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.
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 Financial Management domain in MGMA's Body of Knowledge for Medical Practice Management, 4th Edition.Healthcare executives are primarily responsible for all financial aspects of the medical practice. Their ability to analyze and improve financial functions is fundamental to the organization's success. From revenue cycle management and accounts receivable and payable to contract negotiations, budgeting and audits, the healthcare executive must master myriad skills and develop proper policies and procedures for effective financial 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 Financial 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 Transformative Healthcare Delivery domain in MGMA's Body of Knowledge for Medical Practice Management, 4th Edition.Healthcare executives are primarily responsible for managing the medical practice's transformative healthcare activities. Their ability to work closely with providers to effectively deliver care is integral to the organization's success. From care, payment and organizational models to innovation and emerging technologies, the healthcare executive must master myriad skills and develop proper policies and procedures for effective transformative healthcare delivery. Leading a medical practice requires a set of technical skills and professional knowledge unique to the profession. The expertise and understanding needed in the Transformative Healthcare Delivery 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 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.
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.
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.
My Doctor Appointment Log Book and Journal
Is it possible to take the frustration out of your doctor appointments? Whether you're seeing your doctor, physician's assistant, nurse practitioner, or other medical professional, visiting your doctor's office and managing your medical appointments can be a daunting and frustrating experience. From filling out or updating seemingly endless forms in the waiting room to feeling rushed and forgetting your questions during your appointment, many of us leave our appointments feeling confused and concerned. This can be especially difficult for those whose medical conditions require recurring visits. Understanding that the key to better, more productive doctor visits lies in preparation, patient and author Olivia Davenport wrote My Doctor Appointment Log Book and Journal to help patients become more proactive in working with their practitioners to better manage their medical care. Designed to be used during doctor visits (in-person or online), this book empowers you, the patient, with the following tools: An organized checklist of tasks to complete to help you prepare for your doctor appointment A comprehensive list of tips to help you maintain a productive doctor-patient relationship An extensive set of fillable tables to help you summarize your medical history An easy-to-use journal section with plenty of space to write in your pre-appointment questions, your doctor's answers, your post-appointment follow-up instructions and medications, as well as your thoughts and personal notes about the appointment. This book is filled with everything you need to have an organized, productive way to manage your medical appointments.The time is now to start working with your doctor in a less frustrating, more productive way. Let My Doctor Appointment Log Book and Journal: The Patient's Tool to Prepare for and Record What Happens at Every Doctor Visit show you how. Order a copy for yourself and a friend or loved one who would benefit from it today!
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.
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.
Butchered By "Healthcare"
HOW YOU CAN SURVIVE "HEALTHCARE," THE LARGEST AND MOST CORRUPT INDUSTRY IN AMERICA. Robert Yoho, MD, a top physician, has written this award-winning book to help you see through the lies, handle hospitals, find trustworthy doctors, and master your drugs. Learn how to avoid disgracefully ineffective and overused treatments such as: ✪ Angioplasty and coronary artery bypass surgery✪ Low back and endoscopic knee surgeries ✪ Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) ✪ Hysterectomies and Caesarean sections Learn how toxic medications destroy health and how to quit them. ✪ 70 percent of us take prescription drugs, 20% of us more than five✪ A 6th of us take psych drugs, causing brain damage and early death✪ Cholesterol medicines are nearly worthless but are used by one in ten✪ Opioids: millions take them and seventy thousand died in the US of overdoses in 2020✪ Most cancer treatments are complete failures✪ Generic medications are often weak or ineffectiveLearn how big Pharma sells drugs by faking their studies. Understand the lies they stuff into websites and medical journals. Learn why it all gets ignored (hint: Pharma has the largest criminal settlements in history).Learn how to conquer healthcare costs. Medical spending per person is double that of other countries and it is the top reason for US personal bankruptcy. I will show you how to escape the over-billing and prosper anyway.Money short-circuits everyone's integrity. But if you read this book and learn the system, you can find first-rate healthcare at reasonable prices. Pick up your copy of Butchered by "Healthcare" today by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page!RobertYohoAuthor.com
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.
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
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.
Urban Public Health
Today, we know cities as shared spaces with the potential to both threaten and promote human health: while urban areas are known to amplify the transmission of epidemics like Ebola, urban residency is also associated with longer, healthier lives. Modern cities encompass a wide ecology of infrastructures, institutions and services that impact health, from access to improved sanitation and early childhood education to the design of buildings and transportation systems. So how has this centuries-long transformation in human settlement affected the mindset surrounding public health research and practice? Urban Public Health is an interdisciplinary collaboration from experts across the globe that approaches the issue of urban health research from a uniquely public health orientation. The carefully crafted and thoughtful chapters in this volume grapple with the complexity of the urban setting as a physical and social space while also providing an abundance of global and local examples of current urban health practices. Urban Public Health is divided into four pragmatic sections which cover core conceptual models of public health and their inequities, methods of urban health research assessment, methods of urban health research analysis and explanation, and ultimately, opportunities for urban health research to inform action through partnership and collaboration, including those which elevate community voices and capacities. An accessible guide for both students and researchers alike, Urban Public Health shines a light on how to understand, measure and change the urban setting so that cities grow, people thrive, and no one is left behind.
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.
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.
Why We Revolt
Winner of the 2018 PenCraft Award for Literary Excellence, Why We Revolt peels back the curtain to expose the corruption and negligence present in the modern American healthcare system--and how, with focused collaboration, we can revolutionize the way our country approaches patient care. Told through a series of essays and short stories, Dr. Victor M. Montori's Why We Revolt uncovers how, over the past few decades, the American healthcare system has become increasingly exploited and industrialized. The costs of health insurance and standard medical procedures continue to soar, physicians are pressured to push through cases without regards for patient satisfaction, and the system pursues standardization, which causes individualized healthcare to become generic and impersonal. Still, the United States falls behind other countries on patient outcomes, and physicians continue to be overloaded with tedious administrative work as the emphasis is placed on profits instead of patient care. Dr. Montori's first-hand account is a must-read for both physicians and patients who want to understand how--and why--the American healthcare system fails the very people it was meant to serve, and what direct actions we can take to transform it. The book's content serves as a warning that, without radical change, the system will continue to help economically-driven corporations profit, harming doctors and patients in the process. Why We Revolt is an inspiring call-to-action for physicians, policymakers, and patients alike to rethink the way we approach healthcare. By sharing moving, personal anecdotes from decades on the front line, Dr. Montori proves that with education, optimism, and compassion, we can work together to change the face of the current healthcare system and transform it into one that offers tailored healthcare in a kind and careful way. All proceeds from Why We Revolt go directly to Patient Revolution, a non-profit organization founded by Dr. Montori that empowers patients, caregivers, community advocates, and clinicians to rebuild our healthcare system one bit at a time. *** "In this brave book, Dr. Montori channels George Orwell to expose the corruption -- and absurdity -- of health care. Filled with compassionate and clear-eyed observations, Why We Revolt will leave you fired up, no matter what side of the gurney you are on." - Julia Belluz, senior health correspondent at Vox.com. "We revolt because our health - our very lives - matter. Why We Revolt does not serve as a blueprint but as an inspiration for patients and clinicians who are ready to pry open the idea of "healthcare" and make it about actual health and care. This book is a necessary catalyst for conversations that will revolutionize patient care." - Kerri Sparling, diabetes patient advocate and creator of SixUntilMe.com. "This marvelously optimistic book is an urgent and cogent call to action that is firmly rooted in direct experience of the harms inflicted, not only on patients but also on those who try to care for them, by the industrialization of contemporary healthcare." - Iona Heath, medical doctor and writer, former president of the Royal College of General Practitioners. "A thoroughly convincing, mobilizing, and supremely optimistic call to action for medical industry reform." -- Kirkus "Beautifully written, with an elegantly simple and though-provoking message, I recommend it wholeheartedly, and, once you have read it, pass it on to someone else. We need a change in health care, and this may be the answer." - Samuel Finnikin, British Journal of General Practice
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
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.
Understanding Fever and Body Temperature
This book covers several areas, such as immunology, infectious diseases, physiology, general nursing, and medicine as well as measurement accuracy and the history of our understanding of fever. This book employs an interdisciplinary approach to exploring our concept of body temperature and specifically fever. The present volume revolves around thermometry, taking the reader on a journey from the past to the present. Yet while the emphasis is on the clinical importance of obtaining accurate, quantitative measurements of body temperature, the reader is also introduced to the most recent clinical work on the subject. This book represents a truly cross-disciplinary collaboration, using evidence-based practice to integrate physiological and immunological knowledge. The authors' intention with this volume is to help readers gain better insight into the importance of using knowledge from different disciplines to develop an appreciation of the different aspects of body temperature. In addition, the reader will come to understand the concept of fever in a broader perspective than is traditionally adopted.
Internal Branding Im Krankenhaus
Die Autorin pr瓣sentiert einen umfassend sozial- und pflegewissenschaftlich fundierten Managementansatz f羹r den Krankenhausbereich und zeigt die Notwendigkeit zur Markenentwicklung im Gesundheitswesen auf. Die professionelle Pflege hat in diesem Zusammenhang einen gro?en Einfluss auf den Unternehmenserfolg und somit auch auf die qualitativen und 繹konomischen Ziele im Krankenhaus. Eine besondere Bedeutung kommt deshalb den Mitarbeitern zu, die sich mit ihrem Unternehmen identifizieren, um als Markenbotschafter zu fungieren. Die Autorin stellt die organisationstheoretische Perspektive eines Krankenhauses und die des professionellen Expertentums in den Fokus. Sie entwickelt ein Modell als Grundlage f羹r eine identit瓣tsorientierte und identifikationsf繹rdernde Organisationsentwicklung und somit als Fundament f羹r die identit瓣tsorientierte Markenentwicklung.
Modeling a New Computer Framework for Managing Healthcare Organizations
The medical sector has been growing exponentially over the last decade and healthcare services are becoming more complex and costly. In order to continue efficiently and effectively managing patient safety, quality, and the effectiveness of the healthcare systems, new methodologies are needed. This book provides a platform to address this growing need and to improve practice. With the introduction of a new computer platform package for the management of medical organizations and healthcare systems, Modeling a New Computer Framework for Managing Healthcare Organizations aims to improve management techniques and increase overall satisfaction scores of patients, owners, and medical resources. The platform outlined will improve the daily operation of a healthcare system, focusing on the emergency department, and can be used to study the operation flow of a unit for performance optimization. It offers a user-friendly interface and proposed programming language, along with a visual and simple practice to collect and understand statistical outputs. Essential reading for decision makers on different levels in the healthcare organization hierarchy, this book can also be used by management to improve the performance of the organization and decision makers to hire resources, enhance workflows or both. It guides designers and system implementers in a step-by-step approach to make optimal decisions for resource allocation and helps designers and management to detect deficiencies in ongoing processes and fix or enhance them. Soraia Oueida is an instructor in the Department of Computer Engineering at the American University of the Middle East. She is an IEEE member and her research interests include Simulation Modeling, Discrete Mathematics, Petri Net, Workflows, Blockchain, IoT, Industrial Management Systems.
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.
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.
Caregiver Log
This Caregiver Log notebook is a perfect way to track & write to your client's and patients' daily care. Each page includes space for: Name & DateToiletingTimes Up In The NightMeals Schedule, Snacks, DrinksActivities AppointmentsHealth ConcernsPlans For TomorrowPain Level, Happiness Level, Alertness LevelSupplies Needed SoonMedication TakenNotesPerfect to keep important details in one place and look back over and monitor your client's personal information and medical history as you care for them in their home. Makes a great gift that you can get for that special caregiver in your life. Easy to use. Size is 6x9 inches, quality white paper, blank ink, 100 pages, soft matte finish cover, paperback.
Understanding Prevention for HIV Positive Gay Men
This innovative collection offers a wide-ranging palette of psychological, public health, and sociopolitical approaches toward addressing the multi-level prevention needs of gay men living with HIV and AIDS. This book advances our understanding of comprehensive health care, risk and preventive behaviors, sources of mental distress and resilience, treatment adherence, and the experiences of gay men's communities such as communities of color, youth, faith communities, and the house ball community. Interventions span biomedical, behavioral, structural, and technological approaches toward critical goals, including bolstering the immune system, promoting safer sexual practices, reducing HIV-related stigma and discrimination, and eliminating barriers to care. The emphasis throughout these diverse chapters is on evidence-based, client-centered practice, coordination of care, and inclusive, culturally responsive services. Included in the coverage: Comprehensive primary health care for HIV positive gay men From pathology to resiliency: understanding the mental health of HIV positive gay men Emerging and innovative prevention strategies for HIV positive gay men Understanding the developmental and psychosocial needs of HIV positive gay adolescent males Social networks of HIV positive gay men: their role and importance in HIV prevention HIV positive gay men, health care, legal rights, and policy issues Understanding Prevention for HIV Positive Gay Men will interest academics, researchers, prevention experts, practitioners, and policymakers in public health. It will also be important to research organizations, nonprofit organizations, and clinical agencies, as well as graduate programs related to public health, consultation, and advocacy.
Support Workers and the Health Professions
Health care support workers (HSWs) play a fundamental role in international health care systems, and yet they remain largely invisible. Despite this, the number of HSWs is growing fast as governments strive to combat illness and address social care issues in a world of finite resources. This original collection analyses the global experience of HSWs in the UK, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Portugal, Sweden and The Netherlands. Leading academics examine issues including the interface of HSWs with the health professions, regulatory practice risks, employment challenges and the dilemmas of an ageing population. Crucial future policy recommendations are also made for a world becoming increasingly dependent on HSWs.
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.
One Patient at a Time
A Better Way For Doctors & Patients Are you a doctor who wants to give patients the best care, yet struggle with the demands of managing the clinic and the business? Or are you a patient who's tired of poor service, impolite greetings, and providers in a rush? Doctors Jeff and Susan Kegarise are here to give you hope. There is a better way--for both patients and doctors. In One Patient At A Time, they open the doors to their Nashville practice to let patients see how leadership, systems, staff, and doctors combine to deliver patient-focused, relationship-driven care. And they show doctors how to provide this kind of care by giving specific, implementable steps that drive a culture of service to patients--one that patients clearly see as unique, enjoyable, and a better experience than the typical doctor visit. Read this book and you will never look at your healthcare experience or your practice the same. And you will be better for it.
Affiliation Options for Physicians
In this new book, Max Reiboldt, CPA, and his team at Coker Group, equip physicians, physician leaders, health system administrators and private investors with an abundance of knowledge and effective strategies for making sound decisions based on the current and future environment of healthcare practice and delivery.Reiboldt and team presents those myriad possibilities in an organized and easy-to-digest format that explores the "what" and "how-to" applications of each option, and by providing an historical review of various physician affiliation transactions over the past 20 years, including: Physician to physician. Private group to private group. Private group to hospital-health systems. Private group to private equity/outside investors, and more. Using history as a basis, Reiboldt and his team of experts explain how the past has shaped the current state of affiliation models and associated transactions. As a user-friendly resource for those weighing their affiliation options, Reiboldt also explains professional services agreements, joint equity opportunities, private equity transactions, clinical co-management alignment, clinically integrated networks and value-based reimbursement structures, legal and regulatory compliance considerations, capital procurement options, the role of IT, and the mechanics of putting together and closing the deal. As president and CEO of Coker Group, Max Reiboldt, CPA, and his capable team have first-hand experience in the ongoing changes of healthcare providers, which uniquely equips them to handle strategic, tactical, financial and management issues that health systems and physicians face in today's evolving marketplace. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Overview of Physician Affiliation Options--50 Years of History Chapter 2: Evolution of Economics of Physician Affiliation Models Chapter 3: Reasons for Affiliation Chapter 4: Summary of Current Models Chapter 5: Physician Employment Chapter 6: Professional Services Agreements Chapter 7: Joint Equity Ventures Chapter 8: Private Equity Model for Hospital/Physician Transactions Chapter 9: Private Equity-Like Transactions Chapter 10: Clinical Co-Management Chapter 11: Limited Affiliation Structures Chapter 12: Clinically Integrated Networks and Value-based Reimbursement Affiliation Models Chapter 13: Group Mergers Chapter 14: Information Technology Due Diligence in Mergers Chapter 15: Legal and Regulatory Considerations Chapter 16: Options for Capital Procurement Chapter 17: Transaction Mechanics and Key Steps of the Deal Process Chapter 18: What Lies Ahead?
Metaphor, Cancer and the End of Life
This book presents the methodology, findings and implications of a large-scale corpus-based study of the metaphors used to talk about cancer and the end of life in contemporary UK.
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.
PLAYING DOCTOR - Part One
Better than the medical shows - and it really happened. Playing Doctor is a laugh-out-loud, brutally honest medical memoir that pulls back the curtain on what becoming a doctor is actually like-chaotic, absurd, frightening, and very human. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I stayed up far too late, often crying with laughter."- Lauren Weisberger, #1 New York Times bestselling author (The Devil Wears Prada) Told with self-deprecating humor and fast-paced storytelling, Playing Doctor takes you behind the white coat and into the moments medical shows hint at-but never fully tell: - Mishaps, mistakes, and near-disasters- The dark humor that keeps people going- The doubts, pressure, and humanity behind the professionYou don't need a medical background to love this book.As one reader put it: "Who knew I'd enjoy a book about medical school?"Start with Book 1 and continue through the series as the journey gets wilder, funnier, and more honest. What readers are saying: ⭐ "Doctor had me in stitches!""One of the most entertaining books I've ever read. I literally laughed out loud." - Traveler⭐ "Unexpectedly fun.""Down-to-earth, heartfelt, and seriously laugh-out-loud funny. Just buy it." - PMiller⭐ "You cannot help but like this guy.""Top-notch writing. I really loved this book." - Amazon Customer
Caring for Millions
With an aging population comes unique care needs for those who prefer to age at home. Demand for home care in the US is at an all-time high. More money is spent every year on home care as an aging population chooses to grow old in their own homes. Over 10,000 seniors turn 65 a day in the US, making home care one of the fastest-growing and most essential industries.The booming home care industry provides a perfect opportunity for you to start an in-demand senior care business. Innovative companies are needed now more than ever to enter this market and shape the future. This is the small business owner step-by-step guide where you'll learn how to create a best-in-class agency for the clients who rely on you, while maintaining your own work-life balance.It's the perfect time and place to build your startup home care business, but where do you begin? How do you find the dream team to help you achieve and exceed goals?In Caring for Millions, you'll uncover the no-fluff, fast action steps to: Understand where the home care industry is now and where it's going.Discover the business model most aligned with your personal and professional goals.Position your home care agency with a unique brand identity.Develop a firm foundation and growth plan for your home care company with your flywheel of success.Implement the marketing plan designed for hyper-growth revenue.Build a company culture that attracts and supports your dream team of caregivers.Decide on your hiring practices to balance that with customer demand.From the visionary entrepreneur behind a company three times recognized as one of the fastest-growing ventures in the US, you'll learn exactly what you need to do to bootstrap your new company into a scalable and profitable home care business.Follow a proven path with actionable steps to design the home care agency poised to succeed in this high-demand market while providing top quality care to a generation in need. Starting your own home care agency can be an exciting and profitable venture with this roadmap.
Caring for Millions
With an aging population comes unique care needs for those who prefer to age at home. Demand for home care in the US is at an all-time high. More money is spent every year on home care as an aging population chooses to grow old in their own homes. Over 10,000 seniors turn 65 a day in the US, making home care one of the fastest-growing and most essential industries.The booming home care industry provides a perfect opportunity for you to start an in-demand senior care business. Innovative companies are needed now more than ever to enter this market and shape the future. This is the small business owner step-by-step guide where you'll learn how to create a best-in-class agency for the clients who rely on you, while maintaining your own work-life balance.It's the perfect time and place to build your startup home care business, but where do you begin? How do you find the dream team to help you achieve and exceed goals?In Caring for Millions, you'll uncover the no-fluff, fast action steps to: Understand where the home care industry is now and where it's going.Discover the business model most aligned with your personal and professional goals.Position your home care agency with a unique brand identity.Develop a firm foundation and growth plan for your home care company with your flywheel of success.Implement the marketing plan designed for hyper-growth revenue.Build a company culture that attracts and supports your dream team of caregivers.Decide on your hiring practices to balance that with customer demand.From the visionary entrepreneur behind a company three times recognized as one of the fastest-growing ventures in the US, you'll learn exactly what you need to do to bootstrap your new company into a scalable and profitable home care business.Follow a proven path with actionable steps to design the home care agency poised to succeed in this high-demand market while providing top quality care to a generation in need. Starting your own home care agency can be an exciting and profitable venture with this roadmap.
Szycher’s Dictionary of Medical Devices
The field of medical devices represents one of the most advanced technological areas in the United States. In 1991, over 12 million Americans had at least one medical device; fixation devices had the highest incidence, followed by contact lens use and lens implants and, lastly, artificial joints.
Marketing in Healthcare-Related Industries (hc)
Marketing in Healthcare-Related Industries captures the concepts and complexities of marketing healthcare in today's environment. The book provides detailed conceptual and practical insights that will be of great benefit to healthcare scholars and practitioners. Topics on healthcare marketing have been carefully selected to provide wide coverage and are illustrated by mini-cases with a highly practical marketing tool kit for healthcare managers included.The healthcare sector in the 21st century face a multiplicity of challenges, which include changing disease patterns, more technology-driven health interventions, a more assertive and quality conscious clientele, as well as a rapidly growing for-profit segment of the industry. This places more responsibilities on healthcare service providers in both the public and private sectors, to deliver value-for-money services at competitive costs. To respond to the changing business environment, a carefully crafted marketing approach is needed by all players in the industry to create value and sustain the confidence of clientele and stakeholders.
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.
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.
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.
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 about diabetes management; the need for POC glucose monitoring; the glucose detection technologies (invasive, noninvasive and continuous) being used in the POC devi
Marketing in Healthcare-Related Industries
Marketing in Healthcare-Related Industries captures the concepts and complexities of marketing healthcare in today's environment. The book provides detailed conceptual and practical insights that will be of great benefit to healthcare scholars and practitioners. Topics on healthcare marketing have been carefully selected to provide wide coverage and are illustrated by mini-cases with a highly practical marketing tool kit for healthcare managers included.The healthcare sector in the 21st century face a multiplicity of challenges, which include changing disease patterns, more technology-driven health interventions, a more assertive and quality conscious clientele, as well as a rapidly growing for-profit segment of the industry. This places more responsibilities on healthcare service providers in both the public and private sectors, to deliver value-for-money services at competitive costs. To respond to the changing business environment, a carefully crafted marketing approach is needed by all players in the industry to create value and sustain the confidence of clientele and stakeholders.
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.
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.
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.
