In December 2004, when the 28 chairs and co-chairs of the Rome III committees convened, part of the agenda pertained to whether the designation "Functional GI Disorders (FGID)" should be abandoned. Although many recognized the negative connotations attributed to the term, there was no consensus on an alternate designation. Eventually, a referendum of all 90 committee members led to a decision t...

Magnet® designation has been shown to be a cost-effective strategy resulting in improved patient, staff, and organizational outcomes. Achieving this designation requires an organization to successfully progress through developmental levels on their journey. Part 1 of this article described a 4-level developmental model applied to each of the Magnet components. In part 2, we will discuss a 5-ste...

This article explores the problems within a niche area of health law, the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) safe harbor of the Anti-Kickback Statute. The author advocates for its removal by discussing how the HPSA designation is being used incorrectly to curb fraudulent behavior and how the current provision serves few hospitals. The author concludes by suggesting innovative solutions to...

B eyond 3G is the official IEEE designation for the next stage of wireless technology that some people call 4G or fourth-generation radio. Over the years, every conceptual shift in wireless technology has been characterized as a generational change. With a good dose of hindsight, the generations of radio and major radio systems in each category are classified as shown in Table 1. Few first gene...

The paper questions the extraterritorial nature of foreign private law applied by national enforcement body in regulation cross-border relations. In view use common terms “exterritorial” and “extraterritorial” framework international public regulation, it seems necessary to study effect provisions through prism substantive characteristics extraterritoriality, formulated context law. To this end...