Download or read book Artificial Intelligence in Society written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The artificial intelligence (AI) landscape has evolved significantly from 1950 when Alan Turing first posed the question of whether machines can think. Today, AI is transforming societies and economies. It promises to generate productivity gains, improve well-being and help address global challenges, such as climate change, resource scarcity and health crises.

Download or read book Health System Performance Comparison an Agenda for Policy Information and Research written by Irene Papanicolas and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2013-06-16 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International comparison of health system performance has become increasingly popular, made possible by the rapidly expanding availability of health data. It has become one of the most important levers for prompting health system reform. Yet, as the demand for transparency and accountability in healthcare increases, so too does the need to compare data from different health systems both accurately and meaningfully. This timely and authoritative book offers an important summary of the current developments in health system performance comparison. It summarises the current state of efforts to compare systems, and identifies and explores the practical and conceptual challenges that occur. It discusses data and methodological challenges, as well as broader issues such as the interface between evidence and practice. The book draws out the priorities for future work on performance comparison, in the development of data sources and measurement instruments, analytic methodology, and assessment of evidence on performance. It concludes by presenting the key lessons and future priorities, and in doing so offers a rich source of material for policy-makers, their analytic advisors, international agencies, academics and students of health systems.

Download or read book Pain in Infants Children and Adolescents written by Neil L. Schechter and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2003 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Second Edition is a significant revision of the leading text and clinical reference on pediatric pain. Written by an international group of experts from all relevant disciplines, this new edition is a vital reference for all pain practitioners, and for nurses, psychologists, PTs, anesthesiologists, and pediatricians dealing with acute and chronic pediatric pain. This edition includes new and expanded information on NSAIDs, opioids, and regional anesthesia. New chapters cover sedation, pain in the ICU, multidisciplinary pain services, palliative care, and the long-term consequences of pain. User-friendly new features include many more illustrations of techniques.

Download or read book Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written by the founders of The Difficult Airway Course: Anesthesia and utilizing an instructive case-based approach, this text/DVD presents all of the leading-edge principles, tools, and procedures of airway assessment and management. The scope of the book encompasses the many airway devices that have been developed since the publication of the first edition, many of which have the potential to markedly enhance airway management. Extensively revised and updated, the second edition of Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway emphasizes how airway management is context-sensitive: included are strategies for treating patients in a range of settings, from prehospital care to the ER, as well as proven techniques for special patient populations. In addition, new chapters have been added to further refresh the book's content and provide you with a solid grasp of the most critical topics in this fast-evolving area. The book's effective organization has been maintained, beginning with the first section's focus on the basic foundations of difficult and failed airway management. The second section reviews must-know airway devices and techniques, while the third part of the text introduces case studies that thoroughly examine the application of these techniques in complex clinical situations. A final section covers the practical considerations, such as difficult airway carts and teaching and simulation in airway management."--Publisher description

Download or read book Clinical Management of Patients with Viral Haemorrhagic Fever written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in March 2014 under the title "Clinical management of patients with viral haemorrhagic fever: a pocket guide for front-line health workers: interim emergency guidance for West Africa".

Download or read book The Patient Will See You Now written by Eric Topol and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide by one of America's leading doctors to how digital technology enables all of us to take charge of our health A trip to the doctor is almost a guarantee of misery. You'll make an appointment months in advance. You'll probably wait for several hours until you hear "the doctor will see you now"-but only for fifteen minutes! Then you'll wait even longer for lab tests, the results of which you'll likely never see, unless they indicate further (and more invasive) tests, most of which will probably prove unnecessary (much like physicals themselves). And your bill will be astronomical. In The Patient Will See You Now, Eric Topol, one of the nation's top physicians, shows why medicine does not have to be that way. Instead, you could use your smartphone to get rapid test results from one drop of blood, monitor your vital signs both day and night, and use an artificially intelligent algorithm to receive a diagnosis without having to see a doctor, all at a small fraction of the cost imposed by our modern healthcare system. The change is powered by what Topol calls medicine's "Gutenberg moment." Much as the printing press took learning out of the hands of a priestly class, the mobile internet is doing the same for medicine, giving us unprecedented control over our healthcare. With smartphones in hand, we are no longer beholden to an impersonal and paternalistic system in which "doctor knows best." Medicine has been digitized, Topol argues; now it will be democratized. Computers will replace physicians for many diagnostic tasks, citizen science will give rise to citizen medicine, and enormous data sets will give us new means to attack conditions that have long been incurable. Massive, open, online medicine, where diagnostics are done by Facebook-like comparisons of medical profiles, will enable real-time, real-world research on massive populations. There's no doubt the path forward will be complicated: the medical establishment will resist these changes, and digitized medicine inevitably raises serious issues surrounding privacy. Nevertheless, the result-better, cheaper, and more human health care-will be worth it. Provocative and engrossing, The Patient Will See You Now is essential reading for anyone who thinks they deserve better health care. That is, for all of us.

Download or read book Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019 is the first edition in the Government at a Glance series for the region. It provides the latest available data on public administrations in the 10 ASEAN member countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.

Download or read book OECD Investment Policy Reviews Uruguay written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 2020, the Investment Committee recommended to Council to invite Uruguay to become the 50th adherent to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises. This OECD Investment Policy Review of Uruguay documents the progress made in recent years to align investment policies with the national development strategy in pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Download or read book Evolution of Awareness written by Kia Marlene and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolution of Awareness, the debut poetry collection from Kia Marlene, is a book about a spiritual journey towards enlightenment. The collection consists of 6 chapters, titled "The Egg," "The Caterpillar," "Intermission (heartbreak&love)," "The Cocoon," "The Butterfly," and a chapter titled "Knock Knock." Through numerous poems this book outlines various thoughts, questions and eventual answers concerning our collective greater purpose in life, self love, consciousness, and personhood. The author intends for this book to help broaden the reader's general perception, view of their environment, awareness, and sense of self.

Download or read book Introduction to Advanced Nursing Practice written by Madrean Schober and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared under the auspices of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), this first volume provides a comprehensive overview of the rapidly emerging field of advanced nursing practice. It addresses central issues in the role and practice development that are fundamental to defining and differentiating the nature of this field. Topics include defining the role, role characteristics, scope of practice, education, regulation and research. Obstacles to and facilitators of that role are addressed and include ethical questions arising in the context of practice development. With an international focus, this volume examines international developments in the field, as reflected in country-specific case studies and examples. It offers a valuable resource for advanced practice nurses, educators and administrators at healthcare institutions.

Download or read book Gender Mainstreaming in HIV AIDS written by and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2002 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women, especially young women, have increasing infection rates from HIV/AIDS and the death rate among women is now almost as high as men.

Download or read book ENT Emergencies written by John L. Dornhoffer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The head and neck, as an anatomical cross roads of multiple functions critical to human well being, including respiration, digestion, sensation, communication, and aesthetics, presents disorders that acutely threaten these vital systems. As with any emergency situation, information devoted to the priorities of management: airway, breathing, circulation, and disability are presented for otolaryngic emergencies that may manifest at each of these levels in the form of acute airway obstruction, epistaxis, and the gamut of traumatic, infectious, and inflammatory disorders that affect special sensation, neurologic function, and cosmesis. Discussed in this issue is the use of modalities such as endoscopy, optics, and radiologic imaging as a means to earlier diagnosis, detailed anatomic assessment, and minimally invasive surgery used in the emergency setting. This text strives to keep practitioners at the forefront in the management of ENT emergencies. Experts in otolaryngology describe those conditions that require urgent evaluation and treatment but are also relatively common. Where evidence-based medicine is lacking, comprehensive reviews of the controversies are presented along with logical treatment algorithms based on clinical expertise. This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics should be highly relevant to the otolaryngologist as well as the general practitioner and emergency physician.

Download or read book Impact d une ducation th rapeutique propos e en proximit chez des patients diab tiques de type 2 vivant en territoire rural written by Jennifer Laboue and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L'Education Thérapeutique du Patient (ETP) apparaît limitée en ville et en milieu rural. L'objectif était d'analyser l'impact de l'ETP dans la vie quotidienne de diabétiques faisant la démarche de participer à des séances car proposées près de chez eux. Une étude qualitative par entretiens individuels semi-dirigés fut réalisée auprès de 12 patients diabétiques de type 2. Ils avaient participé aux réunions diététiques (RD) et/ou à l'activité physique (AP) proposées par Diabète 49 sur Baugé/Noyant (territoire rural Est du Maine-et-Loire) de Mai 2013 à Juin 2014. Ce travail objective l'impact positif de l'ETP en proximité. La facilité d'accès allégeait les contraintes de déplacement et de temps. Les patients découvraient puis poursuivaient les programmes d'ETP. La proximité favorisait les rencontres locales. Convivialité et échange entre malades étaient une source motivationnelle. Les RD apportaient notions et astuces concrètes. Les patients développaient des compétences d'autogestion, d'auto-observation, de prises de décision. L'ETP sous forme d'AP suscitait une satisfaction inattendue. Ils retrouvaient l'envie de pratiquer une AP dans une dynamique de groupe solidaire. Cependant, des freins à l'adhésion et à la participation étaient soulevés. Cette étude a exposé le ressenti des patients pour promouvoir l'ETP en proximité et non plus seulement à l'hôpital ou dans les grandes villes. En articulant les réseaux diabète aux Maisons de Santé développées en territoire rural, l'ETP devient accessible à ceux qui en sont le plus éloignés. Elle doit s'appuyer sur des généralistes sensibilisés. Les freins sont à analyser pour intégrer l'ETP durablement en médecine ambulatoire.

Download or read book Attentes et besoins des patients diab tiques de type 2 apr s instauration d une insulinoth rapie l h pital written by Alexandra Bonjour and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contexte : Le diabète de type 2 est une maladie chronique, évolutive, insidieuse qui constitue un véritable problème de santé publique. Cette maladie est à l'origine de nombreuses complications entrainant des répercussions majeures sur la santé du patient. Nous nous sommes intéressés aux ressentis des patients concernant leurs attentes et leurs besoins après le passage à l'insuline. Objectif : Identifier les attentes et les besoins des patients diabétiques de type 2 après instauration d'une insulinothérapie à l'hôpital. L'objectif secondaire est de mettre en évidence les croyances et représentations des patients. Matériel et Méthodes : Une méthodologie qualitative par entretiens semi-dirigés a été choisie. L'analyse thématique, manuelle et croisée des entretiens a permis d'identifier les attentes, les besoins, les croyances et les représentations des patients. Résultats : Entre janvier et septembre 2013, quatorze patients des Alpes-Maritimes ont été interrogés. En ce qui concerne l'insulinothérapie, les patients souhaitaient stabiliser ou améliorer leur diabète et améliorer leur qualité de vie. Certains n'attendaient rien ce qui traduit une absence de compréhension de la maladie et du traitement. Nous avons constaté que les attentes étaient principalement liées aux acteurs qui entourent les patients : l'hôpital, le médecin généraliste, la famille, l'entourage, les autres patients diabétiques. Les besoins, peu exprimés dans notre étude, étaient surtout d'ordre organisationnels. Les croyances étaient surtout liées à l'espoir de guérison avec l'insuline, tandis que les représentations étaient : la stigmatisation sociale, la culpabilité, la gravité de la maladie. Le médecin généraliste est amené à aider le patient à dépasser ces réticences vis à vis de l'insuline et de la maladie. Conclusion : Développer l'éducation thérapeutique, l'entretien motivationnel par des auxiliaires de santé au sein de maisons de santé, mettre en place des groupes de discussion animés par le médecin généraliste, créer des ateliers culinaires et sportifs ambulatoires pour les patients diabétiques, pourraient être des pistes susceptibles de faciliter l'acceptation et la compréhension de la maladie et du traitement.

Download or read book tude r trospective sur la poursuite de l activit physique chez les patients diab tiques apr s une semaine d ducation th rapeutique written by Alexandre Maisonneuve and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contexte : Le monde connaît une véritable épidémie de diabète de type 2. L'activité physique régulière chez le patient diabétique, par des objectifs fixés par l'HAS, est une composante du trépied thérapeutique. Par le biais de l'ETP, le patient devient acteur de sa prise en charge. L'objectif de cette étude est d'évaluer la poursuite de l'activité physique après une semaine de prise en charge en ETP. Méthode : Il s'agit d'une étude rétrospective portant sur 149 patients ayant été suivis en éducation thérapeutique au CH Cambrai. Chaque patient a bénéficié d'une semaine d'ETP, en hospitalisation ou en ambulatoire. Une évaluation de l'activité physique à 12 mois a été faite par questionnaire téléphonique. Résultats : 98 patients ont répondu au questionnaire : 55 déclaraient une activité physique régulière dont 34 réalisaient un exercice d'intensité faible à 12 mois. Un patient DID sur trois indiquait pratiquer de l'exercice régulièrement et de manière intensive pour 66% d'entre eux. Les objectifs d'activité physique fixés pendant la semaine d'ETP étaient atteints chez 1 patient sur 2. Cette activité n'entraîne pas de modification de poids corporel mais induit une baisse d'HbA1c. Conclusion : La prise en charge en éducation thérapeutique favorise la poursuite d'une activité physique régulière chez les patients diabétiques à 12 mois.

Download or read book Patient Diabetes Education in the Management of Adult Type 2 Diabetes written by Paula Corabian and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is a systematic review and critical appraisal of the literature on the use of formal outpatient diabetes education as a therapeutic tool for self-management in the adult patients with type 2 diabetes. Formal patient diabetes education to promote self-management (PDE) at different levels of complexity and comprehensiveness has emerged from instructions by physicians, nurses, and dieticians in physicianþs offices and hospitals. Since 1990 there has been a shift from traditional approaches of PDE to focus on patient-centered perspectives, self-efficacy, self-management and empowerment issuses. Quantitatives research on the use of formal PDE as a therapeutic tool promote self-management in adults with type 2 diabetes has produced mixed results in terms of improved metabolic control and reduced risks for cardiovascular disease. The long-term diabetes control outcomes of formal PDE when used to promote self-management in adults with type 2 diabetes have yet to be established. Further investigations are needed to determine which types of programs or what components are most effective in improving the ability of adults with type 2 diabetes to self-manage their disease; or which category of patients might benefit most. Findnings from qualitative research studies helped to better understand the context in which formal PDE should be applied to be successful in promoting self-managemenet behaviors in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Download or read book V cu de l insulinoth rapie chez les patients diab tiques de type 2 en m decine g n rale written by Dorothée Gras and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contexte: La prise en charge du diabète de type 2 est un enjeu de santé publique en France. Il existe un retard à l'instauration de l'insulinothérapie, faisant pourtant partie de la stratégie thérapeutique. Comprendre le vécu des patients sous insulinothérapie a pour but d'améliorer nos pratiques lors de l'instauration et le suivi de l'insuline. Méthode: Une étude qualitative par analyse thématique de contenu a été réalisée grâce à des entretiens semi-dirigés. L'échantillon de patients diabétiques de type 2, suivi en médecine générale, est raisonné diversifié. Les entretiens ont été menés jusqu'à saturation des données, avec triangulation des chercheurs. Résultats: Dix-neuf entretiens ont été réalisés. Les réactions à l'annonce de l'instauration d'une insulinothérapie n'étaient pas toutes négatives. Pour certains, elle était accueillie comme une alternative séduisante aux antidiabétiques oraux. La facilité d'utilisation du système d'injection, l'absence de douleur et la gestion facile du traitement étaient des atouts majeurs. L'insulinothérapie était jugée comme efficace et plus physiologique que les autres médicaments, avec également moins d'effets secondaires. Néanmoins, elle était parfois vécue comme un handicap, une rupture avec une vie «antérieure». C'était ainsi la prise de conscience de leur statut de patient diabétique. La relation des patients diabétiques avec leurs proches était souvent modifiée depuis le diagnostic du diabète, mais pas forcément depuis l'instauration de l'insuline. Ils étaient en effet impliqués dans le suivi des règles hygiéno-diététiques. Par contre, un manque d'informations des patients était retrouvé, notamment lors de l'instauration de l'insuline en ambulatoire. L'espoir en un avenir meilleur, était également remarquable. Conclusion : L'amélioration de l'encadrement des patients, par le développement de l'éducation thérapeutique personnalisée, devrait permettre à moyen terme, de pallier au manque d'information des patients. Il est fondamental d'inclure les aidants dans cette démarche éducative. En ayant une meilleure connaissance de leur maladie et de leur traitement, le vécu de l'insulinothérapie par nos patients ne pourra que s'améliorer.