For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care was stimulated by concerns among members of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and others that health services—already heavily dependent on monetary transactions through prepayment and insurance—will become excessively commercialized, with growing ownership by stockholders. The issues closely associated with these concerns are examined in depth in this repo…
Our entire health care system is organized largely to carry out decisions made by highly autonomous and independent physicians. Hospitals, for example, are organized to respond to physicians' decisions—even implementing them when the physicians are not physically present. Many aspects of our health care system rest on an assumption that the physician's primary concern is with the needs and ca…
A book on the subject of storage networks is especially important during these fast-moving times. The technology for storage networking is basically bringing with it new structures and procedures that will remain topical in the foreseeable future regardless of incre- mental differences and changes in products. This book is based on the experience of its authors in their day-to-day work with the…
Welcome to the exciting world of Cisco certification! You have picked up this book because you want something better; namely, a better job with more satisfaction. Rest assured that you have made a good decision. Cisco certification can help you get your first networking job, or more money and a promotion if you are already in the field. Cisco certification can also improve your understanding o…
The label ‘critical mathematics education’ refers to a variety of perspectives and activities, which highlight some concerns.1 Critical mathematics education is concerned with the social and political aspects of the learning of mathematics. It is concerned with providing access to mathematical ideas for everybody independent of colour of skin, gender and class. It is concerned with the …
Whether you are a security professional, an IT professional who wants to learn more about security, someone who has been thrust into a security role without preparation, an executive who wants to increase your organization’s knowledge assets, a member of a sales force in a company that sells security products or services, or a technology, law, or business student or professor in a college or …
There’s a lot of excitement about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Optimists claim that Bitcoin will fundamentally alter payments, economics, and even politics around the world. Pessimists claim Bitcoin is inherently broken and will suffer an inevitable and spectacular collapse. Underlying these differing views is significant confusion about what Bitcoin is and how it works. We wrote this book …
The Financial Accountability Act 2009 (the Act) outlines a number of accountable officer and statutory body functions, one of which is the establishment and maintenance of an June 2008 appropriate system of risk management (section 61). The Financial and Performance Management Standard 2009 (the Standard), section 28, prescribes that the agency’s risk management system must provide for: …