Advanced Strategy for Medical Practice Leaders
"Advanced Strategy for Medical Practice Leaders: Financial Management Edition," unlocks the secrets to success in managing and optimizing the financial aspects of a medical practice. This book provides healthcare professionals, administrators, and financial managers with comprehensive insights, detailed strategies and practical tools to ensure the financial health and prosperity of their medical practices. Within the intricate landscape of healthcare finance, making informed decisions and implementing effective financial strategies is paramount. This book is a vital resource, offering an in-depth exploration of the unique challenges, best practices and industry-specific tactics necessary to establish and maintain a strong financial framework in the 21st-century medical practice. Because each medical group is different, it is impossible to say there is only one model for strategic financial management leadership. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the reader to use this guide as a set of templates or best practices and place them within the context of their practice. This book will guide readers through every aspect of medical practice financial management. Exploring cost containment, optimal revenue strategies, financial planning, compliance efforts, patient outreach and revenue cycle integrity, the concepts and strategies found here provide practice leaders with a path to better financial outcomes.
The Scientific Basis of Integrative Health
Since the first suffering supplicant offered a prayer to his god or the first mother cradled an ailing child in her caring arms, we have witnessed how human health and healing go beyond any inventory of parts and infusion of chemicals. We humans are a complex melding of thought, emotion, spirit and energy and each of those components is as critical to our well-being as our physiological status. Even if we are just beginning to quantify and document these seemingly intangible aspect, to ignore them in the practice of medicine is neglect and an invitation to do harm. The Scientific Basis of Integrative Health has been extensively updated and expanded to provide a comprehensive guide to integrative medicine. Taking a balanced and objective approach, this leading text bridges the gap between Western science and Eastern philosophy. It provides doctors and other health practitioners with information on complementary and alternative approaches to health, that is authoritative, evidence based, and epidemiologically substantiated.Written for doctors and healthcare professionals by pioneering practitioners and updated with the newest research across and increasing range of possibilities, this third edition includes nine new chapters covering topics such as: Electrophotonic imaging; Neuroacupuncture; Naturopathic medicine; Integrative nutrition.
The Mental Health of Medical Students
Medical students are the medical workforce of the future, responsible for both individual and population health. With an ageing global population, changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the increased computerisation and roboticization of medicine, doctors will require ever more flexibility, foresight, and courage going forward. It is crucial that their training equips them for the challenges ahead. However, recent research has found worryingly high levels of stress and burnout amongst these individuals, leading to more students dropping out or leaving the profession early. This volume presents research findings on the rates of burnout in medical students from around the world and provides ideas for a model of care to help educators and individuals take steps towards better student wellbeing. The first section covers the development of medical teaching, likely future directions of healthcare and the role of doctors, the current global situation in high-, middle-, and low- income countries, and how we measure and define burnout. The second section analyses case studies from countries across the globe, reviewing regional themes of burnout, mental health symptoms, and stressors. The third section hears from the medical students themselves, considers circumstances such as studying abroad, or studying with health conditions, and looks at potential interventions and good practice for the future, including the role of the universities and institutions, and advice to medical students on how to look after themselves. A truly international collaboration with a focus on medical student mental health and wellbeing, this book will be of interest to medical education professionals, occupational health physicians, and medical practitioners, as well as researchers, medical students, and trainees.
Critical Care Emergencies
Written for residents and practicing community emergency physicians, this volume on critical care emergencies in the What Do I Do Now: Emergency Medicine series uses a case-based approach to cover both common and unique scenarios in critical care emergencies. Featuring chapters written by critical care and emergency medicine trained physicians, this volume provides a unique perspective on the ongoing management of critical illness with a focus on guideline-based protocol care based on national and local recommendations for common presentations such as pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction, or trauma. This volume reviews frequently-encountered diagnoses, procedures, clinical recommendations, and management problems. Brief summaries included at the end of each chapter supply the practicing clinician a quick point-of-care reference during a shift. Critical Care Emergencies is an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases which provides relevant reading for on-clinical shift trainees and for practicing EM physicians who need a refresher. The volume is also a self-assessment tool that tests the reader's ability to answer the question, "What do I do now?"
The Healthcare Value Chain
This volume analyzes group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in order to better understand the significant roles that these entities play in the healthcare supply chain. It examines who they contract with, on what terms, and who they represent and answer to while charting their historical development. The analysis reveals that the current roles of both players have historical roots that explain why they behave the way they do. Finally, the book reviews the evidence base on the performance results of these two players. This work fills a void in our understanding about two important and controversial players in the healthcare value chain. Both organizations are cloaked in secrecy -- partly by virtue of the private sector contracts they negotiate, partly by virtue of the lack of academic attention. Both play potentially important roles in controlling healthcare costs, albeit using contracting strategies and reimbursement mechanisms that arouse suspicion among stakeholders. This timely text explicates how these organizations arose and evolved to shed more light on how they really operate.
Emerging Technologies in Healthcare
This edited book focuses on the role and use of emerging technologies within the healthcare sector. This text draws on expertise from leading practitioners and researchers who either utilize and/or are at the forefront of researching with emerging technology in anticipation of enhancing patient outcomes.Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: Interpersonal and Client-Based Perspectives focuses on the role of emerging technologies in society and how it may enhance medical treatment, management, and rehabilitation of service users. It offers expert perspectives on topics covering emerging technological advances and how they are being incorporated into healthcare, but also critically appraises forthcoming implementation. The editors draw from recent publications and the growing narrative surrounding technological advances, notably telerehabilitation, virtual reality, augmentation, and mHealth. Subsequent chapters focus on these, coupled with other emerging technologies, providing detailed insight into how these can either enhance and/or hinder patient/service user outcomes. Each chapter explores the multifaceted use and application of each emerging technology, that impacts on diagnosis, treatment, and (self-) management of individuals. For example, can emerging technology really facilitate patient diagnosis, improve, or remove practitioner-patient interactions, provide sound rehabilitation, and treat/monitor mental health conditions?This edited volume encompasses an array of emerging technologies that will remain pertinent to caregivers, families, practitioners, service users and policymakers. This is not a text on emerging technology alone but on its societal implications, accompanied by ethical, altruistic, and moral examples for such advances within the healthcare field. It is targeted that this text will enhance and offer original discussions surrounding the interconnectivity of technology and medicine, rehabilitation, and patient care.
Emerging Technologies in Healthcare
This edited book focuses on the role and use of emerging technologies within the healthcare sector. This text draws on expertise from leading practitioners and researchers who either utilize and/or are at the forefront of researching with emerging technology in anticipation of enhancing patient outcomes.Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: Interpersonal and Client-Based Perspectives focuses on the role of emerging technologies in society and how it may enhance medical treatment, management, and rehabilitation of service users. It offers expert perspectives on topics covering emerging technological advances and how they are being incorporated into healthcare, but also critically appraises forthcoming implementation. The editors draw from recent publications and the growing narrative surrounding technological advances, notably telerehabilitation, virtual reality, augmentation, and mHealth. Subsequent chapters focus on these, coupled with other emerging technologies, providing detailed insight into how these can either enhance and/or hinder patient/service user outcomes. Each chapter explores the multifaceted use and application of each emerging technology, that impacts on diagnosis, treatment, and (self-) management of individuals. For example, can emerging technology really facilitate patient diagnosis, improve, or remove practitioner-patient interactions, provide sound rehabilitation, and treat/monitor mental health conditions?This edited volume encompasses an array of emerging technologies that will remain pertinent to caregivers, families, practitioners, service users and policymakers. This is not a text on emerging technology alone but on its societal implications, accompanied by ethical, altruistic, and moral examples for such advances within the healthcare field. It is targeted that this text will enhance and offer original discussions surrounding the interconnectivity of technology and medicine, rehabilitation, and patient care.
Stat
-Extraordinary encounters. Unexpected humor. Endless challenges. Life-threatening diseases. Unthinkable trauma.- Welcome to STAT: Crazy Medical Stories as told by the healthcare professionals themselves. From peculiar conditions and mysterious ailments to remarkable recoveries and perplexing medical mysteries, Stat: Crazy Medical Stories, draws from real-life accounts. Each chapter unveils crazy medical cases as narrated by the healthcare professionals themselves. The stories take you on a captivating journey across various disciplines, including general medicine, surgery, psychiatry, and more. Prepare for a rollercoaster of emotions; you'll laugh, cry, and be shocked as you delve into the bizarre and unconventional experiences encountered by our extraordinary healthcare professionals.
Passing the Final Fficm
This innovative resource serves as a fusion of an MCQ guide and a textbook, providing essential content for postgraduate trainees gearing up for the FFICM Final exam, a vital part of the CCT in Intensive Care Medicine.Crafted to meet the unique requirements of the MCQ while also addressing the necessity for concise, well-structured responses in the OSCE, this book prioritises quick topic transitions, delivering focused, streamlined learning across a range of ICM topics. Its uniqueness lies in its unorthodox structure; rather than having a conventional table of contents, it gives you the freedom to start your learning adventure from any page.Each of the 1,400 facts is structured as a question, reflecting the format of both exams. Answers are conveniently positioned just below, eliminating the need for constant page-flipping. The material is carefully curated to cover the breadth of the ICM curriculum, weaving in valuable insights from the author's and colleagues' exam experiences. Random questions replicate the unpredictability of both exams and enhance the reader's capacity to swiftly switch between topics during self-assessment. This balances knowledge application and active recall while using memory-enhancing methods like self-quizzing, chunking, and spaced repetition.
Prepared!
Prepared! A Healthcare Guide for Aging Adults is written for anyone who is or has a senior parent, spouse, or loved one with changes in health. Being prepared before, during, and after entering the healthcare system is vital to one's overall healthcare experience. Prepared! A Healthcare Guide for Aging Adults promises to simply and swiftly arm readers with strategies for thriving through the transitions brought on by changes in a health status.The objective for completing this work was to give readers a self-guided advocacy book to be used again and again by documenting advice, tips, and suggestions in small doses of content based on where you or your loved one is in the transition in or out of the healthcare system. This is a guide book to help reduce the feelings of fear and uncertainty and replace them with confidence and reassurance.The book's mantra is be your own B.I.T.C.H. This funny and provocative acronym is a portable guide for staying grounded in the moment of chaos. Prepared! A Healthcare Guide for Aging Adults will help you: Be prepared for changeInform yourself as a consumerTake control of your own plan for careCommunicate and collaborate with your care teamHead back homePrepared! A Healthcare Guide for Aging Adults is written by a master prepared nurse with 30+ years experience in senior care. The book will provide you with expert "insider's" advice which will serve as a resource to come back to again and again. Throughout this book you will find personal and professional stories and lessons learned, summary tips, and resource materials. In addition to understanding how health care systems function, you will gain an understanding of what it's like to spend a day in the life of a caregiver. Physicians, nurses, and certified nurse's assistants are leaving the senior care space at an alarming rate. The staffing crisis in senior care has been a topic of discussion, regulation, and funding which intensified during the COVID pandemic. Prepared! A Healthcare Guide for Aging Adults builds caregiver empathy among its readers and arms them with the skills and compassion to work with the facility staff on achieving healthcare outcomes. This book will help you keep up with change in the senior care industry by providing links to the author's website where resources can be updated and lists keywords in the book for those of you who wish to go beyond this book, and make it easy for you to put the right words into your internet search engine and get the answers that you're looking for. This book will prepare you for the unexpected, yet highly expected "Oh Sh*t" moments that are too often a fact for aging people.
Masked Ninja
Masked Ninja shows us actionable steps we can take to prevent the spread of viruses.Find out what happens in this comedic book about pandemics, viruses, and kindness.Life is hard! It's even harder for children who are just trying to figure things out. The new children's book series, Ninja Life Hacks, was developed to help children learn valuable life skills. Fun, pint-size characters in comedic books easy enough for young readers, yet witty enough for adults.The Ninja Life Hacks book series is geared to kids 4-10. Perfect for boys, girls, early readers, primary school students, or toddlers. Excellent resource for educators, parents, and teachers alike.Collect the Ninja Life Hacks books and toys!Ninja Life Hacks Emotions and Feelings Box SetNinja Life Hacks Growth Mindset Box SetNinja Life Hacks Leadership Box SetNinja Life Hacks Mover and Shaker Box SetNinja Life Hacks Self-Management Box SetNinja Life Hacks Self-Awareness Box SetNinja Life Hacks Decision-Making Box SetNinja Life Hacks Social Awareness and Relationship Skills Box SetNinja Life Hacks Ninjas Go! Box SetNinjas on Holiday Box SetNinja Life Hacks Mindsets Box SetNinja Life Hacks Behaviors Box SetAngry Ninja Toy Box SetNinja Life Hacks Emotions and Feelings Toy Box SetNinja Life Hacks Reversible Toy Box Set
The Essential Handbook of Healthcare Simulation
Healthcare simulation is the modern way to educate healthcare providers to achieve high performance and to improve patient safety. It encompasses mannikin based training for teamwork and nontechnical skills, task trainers for procedural skills, simulated participants for communication skills, and virtual/augmented reality simulation. Based on an award-winning postgraduate course, this text provides the background knowledge required to: run a healthcare simulation centre; use simulation for training and education; and support simulation-based quality improvement and research activities.*Presents a focused and highly practical approach to course material *Offers a detailed guide for anyone who uses healthcare simulation for education, quality improvement, or research *Shows a practical focus for teaching, quality improvement, and research
Notes On... Caring
NOTES ON... CARING Discover the connection between care and healing with this transformative book Care is often regarded as fundamental to the nursing profession, almost synonymous. The relationship between care and nursing is presented as though no further explanation is required, no theorisation of what it means to care, and no elaboration of the role played by care in nursing as a profession and a practice. Given the agreed-upon centrality of care to nursing, there is an urgent need for a work analysing this key relationship and what it can mean for nursing professionals. Notes On... Caring meets this need with a clear, concise discussion of caring in the healthcare context. Beginning from the premise that care is essential to fostering the health and healing of others, it sets out to clarify the subject and articulate an ethic of care that can be cultivated in nursing and medical practice. With the COVID-19 pandemic placing nursing care more than ever at the forefront of public health, there has never been a better time to understand what it means for nurses to care. This book is ideal for all nurses, midwives, and other medical professionals or students.
Learning to Play God
Do you know what your doctor really thinks or how your doctor really feels about medicine and about you? The seeds lie in the critical first few years of a medical education, and Dr. Robert Marion, director of the Center for Congenital Disorders at the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, draws from his own experiences as student, intern, and resident to provide some surprising -- and sobering -- answers. In the course of twenty gripping, illuminating, and extraordinarily candid stories, Dr. Marion reveals the dehumanizing, slightly insane, and often brutal process of medical training. You will experience not only the intense pressure and chronic exhaustion of the doctor-to-be, but also the price the patient must often pay. While each story stands alone as an adventure in medicine, taken together they are a call to change. With profound eloquence and compassion, Dr. Marion explores ways in which to assure that humanity and idealism survive the grueling and destructive path to technical competency.
Routledge International Handbook of Critical Issues in Health and Illness
The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Issues in Health and Illness is a multidisciplinary reference book that brings together cutting-edge health and illness topics from around the globe. It offers a range of theoretical and critical perspectives to provide contemporary insights into complex health issues that can offer ways to address inequitable patterns of illness and ill health. This collection, written by an international pool of expert academics from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, is unique in providing theoretical and critical analyses on key health topics, considering power and broader social structures that influence health and illness outcomes. The chapters are organised in three parts. The first covers medical contexts; here, chapters provide commentary and critical analysis of the history of medicine, medicalisation, pharmaceuticalisation, services and care, medical technology, diagnosis, screening, personalised medicine, and complementary and alternative medicine. The second part covers life contexts; chapters include a range of life contexts that have implications for health, including gender, sexuality, reproduction, disability, ethnicity, indigeneity, inequality, ageing, and dying. The third part covers shifting contextual domains; chapters consider contemporary areas of life that are rapidly changing, including bioethics, digital health, migration, medical travel, geography and "place", commercialisation, globalisation, and climate change. The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Issues in Health and Illness is a key contemporary reference text for scholars, students, researchers, and professionals across disciplines, including sociology, psychology, anthropology, geography, medicine, public health, and health science.
Weight Bias in Health Education
Weight stigma is so pervasive in our culture that it is often unnoticed, along with the harm that it causes. Health care is rife with anti-fat bias and discrimination against fat people, which compromises care and influences the training of new practitioners. This book explores how this happens and how we can change it. This interdisciplinary volume is grounded in a framework that challenges the dominant discourse that health in fat individuals must be improved through weight loss. The first part explores the negative impacts of bias, discrimination, and other harms by health care providers against fat individuals. The second part addresses how we can 'fatten' pedagogy for current and future health care providers, discussing how we can address anti-fat bias in education for health professionals and how alternative frameworks, such as Health at Every Size, can be successfully incorporated into training so that health outcomes for fat people improve.Examining what works and what fails in teaching health care providers to truly care for the health of fat individuals without further stigmatizing them or harming them, this book is for scholars and practitioners with an interest in fat studies and health education from a range of backgrounds, including medicine, nursing, social work, nutrition, physiotherapy, psychology, sociology, education and gender studies.
Belly Dancing and Beating the Odds
When 32-year-old Yvette Cowles contracted breast cancer she was determined it would not get in the way of her belly dancing dreams. Spirited and light-hearted, "Belly Dancing and Beating the Odds" is the true story of one woman's quest to be the best breastless belly dancer in the business... Whilst most people see little to smile about when they hear the word "cancer", for Yvette it was just another opportunity to find the silver lining. From realising the positives in a breast-free existence (think Audrey Hepburn physique and the uses of aero-dynamism when sales shopping), transforming her hospital cubicle into a sequinned boudoir and entertaining the nurses with her inflatable male companion, Yvette is determined not to let it get her down. Told with warmth and lively good humour, Yvette's short story will move and inspire you - and might even persuade you to dig out your dancing shoes. www.harpertrue.co.uk
Our Unsystematic Healthcare System, Fifth Edition
A comprehensive and critical introduction to the U.S. healthcare system
Our Unsystematic Healthcare System, Fifth Edition
A comprehensive and critical introduction to the U.S. healthcare system
Digital Media and Participatory Cultures of Health and Illness
This book explores how the complex scenario of platforms, practices and content in the contemporary digital landscape is shaping participatory cultures of health and illness.The everyday use of digital and social media platforms has major implications for the production, seeking and sharing of health information, and raises important questions about health peer support, power relations, trust, privacy and knowledge. To address these questions, this book navigates contemporary forms of participation that develop through mundane digital practices, like tweeting about the latest pandemic news or keeping track of our daily runs with Fitbit or Strava. In doing so, it explores both radical activist practices and more ordinary forms of participation that can gradually lead to social and/or cultural changes in how we understand and experience health and illness. While drawing upon digital media studies and the sociology of health and illness, this book offers theoretical and methodological insights from a decade of empirical research of health-related digital practices that span from digital health advocacy to illness-focused social media uses.Accessible and engaging, this book is ideal for scholars and students interested in digital media, digital activism, health advocacy and digital health.
COVID-19 Pandemic, Public Policy, and Institutions in India
This book looks at the institutional and governance issues faced by India during the first and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and its adverse impact on the vulnerable sectors and groups.The book is split into four parts, with preceding chapters informing later ones. Part One outlines the approach of the study, in particular their examination of policy responses and the effect of the pandemic. Part Two delves into the governance challenges in containing the pandemic while giving the theoretical rationale for institutional responses. Part Three looks at how the pandemic affected economically vulnerable households, workers, and small industries. The effect of pandemic on the informal sector is also detailed. Lastly, Part Four examines the impacts and responses of Indian public infrastructure and services to the pandemic, in particular the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care and schooling. It also explores the challenges caused by infrastructure inadequacies in Indian cities. The book closes by looking at how businesses in the private sector have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on Corporate Social Responsibility.The book will be a useful reference to researchers, policymakers, and practitioners who are interested in institutions and development, especially in the context of India.
The Healing of the Nations A Treatise on Medical Missions Statement and Appeal
This book is a call to action for medical professionals to provide healthcare to people in need around the world. The author presents a compelling argument for why medical missions are necessary and how they can improve the health and well-being of communities globally.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Discourse to Medical Students Preached in Edinburgh on 1st December 1889
This classic work by David Johnston offers a fascinating glimpse into the education of doctors in the late 19th century. Johnston's eloquent speech is equal parts medical history, philosophy, and personal reflection, and his insights are as relevant today as they were over a century ago.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Cornell University Medical Bulletin, Volume 11, Issue 1
The Cornell University Medical Bulletin was a periodical published by the medical school of Cornell University. This issue, from volume 11, covers various topics related to medicine and healthcare in the early 20th century, including tuberculosis, diabetes, and dentistry.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Curbilder, Mit Bezug Auf Cholera
First published in 1866, 'Curbilder mit Bezug auf Cholera' is a seminal work exploring the use of visualization techniques in medical education. Author Bogislav Konrad Kr羹gerhansen provides detailed illustrations of the symptoms of cholera and other diseases, accompanied by thorough explanations of the underlying anatomy and physiology. This book remains a valuable resource for medical students and practitioners alike.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
How Designers Are Transforming Healthcare
This is an open access book.How Designers are Transforming Healthcare is a bold manifesto for change, demonstrating the value of a strategic design-led approach. Drawing on a rich array of real-world projects, this book illustrates how designers, in collaboration with clinicians and consumers, are co-creating transformative change across healthcare environments, products, services, and systems.In a fascinating multi-voice conversation, this book outlines how design methods and mindsets, including co-design, prototyping, design and futures thinking, facilitates creative problem-solving. The ideas, tools, and challenges in How Designers are Transforming Healthcare make it a vital text - a doer's guide - for designers, clinicians, academics, consumers, and policymakers seeking innovative strategies for engagement, innovation and improvement in healthcare.
Primary Sources, Historical Collections
Written in 1888, this report on sanitary reform in Meiji-era Japan offers a fascinating glimpse into the country's modernization process. Featuring a foreword by T.S. Wentworth, this primary source collection includes government documents, scientific analysis, and first-hand accounts of the challenges facing public health in Japan.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Annual Report, Volumes 1-20
This report provides a detailed account of the operations of the New York State Hospital from 1871 to 1891. The report includes statistical data, such as the number of patients admitted, discharged, and treated over the years. The detailed analysis of the hospital's medical and administrative activities makes this volume a valuable resource for researchers, historians, and medical practitioners. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Epidemic Risk Analysis and Assessment in Transport Services
"Accurate and fully explicit mathematical models and derivations make the proposed method truly universal irrespective of the geographical location and the kind of virus epidemic."Minvydas Ragulskis, Kaunas University of Technology, LithuaniaThe effects of a pandemic on public, personal and freight transport can be sudden and massive, and yet transport is vital to the functioning of an advanced economy and society. On the other hand, transport, due to social mobility, has a decisive influence on the speed and scope of epidemic spread. This book presents a complete methodology for assessing the hazards, and probability and risks of viral transmission on transport services, using as a detailed example the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic. It gives proposals and recommendations for estimating human deaths caused by virus infection in transport. Significantly, it considers not only passenger transport but also freight transport, such as delivery or parcel services. The tools include a matrix of hazard assessment in various transportation services, with a methodology for estimating the probability of virus transmission through both droplets and surface contact. These allow estimation of the effects of infections and consequent epidemic risk in all kinds of transport services, including freight, and provide methods for forecasting and risk management which determine transport safety.Rafal Burdzik is a professor in the Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering at Silesian University of Technology, Poland, with more than 20 years of transport research experience.
Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin, Volumes 1-5
This collection of Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletins includes the first five volumes of the publication, covering the years 1926-1930. Filled with updates on alumni achievements, academic research, and medical news, these bulletins provide a fascinating glimpse into the world of medicine in the early 20th century.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Storytelling in Medicine
Throughout our lives, story is the medium each of us uses to make sense of our environment and relationships. Stories provide meaning and context, enriching our experiences and equipping us with a framework to navigate our existence.This unique, practical book for healthcare trainees, practitioners and educators explores the ideas and practice of narrative and storytelling that lie at the very heart of clinical medicine and the patient 'experience' of care. It shows how story and narrative can be used effectively to help convey concepts such as prognosis and the effect of illness upon life, and to prepare patients and their relatives for difficult and painful news. Offering a particular insight into communication by and between healthcare professionals, and how it can be refocused and improved, this updated and expanded second edition remains an invaluable teaching aid for educators working in both small and large formats, and for under- and postgraduate students.
Clinical Lectures on the Practice of Medicine. To Which is Prefixed a Criticism by Professor Trousseau. Reprinted From the 2d ed. (Edited by the Late Dr. Neligan.); Volume 1
This book is a collection of clinical lectures on the practice of medicine, edited by Dr. Robert James Graves. It includes a criticism by Professor Trousseau, reprinted from the 2nd edition of the lectures, as well as additional commentary by Dr. Neligan. This book is perfect for medical students, doctors, and anyone interested in the history of medicine.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Thoughts On Medical Education, and a Plan for Its Improvement
Anthony Todd Thomson's Thoughts on Medical Education and a Plan for its Improvement is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and development of medical education. Thomson's insights into the challenges facing medical students and professionals are as relevant today as they were when this book was first published in the early 19th century. Whether you're a medical student or a seasoned practitioner, this book offers valuable insights into the future of medical education.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Catalogue of the Alumni, Officers and Fellows, 1807-1880 [College of Physicians and Surgeons]
This comprehensive catalog of the alumni, officers, and fellows of the College of Physicians and Surgeons offers a glimpse into the history of one of the most prestigious medical schools in the country. A must-read for anyone interested in the evolution of medical education in America.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Medical Interpreter
This publication provides an overview of best practices and standards for medical interpretation, a growing field that addresses the communication barriers between patients and healthcare providers who speak different languages. Ideal for language professionals, healthcare administrators and practitioners, and anyone interested in promoting cultural competency in healthcare.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Refining and Mastering Body Contouring for the New Aesthetic Professional
The field of aesthetic procedures is constantly growing and changing. To remain current, aesthetic providers require ongoing training in how to use cutting-edge technology to provide their patients with new and possibly life-enhancing treatments.Dr. Avellanet's experience helped her identify a need for comprehensive concierge training targeting the specific needs of aesthetic professionals and their staff. Imparting her knowledge on emerging surgical skills and techniques in cosmetic contouring procedures through a one-on-one, customized, hands-on experience revealed the need for a written training reference manual. Writing surgical training protocols and listening to the needs of aesthetic professionals resulted in this book.The intended audience is any medical professional adding new body contouring procedures to their existing aesthetic businesses or for those transitioning to the entirely different world of aesthetics. Liposuction and fat-transfer body-contouring surgeries are the most common surgeries requested by patients who want to improve their body physique, self-esteem, and quality of life. Dr. Avellanet shares protocols for conducting liposuction and fat-transfer surgery which will help achieve the best patient results.If you already perform liposuction and fat-transfer body-contouring surgeries, this book will help you improve and refine your skills. If you're new to the aesthetics world, step-by-step guidance on performing these surgeries is provided. Either way, this is an educational tome authored by an expert in the field.
Boundaries of Care
In Boundaries of Care, Ryan I. Logan introduces readers to the lived experience of community health workers and how, through outreach and advocacy, these workers intimately shape and improve the well-being of their communities.
Outline for History Taking and Physical Examination
This essential guide for medical students and practitioners offers a clear and concise framework for taking patient histories and conducting physical examinations. Developed by the renowned faculty of the University of Toronto's medical school, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to improve their diagnostic skills.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Primary Sources, Historical Collections
Written in 1888, this report on sanitary reform in Meiji-era Japan offers a fascinating glimpse into the country's modernization process. Featuring a foreword by T.S. Wentworth, this primary source collection includes government documents, scientific analysis, and first-hand accounts of the challenges facing public health in Japan.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Medical Colleges of the United States and of Foreign Countries 1914
Get a comprehensive overview of medical education across the United States and around the world with this detailed guide from the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals. This book provides valuable insights into the curricula, faculty, and facilities of hundreds of medical schools, and is an essential resource for anyone considering a career in medicine.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Rise of the Intelligent Health System
"I recommend that all members of the health community read this book to obtain a real snapshot of how the Intelligent Health System is being transformed via new technologies." Chris Landon MD FAAP, FCCP, FRSMClinical Associate Professor USC Keck School of MedicineTechnology Development Center Laboratory and StudioThe "Intelligent Health Pavilion" as demonstrated at the annual HIMSS Conference by the Intelligent Health Association is the impetus for this book. This book documents the remarkable journey of "Intelligent Health System" and the adoption of Innovative technologies. Many showcased in real time on the trade show floor and now in this book: "The Rise of the Intelligent Health System". In each chapter of this book, authors are expressing the immense potential of merging cutting-edge technology with the complex realm of patient care and safety. The informative chapters in this book delve deep into the unfolding story of how hospitals have evolved into interactive, intelligent environments, driven by real-time data and powered by artificial intelligence. In what seems like the blink of an eye, technology has completely transformed the way we live, work, and interact with the world around us. From smartphones to self-driving cars, ChatGPT, wireless technologies, wearables, and many other innovations are reshaping our society, pushing the boundaries of what was once considered impossible. However, nowhere is the impact of technology more profound than in the field of healthcare.
Annual Report of the Superintendent and Board of Managers of the State Epileptic Colony at Abilene, Texas.
This annual report from the State Epileptic Colony at Abilene, Texas, offers a comprehensive overview of the work and accomplishments of this important institution in the early 20th century. Featuring detailed statistics, personal anecdotes, and insights into the challenges facing epileptics and their caregivers at the time, this report is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of healthcare.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Discourse to Medical Students Preached in Edinburgh on 1st December 1889
The Healing of the Nations A Treatise on Medical Missions Statement and Appeal
