Power from Within
There is no end in sight to the frequency with which physicians, nursing professionals and other healthcare providers will become lawsuit targets in our litigious society. While politicians, practitioners, insurance companies and trial attorneys debate the nation's chronic "malpractice crisis", suits continue to be filed. In addition, once COVID-19 is behind us and the unprecedented public support for health care providers wanes, as it will, it is anticipated that physicians and nurses will become malpractice defendants to a remarkable degree.National legislative fact-finding committees and investigative bodies, which may be charged with the responsibility of pursuing a solution, likely will never achieve a global remedy. Although curtailed by some states, national legislation has not addressed baseless malpractice suites or grossly excessive monetary verdicts. Another approach exists, however.Health care providers can impact the existing system and influence the malpractice environments in a tangible, positive and powerful fashion. Although there will be debate over tort reform in order to bring some degree of protection to the malpractice defendant, individual case success, defined from the defendant's perspective as a "no-cause" trial verdict, can be realized if well-credentialed and experienced health care professionals are willing to assist the malpractice defense bar as expert witnesses. The benefits to the health care community and the individuals who are willing to participate are innumerable and worth considering.
Diary of a Med Student
From the earliest stages of our medical training, we experience unforgettable moments with our patients - inspiring, traumatic, joyful, and sometimes even humorous events. Too often, as doctors-in-training we talk about the suffering or recovery of our patients, ignoring our own emotions after these events, letting them passively shape us until we dig ourselves into an abyss of burn out and resentment.Diary of a Med Student is a book created by medical students, for medical students, doctors, pre-med students, and their loved ones to look backward, forward, and laterally on the wonderful world of medical school. This book offers a space to reflect on our emotions, process their meaning, and share them as tales of sorrow, humor, joy, or inspiration, told from the perspective of medical students writing in a diary.While the act of sharing emotion is itself therapeutic, reading these emotional challenges that we can all relate to is unifying and comforting, providing us with insight through the lessons conveyed in the light of a variety of feelings. Let this book spark a powerful domino effect of change in medical education: in the way we teach physicians to create a safe space for inner reflection and expression of emotion to ultimately enhance physician wellness.
Called to Care
What is the golden standard of healthcare today?It's an important question. As a medical professional, you operate in a more disconnected environment than your predecessors. Compliance standards and excessive documentation keep you in front of computers instead of patients, and low reimbursement rates mean packing the day with appointments and sacrificing quality of care.Dr. Larry Benz is finding ways to humanize healthcare again. In Called to Care, he shows you how to ignore constraints and build quality connections by treating patients as people, not numbers. He and his team know that patients who feel heard are more engaged in their treatment; more patient engagement equals better outcomes for everyone. Dr. Benz helps you reach new heights as a provider by helping you break out of your current cycle, renew your purpose, and improve the patient experience. This is a book about reconnection. Find out how to reclaim your compassion, restore your patient relationships, and revive your calling.
The Moral Distress Syndrome Affecting Physicians
The rise of suicide and burnout among physicians has brought a new disease to the healthcare provider, which we previously thought only affected the soldier: moral distress syndrome, second only to moral injury.In this book we introduce the concept of moral distress syndrome, which includes any or all of the following: depression, PTSD, risk of suicide, divorce, emotional detachment, and the inability to build healthy relationships and empathy.While veterans can report to veteran hospitals for treatment, the physician cannot find treatment or support without fear of losing their license, their hospital privileges, and their job. Therefore, they are stuck dealing with the issue themselves, along with their family or their circle of friends. To raise decisive awareness of the problems related to moral distress, we wrote this book. This book is designed around physicians talking to other physicians about their moral distresses in a safe space. It brings all the aspects of the moral distress syndrome in a format familiar to the physician: grand rounds with a magistral lecture, where the audience asks the question and directly participates on the subject. The reader will feel like part of the audience and may want to ask their own questions as the book progresses.The format of the book is divided into three parts. In the first part, the research, data, and a crude number of problems are given: moral distress syndrome, PTSD, burnout, suicide, divorce rates, emotional detachment, legal distress syndrome, physicians leaving medicine, and the feeling of being a hamster in a wheel.In the second part, we embellish on real life experiences of physicians to highlight the pain and depth of the moral distress they feel. We share stories around the character--their family, love life, divorce, etc.--to show the individual person behind the doctor. In the third part, we focus on society and physician suffering and the birth of moral distress. This part focuses on the physician's empathy as a way to point out his problems, weaknesses, and issues, and find possible solutions for him and other physicians facing the same issues. At the end of the third part, we discuss how it is the responsibility of physicians, patients, and society as a whole to heal in the face of moral injury, as recommended by the American Medical Association. We finish with the search for good friends and safe spaces, the cornerstones for the healing process.Structure of the Chapters. To make it easier to follow the material, at the beginning of each chapter we outline the points discussed, as a speaker outlines the material, summarizing it in the first slide of each topic. We hope that this way the readers can focus on the issues quickly throughout the book. This book is formatted as a business novel and therefore the characters and situations are drawn from liberally. As well as reading like a novel, the reader can read each chapter separately and still understand the points.
Medical Communication: From Theoretical Model to Practical Exploration
People in general are concerned about the health of themselves and their families, but they lack reliable access to health knowledge. In order to ensure that people get accurate medical knowledge, dissemination of such knowledge by medical professionals is advocated. This is the basis of medical communication. This book covers the theoretical model of medical communication, explains the differences from medical science popularization and health communication, and from the perspective of medical practice, provides many examples to illustrate the practical application and significance of medical communication. It is hoped that this book will attract more people to join the team of medical communicators, pass the correct medical knowledge to the public, and ultimately the incidence and mortality of diseases can be reduced and the health level of people improved.
From the Front Lines of the Appalachian Addiction CrisisHealthcare Providers Discuss Opioi
Stories from doctors, nurses, and therapists dealing on a daily basis with the opioid crisis in Appalachia should be heartbreaking. Yet those told here also inspire with practical advice on how to assist those in addiction, from a grass-roots to a policy level. Readers looking for ways to combat the crisis will find suggestions alongside laughter, tears, and sometimes rage. Each author brings the passion of their profession and the personal losses they have experienced from addiction, and posits solutions and harm reduction with positivity, grace, and even humor. Authors representing seven states from northern, Coalfields, and southern Appalachia relate personal encounters with patients or providers who changed them forever. This is a history document, showing how we got here; an evidenced indictment of current policies failing those who need them most; an affirmation that Appalachia solves its own problems; and a collection of suggestions for best practice moving forward.
Ethics in Rural PsychologyCase Studies and Guidance for Practice
Ethics in Rural Psychology provides readers with theoretical underpinnings, practical applications, and empirically based knowledge of the practice of psychology in rural communities. Dr. Boilen explores the similarities and differences within and across rural American communities to provide a framework for understanding this vast and varied population. Focusing on the ethical considerations unique to these communities, chapters use illustrative case examples, useful exercises, and personal anecdotes to highlight obstacles unique to rural areas. Finally, the book emphasizes the opportunity to be innovative and creative in rural practice, demonstrating how rural practices hold promise for cutting-edge advancements in the field of psychology. This book will serve practitioners, students, and researchers as a primer, handbook, and road map for the challenging and rewarding clinical work that awaits in rural America.
Living with Fear
This book is dedicated to all key workers who have worked tirelessly during the time of COVID-19. This book was written in recognition of the hard work and dedication shown during this period. This book was compiled in the record time of 2 months, and this would not have been possible without the contribution from all the authors. We have managed to engage a diverse group of professionals working within healthcare, academia, nursing students and people with lived experience, to collaboratively deliver different perspectives of fear.This book is a reflection of feelings, fear, anxiety and challenges faced by healthcare workers and has been written from that perspective.
Called to Care
What is the golden standard of healthcare today?It's an important question. As a medical professional, you operate in a more disconnected environment than your predecessors. Compliance standards and excessive documentation keep you in front of computers instead of patients, and low reimbursement rates mean packing the day with appointments and sacrificing quality of care.Dr. Larry Benz is finding ways to humanize healthcare again. In Called to Care, he shows you how to ignore constraints and build quality connections by treating patients as people, not numbers. He and his team know that patients who feel heard are more engaged in their treatment; more patient engagement equals better outcomes for everyone. Dr. Benz helps you reach new heights as a provider by helping you break out of your current cycle, renew your purpose, and improve the patient experience. This is a book about reconnection. Find out how to reclaim your compassion, restore your patient relationships, and revive your calling.
Pulling WisdomFilling the Gaps of Cross-Cultural Communication for Healthcare Providers
For healthcare providers, the key to bonding with patients is to have a greater awareness of cultural differences. The more you know about your patient's culture, the easier it is for them to feel comfortable-with you and their treatment. You don't want to lose a patient because you said something that you didn't even know was offensive or that was simply mistaken for meaning something else. In Pulling Wisdom: Filling the Gaps of Cross-Cultural Communication for Healthcare Providers, Dr. Cathy Hung shares tips for seeing beyond cultural stereotypes, raising your cultural competency, and bridging the communication gaps between you and your patients to improve your practice success. She also introduces concepts and tools such as The Amalgamation Scale, which can predict and assess potential obstacles based on the cultural and language barriers between provider and patient.
Free Fall
Free Fall, the Ferocity of the Human Spirit as a Spousal Caregiver - This book will change your life. A story filled with passion, triumph, and defeat, along with ultimate redemption when signs came from the other side. The thought of being given a "Life Sentence," in a second marriage, ends with a gift. It gives the reader an honest and raw account of what it's like to live with a spouse diagnosed with Early Onset Dementia and Alzheimer's.
OECD Health Policy Studies Waiting Times for Health Services Next in Line
The report reviews a range of policies that countries have used to tackle waiting times for different services, including elective surgery and primary care consultations, but also cancer care and mental health services, with a focus on identifying the most successful ones.
Point-Of-Care Glucose Detection for Diabetic Monitoring and Management
This book unravels the role of Point-of-Care (POC) glucose monitoring as an essential part of diabetes management. It provides the reader with an in-depth knowledge and understanding of diabetes management, including: the need for POC glucose monitoring the glucose detection technologies (invasive, noninvasive and continuous) being used in the POC devices the analytical performance, characteristics, pros and cons of the POC devices developed to date the importance and role of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) monitoring for diabetes management the various POC devices and analyzers for the determination of HbA1c. This is the first book to provide complete up-to-date information on POC glucose detection technologies and devices for diabetic monitoring and management. It will be an important reference for healthcare professionals, biomedical engineers, researchers, economists and policy makers. This book also serves as an asset and teaching aid for professionals and researchers in diabetic monitoring and management.
Đối T獺c C繫ng Tư Y Tế ở Việt NamVấn đề V? Lựa Chọn
This book describes the nature of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the health sector in Vietnam. It defines health-related PPPs, describes their key characteristics, and develops a taxonomy of the different types of PPPs that exist in practice, illustrated by international examples. It also assesses the regulatory and institutional framework for the health PPP program in Vietnam, as well as financing and accountability mechanisms for PPPs at its national and subnational levels. It provides an overview of the PPP project pipeline in Vietnam and analyzes important issues in the health PPPs' design, preparation, and implementation, using eight case studies involving projects in different phases of the project cycle. This book also examines barriers that have hampered the successful design and implementation of health care PPPs in Vietnam. These barriers may be broadly categorized as barriers in the PPP policy and regulatory framework, in the public sector, in the private sector, and in the financial sector. It proposes feasible and actionable recommendations so that the government can consider tackling the identified barriers and advance the successful design and implementation of health PPPs.
Telemedicine in Hospitals
This book looks at the history and development of telemedicine and its effect on the medical profession. It includes advances in telecommunications and medical technologies that greatly have increased the reliability, resolution, and speed of transmitting medical images, changes that are have been affected by changes in the national and global economies and the support to rural hospitals during the 1990s.
Beyond Medicine
In Beyond Medicine, Paul V. Dutton provides a penetrating historical analysis of why countless studies show that Americans are far less healthy than their European counterparts. Dutton argues that Europeans are healthier than Americans because beginning in the late nineteenth century European nations began construction of health systems that focused not only on medical care but the broad social determinants of health: where and how we live, work, play, and age. European leaders also created social safety nets that became integral to national economic policy. In contrast, US leaders often viewed investments to improve the social determinants of health and safety-net programs as a competing priority to economic growth. Beyond Medicine compares the US to three European social democracies--France, Germany, and Sweden--in order to explain how, in differing ways, each protects the health of infants and children, working-age adults, and the elderly. Unlike most comparative health system analyses, Dutton draws on history to find answers to our most nettlesome health policy questions.
Beyond Medicine
In Beyond Medicine, Paul V. Dutton provides a penetrating historical analysis of why countless studies show that Americans are far less healthy than their European counterparts. Dutton argues that Europeans are healthier than Americans because beginning in the late nineteenth century European nations began construction of health systems that focused not only on medical care but the broad social determinants of health: where and how we live, work, play, and age. European leaders also created social safety nets that became integral to national economic policy. In contrast, US leaders often viewed investments to improve the social determinants of health and safety-net programs as a competing priority to economic growth. Beyond Medicine compares the US to three European social democracies--France, Germany, and Sweden--in order to explain how, in differing ways, each protects the health of infants and children, working-age adults, and the elderly. Unlike most comparative health system analyses, Dutton draws on history to find answers to our most nettlesome health policy questions.
Losses in Later Life
Achieve faith and understanding when dealing with the loss of a loved one or a major change in your life! Losses in Later Life: A New Way Of Walking with God, Second Edition, focuses on seven major losses: loss of youth, loss of family, loss of parents, loss of work, loss of spouse, loss of health, and loss of identity. This second edition has been reworked with new research to include updated information about the loss of independence and several additional losses not discussed in the previous edition. You will explore the path to becoming a spiritually mature person who has faith and is able to grieve, let go, and release what is lost in order to live a mentally healthy and rewarding life. With this valuable book, you will explore the issues of losses in later life from an approach that integrates psychology and spirituality to help you understand that loss is an inevitable and significant factor in the lives of people over the age of 40. Discussing the dynamics of loss and grief and defining spiritual health, Losses in Later Life examines common losses of the second half of your life from a positive perspective. Caregivers and anyone interested in the psychology and spirituality of aging will find excellent help and suggestions from Losses in Later Life. This book is a necessary tool for spiritually assisting your times of grief and confusion. With proven suggestions and advice, Losses in Later Life serves to enlighten your path through the later years and enrich your soul.
Complex Systems and Population Health
Currently, population health science is an integral part of global academic curricula. For over a century, the principles of the reductionist paradigm have guided population health curricula, training, research, and action. Researchers continue to draw upon these principles when theorizing, conceptualizing, designing studies, analyzing, and devising interventions to tackle complex population health problems. However, unresolved impasses in addressing pressing population health challenges have catalyzed calls for the integration of complex-systems-science-grounded approaches into population health science. Mounting evidence denotes that a complex systems paradigm can bring about dramatic, multipronged changes for education and training, and lead to innovative research, interventions, and policies. Despite the large and untapped promise of complex systems, the haphazard knowledge base from which academics, researchers, students, policymakers, and practitioners can draw has slowed their integration into the population health sciences. This volume fulfils this growing need by providing the knowledge base necessary to introduce a holistic complex systems paradigm in population health science. As such, it is the first comprehensive book in population health science that meaningfully integrates complex systems theory, methodology, modeling, computational simulation, and real-world applications, while incorporating current population health theoretical, methodological and analytical perspectives. It is intended as a programmatic primer across a broad spectrum of population health stakeholders: from university professors and graduate students, to researchers, policymakers, and practitioners.
L瓣rm Im Krankenhaus-Op
Optimale raumakustische Bedingungen und l瓣rmmindernde Ma?nahmen liefern die Basis f羹r konzentriertes Arbeiten und beg羹nstigen die Fehlervermeidung. F羹r den operierenden Arzt k繹nnen Kommunikationsdefizite und Ablenkung konkrete Folgen einer mangelhaften Akustik sein. Philipp Kn繹fler verdeutlicht mit Messungen im Ohrkanal des operierenden Arztes, dass der empfohlene L瓣rm-Maximalpegel am OP-Tisch deutlich 羹berschritten wird. F羹r den untersuchten OP-Saal wurden M繹glichkeiten der Pegelreduktion entwickelt, die sich auch auf andere OP-S瓣le 羹bertragen lassen. Um jedoch einen akustischen Mindeststandard bei der Realisierung von OP-S瓣len zu gew瓣hrleisten, m羹ssen einfache handhabbare Vorgaben in den Planungsprozess implementiert werden. Die Planungsaufgabe "l瓣rmarmer OP" sollte dringend ihren Weg in die Praxis finden, damit die Arbeitsbedingungen f羹r das Personal verbessert werden und auch f羹r den Patienten eine ad瓣quate Umgebung geschaffen wird.
Innovation in Community-Based Private Practices Through Ehealth
There are many definitions of eHealth and no consensus around the underlying idea. Most contributions on eHealth focus on informatic, public health, legal, social and anthropological implications. This book investigates eHealth through community-based private practices such as pharmacies, hearing centres, opticians, and private medical centres from a management perspective. It first presents a systematic review of the theoretical research models that have been developed on eHealth. It then identifies the many innovative managerial implications of eHealth, and finally, it analyses reasons why some eHealth tools are or are not adopted.
The Little Book of Doctors’ Rules
Clearly the science of medicine has progressed by leaps and bounds over the last twenty years--from computerized surgery to genetic modification. Yet medicine is more than just a science. It is also an art. As medical students complete their education, however, they may find that their training has been focused solely on the mechanics of diagnosis and treatment. While this scientific knowledge is fundamental to proper healthcare, it can overlook the importance of interacting with patients. In an attempt to refocus on how vital it is for doctors to consider their patients in full, Dr. Clifton K. Meador has written The Little Book of Doctors' Rules. It offers simple and concise suggestions to humanize the practice of medicine.In this book, Dr. Meador draws on his nearly sixty-year medical career for nuggets of advice with both compassion and humor. Although there may not be a defined medical disease behind every physical symptom, Dr. Meador reminds us that the reason behind a symptom may be found if a doctor observes and listens carefully to a patient. He believes an effective physician treats a patient, not just a patient's disease.The Little Book of Doctors' Rules offers insightful rules that address a host of topics, which include developing a rapport with patients, treating dementia, and prescribing drugs. Designed for any healthcare professional, these short rules are easily understood and (mostly) non-technical. Here is a small sampling of Dr. Meador's advice, from the sage and somber to the clever and sometimes controversial. While listening to a patient, do not do anything else. Just listen. Stop drug use in treatment whenever possible. If impossible, cease a patient's use of as many drugs as possible whenever possible. Just because you know a lot of physiology, biochemistry, and anatomy does not mean you know anything about people. If all you listen to are symptoms, then all you will hear from your patients are symptoms.In addition to his own rules, Dr. Meador has included advice offered by some of the past giants of medicine. It is no coincidence that their words echo the message of this book, which gets to the true center of the healing arts.
Domestic Violence and Nonfatal Strangulation Assessment
Domestic Violence and Nonfatal Strangulation Assessment is designed to standardize anatomic nomenclature, as it relates to the head and neck, for both new and experienced sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) and sexual assault forensic examiners (SAFEs), first responders, medical residents and physicians, nursing students, and nurse practitioners, including nurse midwives, women's health nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, and forensic nurse practitioners. The text will teach readers the language of evidence-based evaluative methods of care for strangulation patients in domestic violence situations.Fifteen strangulation case studies with a clear history, photographic representation, and confirmation of anatomic landmarks and injuries, along with discussions about existing conditions and their influence, identification of injury, evidence-based collection techniques, and treatment based on current standards of practice. Chapters will also include best practice recommendations and other tools to support evaluation and documentation. Offering this workbook to first responders and health care providers will help fulfill their need for basic, peer-reviewed information and will contribute to continuing competence in care for strangulation patients.
Queering Public Health and Public Policy in the Deep South
In this volume, authors explore the interconnected issues of public health and public policy as they relate to queer issues in the Deep South. The book begins with a sustained examination of public health, health disparities, and mental health for LGBTQ people in the South. Next, the issues of public policy and public advocacy, including law enforcement, community advocacy and activism, and public life in the Deep South are taken up.Through the chapters in this text, the peculiarities of public health and public policy for LGBTQ people in the Deep South are explored. However, this volume also points to trends, themes, and dynamics at work in the Deep South that are also implicated in the queer experience in other parts of the U.S. The authors of this text push readers to think deeply about these issues. They clearly highlight the systemic nature of oppression of queer people in the South through institutions of medicine, mental health discourses, the criminal justice system, and public life including Pride and Mardi Gras. Taken together, the authors in this volume call for reform, liberation, and conscientization and queerly envision the future of health and policy in the Deep South.
Queering Public Health and Public Policy in the Deep South (hc)
In this volume, authors explore the interconnected issues of public health and public policy as they relate to queer issues in the Deep South. The book begins with a sustained examination of public health, health disparities, and mental health for LGBTQ people in the South. Next, the issues of public policy and public advocacy, including law enforcement, community advocacy and activism, and public life in the Deep South are taken up.Through the chapters in this text, the peculiarities of public health and public policy for LGBTQ people in the Deep South are explored. However, this volume also points to trends, themes, and dynamics at work in the Deep South that are also implicated in the queer experience in other parts of the U.S. The authors of this text push readers to think deeply about these issues. They clearly highlight the systemic nature of oppression of queer people in the South through institutions of medicine, mental health discourses, the criminal justice system, and public life including Pride and Mardi Gras. Taken together, the authors in this volume call for reform, liberation, and conscientization and queerly envision the future of health and policy in the Deep South.
聶Morir duele?
聶Morir duele? es un libro de relatos en el cual Alejandro Nespral -su autor-, luego de m獺s de diez a簽os trabajando en el campo de los cuidados paliativos, se abre paso al mundo de algunas de las experiencias que m獺s lo marcaron y transmutaron. P獺ginas donde distintas historias se entrelazan con preguntas, aprendizajes y reflexiones. Pero es m獺s que un libro, es un tributo a su memoria y especialmente a todas esas personas que lo hicieron tambi矇n el hombre que es hoy.聶Morir duele? es una invitaci籀n a viajar a algunos rincones de la experiencia humana del dolor y el alivio, del sufrimiento y la enfermedad, de la sanaci籀n y el amor.聶Morir duele? es un proyecto en el cual desde Fundaci籀n Ideas Paliativas en Acci籀n (www.fundacionipa.org) proponemos e invitamos seguir hablando de algunos temas, de los que a veces cuestan, pero que siempre nos transforman y nos vuelven m獺s humanos. Es tambi矇n, otra forma para intentar difundir los Cuidados Paliativos.
Doctor Visit LogMedical Health Care, Record Log, Personal Appointment Tracker, Track Histo
This beautiful Doctors Visits notebook is a perfect way of keeping track of all your appointments information in one convenient place. Each page includes sections and details for the following: Date, Time & Place - Write the date, time and location of your appointment.Medical Consult/ Medical Specialty - Record what type of visit whether a primary physician, heart specialist, neurosurgeon, etc. Chief Complaint - Log what your main reason for the doctor visit is.Additional Concerns - Document any other concerns you might have.Questions To Ask - Write all the questions you don't want to forget to ask the doctor.Appointment Notes - Use to write height, weight, blood pressure, medications, etc.Follow Up Tasks - Record any recommendations or testing the doctor would like you to follow up with.Never forget your important medical history info again. With this doctors visit tracker, organizer, you will find your records and everything else at your fingertips. If you're a planner, you need this to get you organized. Journals & books are great for keeping all your information in one place. Can also makes a great gift. Size is 6x9 inch, 124 pages, white paper, soft matte finish cover design, paperback. Get your copy today!
Aspectos Psicol籀gicos em Tempos de Pandemia
Ap籀s a 籀tima recep癟瓊o do artigo intitulado "Qual o papel do psic籀logo diante do novo virus?", que publiquei na C獺tedra Aberta de Psicologia e Neuroci礙ncia em 12 de fevereiro de 2020, e, tendo em vista o interesse despertado entre colegas psic籀logos e outras pessoas interessadas em psicologia, decidi escrever este livro, em que o tema da perspectiva psicol籀gica 矇 abordado em tempos de pandemia. Apesar de as informa癟繭es sobre crises sanit獺rias, como a virus, serem muito recentes e, em alguns casos, "mut獺veis", vou apresentar o trabalho com base nos dados atuais e, especialmente, em publica癟繭es de natureza cient穩fica, que tamb矇m incluir瓊o declara癟繭es de diferentes especialistas coletadas por meios de comunica癟瓊o devidamente citados. Um livro acess穩vel a todos que desejam se aprofundar nos aspectos psicol籀gicos de um fen繫meno de massa em tempos de crise de sa繳de, como 矇 o caso da virus.
When We Do Harm
Medical mistakes are more pervasive than we think. How can we improve outcomes? An acclaimed MD's rich stories and research explore patient safety. Patients enter the medical system with faith that they will receive the best care possible, so when things go wrong, it's a profound and painful breach. Medical science has made enormous strides in decreasing mortality and suffering, but still, treatment can also cause harm - a significant portion of which is preventable. Drawing on current research, professional experience, and extensive interviews with nurses, physicians, administrators, researchers, patients, and families, physician and acclaimed author Danielle Ofri explores the diagnostic, systemic, and cognitive causes of medical error. Throughout, she illustrates her points via the powerfully human stories she's known for. Now, Dr. Ofri places the issues of medical error and patient safety front and center in our national healthcare conversation.
The Doctor’s Ultimate Guide to Contracts and NegotiationsTheDoctor’s Ultimate Guide to Con
"The Doctor's Ultimate Guide to Contracts and Negotiations" is a must-have manual for new and practicing doctors that fills the information gap left by medical education and training on preparing current and future doctors to successfully navigate transitioning into their first or next practice. This critical 300-page guide to understanding contracts, which is the most important document in a doctor's professional and personal life, will enable doctors to: - Become empowered by over 60 Power Moves for Doctors during Contract Negotiations- Recognize the Top 10 Contract Mistakes Physicians Make- Understand the Top 5 Most Important Contract Terms (Hint: Salary is NOT one of them!)- Develop a plan of attack when reading any contract using the RISC Analysis(TM)- Build Confidence with 6 Easy Yet Critical Negotiation Prep Steps- And Much More, including an accompanying Personal Power Moves Workbook with Customizable Blueprints, Worksheets, and ChecklistsAlleviate stress, anxiety and fear precipitated by analyzing & negotiating contracts!With over 18 years of experience as physician educator, entrepreneur and coach, Dr. Bonnie Simpson Mason, a retired orthopaedic surgeon, has written "The Doctor's Ultimate Guide to Contracts and Negotiations" because she believes with the right information, tools and resources, every doctor can employ an informed decision-making process when facing critical contract and negotiation decisions. If you are a doctor or if you know a doctor, this book is the single best gift one could ever give!
Assisted Living Administration and 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.Assisted Living Administration and Management: Effective Practices and Model Programs in Elder Care 2nd Edition provides students and healthcare professionals with the most up to date and essential knowledge on assisted living and residential care. This comprehensive text empowers current and future assisted living administrators to employ effective practices, understand model programs, and learn the necessary tools and tips to maximize the overall health, safety, and comfort of residents in their care. Organized by domains of practice, it also covers content information required to prepare for state-based Residential Care and Assisted Living (RC/AL) administrator certification or licensure exams.The textbook is structured in five parts which instruct on how to build and manage effective assisted living and residential care communities, beginning with Organizational Management and progressing through Human Resources, Business and Financial Management, Environmental Management, and Resident Care Management. The second edition includes six new chapters on evolving topics, such as interprofessional practice, home and community-based services (HCBS) as alternatives to assisted living, information and communication technology (ICT), LGBT issues, memory care units, and palliative and hospice care. Chapters feature learning objectives, case studies, effective practices, and more enabling students and healthcare professionals to evaluate, analyze, and synthetize information on how to best operate, manage, and lead assisted living communities. Useful for any long-term care and health management professional or student in the fields of gerontology, health administration, and long-term care administration, this comprehensive book covers the most crucial aspects of assisted living and residential care management--the most abundant and fastest growing senior living line of service in the United States.Key Features: Describes real-life situations and challenges associated with Assisted Living Administration with pragmatic solutions which highlight the most effective practices and model programs in elder careContains new chapters on interprofessional practice, home and community-based services (HCBS) as an alternative to assisted living, information and communication technology (ICT), LGBT issues, memory care units, palliative and hospice careHighlights useful details on business and financial management, including guidelines for marketing facilities and services, important legal issues and terms, and evolving public policy issues Incorporates chapters on environmental management, with information on accessibility, fire safety, disaster preparedness, universal design and aging in place, and much moreEmphasizes the importance of holistic, resident care management by examining the biological, psychological, and social aspects of agingPrepares students to qualify and sit for the state certification or licensure examination as Assisted Living AdministratorsIncludes access to the fully downloadable eBook and instructor resources including a test bank
Had Ik Het Maar Geweten
Iemand met dementie heeft maar beperkt ziekte-inzicht. Daarom is het van belang dat familie, vrienden en verzorgenden dit inzicht wel krijgen en ernaar handelen. Dit boek geeft hiervoor veel praktische tips gericht op communicatie, het omgaan met geheugenproblemen, mentorschap bij medische en financi禱le kwesties, activiteiten en het toepassen van nieuwe technieken en hulpmiddelen.Had ik het maar geweten is gebaseerd op de nieuwste wetenschappelijke inzichten en technische mogelijkheden. Bijzonder zijn de persoonlijke ervaringen van bekende Nederlanders, zoals Adelheid Roosen en Gerdi Verbeet. Had ik het maar geweten is de afgelopen jaren uitgegroeid tot het best verkochte informatieve boek over dementie. De praktische toepasbaarheid van de 100 tips, de positieve toon van het boek en de herkenbaarheid van genoemde voorbeelden zorgen hiervoor.
Who’s In Charge? Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health C
With a new preface assessing leadership responses to the coronavirus pandemic, this text explores leadership problems that can develop during such public health crises as the 2001 anthrax attacks, 2003 SARS epidemic, and Mad Cow Disease epidemic of the 1980s-1990s. A threat to public health, such as a rampaging virus, is no time for a muddled chain of command and contradictory decision-making. Who's In Charge? Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises, re-issued with a new preface assessing leadership during the COVID-19 outbreak, explores the crucial relationships among political leaders, public health officials, and journalists to see why leadership confusion develops. As the problematic response to COVID-19 has once again shown, the reluctance of politicians to risk alarm can run counter to the public health need to prepare for worse cases. Many leaders will seek high visibility during a public health crisis, but politicians are not medical experts, and the more they speak, the more they risk disseminating harmful information. How to achieve the right balance is the essence of this book. Beginning by looking at the overarching issues of leadership and public health administration, it then examines in depth five emergencies: the 2001 anthrax attacks, the 1993 cryptosporidium outbreaks, the 2003 SARS outbreak, the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease crisis, and the battle against Mad Cow Disease.
Agile Implementation
A proven method for implementing sustainable change to improve healthcare delivery.
Innovating for Wellness
The healthcare system has failed to achieve its purpose: supporting patients in their pursuit of better and stable health. Innovating for Wellness: Bridging the Gap between Health System and Patient explores the ways in which innovators are thinking differently about how healthcare should be provided to our nation's sickest patients. In this book, you will discover: Innovative digital health technology start-ups and entrepreneurs The father of the Accountable Care Organization, who dedicated his life to changing how we pay for healthcare How healthcare is changing to fundamentally flip from reactive to proactive Longyear explores these innovations through the lens of a patient and caregiver as his family's tragic story reveals important insights into how healthcare must change to drive better outcomes. Healthcare is in the perfect storm for disruption as technology has accelerated and new payment models provide new incentives for change. Innovating for Wellness speaks to professionals, students, patients, caregivers, and those interested in the rapidly changing world of healthcare. If you work in healthcare, have ever been a patient, or are interested in the future of the industry, this book is for you.
Wie Gesundheit im Rechtsstaat funktioniertEin themenorientierter Streifzug durch die deuts
Jahr f羹r Jahr gewinnen die Sozialgesetzb羹cher an Umfang. Neue Paragrafen werden eingef羹gt, Abs瓣tze erg瓣nzt und verschoben, manche wieder gel繹scht. Und was steht drin? "Wie Gesundheit im Rechtsstaat funktioniert" bietet einen themenorientierten Einstieg in die Welt der Rechte und Pflichten rund um die Gesundheit - von der Pr瓣vention 羹ber die Selbstverwaltung und Selbsthilfe bis zu klinischen Studien und neuen Konzepten f羹r die Versorgung. Zudem bezieht es Rehabilitation und Pflege ein. Das Buch richtet sich an alle, die einen Einblick in die Funktionsweise des deutschen Gesundheitssystems gewinnen wollen, ohne zu polemisieren oder Partei zu ergreifen; denn letztlich kommt es in einem so vielschichtigen System wie dem hiesigen Gesundheitssystem auf das Zusammenspiel aller Beteiligten an, um ein gutes Ergebnis f羹r die Gesundheit eines jeden Einzelnen als auch der Bev繹lkerung insgesamt zu erzielen.
(op)Nieuw Geleerd, Oud Gedaan
Veel familieleden en zorgverleners weten niet dat mensen met dementie nog goed in staat zijn om nieuwe dingen te leren. En dat terwijl dit lerend vermogen een enorme invloed heeft op de kwaliteit van leven van de persoon in kwestie en zijn omgeving. Dit lerend vermogen is zowel bij mensen met beginnende als mensen met gevorderde dementie nog aanwezig. In dit boek leggen wij uit wat er in de hersenen gebeurt bij dementie en hoe het kan dat mensen met dementie nog kunnen leren. Het hoopgevende (Op)nieuw geleerd, oud gedaan staat vol tips om dit leren als familielid of zorgverlener te stimuleren. De grote hoeveelheid ervaringsverhalen inspireert en vertaalt de theorie naar de praktijk.(Op)nieuw geleerd, oud gedaan is het tweede boek in de reeks 'Moderne Dementiezorg'.Het eerste boek, Had ik het maar geweten, is uitgegroeid tot het best verkochte informatieve boek over dementie in Nederland.
Agile Implementation
Agile Implementation describes the underlying theories and frameworks that explain health delivery systems and lays out the 8 steps of the Agile Implementation Model founded by Malaz Boustani, MD, MPH and Jose Azar, MD.In today's complex healthcare environment, implementing evidence-based care into real-world practices is difficult and time consuming. Even methods that are known to be effective allow for limited flexibility and therefore fail as often as they succeed. Through much study and experimentation, Malaz Boustani, MD, MPH, Jose Azar, MD, and Craig A. Solid, PhD have come to understand how individuals' interactions within the complex social systems of hospitals, clinics, and other care delivery organizations shape the decisions and behaviors of those involved. Upon this foundation and through leveraging theories of behavioral economics, we have developed the Agile Implementation Model, a process for selecting, adapting, implementing, evaluating, sustaining, and scaling evidence-based healthcare interventions.This model acknowledges the uniqueness of each individual facility and considers individuals within the system to be semiautonomous but interconnected. In tandem with illustrative examples, Agile Implementation describes the underlying theories and frameworks that explain health delivery systems and lays out the 8 steps of the Agile Implementation Model. Upon completing Agile Implementation, readers have a better understanding of why certain quality initiatives succeed while others fail and have tangible, actionable tools for implementing effective and sustainable change in the healthcare setting.
Badass AdvocateBecoming the Champion Your Seriously Ill Loved One Deserves
Is your loved one's serious illness causing you to feel overwhelmed or powerless? Do you desperately want them to get the care they deserve but aren't sure where to begin? Are you looking to make sense of the chaos surrounding their health issues? In this information-packed and action-oriented book, you will learn how to lead the charge and powerfully advocate for the patient in your life. Whether your loved one is hospitalized or home-bound, Badass Advocate will teach you how to effectively navigate the challenges you face. After losing her father and sister to aggressive diseases, Erin Galyean learned what it takes to powerfully advocate. In Badass Advocate, she shares what she learned so you can make a difference in your loved one's care. In Badass Advocate, you will learn how to: Build an unstoppable support team for both you and the patient Ask doctors effective questions to get the real answers you need Remember key conversations with healthcare professionals Be the patient's voice when they are not able Avoid caregiver's fatigue Find credible information online Balance being both compassionate and assertive as a caregiver Stay focused on advocating without overloading yourself Badass Advocate will help you make a difference in your loved one's healthcare experience. Badass Advocate will serve as a guidebook for influential caregiving. Badass Advocate turns overwhelmed caregivers into empowered advocates. What's stopping you from being the kind of advocate your loved one deserves? Don't wait until tomorrow. Be the badass your loved one needs today.
Prescription Technology
The secret to opening physician-patient communication channels, reducing physician burnout, and achieving real results for patient health outcomes lies in the embrace of technology. In Prescription Technology, author Dr. Pranathi Kondapaneni shows healthcare stakeholders how current and future technology tools can be leveraged to reduce stress for the doctor and increase the patient's adoption of modified lifestyle behaviours.What you'll discover: Why current deployment of technology is causing more problems for the physician than it solves, and how to change thatHow remote-monitoring and voice-first technologies will soon play an important role in healthcareWhy artificial intelligence is the huge game-changer for patient-physician communicationHow adopting gamification concepts can strengthen the human connection between doctor and patient. Imagine never again having to suffer through another electronic medical record meltdown or worry about where to find time to update patient charts. In Prescription Technology, explore how technology can solve the dysfunction caused by a system that perversely values economic incentives over patients' health. Dr. Kondapaneni has written this book for physicians and medical leaders, but technology professionals may also find it useful in learning how physicians regard current cumbersome technology tools, and how the growing impact of technology can benefit patient care.
Death Is But a Dream
The first book to validate the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears. Christopher Kerr is a hospice doctor. All of his patients die. Yet he has cared for thousands of patients who, in the face of death, speak of love and grace. Beyond the physical realities of dying are unseen processes that are remarkably life-affirming. These include dreams that are unlike any regular dream. Described as "more real than real," these end-of-life experiences resurrect past relationships, meaningful events and themes of love and forgiveness; they restore life's meaning and mark the transition from distress to comfort and acceptance. Drawing on interviews with over 1,400 patients and more than a decade of quantified data, Dr. Kerr reveals that pre-death dreams and visions are extraordinary occurrences that humanize the dying process. He shares how his patients' stories point to death as not solely about the end of life, but as the final chapter of humanity's transcendence. Kerr's book also illuminates the benefits of these phenomena for the bereaved, who find solace in seeing their loved ones pass with a sense of calm closure. Beautifully written, with astonishing real-life characters and stories, this book is at its heart a celebration of our power to reclaim the dying process as a deeply meaningful one. Death Is But a Dream is an important contribution to our understanding of medicine's and humanity's greatest mystery.
Maximize Your Medicare 2020-2021
"A must-read for both current and future retirees." --Robert Powell, Retirement Daily Includes the Most Up-to-Date Information for 2020-2021 Confused by Medicare? Get answers from Maximize Your Medicare, an informative guide by nationally recognized expert Jae W. Oh. Maximize Your Medicare helps readers understand how and what to choose when deciding on Medicare options. This book shows readers how to: Enroll in Medicare and avoid never-ending penaltiesCompare Medigap vs. Medicare AdvantageDiscern the differences among Parts A, B, and DIncrease benefits every yearAvoid costly errorsDeal with special circumstancesGet the most from the plan Written in a clear and concise style, Maximize Your Medicare is a vital resource for every American aged sixty-five or older, as well as for their families and care coordinators.
Still MD
Still MD is an abbreviated form of the phrase "still a medical doctor". This book affirms the crucial role of international medical graduates (IMGs) in the United States healthcare system.This book was written by two international medical graduates, Dr. Nina Lum and Dr. Kimberly Brown, who are now thriving in clinical practice. In Still MD, the doctors reveal tried and proven tips for success for each milestone required to grow from being an international medical student to becoming a practicing physician in the United States.If you are either a future doctor, a student of a foreign medical school or a physician seeking to practice in the United States, this book is for you.In this guidebook, you will learn: How to conquer USMLE Step 1 The best way to make a positive impression during your clinical years, and Strategies to match into a US residency program and so much more...
Atypical Premed
The decision to apply to medical school is not one that can be made easily overnight. It takes years of preparation to construct a decent application, and even then, acceptance is not guaranteed. The process is especially grueling for non-traditional students who do not fit the cookie-cutter mold of the thousands of students applying to medical school each year. As a three-time medical school applicant, single mother, and former non-traditional student, Dr. Danielle Ward knows all too well the difficulties and obstacles that come along with the decision to start on the path to becoming a physician.Atypical Premed was created to prove that despite not fitting the mold, you absolutely can accomplish your dream of becoming a physician! Atypical Premed is filled with advice, tips, and Dr. Ward's own personal experiences to both guide and encourage students from all backgrounds who are interested in pursuing a medical career. Whether you are overcoming low GPA and/or MCAT scores, a single parent, changing careers, involved in the military, an older (or even younger) student, or involved in anything else that does not fit the typical view of an entering medical student--if you plan on applying to medical school, this book will have something for you.
How to Get the Right Diagnosis16 Tips for Navigating the Medical System
Get the Correct Medical Diagnosis You Need and Deserve"If you, or one of your loved ones, has a complex, chronic illness, you need to read this book. You are not alone if you fear your medical problems are misunderstood." ―Dr. Jeanne Shiffman, MD, Well Being―Being Well, Integrative and Family Medicine#1 Bestseller in Men's HealthMany know from experience that getting an accurate medical diagnosis can be difficult. Take it from Randy Pherson, who struggled with a medical condition for five years before getting a proper diagnosis―and once he did, had to undergo a major surgery to save his life.Learn to leverage the system. As traumatic as Pherson's situation was, it is not an isolated experience. He decided to help others facing similar situations. Applying his analytical skills honed as a CIA senior intelligence officer, Pherson offers precise, analytical techniques for using the medical system to your advantage.Lessons that could save your life. Because of the sheer number of patients doctors and medical staff see each day, it can be difficult to get the medical attention you deserve. Pherson cites a network of individuals who have tried, both successfully and unsuccessfully, to navigate the medical system. By using their stories as examples, Pherson gives value to their experiences and provides lessons learned to potentially save lives.Inside find: 16 tips for navigating the medical systemHow to better describe your pain and the specific questions to ask your doctorTechniques to spur a correct diagnosis and obstacles to overcome when seeking treatmentTips for building an effective partnership with your doctorIf self-help and medicine books such as Lab Values, Diagnosis, How to Be a Patient, How Doctors Think, Attending, or The Patient Will See You Now have been valuable, then Randy Pherson's How to Get the Right Diagnosis is the next book for you.
Medical Terminology for Dummies
Take the intimidation out of medical terminology Every job in the medical field needs some background in medical terminology. From the check-in desk to the doctor to the pharmaceutical sales rep, and everyone around and in between, healthcare professionals and those in adjacent fields use a common and consistent vocabulary to improve quality, safety, and efficiency. Medical Terminology For Dummies is a powerful resource for current and prospective healthcare professionals. It provides different ways to memorize the words and their meanings, including ideas for study materials, flash cards, quizzes, mind maps, and games. Plus, you'll discover how to identify, pronounce, define, and apply words in proper context. Grasp the standardized language of medicine Find the easiest way to remember tongue-twisting terms Benefit from lots of definitions and examples Understand, retain, and put this knowledge to use If you're one of the millions of professionals hoping to succeed in this booming field, this book gets you talking the talk so you can walk the walk!
Seeing Patients
"A powerful and extraordinarily important book."--James P. Comer, MD "A marvelous personal journey that illuminates what it means to care for people of all races, religions, and cultures. The story of this man becomes the aspiration of all those who seek to minister not only to the body but also to the soul."--Jerome Groopman, MD, author of How Doctors Think Growing up in Jim Crow-era Tennessee and training and teaching in overwhelmingly white medical institutions, Gus White witnessed firsthand how prejudice works in the world of medicine. While race relations have changed dramatically since then, old ways of thinking die hard. In this blend of memoir and manifesto, Dr. White draws on his experience as a resident at Stanford Medical School, a combat surgeon in Vietnam, and head orthopedic surgeon at one of Harvard's top teaching hospitals to make sense of the unconscious bias that riddles medical care, and to explore how we can do better in a diverse twenty-first-century America. "Gus White is many things--trailblazing physician, gifted surgeon, and freedom fighter. Seeing Patients demonstrates to the world what many of us already knew--that he is also a compelling storyteller. This powerful memoir weaves personal experience and scientific research to reveal how the enduring legacy of social inequality shapes America's medical field. For medical practitioners and patients alike, Dr. White offers both diagnosis and prescription."--Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, Harvard University "A tour de force--a compelling story about race, health, and conquering inequality in medical care...Dr. White has a uniquely perceptive lens with which to see and understand unconscious bias in health care...His journey is so absorbing that you will not be able to put this book down."--Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., author of All Deliberate Speed
