Download or read book The Rise and Fall of Faith Based Hospitals written by Georgine Scarpino Rsm Ph. D. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a meta-analysis of the relationship of margin and mission of faith-based hospitals in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania to their beginnings and endings. It reviews the various local, state and federal events and factors that impacted these hospitals during their growth and decline from 1847 through 2008. Most importantly, the book shares the courage, hardships, and perseverance of the founders of these institutions, many of whom were women, as they responded to one crisis after another but never gave up their commitment to serve the poor and sick of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.
Download or read book Transforming Health Care Management written by Ivan Barrick and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using straightforward, accessible language, this groundbreaking resource is a comprehensive primer on the most progressive tools and techniques currently used for assessing healthcare systems and healthcare process effectiveness. Typically these tools are embedded in programs such as Total Quality Management, continuous process improvement, process reengineering, protocol redesign, or most recently, Six Sigma and organizational transformation. Transforming Health Care Management presents an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach while focusing on fundamental concepts. It will thoroughly prepare the reader to design, implement, manage, operate, monitor or improve technology, processes, and programs and is an ideal text for those studying healthcare information technology, operations research, systems analysis, process improvement, or informatics. Features: Chapters cover highly technical subjects using clear and accessible language. Vignettes from the author’s years of professional experience illustrate particularly complex concepts. Focuses on key concepts and applications rather than theory and jargon. Accompanied by a complete package of instructor resources (downloadable Instructor’s Manual, TestBank, PowerPoint slides) to facilitate teaching and learning.
Download or read book Public Reporting of Hospital Acquired Infection Rates Empowering Consumers Saving Lives Serial No 109 85 March 29 2006 109 2 Hearing written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Report written by Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Genetics and Improvement of Forest Trees written by Yuji Ide and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forest tree improvement has mainly been implemented to enhance the productivity of artificial forests. However, given the drastically changing global environment, improvement of various traits related to environmental adaptability is more essential than ever. This book focuses on genetic information, including trait heritability and the physiological mechanisms thereof, which facilitate tree improvement. Nineteen papers are included, reporting genetic approaches to improving various species, including conifers, broad-leaf trees, and bamboo. All of the papers in this book provide cutting-edge genetic information on tree genetics and suggest research directions for future tree improvement.
Download or read book The Value of Information written by Ramanan Laxminarayan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines applications in two disparate fields linked by the importance of valuing information: public health and space. Researchers in the health field have developed some of the most innovative methodologies for valuing information, used to help determine, for example, the value of diagnostics in informing patient treatment decisions. In the field of space, recent applications of value-of-information methods are critical for informing decisions on investment in satellites that collect data about air quality, fresh water supplies, climate and other natural and environmental resources affecting global health and quality of life.
Download or read book Health Care Financing Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fragmentation of U S Health Care written by Einer Elhauge and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-22 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is our health care system so fragmented in the care it gives patients? Why is there little coordination amongst the many doctors who treat individual patients, who often even lack access to a common set of medical records? Why is fragmentation a problem even within a single hospital, where errors or miscommunications often seem to result from poor coordination amongst the myriad of professionals treating any one individual patient? Why is health care fragmented both over time, so that too little is spent on preventive care, and across patients, so that resources are often misallocated to the patients who need it least? The Fragmentation of U.S. Health Care: Causes and Solutions approaches these broad questions with a highly interdisciplinary approach. The articles included in the work address legal and regulatory issues, including laws that mandate separate payments for each provider, restrict hospitals or others from controlling or rewarding the set of providers treating a patient to assure coordinated care, and provide affirmative disincentives for coordinating care by paying more for uncoordinated care that requires more services. Business reasons for the current form of hospital organization are considered, and efficiency and design are examined and compared to other industries. The economics of current hospital organization are also taken into account. The authors examine and propose various reforms that make our health care system less fragmented, more efficient, and more medically effective.
Download or read book Antibiotic Resistance written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years of using, misusing, and overusing antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs has led to the emergence of multidrug-resistant 'superbugs.' The IOM's Forum on Microbial Threats held a public workshop April 6-7 to discuss the nature and sources of drug-resistant pathogens, the implications for global health, and the strategies to lessen the current and future impact of these superbugs.
Download or read book Healthcare Systems Engineering written by Paul M. Griffin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apply engineering and design principles to revitalize the healthcare delivery system Healthcare Systems Engineering is the first engineering book to cover this emerging field, offering comprehensive coverage of the healthcare system, healthcare delivery, and healthcare systems modeling. Written by leading industrial engineering authorities and a medical doctor specializing in healthcare delivery systems, this book provides a well-rounded resource for readers of a variety of backgrounds. Examples, case studies, and thoughtful learning activities are used to thoroughly explain the concepts presented, including healthcare systems, delivery, quantification, and design. You'll learn how to approach the healthcare industry as a complex system, and apply relevant design and engineering principles and processes to advance improvements. Written with an eye toward practicality, this book is designed to maximize your understanding and help you quickly apply toward solutions for a variety of healthcare challenges. Healthcare systems engineering is a new and complex interdisciplinary field that has emerged to address the myriad challenges facing the healthcare industry in the wake of reform. This book functions as both an introduction and a reference, giving you the knowledge you need to move toward better healthcare delivery. Understand the healthcare delivery context Use appropriate statistical and quantitative models Improve existing systems and design new ones Apply systems engineering to a variety of healthcare contexts Healthcare systems engineering overlaps with industrial engineering, operations research, and management science, uniting the principles and practices of these fields together in pursuit of optimal healthcare operations. Although collaboration is focused on practitioners, professionals in information technology, policy and administration, public health, and law all play crucial roles in revamping health care systems. Healthcare Systems Engineering is a complete and authoritative reference for stakeholders in any field.
Download or read book Medical and Surgical Treatment of Parathyroid Diseases written by Brendan C. Stack, Jr. and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical and Surgical Treatment of Parathyroid Diseases is an accessible and user-friendly guide, addressing the key points of parathyroid diseases using case studies, as well as hundreds of high quality images and illustrations. Written and edited by respected leaders in the field of parathyroid surgery, this book aids in the comprehension of innovative concepts and focuses on the latest in clinical research. Written for otolaryngologists and oncologists at various stages of experience, Medical and Surgical Treatment of Parathyroid Diseases includes chapters dedicated to parathyroid anatomy, physiology, and embryology, medical therapy for parathyroid disease (indications and pharmacotherapy), diagnostic imaging, surgical treatments, and special topics such as health services and healthcare economics related to parathyroid surgery.
Download or read book Medical Professionalism in the New Information Age written by David J. Rothman and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-19 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With computerized health information receiving unprecedented government support, a group of health policy scholars analyze the intricate legal, social, and professional implications of the new technology. These essays explore how Health Information Technology (HIT) may alter relationships between physicians and patients, physicians and other providers, and physicians and their home institutions. Patient use of web-based information may undermine the traditional information monopoly that physicians have long enjoyed. New IT systems may increase physicians' legal liability and heighten expectations about transparency. Case studies on kidney transplants and maternity practices reveal the unanticipated effects, positive and negative, of patient uses of the new technology. An independent HIT profession may emerge, bringing another organized interest into the medical arena. Taken together, these investigations cast new light on the challenges and opportunities presented by HIT.
Download or read book PHC4 written by Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council and published by . This book was released on 2005* with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Extending the Cure written by Ramanan Laxminarayan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our ability to treat common bacterial infections with antibiotics goes back only 65 years. However, the authors of this report make it clear that sustaining a supply of effective and affordable antibiotics cannot be without changes to the incentives facing patients, physicians, hospitals, insurers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. In fact, increasing resistance to these drugs is already exacting a terrible price. Every day in the United States, approximately 172 men, women, and children die from infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals alone. Beyond those deaths, antibiotic resistance is costing billions of dollars through prolonged hospital stays and the need for doctors to resort to ever more costly drugs to use as substitute treatments. Extending the Cure presents the problem of antibiotic resistance as a conflict between individual decision makers and their short-term interest and the interest of society as a whole, in both present and future: The effort that doctors make to please each patient by prescribing a drug when it might not be properly indicated, poor monitoring of discharged patients to ensure that they do not transmit drug-resistant pathogens to other persons, excesses in the marketing of new antibiotics, and the broad overuse of antibiotics all contribute to the development and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The book explores a range of policy options that would encourage patients, health care providers, and managed care organizations to serve as more responsible stewards of existing antibiotics as well as proposals that would give pharmaceutical firms greater incentives to develop new antibiotics and avoid overselling. If the problem continues unaddressed, antibiotic resistance has the potential to derail the health care system and return us to a world where people of all ages routinely die from simple infections. As a basis for future research and a spur to a critically important dialogue, Extending the Cure is a fundamental first step in addressing this public health crisis. The Extending the Cure project is funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through its Pioneer Portfolio.
Download or read book Risk Adjustment for Measuring Healthcare Outcomes written by Lisa I. Iezzoni and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our book aims to introduce the issues underlying risk adjustment and to suggest important conceptual and methodological considerations in designing and evaluating a risk-adjustment strategy. This second edition builds on the conceptual discussions of the first edition, adding more empirical evidence to underscore important points. Since completing the first edition in 1993, significant studies involving risk adjustment have either concluded or published pertinent findings, including the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study, the Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment, the Medical Outcomes
Download or read book COVID 19 Monitoring with IoT Devices written by Ambika Nagaraj and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2023-11-23 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies has played a pivotal role in reshaping public health and healthcare delivery. Interconnected devices have demonstrated their capacity to collect, transmit, and analyze data, significantly impacting various aspects of pandemic management. COVID-19 – Monitoring with IoT Devices is a comprehensive guide to measuring the impact of COVID-19 infection and monitoring outbreak metrics. Beginning with an introduction to SARS-CoV-2 and its symptoms, the book presents chapters on machine learning (supervised and unsupervised algorithms) and techniques to predict COVID-19 outcomes. The book concludes with the role of IoT technology in detecting COVID-19 infections within a community, showcasing different computing models applicable to specific use-cases. Key Features: Explores the pivotal role of IoT technology in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Covers a data-driven approach to COVID-19 monitoring by explaining methods for data collection, prediction, and analysis. Includes specific recommendations for machine learning algorithms designed for COVID-19 monitoring. Easy-to-read structured chapters suitable for novices in computer science and biomedical engineering. COVID-19 – Monitoring with IoT Devices provides a valuable resource for understanding the role of IoT technology in managing and mitigating the impact of COVID-19, and developing adequate infection control policies. It also showcases the potential of IoT for future research and applications in the healthcare sector. This book is intended for a diverse readership, including academicians, industry professionals, researchers, and healthcare practitioners.
Download or read book Mastering Physician Engagement written by John W. Showalter and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-first century healthcare will be defined by better care, smarter spending, and healthier people. All eyes are on technology as the means to drive down costs and improve efficiency, enabling physicians to deliver care in a way that realizes the vision of a healthier planet. The transition from the acute care focus of the 20th century to the quality and data-driven organizations of tomorrow requires incredible effort and collaboration between all members of the healthcare community. Healthcare professionals are challenged to understand and rapidly adapt to new business models while achieving improved patient care and health outcomes. Physician engagement with the whole community has never been more important than it is today. Mastering Physician Engagement: A Practical Guide to Achieving Shared Outcomes explores strategies and tactics for engaging physicians in a meaningful way in a broad spectrum of change initiatives. Using proven techniques to create alignment with physicians, this book delivers practical approaches for effectively: Fostering engagement in revenue cycle, information technology, and population health initiatives Creating a data-driven culture Training physicians on new technologies and workflows Communicating insights and metrics Identifying and presenting return on investment Developing and achieving common goals
