Download or read book The Future of Public Health written by Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1988-01-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Nation has lost sight of its public health goals and has allowed the system of public health to fall into 'disarray'," from The Future of Public Health. This startling book contains proposals for ensuring that public health service programs are efficient and effective enough to deal not only with the topics of today, but also with those of tomorrow. In addition, the authors make recommendations for core functions in public health assessment, policy development, and service assurances, and identify the level of government--federal, state, and local--at which these functions would best be handled.
Download or read book Gesti n de la calidad en las organizaciones sanitarias written by Cabo Salvador, Javier and published by Ediciones Díaz de Santos. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 1421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El libro hace especial hincapié en los dos aspectos fundamentales de la gestión sanitaria de forma integral, el de eficiencia y control de costes bajo nuevas herramientas de gestión como son los sistemas de ajuste de riesgos refinados, ampliamente descritos en tres de los capítulos del libro (Capítulos 10, 29 y30); y el de gestión continua de la calidad, enfocada hacia la mejora de la calidad del sistema sanitario, también a lo largo de varios capítulos del libro. La mejora de la calidad del sistema sanitario en su conjunto debe presidir las actuaciones de las instituciones sanitarias públicas y privadas, por lo queéste es un libro de lectura recomen-dada para todos los agentes participantesen la asistencia sanitaria, y de manera especial para aquellos involucrados directamente con la gestión, bien a nivel de cuadros de mando directivos y asistenciales como de todos aquellos profesionales de la sanidad, que constituyenun elemento esencial en la modernización y calidad del sistema sanitario español en su con-junto, involucrados o con ansias de participar en el nuevo cambiode paradigma de la gestión clínica. Otro de los elementos esenciales para elfuncionamiento cohesionado y con garantías de calidad del Sistema Nacional deSalud, es la existencia de un verdadero sistema de información sanitaria que garantice la disponibilidad de la información y la comunicación recí-procas entre la Administración sanitaria del Estado y la de las comunidades autónomas, ysirva de punto de partida para la confección de protocolos clínicos y de Guías Integradas Asistenciales, y que posibilite la realización de un efectivo bench-marking. En este aspecto el libro aporta y describe también ampliamente envarios capítulos la importancia de los indicado-res tanto de actividad como decalidad asistencial con un enfoque final hacia la gestión clínica y el gobierno clínico, aspectos estos ampliamente descritos a lo largo de varios capítulos. En conclusión, creo que se trata de una obra de gran interés en el campo del mundo de la gestión sanitaria, esencial y de obligada lectura en aras de unfuncionamiento cohesionado y con garantías de calidad, y muy útil como guión yreferencia para poder introducir aquellas reformas necesarias que nos permitan reforzar la sostenibilidad, mejorar la eficiencia en la gestión, promover elahorro y las economías de escala, e introducir nuevas herramientas a través de las nuevas tecnologías con criterios de racionalización y eficiencia en la gestión, que permitan además una mayor homogeneización y estandarización del proceso, tanto en la gestión de estructuras sanitarias como en la clínica diaria.INDICE RESUMIDO: Sistemas sanitarios y reformas sanitarias. Carácterísticas delos modelos sanitarios. La Ley 17/2003 de Cohesión y Calidad del Sistema Nacional de Salud. La Ley 41/2002, de 14 de Noviembre, básica de Autonomía del Paciente, como herramienta normativa de mejora de la calidad asistencial. Indicadores de actividad de las organizaciones sanitarias. Calidad y bioética en lasorganizaciones sanitarias. Normativa ética y de calidad de la investigación biomédica. Desarrollo de un programa de calidad en Atención Primaria. Mejora dela calidad asistencial mediante la telemedicina y la teleasistencia, etc
Download or read book Healthy Development written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an extensive consultative process with governments and global partners, including civil society organizations and bilateral and multilateral organizations, the World Bank's new health, nutrition, and population strategy aims to help developing countries strengthen their health systems and improve the health and well-being of millions of the world's poorest people, boost economic growth, reduce poverty caused by catastrophic illness, and provide the structural "glue" that supports multiple health-related programs within countries."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Reshaping Health Care in Latin America written by International Development Research Centre (Canada) and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2000 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reshaping Health Care in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis of Health Care Reform in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico
Download or read book Health Professionals for a New Century written by and published by Harvard School of Public Health, Frangois-Xavier Bagnoud Cen. This book was released on 2011 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred years ago a series of seminal documents, starting with the Flexner Report of 1910, sparked an enormous burst of energy to harness the power of science to transform higher education in health. Professional education, however, has not been able to keep pace with the challenges of the 21st century. A new generation of reforms is needed to meet the demands of health systems in an interdependent world. The report of the Commission on the Education of Health Professionals for the 21st Century, a global independent initiative consisting of 20 leaders from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and institutional affiliations, articulates a fresh vision and recommends renewed actions. Building on a rich legacy of educational reforms during the past century, the Commission's findings and recommendations adopt a global and multi-professional perspective using a systems approach to analyze education and health, with a focus on institutional and instructional reforms.
Download or read book The Pocket Guide to Health Promotion written by Glenn Laverack and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Pocket Guide to Health Promotion' is a short, punchy and practical guide aimed at students and practitioners. The book includes precise definitions and examples of key concepts and methods in health promotion practice and a chapter by chapter description of the management planning, strategy selection, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programmes. Written in an accessible and concise style, the book offers the reader a practical and flexible resource that is ideal for students and practitioners looking to plan and implement health promotion activities. A must buy for those new to health promotion or who want a pocket guide to this core health activity. "Clearly written and practical, this excellent guide will prove indispensible to practitioners of health promotion globally, and a very useful starting point for students. It will be worth buying a pocket to put it in!" David Ross, Professor of Epidemiology and International Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK "The Pocket Guide to Health Promotion is easy to navigate with complex concepts in health promotion explained in a user-friendly way. Whether you are practicing health promotion or studying the discipline, this will be a welcome addition to any book shelf." Dr James Woodall, Co-Director of the Centre for Health Promotion Research & Course Leader MSc Public Health, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Download or read book OECD Health Policy Studies Geographic Variations in Health Care What Do We Know and What Can Be Done to Improve Health System Performance written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report helps policy makers better understand the issues and challenges around geographic variations in health care provision and considers the policy options.
Download or read book Economic and Social Rights after the Global Financial Crisis written by Aoife Nolan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global financial and economic crises have had a devastating impact on economic and social rights. These rights were ignored by economic policy makers prior to the crises and continue to be disregarded in the current 'age of austerity'. This is the first book to focus squarely on the interrelationship between contemporary and historic economic and financial crises, the responses thereto, and the resulting impact upon economic and social rights. Chapters examine the obligations imposed by such rights in terms of domestic and supranational crisis-related policy and law, and argue for a response to the crises that integrates these human rights considerations. The expert international contributors, both academics and practitioners, are drawn from a range of disciplines including law, economics, development and political science. The collection is thus uniquely placed to address debates and developments from a range of disciplinary, geographical and professional perspectives.
Download or read book The European Health Report 2009 written by and published by WHO Regional Office Europe. This book was released on 2009 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides member states with essential public health information. It provides a picture of the health status and health determinants in the European Region and identifies areas for public health action for the member states and the European public health community.
Download or read book Reducing Inequalities in Health written by Martijntje Bakker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors come from fourteen different countries and are well-respected researchers in the field Reducing Inequalities in Health: A European Perspective is the first book to analyse the success or otherwise of different health interventions and policies, rather than the socio-economic determinants of health inequalities The book covers key conceptual issues, national experiences, examples of good and bad practice and policy implications
Download or read book Essential Public Health Functions written by World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2003 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public health is a core element of governments' attempts to improve and promote the health and welfare of their citizens. Unfortunately, there is evidence that current public health systems and services are not able to cope well with the modern challenges - new technologies, globalization, migration, bioterrorism, etc. In view of this, the WHO Western Pacific Region initiated studies on essential public health functions (EPHFs) in Fiji, Malaysia, and Vietnam. By drawing on research in other parts of the world, a framework and nine EPHFs were derived for these case studies. These nine EPHFs define more clearly and systematically the core areas of public health work for which governments are ultimately responsible. These EPHFs are also considered appropriate for further consultation and use in the Western Pacific Region. This publication is aimed at providing EPHF concepts and ideas that will help countries ensure that they develop and sustain a comprehensive approach to public health. The case studies may also provide ideas for other countries on methods that could be used to examine the current functioning of EPHFs and on different approaches for strengthening these essential functions in different health systems.
Download or read book Health Technology Assessment and Health Policy Today A Multifaceted View of their Unstable Crossroads written by Juan E. del Llano-Señarís and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book disentangles the issues in connection with the advancement of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and its interface with health policy. It highlights the factors that should shape its progress in the near future. Interdisciplinary and critical views from a number of professionals are put together in a prescient order to cast some light and make recommendations as to the next steps HTA should take to be fit for purpose. A wealth of documents dealing with HTA have been published over the last three decades. HTA allegedly is one of the bedrocks of regulation and medical decision making. However, counter vailing visions contend that geographical variations in the role that HTA is actually playing within countries pinpoints specific room for improvement. Given our social preferences, cherry-picking HTA’s features and successes over the last decades moves it away from its possibility frontier. Some of the most noteworthy hindrances that HTA faces, in several countries, to making headway towards its consolidation as an efficient tool for regulation and decision making are as follows: insufficient resources, delays in assessment, inadequate priority setting, regulatory capture, public distrust, actual influence on regulatory decisions, the need for strengthening international cooperation and harmony, the lack of sound and consistent assessments of diagnostic tests, medical devices and surgical innovations and limited dissemination. Time has come for HTA to take a renewed stand. There is a pressing need to submit HTA to in-depth critical scrutiny.
Download or read book Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Services on the Threshold of the XXI Century written by Andrei Jouravlev and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The North American Mosaic written by Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Montréal, Québec). Secretariat and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North American Mosaic has four overarching features. First, it is, to the extent feasible, based on comparable information on the status and trends of major indicators of the state of the environment in Canada,Mexico, and the United States. Second, the report confirms that these three countries together make up an incredibly complex, dynamic, and interconnected ecosystem in which humans play a dominant and decisive role. Third, the report raises important and sometimes disquieting questions concerning the sustainability of some current trends. Finally, the report is a reminder that our economic, social, and physical well-being are utterly dependent on the life-sustaining services provided by nature. This report emphasizes the importance of developing mutually compatible economic, social, and environmental goals and policies across the three-country region.
Download or read book Health Systems Financing written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This World Health Report was produced under the overall direction of Carissa Etienne ... and Anarfi Asamoa Baah ... The principal writers were David B. Evans ... [et al] -- t.p. verso.
Download or read book The Guide for the Perplexed written by Moses Maimonides and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Child Friendly Schools Manual written by and published by UNICEF. This book was released on 2009 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Child-Friendly Schools (CFS) Manual was developed during three-and-a-half years of continuous work, involving the United Nations Children's Fund education staff and specialists from partner agencies working on quality education. It benefits from fieldwork in 155 countries and territories, evaluations carried out by the Regional Offices and desk reviews conducted by headquarters in New York. The manual is a part of a total resource package that includes an e-learning package for capacity-building in the use of CFS models and a collection of field case studies to illustrate the state of the art in child-friendly schools in a variety of settings.
