek to identify the challenges of leadership role in physicians. For physicians facing the challenge of being able to appear only as a leader is fraught with challenges. Because they have to follow the clinical duties of the patients at the same time. In fact, we face five major challenges along the way. This article introduces these five challenges and solutions ...

Introduction: Forecasting Informatics Competencies for Nurses in the Future of Connected Health.

This introduction to the book discusses how the topic of competencies for nurses in a world of connected health needs to be addressed at the curriculum level to achieve the specific competencies for various roles, including practicing nurse, nurse teacher, nurse leader, and nursing informatics specialists. It looks back at milestone publications from the international Nursing Informatics post c...

Why U.S. health care reform is so difficult.

ealth care reform now heads the U.S. domestic agenda, but this generation of policymakers may be less successful than its predecessors in effecting major changes. The president wants universal coverage and a wider array of services. Key members of both parties, such as Senators Dole and Moynihan, resist anything so grandiose. “Yes, there are problems,” declared the Republican congressional lead...

Robert M. Ball: a life dedicated to social security.

67 With the death of Robert Myers Ball at age 93 on January 29, 2008, the Social Security program lost one of its most committed supporters. Social Security Commissioner Michael J. Astrue (2008) stated, “Bob Ball left an indelible mark on the Social Security program and the Agency in that he played a critical role in the establishment of Medicare. His commitment to Social Security was unequaled...