Download or read book Toward Healthcare Resource Stewardship written by Joe Sam Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States, as well as both developed and underdeveloped countries around the world, grapple with escalating healthcare costs. The number of healthcare consumers is increasing worldwide, and while most of such an increase tilts the demographic curve toward younger age groups, older age cohorts are also increasing. These older age cohorts are particularly noticeable in developed countries where useful scientific progress has evolved substantial and extensive healthcare technologies. Access to such expensive technologies has both been widely sought and become available to healthcare consumers. This book offers prescient insights upon various ways to diminish healthcare expenses.
Download or read book Sustainable Healthcare written by Knut Schroeder and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Healthcare sets out a vision for medical care of high quality, manageable cost and low impact on the planetary systems which sustain us. In tackling the major challenges of our age, such as resource depletion, loss of biodiversity and climate change, health services can play a central role, moving from being part of the problem to becoming part of the solution. Sustainable Healthcare explores questions such as: What is the relevance of sustainability in healthcare? How does climate change threaten human health? How can we create low carbon care pathways? How can healthcare organizations deal better with their waste? How can death and dying become more sustainable? How can we engage ourselves and others with this agenda? Written by an international team combining clinical, educational, practical and policy expertise in sustainability and health, this book provides a synopsis of our current predicaments, and explores some of the emerging solutions. Containing case studies and resources for further information and action, Sustainable Healthcare is a practical guide to making healthcare more sustainable for all healthcare professionals, managers and students. "Once in a while one comes across a book that makes a deep impact. Sustainable Healthcare is such a book and very timely in the context of modern healthcare and developing green policies.... The book is clear in ideas of critical thinking, scientific evidence and practical suggestions for transformative action.... An additional strength in this book are the summary key papers and reports including key points from the chapters. In addition, there is a comprehensive list of references in each chapter.... The authors cut through the jargon and challenge the rhetoric of both fear and denial.... The authors give examples of how we can engage with sustainability such as, diet and exercise, prescription management, contraception management and family planning and end of life care.... The book provides useful sources, references and key actions for individuals, healthcare organisations and policy making departments." —A review by Prof Davinder Sandhu, Postgraduate Dean, Health Education South West, Severn Deanery, UK
Download or read book A Z of Public Health written by Glenn Laverack and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the many definitions, theories and approaches in public health. It is an important book for students and practitioners who are interested in public health, and for those who are keen to improve it.
Download or read book Sustainable Healthcare Architecture written by Robin Guenther and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design, restorative building, biophilia, enhanced air quality and high performance building systems. Written by leading national experts on the subject -- one of whom was recognized by Time magazine as a green innovator -- Sustainable Healthcare Architecture is the key guide to designing sustainable healthcare facilities. Building on the authors? combined knowledge and experience, this book includes case studies of more than 50 of the best contemporary sustainable healthcare projects. The book also contains numerous essays contributed by other leaders in sustainable design and healthcare. Additionally, the authors provide background information on LEED for Healthcare, as well as on the Green Guide for Health Care, which they were instrumental in developing.
Download or read book Responsibility in Nanotechnology Development written by Simone Arnaldi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book disentangles the complex meanings of responsibility in nanotechnology development by focusing on its theoretical and empirical dimensions. The notion of responsibility is extremely diversified in the public discourse of nanoscale technologies. Addressed are major disciplinary perspectives working on nanotechnology, e.g. philosophy, sociology, and political science, as well as the major multidisciplinary areas relevant to the innovation process, e.g. technology assessment and ethics. Furthermore, the interplay between such expertises, disciplines, and research programmes in providing a multidisciplinary understanding of responsibility is emphasized.
Download or read book Ethics and Politics of the Built Environment written by Marcello Di Paola and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes and defends the practice of urban gardening as an ecologically and socially beneficial, culturally innovative, morally appropriate, ethically uplifting, and politically incisive way for individuals and variously networked collectives to contribute to a successful management of some defining challenges of the Anthropocene – this new epoch in which no earthly place, form, entity, process, or system escapes the reach of human activity – including urban resilience and climate change.
Download or read book Leading Change in Healthcare Empowering Leadership to Doctors and Healthcare Professionals written by Dr Pallavi Hoskote and published by Clever Fox Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Leading Change in Healthcare’ is a book specially dedicated to Medical doctors and healthcare professionals. Healthcare has been growing phenomenally, and being a good clinician is only one side of the coin. Sustaining in the healthcare industry is the other side, and that calls for leadership. Are doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals ready to meet the ever-growing demands of the industry? Leadership skills is the need of the hour for medical professionals. Leadership requires no formal position or title. This book has been made compact, but fully packed with the basic concepts of leadership in healthcare as doctors are always pressed for time. It is important for a healthcare professional to be self aware of ones own strengths and weaknesses. In Healthcare, the only constant thing is change. In the era of Technology, AI, Digitalisation, adapting to the ever growing demands and change in healthcare requires leadership skills. Team work, dealing with conflicts, importance of communication in achieving desired goals and success, gracefully navigating through change and facilitating positive outcomes calls for leadership. Challenging situations requires Medical doctors to take up leadership roles. Are you prepared for such roles? Are you equipped with skills to deal with change and have a successful career in this industry? Dealing with change, working with change, coping with change is the need of the hour.
Download or read book Pediatric Critical Care in Resource Limited Settings written by Krishan Chugh and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of children are dying each year with preventable and reversible critical illness, including circulatory shock and respiratory failure. According to the World Health Organization, in 2015, the under-five mortality rate in low-income countries was 76 deaths per 1000 live births – about 11 times the average rate in high-income countries (7 deaths per 1000 live births). There is limited data about the nature of the delivery of critical care in resource-limited regions. The care of critically ill children in low-resource settings is challenging, contributing factors include limitations in the existing infrastructure, lack of resources, and low numbers of appropriately trained healthcare workers. Meeting these challenges requires clinical evidence pertinent to the local settings, adequate number of well-trained personnel, quality improvement activities, and the ongoing development of preventative measures. In addition, approaches to prevent worsening critical illness in at-risk hospitalized patients are needed. We are presenting 15 state-of-the art manuscripts from international experts, from all settings, involved in the care of critically ill children in resource-limited settings. This collection of manuscripts covers topics including education, research, clinical experience and infectious diseases. We hope that we are providing a window into the future of critical care delivery for all children around the world.
Download or read book From Advocacy to Allocation written by David Mechanic and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Redesigning Continuing Education in the Health Professions written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-02-12 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today in the United States, the professional health workforce is not consistently prepared to provide high quality health care and assure patient safety, even as the nation spends more per capita on health care than any other country. The absence of a comprehensive and well-integrated system of continuing education (CE) in the health professions is an important contributing factor to knowledge and performance deficiencies at the individual and system levels. To be most effective, health professionals at every stage of their careers must continue learning about advances in research and treatment in their fields (and related fields) in order to obtain and maintain up-to-date knowledge and skills in caring for their patients. Many health professionals regularly undertake a variety of efforts to stay up to date, but on a larger scale, the nation's approach to CE for health professionals fails to support the professions in their efforts to achieve and maintain proficiency. Redesigning Continuing Education in the Health Professions illustrates a vision for a better system through a comprehensive approach of continuing professional development, and posits a framework upon which to develop a new, more effective system. The book also offers principles to guide the creation of a national continuing education institute.
Download or read book Pandemic Ethics written by Julian Savulescu and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this timely and vital collection a global team of philosophers, lawyers, economists, and bioethicists review the COVID-19 pandemic and ask not only 'Did our societies make the right ethical choices?' but also 'What lessons must we learn before the next pandemic?'
Download or read book Practical Implementation of an Antibiotic Stewardship Program written by Tamar F. Barlam and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical reference guide from experts in the field details why and how to establish successful antibiotic stewardship programs.
Download or read book Community Stewardship written by Scott W. Goodspeed and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1997-11-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the 21st century approaches, health care is experiencing a fundamental shift away from sick care toward wellness and prevention. Community Stewardship takes this fundamental trend and transforms it into practice. Scott W. Goodspeed has written a timely and authoritative resource for board members, CEOs, physician executives, senior planners, and leaders of community-based organizations. This important work advocates a different way of governing in health care. Goodspeed demonstrates organizational opportunities to improve governance and to facilitate community initiatives that contribute significantly to improving the overall health status of communities.
Download or read book Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2003 written by David N Gilbert, Ed. and published by Antimicrobial Therapy. This book was released on 2004-04-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hidden Power of Relentless Stewardship written by Don Jernigan and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Don Jernigan, CEO of the largest Protestant healthcare system in the country, shows how any business¿for-profit or not-for-profit¿can exceed corporate metrics, fulfill mission, and drive results.Companies both big and small often wrestle with a disconnect between their ideals of service excellence and the need to be an efficient and effective organization. Leaders are asking, ¿How do you find the critical balance between mission, metrics and money?¿ Dr. Jernigan shows how an organization¿s culture can be molded to create high performance at every level, fulfilling mission and vision, while wisely utilizing ¿ or stewarding ¿ the limited resources of time, money, and energy. Stories from his unique perspective leading a highly successful not-for-profit healthcare network vividly illustrate the lessons in this practical guide to reinvigorating your organization. The leadership principles of Relentless Stewardship can take any organization to world-class status in its industry.
Download or read book Improving Healthcare Quality and Cost with Six Sigma written by Brett Trusko and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2003-04-09 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Definitive Six Sigma Guide for Healthcare: Methodologies, Tools, and Metrics Rising costs are making healthcare unaffordable for millions, and 100,000 people die every year due to medical error. Healthcare must change–dramatically. Many leading healthcare institutions are discovering a powerful toolset for addressing both quality and cost: Six Sigma. In this hands-on, start-to-finish guidebook, four leading experts introduce Six Sigma from the unique standpoint of the healthcare professional, showing exactly how to implement it in real-world environments. Drawing on their unsurpassed experience, the authors offer step-by-step methodologies, tools, and metrics–all thoroughly adapted to the unique realities of healthcare. They demonstrate how to utilize Six Sigma’s Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC) process to address even the most challenging problems. They also offer realistic guidance on rolling out Six Sigma initiatives that deliver rapid and sustainable value. The authors show Six Sigma at work in every area of the hospital: clinical, radiology, surgery, ICU, cardiovascular, laboratories, emergency, trauma, administrative services, staffing, billing, cafeteria, even central supply. You'll learn why Six Sigma can produce better results than other quality initiatives, how it brings new rigor and discipline to healthcare delivery, and how it can be used to sustain ongoing improvements for the long term. Coverage includes · Adapting Six Sigma methodology, tools, and measurements for healthcare · Designing more successful experiments · Rolling out your Six Sigma initiative successfully · Case studies from every area of the hospital, from the ICU to billing · Six Sigma templates modified fully for the healthcare environment Comprehensive and user-friendly, this book will be indispensable to everyone concerned with quality or cost: administrators, managers, physicians, and quality specialists alike. Where Six Sigma is already in use or being considered, it will serve as a shared blueprint for the entire team.
Download or read book Long Term Institutional Management of U S Department of Energy Legacy Waste Sites written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is now becoming clear that relatively few U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) waste sites will be cleaned up to the point where they can be released for unrestricted use. "Long-term stewardship" (activities to protect human health and the environment from hazards that may remain at its sites after cessation of remediation) will be required for over 100 of the 144 waste sites under DOE control (U.S. Department of Energy, 1999). After stabilizing wastes that remain on site and containing them as well as is feasible, DOE intends to rely on stewardship for as long as hazards persistâ€"in many cases, indefinitely. Physical containment barriers, the management systems upon which their long-term reliability depends, and institutional controls intended to prevent exposure of people and the environment to the remaining site hazards, will have to be maintained at some DOE sites for an indefinite period of time. The Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes finds that much regarding DOE's intended reliance on long-term stewardship is at this point problematic. The details of long-term stewardship planning are yet to be specified, the adequacy of funding is not assured, and there is no convincing evidence that institutional controls and other stewardship measures are reliable over the long term. Scientific understanding of the factors that govern the long-term behavior of residual contaminants in the environment is not adequate. Yet, the likelihood that institutional management measures will fail at some point is relatively high, underscoring the need to assure that decisions made in the near term are based on the best available science. Improving institutional capabilities can be expected to be every bit as difficult as improving scientific and technical ones, but without improved understanding of why and how institutions succeed and fail, the follow-through necessary to assure that long-term stewardship remains effective cannot reliably be counted on to occur. Long-Term Institutional Management of U.S. Department of Energy Legacy Waste Sites examines the capabilities and limitations of the scientific, technical, and human and institutional systems that compose the measures that DOE expects to put into place at potentially hazardous, residually contaminated sites.
