The Mother's Health Clinic opened in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1937 and provided women in central Arizona with contraception [3] and family planning [4] resources. A group of wealthy philanthropic Phoenix women founded the clinic under the guidance of birth control activist Margaret Sanger. The clinic was the second birth control [5] clinic to open in Arizona and the first to serve central and north...

Alliance for Health Policy and System Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Health Sector Support Programme, Luxembourg Development, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Division of Global Health (IHCAR) and Medical Management Centre (MMC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzer...

Research on the human element of information security is fragmented at best. This paper presents a management framework for organizations in the health care industry who wish to improve their information security procedures in an effort to comply with HIPAA and other regulations. The emphasis is on securing an organization from internal threats by adequately educating employees and building an ...

Introduction Chronic under-investment in government health systems has led to significant weakening of these systems and crippled their ability to deliver good quality health care. Through the introduction of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), there have been efforts to increase public spending in health and strengthen health systems in rural areas. However, evidence shows that the incre...

Many games today are developed using game engines. This development approach supports various aspects of portability. For example games can be ported from one platform to another and assets can be imported into different engines. The portability aspect that requires further examination is the complexity involved in porting a 'game' between game engines. The game elements that need to be made po...

Chairman Smith, Members of the House International Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, thank you for this opportunity to appear before your committee. I want to take this opportunity to thank the chairman, and the committee, for the continuing efforts to work toward a world with less poverty, greater opportunity, and stronger accountability for fo...

Federal health privacy regulations, commonly known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations, came into effect in April 2003. Many clinicians and institutions have relied on consultants and risk managers to tell them how to implement these regulations. Much of the controversy and confusion over the HIPAA regulations concern so-called incidental disclosures. ...

Analysts, researchers and organizations alike seem to agree that cloud computing will be a defining trend in the coming decade impacting wide range of businesses and how those businesses are practiced. Large technology companies are already investing millions of dollars in building infrastructure, services, tools and applications to facilitate cloud computing for consumers, organizations and bu...

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 641 I. THE FLAWED ACCOUNTABILITY AXIOM ............................................. 643 A. Accountability Deficit .................................................................. 643 B. Asymmetries in Accountability .................................................... 647 II. THE INTE...