I Look Fine Because Migraines are Invisible
I Look Fine Because Migraines are Invisible, Health Log Book (Printed), Migraine Log Book, Yearly Headache Tracker, Personal Health Tracker Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Health Planner 6 x 9 inches, plenty of space to note your headache record. This notebook will help you track your symptoms and assist you in finding effective relief, or decide if you need to seek medical attention. Simplistic layout & beautiful design. This book has a total of 100 pages, contain 5 inner cover and 95 planner pages.
Truths from the Trenches
Running a medical practice is not easy, and if you've been doing it awhile, you know that you must count on your office manager to make everything smooth. But how do you find this person? How do you train them to lead the staff so that everyone's productive and happy? There's a delicate balance to achieve and, full of real-life examples, this book outlines all the details to creating a high-performing, inspired medical team that's productive and profitable.
Evidence-Informed Health Policy STUDENT WORKBOOK
As a student of nursing or another healthcare profession, you have likely been introduced to evidence-based practice (EBP) as a means for addressing clinical problems. The accompanying book will introduce you to EBP's parallel in health policy-evidence-informed health policymaking as a process for addressing health policy problems. It is exciting to think that we, as healthcare providers, can have an impact on the making of good health policy and have the means to influence our policymakers. To do that, we also need to be grounded in the structure and function of government, familiarize ourselves with who represents us in government, and have a beginning understanding of how political systems work. This student workbook is designed as a companion to the primary book, Evidence-Informed Health Policy: Using EBP to Transform Policy in Nursing and Healthcare, which will provide you with the necessary grounding in policy and policymaking, persuade you that evidence can be used to influence policymaking, and which describes an evidence-informed health policymaking model.PURPOSE AND STRUCTUREThe purpose of the Evidence-Informed Health Policy Student Workbook is to provide learning activities and case studies that relate to each book chapter that will help deepen the student's understanding of government structure, function, and evidence-informed health policymaking. Three chapters provide one accompanying learning activity; each of the remaining chapters provides multiple learning activities. In addition, three case studies are included; each of these focuses on the application of chapter material in the policymaking environment. Every exercise reflects the content of its accompanying chapter; therefore, students should read the chapter, and if specified, focus on certain sections within the chapter prior to completing an exercise or case study. Students may complete all these learning activities, but some instructors may choose only one or two from each chapter that meet the objectives of a particular course. Each learning activity begins with objectives, and many suggest accompanying resource material or additional external resources, and specific instructions.Nurses and other healthcare professionals are increasingly called upon to engage in the process of policy development and advocate for health policy that will serve the public good. Our hope is that the student workbook will help prepare you for this role by facilitating both your own development of abeginning policy skill set and a deeper understanding of the health policy environment.
Every Deep-Drawn Breath
Winner of a Christopher Award "Perhaps one lesson to draw from the pandemic, with help from books like this one, is that the ICU experience can be changed for the better" (The Washington Post) for both patients and their families. You will learn how in this timely, urgent, and compassionate work by a world-renowned critical care doctor. In this rich blend of science, medical history, profoundly humane patient stories, and personal reflection, Dr. Wes Ely describes his mission to prevent ICU patients from being harmed by the technology that is keeping them alive. Readers will experience the world of critical care through the eyes of a physician who drastically changed his clinical practice to offer person-centered health care and through cutting-edge research convinced others to do the same. Dr. Ely's groundbreaking investigations advanced the understanding of post- intensive care struggles and introduced crucial changes that reshaped treatment: minimizing sedation, maximizing mobility, and providing supportive aftercare. Dr. Ely shows that there are ways to bring humanity into the ICU and that "technology plus touch" is a proven path toward returning ICU patients to the lives they had before their hospital stays. An essential resource for anyone who will be affected by illness--which is all of us.
Pandemic Blunder
Every American feeling anxious, concerned, and frightened about the COVID pandemic will benefit from reading Pandemic Blunder: Fauci and Public Health Blocked Early Home COVID Treatment. This book will help everyone protect their health by becoming better informed about medicines for preventing and curing the COVID infection. Pandemic Blunder is the first book to explain in detail how and why the federal government failed to do what medicine has always done: promote and support the earliest medical treatment that people can use in their home. Missing from current government actions is the early home/outpatient treatment for COVID that keeps people out of hospitals. The result was a pandemic blunder of massive proportions.Pandemic Blunder contains considerable medical information and data to support a number of proven safe, cheap generic medicines and protocols that knock out the coronavirus when given early. Read about the pioneering, courageous doctors who have been using innovative approaches to prevent their COVID patients from needing hospital care and facing death. The book includes many expert opinions from doctors who support the view that 70 to 80 percent of COVID deaths - many hundreds of thousands - could have been prevented. Don't be victimized by disinformation and propaganda from mainstream media. Learn how corrupt forces are aiming to make billions of dollars from expensive medicines and vaccines, and how hundreds of thousands of deaths could have-and should have-been prevented!Dr. Joel S. Hirschhorn has decades of experience working on health issues and is a member of the two medical organizations most active in advocating for early home COVID treatment, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, and America's Frontline Doctors. He wrote Pandemic Blunder to stop the blundering. It is not too late. We can prevent more deaths from COVID.
Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity
The Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity: Research, Education and Policy is an open access journal published by Winston-Salem State University with support from the National Association of Medical Minority Educators. Visit www.uncpress.org for open access links and more information. Articles in Volume 12, Number 2 (Fall 2019) are: - An Urban School District-University-Industry Partnership to Increase Diversity in the Health Professions: Lesson Learned from the University of Kansas Health Science Academy- Are Demographic Factors Associated with Diabetes Risk Perception and Preventive Behavior?- Using Simulation to Teach Biosafety and Interprofessional Principles to Students Underrepresented in the Healthcare Professions- Improving Rehabilitation Counselors' Knowledge of Co-Occurring Disorders, Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Practices- African American Nursing Students' Perceptions of their Professional Image in the Media- The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Leadership and Diversity Training Program- Tips for Building a Pathway to Medicine for Underrepresented Minority Students Becoming a Mental Health Therapist
A Paradigm of Care
Remember the pots hammered by spoons from high Manhattan windows, and parades of cars and pick-up trucks holding dear the medical professionals responding to covid-19. This book is part of that chorus, that march, to express appreciation for the giving of care. And beyond doctors and nurses, bless their hearts, to mothers caring for their babies, for captains for their teams, for the soon-to-be widowers for their wives and teachers for their students, but also for the ranchers for their cattle and the contemplative world for our environment. This is a book to think more closely of the support for care, individual as it so often will be, to be woven more closely together in a paradigm of care.Care is always prominent. Care for others, of the family, care for those of the tribe, care for animals and homes and gardens and properties, self-care. And the purse. Even without teaching, compensation, or legislation, care survives, but even with these helpings, it falls short of the need. We live in a crisis of care. Thinking explicitly and beyond health care. There is no mechanism of state and conscience that delivers care to all the venues of need, and seldom in the amounts needed. The reservoirs of care are far from empty, but at a mark that needs topping up. There is need for care advocacy, a care ethic, a paradigm. This book is about that paradigm.A care paradigm may bring comfort and recovery more fully to the people and organic creations of the world. The paradigm hears the moan of indifference. It draws upon the eyes of the heart. The paradigm is about how we see the need for care. The care paradigm, the grand beholding, is manifest in how we provide for others, how we nurture them, give succor, how we are disposed, and are not, to sacrifice to relieve their hurt. It is not only caring for those visibly needing care, unable to care for themselves, but caring for all. It is having a disposition that the hurts, large and small, that all of us carry, arouse concern and appreciation from and for each individual, the community and the world.
Facing a Pandemic
Facing a Pandemic traces the history and spread of the HIV/AIDS virus in Africa and its impact on African society and public policy before considering new priorities needed to combat the pandemic. The central argument is that the theological motif of the image of God invites a prophetic critique of the social environment in which HIV/AIDS thrives and calls for a praxis of love and compassion.
Illustrated Catalogue And Price List Of Surgical Instruments, Hospital Supplies, Orthopaedical Apparatus, Trusses, Etc., Fine Microscopes, Medical Batteries, Physicians' And Hospital Supplies
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ACMPE Board Certification Exam Workbook
The ACMPE Certification Exam Workbook is a valuable tool to help you confidently approach the exam by putting broad medical practice concepts into a real-world perspective. The workbook provides you with: A systematic, guided, and interactive approachA review of all aspects of medical practice managementA hybrid learning approach that combines the characteristics of content review and assessmentA lighter overview and treatment of the content than a textbookAn interactive approach to guide you through assessments, practice questions, and detailed answers
Leading High-Reliability Organizations in Healthcare
This book details the attributes and practices that help high-reliability organizations (HROs) excel in the service they provide to their customers. Explaining what it takes to achieve high reliability in healthcare settings, it presents proven tools and concepts that leading healthcare organizations are using to improve safety and quality. The
The Blind Side of Caregivers
This book focuses on my journey and story as a primary caregiver with viable suggestions and practical means to help your loved one's journey throughout their cancer diagnosis and treatments.Some topics include: Chemotherapy Radiotherapy End-of-life care The grieving process Personal stories
Handbook of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine
Intensive Care Medicine (Critical Care Medicine) is a growing subspecialty. Over the past three decades we have seen an enormous growth of intensive care units (ICU) in the United States. In these units, thousands of medical students, residents, fellows and attending physicians (irrespective of their ultimate specialty) spend several months or years of their professional lives taking care of critically ill or severely injured patients. These clinicians must have special training, experience, and competence in managing complex problems in their patients. They must interpret the data obtained by many kinds of monitoring devices, and they must integrate this information with their knowledge of the pathophysiology of disease.There is a real need for a good "pocket-reference" book in this field. Intensive Care Medicine textbooks are too voluminous to be portable. Some of them have emphasis on research topics with little or no consideration for the actual management of the critically ill patient. For the house officer or medical student, a pocket ICU reference will have great utility and relevance, even when on a rotation that is not critical care oriented. The latest edition of this handbook is a concise yet comprehensive guide for attending physicians, fellows, residents, and students who cover the ICU. The chapters follow an outline format and are divided by organ system, focusing on cardiovascular disorders, endocrinologic disorders, GI disorders, hematologic disorders, neurologic disorders, and pulmonary disorders. The book also features coverage on special topics, such as environmental disorders, special techniques, toxicology, trauma, and allergic/immunologic emergencies. The handbook includes thoroughly updated chapters from the previous edition, alongside completely new content.
Denutrition de l’adulte hospitalise a Kinshasa en Republique Democratique du Congo
La d矇nutrition de l'adulte hospitalis矇 ? Kinshasa, en RDC fut 矇tudi矇e aupr癡s de 644 malades adultes hospitalis矇s dans 3 H繫pitaux (Saint Joseph, Kintambo, H繫pital provincial de r矇f矇rence). La d矇nutrition affecte 36% des adultes hospitalis矇s, ne montre pas de diff矇rence entre les services (chirurgie et m矇decine interne) (p=0,842843) et ni selon le sexe (p=0,781). L'璽ge moyen d'un adulte d矇nutri est de 46.5 簣 13,82 ans alors le s矇jour hospitalier moyen est de 38簣12.1 jours. Le stade II de d矇nutrition (16.0 - 16.9 de l'indice de masse corporelle ''IMC'') demeure le degr矇 de s矇v矇rit矇 le plus rencontr矇 ? l'admission et ? la sortie avec respectivement 46,3 % et 40,7%. L'IMC moyen n'a pu fortement 矇voluer de l'admission ? la sortie (de 16.22 簣1,80 Kg /m簡 ? 16.3簣 1.89 Kg /m簡; p=0,842376). La persistance de l'inflammation au cours du traitement (p
Every Step Is a Gift
According to AARP, 78 percent of people find themselves in the position of caregiver to a loved one at some point in their life. But not many will embrace ultramarathons as a coping technique.Every Step Is a Gift: Caregiving, Endurance, and the Path to Gratitude explores Josh Lasky's eleven-year journey as a caregiver to his father who battled Parkinson's Disease. Josh was just twenty-one when he took on this Herculean responsibility, and although his story is unique, it is also universal.In his uplifting and life-affirming journey, Josh's service to his father turns into a personal source of strength for him after deciding to ride his bike, alone, from Washington, DC to Portland. Along the way he discovers his love for endurance sports while also uncovering the realization that, although caregiving can be challenging, it can also be empowering. Whether you're a caregiver, an athlete, or just dealing with the hardships of the human condition, this book can help you to find meaning in the struggle-and become stronger and more grateful in the process.
House Call
What if there were a simple, low-cost way to bring medical care to the masses? A method that did not involve the cost of setting up costly clinics? In the United States, almost 50 percent of our population does not have adequate access to a mental health professional. Rural areas of the country are the most severely impacted. The shift to telemedicine is poised to provide a solution. In this book, you'll learn about: Telemedicine and how it is being implemented to combat lack of access to care in rural areasThe state of mental health in AmericaLeaders and innovators in the telemedicine spaceHouse Call is for anyone that has a passion for technology, medicine, and improved access to medical care for all. You will find yourself inspired and empowered with tangible steps to help your local communities.
Understanding Cancer Therapies
This book is an introduction to cancer treatment, the basics of radio- and chemotherapy, drug actions, the eradication of cancer cells, and the origins and persistence of pharmacological and toxicological effects of drugs. It further provides ideas for research based on knowledge of cancer metastasis, invasive and molecular pathways, and diagnosis and treatment. Many of the adaptive features of cancer biology, clinical features, pathology and treatment are reviewed. In addition to introducing the major themes and theories, the book also advances the current discussion by moving beyond explanations for clinical implementation.Key Selling Features: Reviews basic cancer treatments Summarizes chemotherapies Discusses radiotherapies Examines pharmacological and toxicological approaches to treatment Introduces oncological drug development
Patient Safety First
More people die each year in hospital accidents than in car accidents. This is a much needed systematic analysis of current issues, challenges and outcomes surrounding safety in patient health care in Australia.
High Reliability Organizations, Second Edition
Awarded second place in the 2021 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Professional Issues!Nurses represent the majority of healthcare workers and are on the front lines of delivery and provision of safe and effective care. As a result, nurses are ideally situated to drive the mission to achieve high reliability in healthcare. We expect the primary audience of this text to be frontline nursing staff, nurses in administration, quality and patient safety professionals, advanced practice nurses, and nurse educators. The healthcare professional who purchases this book will do so with the desire to learn more about the application of HRO principles to patient safety and quality problems. This book is unique in that it uses HRO principles as an organizing framework for practical application. The intent of the editors is to provide a quality and patient safety book that is useful to professionals doing the work of healthcare. Healthcare professionals are constantly seeking practical tools and descriptions of practices that will improve and enhance patient safety and quality outcomes. High reliability is a current goal for hospitals, and the principles are sound. However, there is little in the literature that discusses how to apply the principles at the front lines of care to improve outcomes. This text addresses this gap by placing the need for high reliability concepts into our current climate in healthcare through illustrative discussion (theory and research) of each of the five concepts of HRO, along with a description of a current best practice and/or tool that applies to the model. The goal of this book is to stimulate organizations to embrace high reliability concepts while striving to improve the quality and safety of care delivered to patients and families. We all benefit from a safer healthcare environment.The book is divided into eight parts: Part 1: This part provides background for the current safety and quality climate. Parts 2-6: These parts offer HRO concepts as a framework for the new model with examples. The first of these HRO concepts is that HROs have a preoccupation with failure. The second of these HRO concepts is that HROs restrain the impulse to view events through a single lens and are reluctant to simplify. The third HRO concept is that HROs demonstrate sensitivity to operations by making strong responses to weak signs. The fourth HRO concept is that HROs shift decision making away from formal authority and apply deference to expertise. The final HRO concept is that HROs have a commitment to resilience. Part 7: This part puts it all together and provides the reader with examples of how HRO concepts are assimilated into practice across the care continuum.Part 8: This part provides the reader with real-world examples of HRO principles employed in a variety of patient care areas. Comprehensive Instructor's Guide and Student Workbook are available for this book.
Creating the Future of Health
Creating the Future of Health is the fascinating story of the first fifty years of the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary.Founded on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Health Services in 1964 the Cumming School has, from the very beginning, focused on innovation and excellence in health education. With a pioneering focus on novel, responsive and systems-based approaches, it was one of the first faculties to pilot multi-year training programs in family medicine and remains one of only two three-year medical schools in North America.Drawing on interviews with key players and extensive research into documents and primary material, Creating the Future of Health traces the history of the school through the leadership of its Deans. This is a story of perseverance through fiscal turbulence, sweeping changes to health care and health care education, and changing ideas of what health services are and what they should do. It is a story of triumph, of innovation, and of the tenacious spirit that thrives to this day at the Cumming School of Medicine.
Challenging Concepts in Paediatric Critical Care
Providing the inside track on how the experts approach and deal with real-life clinical scenarios, Challenging Concepts in Paediatric Critical Care explores eighteen common, complex and often contentious topics seen in hospitals, high dependency units, and PICU's worldwide. These include cases on 'Paediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome', 'Traumatic brain injury', and 'Safeguarding children in paediatric intensive care'. With a case-based approach, complex patient presentations are explored thoroughly so that assessment, diagnosis, and management are fully considered and explored with 'Clinical Tips', 'Learning Points', and 'Evidence Base' boxes. Throughout commentary from an international expert identifies and explains the key points and controversies of each case. Aligned to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health's paediatric intensive care medicine curriculum in the UK, the curriculum of Paediatric Basic Assessment and Support in Intensive Care (BASIC) course, and the European Paediatric/ Neonatal Intensive Care Diploma (EPIC), this text is ideal for training and assessment preparation. Aimed primarily at trainees and registrars in paediatric intensive care medicine, this text will appeal to those in the related disciplines of anaesthesia, emergency medicine, and paediatrics, as well as consultants and senior nurses.
Interdisziplin瓣re Palliativmedizin
Das Buch beschreibt die aktuellen Herausforderungen der Palliativmedizin bei Erwachsenen, beispielsweise in den Bereichen Organisation, gesellschaftlicher Wandel, Entscheidungsfindung, Digitalisierung sowie im Hinblick auf die Zusammenarbeit der verschiedenen Fachbereiche und Berufsgruppen im ambulanten und station瓣ren Bereich. Die Autoren diskutieren interdisziplin瓣re L繹sungsans瓣tze und nehmen Kommunikation, Humor, Kreativit瓣t und Religion gleicherma?en in den Blick wie zukunftsweisende Technologien, z. B. Telemedizin und Online-Trauerberatung. Das Werk hilft ?rzten, aber auch allen anderen Mitgliedern des Palliativteams, die aktuellen Herausforderungen der Palliativmedizin zu meistern und die Patientenversorgung weiter zu verbessern.
W.I.L.D. The Pandemic
As the novel coronavirus shook America's way of life and exposed the holes within all of our systems, one system became an overnight reality show that EVERYONE was watching: Healthcare. The pandemic placed healthcare workers on the front line against this pandemic, and left medical facilities, regulatory agencies, and supply chains everywhere scrambling for cover...Literally, as there was no PPE to be found. Four leaders in the Sterilization, Reprocessing, and Leadership industries came together to share key takeaways from their experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic. In hopes that leaders understand how to be proactive every day, so when the next pandemic comes, these leaders are prepared for whatever comes their way. What I Learned During the Pandemic (WILD: The Pandemic) is an essential must-read for Sterile Processing Professionals and anyone in healthcare leadership looking to better understand how the novel coronavirus has impacted critical, yet often overlooked departments. The authors' insight serves as a much-needed guidepost, not only as the world continues to learn more about the moving target that is novel coronavirus, but also as healthcare professionals look to one another to apply the valuable lessons learned to help tame future beasts.
Own Your Value
Are you tired of working your fanny off to make other people rich?Do you have the freedom to control when, where and how hard you work?Do you work for a pharmacy employer that will guarantee you that you still have a full time job in the next 5 years? If you want to improve your business skills and put yourself in a position to succeed in the future, then read this book.This book is designed to shake you out of your complacency and engage your will to be financially independent.I began practicing Pharmacy in 1977. When I began there were no computers, no pharmacy technicians, no third-party payers, no PBMs, and hospital pharmacies were profit centers for their owners. Five times during my career my job has been sold out from under me because conditions in the profession changed. This forced me to learn how to learn to take care of myself. After every change I was able to earn more than I did before the change. However, the pace of change is now faster than ever before. Are you ready to handle a drastic career disruption right now? Do you have the skills to land on your feet and actually earn more than you can right now? I believe that the Future of Your Pharmacy practice lies in making yourself valuable to the marketplace. Your future will depend upon your ability to create a personal value strategy that will best use your abilities to build wealth. If you are not building equity in something you are at the mercy of a corporate decision derailing your financial plans. You need to stop waiting for permission and exercise your will to be great. If you believe that your employer will look out for your future, you are sadly mistaken. Do you honestly believe that what is best for your family enters in to any decision the industry moguls make when it comes to buying, selling, shrinking, expanding or closing locations? Do you think that you will be consulted when decisions about which jobs to outsource or downsize are being made? Are you willing to trust that the company you work for is going to take care of you and your family for the rest of your life?This book is designed to challenge frustrated, overworked professionals worried about the state of their profession, select and implement the best value strategy possible so they can get paid what they are worth and build a secure future for themselves and their families.This book will provide you with the motivation to develop your own unique business plan to generate financial independence. This can be by starting your own business, by creating a new professional service, or by using your pharmacist income to create a second line of income producing assets. The reality is that the pharmacist job market is soft and it will be up to you to create the income you need to fund your own retirement, while saving for your kids college expenses and taking care of your aging parents.During the 1990's and up until 2007 the pharmacist shortage created a seller's market for pharmacy labor. Wages rose, bonuses increased and pharmacists assumed this would last forever. During that market the employers paid more than they wanted to to keep their businesses open. Now the market has shifted and pharmacists are in oversupply. This means that wages will deteriorate unless you figure out a better way to increase your income.If you want to improve your business skills and put yourself in a position to succeed in the future, then read this book.
Burnout Breakthrough
Do you feel as though you never have enough time to get everything done?Are you missing out on important events in your loved ones' lives because you don't have the time?Are you exhausted, burned out and dissatisfied with your career and lifestyle? This practical and powerful book will show you how to take back control of your life. It is for physicians who suffer from excessive stress, over-commitment, and strained relationships. It addresses some of the most challenging problems that doctors face, such as daily time management and family concerns, in a concise, high-yield manner. More than half of physicians are burned out and frustrated with their careers. Some are struggling to balance their roles of physician and parent and often feel guilty for missing so much time with family. They feel a lack of joy in their career or purpose in their life. Burnout undermines their health, happiness and careers. It ruins the lives of their family members, their patients and those they work with regularly. It can even lead to self-destructive behavior, including substance abuse, depression, divorce and suicide. Burnout Breakthrough moves past the popular ideologies frequently touted to treat burnout and provides concrete solutions to the biggest problems facing physicians. Burnout Breakthrough illuminates a path out of burnout through: Concrete steps to take back control of your timePractical actions you can take right now to start the healing processA common sense way out of the stress, frustration and guilt many physicians feelClarity on your goals and a plan for your careerFollow the advice in this book to regain control of your work-life balance. Rediscover the purpose in your career and reclaim your valuable time so that you can enjoy your loved ones. What's stopping you from having a career you enjoy and a better work-life balance? Scroll to the top and click the "Buy Now" button.
Interpretation Role-Play
Demand for remote medical translation and interpretation services increased during the COVID-19 outbreak. Non-English speakers, and immigrants are left without lifesaving information because there are not enough interpreters to help them during this crisis. In some countries, like the US, language services are a right to all limited English speakers. However, in most countries around the world the burden of understanding vital medical information falls upon the patient. There is a real opportunity for bilingual speakers to help with language. These roleplays offer practical feedback and hands on practice to explore an interpretation career. The answer keys as well as the valuable feedback in Arabic are prepared by Emad Hamza (Ph.D), Senior Translator & Conference Interpreter.
Lean Healthcare
Lean Healthcare is written for healthcare leaders, managers, physicians, and professionals that are looking for ways to improve access, quality, safety, and service while maintaining or reducing costs. The book is packed with real life examples (including examples for hospitals, medical offices, pharmacies, imaging, and more) which can help the reader more easily understand how the lean principles developed for manufacturing can be applied in the healthcare setting. In this book you will learn step-by-step:1. What constitutes "waste" or "MUDA"2. How "waste" affects the costs and quality of healthcare 3. How you can identify potential "waste" or "MUDA" in your department or organization 4. How you can determine the cause(s) of any observed "waste" 5. What actions you can take to eliminate "waste" to reduce costs and/or improve quality or service 6. What actions you can take to prevent "waste" 7. How you can successfully implement changes needed to eliminate "waste". The book is divided into 6 chapters. The first chapter provides an overview of Lean along with a description of the 8 "wastes" and how they are impacting the healthcare system as a whole. This chapter also introduces the "Assess, Diagnose, Treat, and Prevent" (ADTP) model and explains how it can be used to implement Lean in your organization (note: the tools, techniques, and strategies discussed in the remaining chapters can be used with any performance improvement model and not just the ADTP model). The second chapter discusses different approaches (i.e., walking the "gemba", value stream mapping, etc.) that can be used to assess whether there is "waste" or "MUDA" within your department or organization. The third chapter discusses the most common tools and approaches that can be used to identify or "diagnose" the cause(s) of any waste or MUDA observed in your organization or department (i.e., the 5 WHYs, the Cause/Effect diagram, etc.) along with examples from healthcare showing how these tools can be used to determine or "diagnose" the cause(s) of waste you may observe in your department. The fourth chapter discusses the different strategies and approaches that you can use to "treat" or eliminate each of the 8 types of "waste". Approaches such as poka-yoke, kanban, load leveling, 5s, and more are discussed in detail along with examples showing how each of the approaches can be applied in a number of different healthcare settings (i.e., hospital, medical office, pharmacy, etc.) for treating" or eliminating "waste". The fifth chapter discusses the most common tools and approaches that can be used to "prevent" waste (i.e., FMEA, poka-yoke, simulation) along with examples from healthcare showing how each tool can be used to help "prevent" waste. The sixth chapter offers a number of strategies for leading the change effort needed to eliminate waste and improve access, quality, safety, affordability, and service. About the author: Scott has had over 35 years of management and leadership experience in healthcare. He began his career as a management engineer where he learned and mastered the principles of lean six sigma. Scott then served for several years as Director of Finance before becoming Assistant Medical Center Administrator. Over the years Scott had the opportunity to lead the surgical and rehab service line, the primary care and medical subspecialty service line, and the business and support services service line where he applied the principles of lean six sigma daily. During his 35 years of experience Scott saved over 20 million dollars while improving access, quality, affordability, safety, and service through the use of the tools and techniques described in his book "Applying Lean Six Sigma in the Healthcare Setting". Scott was also part of the adjunct faculty of a major university where he taught Healthcare Finance and Accounting to graduate and undergraduate students.
Virtuelle Realit瓣t, die Zukunft des Lernens
Aktuell ist eine Digitalisierung der Unterrichte geforderter denn je. Die Sch羹lerinnen und Sch羹ler in der Ausbildung zum Operationstechnischen Assistenten sind klar der Gruppe der Digital Natives zu zuordnen. Ein Umgang mit Digitalen Medien erfolgt meist spielerisch und ist fester Bestandteil des allt瓣glichen Lebens. Hieraus stellt sich die Frage wie ver瓣ndert sich das Lernen, wenn im Unterricht den Bed羹rfnissen nach Immersion und digitaler Vielfalt mit dem Einsatz virtueller Realit瓣t anstatt des klassischen Lehrervortrags nachgekommen wird? Im Rahmen dieses Bandes wird die Ver瓣nderung des Lernerfolges und der Motivation der Sch羹lerinnen und Sch羹ler beim Lernen mit virtueller Realit瓣t betrachtet. Dies kann nur mit Partnern bewerkstelligt werden. Es konnte die Firma Maindreieck.ecom zur Erstellung des virtuellen Erlebnisses gewonnen werden. Um die Studie nachhaltig zu pr羹fen, stand Frau Prof. K繹nig vom Institut f羹r Medizinische Lehre und Ausbildungsforschung am Universit瓣tsklinikum W羹rzburg mit Ihrem Rat und Ihrem Team w瓣hrend Studie dem Autor zur Seite.
Health Services Planning
The third edition of Health Services Planning represents a necessary revision of the second edition (2003) and reflects the significant changes that have occurred in the social and health environments, the healthcare field, and the planning endeavor itself. The book reviews the history of health planning (with reference to activities in other countries) before describing the process from start to finish in great detail. The philosophy underlying health planning and its perception, past and present, are reviewed with a particular emphasis on the factors that are making health planning more relevant than ever.The steps in the health services planning process are reviewed and supported by how-to guidance, examples of planning applications, and planning case studies. The various levels and types of planning are described (societal, community, organizational; strategic, business, marketing), and the similarities and differences discussed. Newand updated chapters in this edition cover the planning requirements introduced through the Affordable Care Act, the rethinking of the community health needs assessment process, and the implications of the population health movement for health planning: The Social and Health Systems Context for Health Services PlanningThe Changing Environment for Health PlanningThe New Community Assessment ProcessFrom Community Health Needs Assessment to Population Health Assessment Health Services Planning, 3rd Ed., remains a critical resource for health administration programs, as well as an essential publication for health professionals in both public and private sector healthcare organizations that need to have an understanding of the planning process.
Chikitseya Kriya Vigyan Samiksha
Medicine is an ever changing science. Physiology is one of the main foundations of medicine and involves interacting and interdependent processes at the level of cells, tissues, organ systems, and at the level of a body as a whole. The first chapter of the book, thus begins with highly simplified presentation of the overall view of mammalian and particularly human physiology. This is followed by general physiology principals that make the basis of interrelation between the various systems that characterize physiology. Particular attention has been paid to cellular physiology, cardiac electrophysiology, neural and chemical control of respiration, renal mechanisms, and skeletal muscle physiology, Peripheral and central neurophysiological functions are presented with the details of neural pathways and their role. Special senses and the autonomic nervous system and the account of gastrointestinal tract and nutrition are properly covered. Endocrinology is described with mechanisms of hormonal action. The chapter on reproduction not only relates to the hormonal changes but also provides an account of maternal and fetal physiology.The book is an authentic text for undergraduate and the postgraduate students of medicine as well as for the students of allied sciences.
Decision Support System for the Location of Healthcare Facilities
The book examines an integrated approach for addressing decisions about the location of healthcare facilities. Supported by Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), the approach provides comprehensive information on territory, taking into account the spatial dimensions. Due to the multiple criteria involved, site selection for urban facilities is a crucial topic in planning decision processes, especially for healthcare facilities. Healthcare provision policies generally fail to address the distribution of facilities within cities, entrusting decisions to various stakeholders. Moreover current evaluation tools focus on the intrinsic performances of healthcare structures, disregarding the extrinsic characteristics, namely those related to the location. Starting with a cross-disciplinary literature review, the book describes a multi-methodological approach for decision-making regarding the location of healthcare facilities, and presents an innovative evaluation tool that simultaneously considers functional, locational, environmental and economic issues, providing a comprehensive overview of the areas under investigation.
Agiles Prozessmanagement Im Krankenhaus
Die Organisation von Krankenh瓣usern ist komplex und deshalb un羹bersichtlich. Die Zusammenarbeit und das gegenseitige Verst瓣ndnis von ?rzteschaft, Pflegedienst, Verwaltung/Gesch瓣ftsf羹hrung und Maintenance sind unzureichend ausgepr瓣gt, da jede Berufsgruppe traditionell ihre Sondersichtweisen pflegt, wodurch es zu Reibungsverlusten, Fehlern, Kostenrisiken und Abspracheproblemen kommt, die eigentlich unn繹tig sind. Ferner stehen Krankenhaus und Kassenfinanzierung in einem st瓣ndigen Verteilungskampf um Budgets und Kosten.Wenn durch optimierte Organisation und sektoren羹bergreifende Zusammenarbeit die Datenlage evident wird, ist die Verhandlungsposition in Budgetverhandlungen entscheidend gest瓣rkt. Gleichzeitig gewinnen Kostentr瓣ger durch Transparenz Vertrauen in die zu finanzierende Situation von Krankenh瓣usern, um den Versorgungsauftrag nachhaltig erf羹llen zu k繹nnen.Ferner entsteht Transparenz in Personalerfordernisse, so dass Tarifverhandlungen ebenfalls objektiver erfolgen k繹nnen. Die Personalplanung wird verbessert.?rzte gewinnen mit Kanban zus瓣tzlich die M繹glichkeit, komplizierte F瓣lle medizinisch optimiert, dabei kosteng羹nstig diagnostizieren zu k繹nnen.OP, Notfallambulanzen, Stationen profitieren ebenfalls.Kanban stellt dabei allen Mitarbeitern im Krankenhaus eine gemeinsame Kommunikationebene auf der Basis objektiver Tatsachen zur Verf羹gung und schafft damit Offenheit und somit gegenseitiges Vertrauen.
Medikamenten-Pocket Intensivmedizin
In diesem Buch f羹r die Kitteltasche finden sich die wichtigsten Medikamentendosierungen f羹r Perfusoren und Spritzenpumpen f羹r die Versorgung eines Intensivpatienten. Zum Beispiel zur kreislaufstabilisierenden Therapie, zur Analgosedierung, zur Einleitung oder Aufrechterhaltung einer Allgemeinan瓣sthesie oder im Rahmen der Reanimation. Auch auf Indikationen, Kontraindikationen und Nebenwirkungen der verschiedenen Substanzen geht das Werk ein. Zahlreiche Hinweise auf Besonderheiten machen das Werk besonders praxistauglich.
Body of Knowledge Review Series
This book provides a review of each task associated with the Organizational Governance domain in MGMA's Body of Knowledge for Medical Practice Management, 4th Edition.Healthcare executives are responsible for establishing organizational governance within the medical practice. Their ability to build and maintain the infrastructure to support healthy governance is key to the organization's success. From facilitating the organization's corporate legal and governance structure to integrating the corporate mission, vision and values into the organization's culture, the healthcare executive must master myriad skills and develop proper policies and procedures for effective organizational governance.Leading a medical practice requires a set of technical skills and professional knowledge unique to the profession. The expertise and understanding needed in the Organizational Governance domain are critical for both the healthcare executives and the medical practice itself.By mastering this domain, the healthcare executive will be able to apply their talents to guide the organization toward success. This book and series serve as excellent study guides for the ACMPE board certification exams.
Body of Knowledge Review Series
This book provides a review of each task associated with the Operations Management domain in MGMA's Body of Knowledge for Medical Practice Management, 4th Edition. Healthcare executives are primarily responsible for all operational aspects in the medical practice. Their ability to analyze and improve operational functions is vital to the organization's success.From process improvements, strategic plans and information technology to marketing, physician and provider compensation, and quality initiatives, the healthcare executive must master myriad skills and develop proper policies and procedures for effective operations management.Leading a medical practice requires a set of technical skills and professional knowledge unique to the profession. The expertise and understanding needed in the Operations Management domain are critical for both the healthcare executive and the medical practice itself.By mastering this domain, the healthcare executive will be able to apply their talents to guide the organization toward success.This book and series serve as excellent study guides for the ACMPE board certification exams.
Body of Knowledge Review Series
This book provides a review of each task associated with the Risk and Compliance Management domain in MGMA's Body of Knowledge for Medical Practice Management, 4th Edition.Healthcare executives are primarily responsible for all aspects of risk and compliance management in the medical practice. Their ability to mitigate risk exposure and remain compliant is critical to the organization's success.From organizational structure and governance, compliance with state and federal laws, and accreditation, credentialing, and licensing to emergency preparedness and cyber security, the healthcare executive must master myriad skills and develop proper policies and procedures for effective risk and compliance management. Leading a medical practice requires a set of technical skills and professional knowledge unique to the profession. The expertise and understanding needed in the Risk and Compliance Management domain are critical for both the healthcare executive and the medical practice itself. By mastering this domain, the healthcare executive will be able to apply their talents to guide the organization toward success. This book and series serve as excellent study guides for the ACMPE board certification exams.
Patient Engagement
1. Introduction; Marie-Pascale Pomey, Nathalie Clavel and Jean-Louis Denis.2. From Medical Paternalism to Care Parnerships: A Logical Evolution Over Several Decades; Vincent Dumez and Marie-Pascale Pomey.3. The Participation of Patients and Relatives in Quebec's Health System: The Montr矇al Model; Marie-Pascale Pomey, Vincent Dumez, Antoine Boivin, Ghislaine Rouly, Paule Lebel, Alexandre Berkesse, Annie Descoteaux, Mathieu Jackson, Philippe Karazivan and Nathalie Clavel.4. Implementing Patient and Carer Participation in Self-care and Co-care in Sweden: Policy, Practice and the Future of Person-centred Care; John ?vreteit and Eskil Degsell.5.Patient and Family Engagement in the United States: A Social Movement from Patient to Advocate to Partner; Maureen Maurer, Pam Dardess and Tara Bristol-Rouse.6. Connections: The Power of Learning Together to Improve Healthcare in the United Kingdom; Rachel Matthews, Stuart Green, Rowan Myron, Catherine French, Susan Barber, Dionne Matthew, Sandra Jayacodi, Jenny Trite, Adrian Brown, Justin Baker, Howard Bluston, Ron Grant, Jean Straus, Richard Melville Ballerand, Maurice Hoffman, Fran Husson, Laura Fischer and Cherelle Augustine.7. Partnering with Patients for Change and Improvement: An Australian Perspective; Jeffrey Braithwaite, Kate Churruca, Leanne Wells, Frances Rapport, Tony Lawson, Paula Arro and Jo Watson.8. The Engagement Connundrum of French Users; V矇ronique Ghadi, Luigi Flora, Pascal Jarno and H矇lyette Lelievre.9. Expert by Experience: Valuing Patient Engagement in Healthcare; Yann Le Cam and Matthew Bolz-Johnson.10. Discussion and Conclusion; Marie-Pascale Pomey.11. Future Directions for Patient Knowledge: A Citizen-patient Reflection; Carolyn Canfield.
You Can’t Not Know
This second book in the Jack Spenser, M.D., series describes the years of training it takes to become a physician/pathologist. The story focuses on the complex relationship between an apprentice and master whose credo is "You can't not know." Jack's struggle to meet such a high standard results in a compelling story with highs, lows, success, failure, and ultimately wisdom. In addition, some parts of the book are really funny.
You Are a Better Parkinson’s Disease Caregiver Than You Think
Due to the lack of formal training, self-doubt, and conflicting ideas from outside resources, most Parkinson's disease care partners and caregivers struggle and experience frustration in caring for their loved one. The challenges for care partners in the early and intermediate stages as well as the challenges for caregivers in the more advanced stages vary widely. The purpose of this book is to equip Parkinson's disease care partners and caregivers with the confidence and skills necessary to enjoy the caregiving years with less struggles and heartache. In You are a Better Parkinson's Disease Caregiver Than You Think, author Kevin Klos, MD offers practical solutions and applications that he has learned from extensive research from patients and caregivers in his clinical practice as well as his own experiences as a caregiver for his mother with Parkinson's disease. He provides actionable plans that will give you the confidence to be a better caregiver and reduce the guilt that so many individuals experience. Based on Dr. Klos's clinical experience, backed by advice from care partners and caregivers caring for loved ones in all stages of the disease and illustrated by case stories from real caregivers, You are a Better Parkinson's Disease Caregiver Than You think provides and principles and skills that you must learn and master. Your caregiving journey will never be the same.
Las Personas Adultas Mayores En Colombia
En la sociedad actual es evidente el envejecimiento demogr獺fico, es decir, el aumento de forma significativa de los adultos mayores frente a las dem獺s edades. Esta situaci籀n ha sido posible gracias a los avances tecnol籀gicos, de la medicina, la nutrici籀n, las medidas de higiene y los estilos de vida que han hecho evidente la longevidad del ser humano. Este envejecimiento demogr獺fico ha incrementado de forma importante la esperanza de vida al nacer. Se ha calculado que la esperanza de vida a los 60 a簽os es de 21 a簽os para el caso de las Am矇ricas, donde adem獺s el 81% de las personas que nacen en esta regi籀n vivir獺n hasta los 60 a簽os mientras que 42% de ellas sobrepasar獺n los 80 a簽os de edad. (Organizaci籀n Panamericana de la Salud, 2009).
First Healthcare Compliance The Fundamentals, Second Edition
First Healthcare Compliance The Fundamentals, Second Edition is a comprehensive resource designed to help physicians, compliance professionals and other healthcare professionals in private practice, hospital networks and health systems, healthcare billing companies and skilled nursing facilities comply with federal rules and regulations and to better understand their compliance responsibilities at a time of heightened scrutiny and increased regulations. The book addresses the four major areas of healthcare compliance regulations: HIPAA, OSHA, federal waste and abuse laws, and federal employment laws. It can be used as a stand-alone resource or as a companion guide to the First Healthcare Compliance The Fundamentals online course.
Joshua’s Story - Uncovering the Morecambe Bay NHS Scandal
In November 2008 James Titcombe and his family suffered a terrible tragedy - the death of their baby son Joshua, aged just 9 days old.For the next six years James dedicated his life to finding out just what happened to Joshua. What he discovers goes far beyond the errors that causedhis son's death and reveals a system that worked to deny its own failings. Even the bodies set up to oversee and regulate healthcare seem to impede rather than help James' quest.This is the deeply personal story of one man's extraordinary determination to uncover the truth, revealing the human consequences of cover-up and denial.In 2015, James Titcombe was awarded the OBE for services to patient safety. James now works full-time campaigning for meaningful improvements in the safety of maternity services in the UK.
Arzneimittelpreise in Deutschland Unter Amnog
Aus Sicht des Gesetzgebers ging es bei der Neuordnung des Arzneimittelmarktes in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (AMNOG) darum, den Versicherten die bestm繹gliche medizinische Versorgung zu erm繹glichen, dabei aber die finanzielle Belastung f羹r die Krankenkassen zu regulieren. In diesem Sinne sollen sich die Preise f羹r Arzneimittel an deren (Zusatz-)Nutzen f羹r Patienten orientieren. Der Verhandlung des Erstattungsbetrags zwischen pharmazeutischen Unternehmen und dem Spitzenverband Bund der gesetzlichen Krankenkassen (GKV-SV) geht daher die fr羹he Nutzenbewertung durch den Gemeinsamen Bundesausschuss (G-BA) voraus. Grundlage hierf羹r ist das Nutzendossier, das vom pharmazeutischen Unternehmen zu erstellen ist. Dieses Fachbuch beleuchtet strukturiert die Hintergr羹nde der fr羹hen Nutzenbewertung und stellt rechtliche Vorgaben sowie beteiligte Institutionen vor. Im Anschluss wird das eigentliche Verfahren der fr羹hen Nutzenbewertung detailliert beschrieben. Die Darstellung orientiert sich dabei an einer 羹bersichtlichen Unterteilung des Verfahrens in die Phasen Vorbereitung, Dossiererstellung, Nutzenbewertung und Beschluss sowie Erstattungsbetragsverhandlung. Auch das weitere Vorgehen nach einem m繹glichen Scheitern der Verhandlungen wird vorgestellt. Das Buch folgt dabei der Perspektive des pharmazeutischen Unternehmers und bietet diesem eine umfassende Orientierung.
Restructuring Health Services
Health service delivery is being restructured in both industrialised and developing countries. Public health scholars and policy makers in this volume show how this process is accelerating as a result of diverse factors including fiscal pressure, privatisation of infrastructure, and the impending renegotiation of the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The key policy issues that arise concern the implications of these changes for access and equity in public health provision. The volume reviews the rapidly changing context in which financing health care and its relationship to globalization and privatisation are taking place. It examines the specific mechanisms and institutional processes involved. And it explores various contrasting experiences, including HMOs in the USA, Britain's NHS, social health insurance in Western Europe, developing countries, and Cuba.
Global Prescriptions
Global Prescriptions is a critical yet optimistic analysis of the role of transnational women's groups in setting the agendas for women's health in international and national settings. The book reviews a decade of women's participation in UN conferences, transnational networks, national advocacy efforts and sexual and reproductive health provision, assessing both their strengths and weaknesses. It critiques the Cairo, Beijing and Copenhagen conference documents and World Bank, WHO and health sector reform policies. It also offers case studies of national-level reform and advocacy efforts and appraises the controversy concerning TRIPS, trade, and essential AIDS drugs. That controversy, Petchesky argues, starkly illuminates the 'collision course' of transnational corporate and global trade agendas with the struggle for gender, racial and regional equity and the human right to health. The author takes into account the formidable political and ideological forces confronting global justice movements and also offers a sobering reassessment of transnational women's NGOs themselves and such problems as 'NGOization', fragmentation and donor-dependency. Petchesky argues that the power of women's transnational coalitions is only as great as their organic connection with grassroots social movements.
Applied Problem-Solving in Healthcare Management
Note to Readers: Publisher does not guarantee quality or access to any included digital components if book is purchased through a third-party seller.Applied Problem-Solving in Healthcare Management is a practical textbook devoted to developing and strengthening problem-solving and decision-making leadership competencies of healthcare administration students and healthcare management professionals. Built upon the University of Minnesota Master of Healthcare Administration Program's Problem-Solving Method, the text describes the "never assume" mindset and the structured method that drive evidence-based, action-oriented problem-solving. The "never assume" mindset requires healthcare leaders to understand themselves and their stakeholders, and to engage in waves of divergent and convergent thinking. This structured method guides the problem solver through the phases of defining, studying, and acting on complex interrelated organizational problems that involve multiple root causes. The book also describes how the Problem-Solving Method is complementary to quality improvement methods and can be used in healthcare organizations along with Lean, Design Thinking, and Human Centered Design.Providing step-by-step instruction including useful tips, tools, activities, and case studies, this effective resource demonstrates the utility of the method for all types of health organization settings including health systems, hospitals, clinics, population health, and long-term care. For students taking health management, capstone, and experiential learning courses, including internship and residency projects, this book allows them to test and apply their problem-solving and decision-making skills to real-world situations. Beyond the classroom, it is an indispensable resource for organizations seeking to enhance the problem-solving skills of their workforce.The authors of the text have nearly 75 years of combined experience in healthcare management, leadership, and professional consulting, and teaching and advising healthcare administration students in classrooms, on student capstone, internship and residency projects, and case competitions. Synthesizing their expertise, this text serves as a guide for those who wish to strengthen their problem-solving abilities to systematically identify, analyze, study, and solve pressing organizational challenges in healthcare settings.Key Features: Describes a mindset and a structured problem-solving method that builds leadership competenciesEncourages a step-by-step problem-solving approach to define, study, and act on problems to drive action-oriented solutionsSupports experiential learning and coaching for students and professionals early in their careers, applicable especially to healthcare management, capstone, and student consulting courses, internship and residency projects, case competitions, and professional development in organizationsCompares the Problem-Solving Method to other complementary methods used in many healthcare organizations, including Lean, Design Thinking, and Human Centered DesignIncludes access to the fully downloadable eBook as well as ancillary materials such as Instructor's Manual and Sample Syllabi
Inside the White Coat
Inside the White Coat is written by two doctors, Alan Schalscha and David Hume, with a long history of friendship first forged in medical school, challenged and kindled through professional collaboration notwithstanding the different paths taken, and strengthened through their shared love of medicine, teaching, humanity, and dedication to service. The authors aim to give the reader honest information as related to a career in medicine. The type of advice a mentor or a caring aunt in the field would provide with a purview into medicine, how to prepare for medical school, how to decide on a specific specialty, and what life would be like before, during, and after medical training. If you wanted to know what the cost of medical education was, and how or if you could afford it. There is a strong chance that you might be stressed about the wrong things. This book serves as their attempt to answer some of these questions for the prospective medical professional without the awkwardness of asking uninformed questions to complete strangers. It should serve as an initial guide to prompt you to ask more specific questions later.
Improving Health Care in Low- And Middle-Income Countries
Presents real-life case studies, from all levels of the healthcare system and addressing a wide range of health topics, to teach readers about using quality improvement methodology to strengthen health care in lower- and middle-income countriesTeaches readers about the process of designing improvement efforts, choosing priorities, carrying out activities, understanding results, building health worker capacity to improve care, engaging leadership, and applying lessons learned from improvement to spread and scale-up initiativesProvides rich detail on how improvement work is applied in practice rather than focusing on methodologies and theoryIncludes expert commentaries and analysis to guide the reader in understanding results on key issues and themes in designing, supporting, and scaling up improvementOpen access
