• Aim 1: Determine within-person discrimination-related stressors that impact Mexican-American youth mental health outcomes and the mechanisms of action at both micro- and macro-time levels. (massgeneral.org)
  • Aim 3: Elucidate the youth, parent, and neighborhood risk factors that moderate the link between discrimination-related stressors and mental health outcomes in youth. (massgeneral.org)
  • Avoiding dialysis in favor of organ transplant can yield better patient outcomes and lower health care costs. (optum.com)
  • The recently launched Cancer Center in Las Vegas incorporates IOM recommendations, delivering high-quality cancer care for better patient outcomes. (optum.com)
  • Does the Meaningful use of Electronic Health Records Improve Patient Outcomes? (gsu.edu)
  • Health care systems that are undergirded by strong and effective primary care services achieve better health outcomes and greater health equity at lower costs than health care systems that are unbalanced towards specialist and technological health services (Starfield 2009). (gov.scot)
  • The Division of General Pediatrics is a premier center for pediatric health services research, with a focus on improving health-care delivery and health outcomes for vulnerable children and youth. (rochester.edu)
  • The primary focus is on supporting and providing input into research related policies for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other Federal agencies and private sector supporters of research, including the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). (sgim.org)
  • For more than 60 years, newborn screening has been a successful public health program that has resulted in major improvements in outcomes for infants with genetic and other conditions. (cdc.gov)
  • The agenda outlines collaboration among multiple health systems with available genome sequencing data and clinical outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Both the Youden J-statistic and the more familiar receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve measured the performance of the SUN. Caution should be applied in interpreting the handful of secondary outcomes, as the investigation employed a prospective observational study design. (medscape.com)
  • Public health investigations of cases of HBV and HCV infection suspected to be associated with health-care delivery play an essential role in identifying unsafe practices and controlling health-care-associated viral hepatitis transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • WHO is also working closely with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in a 'One Health' approach to promote best practices to avoid the emergence and spread of antibacterial resistance, including optimal use of antibiotics in both humans and animals. (who.int)
  • He is the Chief Compliance Officer for several large healthcare practices and conducts back to front door inspections of healthcare providers to ensure compliance, and has taught continuing medical education to healthcare professionals. (experts.com)
  • He's testified in federal court as an expert witness on healthcare compliance matters and has worked as a consultant for licensed healthcare professionals and practices. (experts.com)
  • CDC ensures that scientific information is translated into public health practices and programs to reduce the burden of asthma. (cdc.gov)
  • Methods We used the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (primary care consultations linked to hospital admissions data and national death registrations for patients registered with participating primary care practices in England) to describe investigation and referral pathways followed by patients from first presentation with relevant symptoms to HF diagnosis, particularly alignment with recommendations of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline for HF diagnosis. (bmj.com)
  • In this analysis, we compared the acceptability data from the group of primary care patients from 10 community-based practices who did not use a computer program, and answered the questions hypothetically, with data from a group of patients who actually used a program such as one proposed in the survey taken by the first group of patients. (rti.org)
  • Research Question: What are the baseline pulse oximetry and oxygen practices for children admitted to participating health facilities, and what is the level of institutional readiness for oxygen service delivery? (who.int)
  • How do practices compare with treatment guidelines and where are the priority areas for improving oxygen care? (who.int)
  • This included three rounds of a tetanus toxoid supplementary immunization campaign targeting women of childbearing age (WBCA) and strengthening of other clean delivery practices. (who.int)
  • Efforts also should be made to strengthen clean delivery practices to help eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus in Papua New Guinea. (who.int)
  • QECH is an urban district hospital, which takes direct admissions and referrals from surrounding district health centers. (cdc.gov)
  • Neonates may also be referred from surrounding health centers in Blantyre District if problems occur immediately after delivery. (cdc.gov)
  • Young infants from birth to 6 months of age (including those from birth to 90 days of age) who were discharged well after delivery at QECH or in peripheral health centers but in whom symptoms suggestive of sepsis subsequently developed are normally admitted to the pediatric ward. (cdc.gov)
  • Healthcare Safety Investigations Conference 2022. (ahrq.gov)
  • In 2022, NTU had the highest UCAS applications and acceptances to Health and Social Care courses in the UK. (ntu.ac.uk)
  • Care Quality Commission (CQC) statistics on people's experiences of NHS urgent and emergency care services in England in September 2022. (bevanbrittan.com)
  • Over many years, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) developed a systematic approach to guide investigation and public health response to case reports of acute HBV or HCV infection in patients whose infection was potentially associated with health-care delivery. (cdc.gov)
  • The least resource-intensive investigation components (i.e., interviews with the patients and their health-care providers) are conducted for each case. (cdc.gov)
  • Decisions to expand the investigation to more resource-intensive components (e.g., site visits, active case finding, and broader notification of other patients) are guided by findings from the initial investigation. (cdc.gov)
  • Harm Caused by Delays in Transferring Patients to the Right Place of Care. (ahrq.gov)
  • Investigation into Management of Venous Thromboembolism Risk in Patients Following Thrombolysis for an Acute Stroke. (ahrq.gov)
  • As clinicians and caregivers to our patients, we bear witness to the inequity of health care. (optum.com)
  • Despite the complexity of concussion, primary care providers are in a unique position to give life-altering advice to their patients. (optum.com)
  • Objective Timely diagnosis and management of heart failure (HF) is critical, but identification of patients with suspected HF can be challenging, especially in primary care. (bmj.com)
  • In the 5 years prior to diagnosis, 15 057 patients (41.0%) had a primary care consultation with one of three key HF symptoms recorded, 17 724 (48.2%) attended for another reason and 3967 (10.8%) did not see their general practitioner. (bmj.com)
  • Falls affect the physical and psychological health of patients through pain, injuries, immobility and decreased function. (harvard.edu)
  • With the world swallowed by a pandemic, how do patients struggling with other life-threatening conditions or illnesses get the care they need? (ctvnews.ca)
  • If the health system is ultimately overwhelmed by COVID-19 and there's no path forward, that's the worry of patients," McGee said. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Her suggestion is to make a dedicated webpage communicating with non-coronavirus patients to let them know how health care providers are processing their concerns. (ctvnews.ca)
  • In Salah al-Din, only limited access to primary health care services exists, hence, patients from the area seek health care services in Mosul city, Ninewa governorate and in Hawija city in Kirkuk Governorate. (who.int)
  • We examine the experiences ‎and concerns of healthcare executives, employees, and patients. (schwabe.com)
  • Both observational studies and randomized controlled trials may be required to adequately evaluate health benefits, harms, and costs based on returning or not returning the results of gene variants to patients and providers. (cdc.gov)
  • 71%* nursing care of patients have the highest risk in rural settings. (who.int)
  • In this month's Viewpoint, I'd like to focus on a unique POC investigation that occurred in Malawi, a southeast African nation with a significant degree of incident acute kidney injury ( AKI ) patients. (medscape.com)
  • Research question: How do healthcare workers use pulse oximetry and oxygen for admitted patients, and how does this change over time and vary between patient groups, facility type, and location? (who.int)
  • This puts health workers and patients at risk from infections of all kinds, makes childbirth much less safe and drives antimicrobial resistance. (bvsalud.org)
  • The dental management of these medically compromised patients can be problematic in terms of oral complications, dental therapy, and emergency care. (medscape.com)
  • In patients that present with problems identified at examination that have not previously been reported to a health care practitioner the dentist can be instrumental in defining potential pathology and making the appropriate referral for additional medical evaluation. (medscape.com)
  • The study employed primary survey data and secondary data obtained from HIMSS Analytics and the American Hospital Directory for 75 health care IDSs currently active in the United States. (auburn.edu)
  • Investigation into the Role of Clinical Pharmacy Services in Helping to Identify and Reduce High-risk Prescribing Errors in Hospital. (ahrq.gov)
  • Suspicious insulin injections, nearly a dozen deaths: inside an unfolding investigation at a VA hospital in West Virginia. (ahrq.gov)
  • It is the only major hospital providing free care in Blantyre. (cdc.gov)
  • Specifically, she is interested in studying hospital and policy-level factors that enable efficiency and effectiveness in healthcare. (gsu.edu)
  • A segment of these communication opportunities involve hospital handoffs during a hospitalization and when a patient transitions out of the hospital to home or another care facility. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Mutualism and health care, newly available in paperback, presents the first comprehensive account of a major innovation in hospital funding before the NHS. (manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk)
  • Through these, working people subscribed small, regular amounts to their local hospitals, in return for which they were eligible for free hospital care. (manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk)
  • The book evaluates the extent to which the schemes were successful in achieving comprehensive coverage of the population, funding hospital services, and broadening opportunities for participation in the governance of health care and for the expression of consumer views. (manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk)
  • Effective asthma tools and programs developed by these organizations are now being implemented by CDC grantees-including large hospital systems, urban hospitals, city health departments, school systems, and local chapters of national asthma organizations. (cdc.gov)
  • Compared with children with COVID-19, the risk of intensive care unit admission was highest among children with influenza, whereas the risk of pneumonia, bronchiolitis, longer hospital length of stay, and need for oxygen were more likely among children with RSV. (ahrq.gov)
  • Many people passionate about improving the delivery of health care come together at North York General Hospital (NYGH). (nygh.on.ca)
  • The external funding is enabling Monika to lead the Aging Well Initiative for seniors with multiple chronic conditions across primary care, hospital, and community settings. (nygh.on.ca)
  • Objectives We used electronic health record data to study the profile of in-hospital morbidity and examine associations between various intraoperative events and postoperative stay. (bmj.com)
  • First use of electronic health data to chart the time course of in-hospital complications in a neurosurgical cohort. (bmj.com)
  • A key piece of guidance aiming to support hospital teams to improve care of older people living with frailty is now available, in a collaboration between GIRFT and the British Geriatrics Society (BGS). (bevanbrittan.com)
  • Six Steps to Better Care for Older People in Acute Hospitals accompanies a new GIRFT Hospital Acute Care Frailty Pathway, and offers detailed measures to improve care and reduce hospital-acquired dependency for those living with frailty. (bevanbrittan.com)
  • An isolation and lymph nodes and macrophage are primary targets for the ward were set up at Bundibugyo hospital and Kikyo health center. (who.int)
  • A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH in the operating room, recovery room and delivery room areas of the Englewood, New Jersey, hospital (SIC-8062) on November 15-17, 1976. (cdc.gov)
  • Health care integrated delivery systems (IDS) were chosen as distinct and useful examples of interorganizational networks. (auburn.edu)
  • On 30 January 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak to be a global public health emergency of international concern under the International Health Regulations (2005). (who.int)
  • East Mediterr Health J. 2020;26(5):531-538. (who.int)
  • HSIB Maternity Investigation Programme Year in Review 2021/22. (ahrq.gov)
  • The £15 million Adult Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund was announced on 15 October 2021. (gov.scot)
  • Preliminary estimates show that making sure all healthcare facilities in the 47 least developed countries have basic water, sanitation, hygiene, waste management and cleaning services will cost an additional US$3.6 billion between 2021 and 2030 and we know that for every dollar invested in hand hygiene alone there is a return of $15. (bvsalud.org)
  • From 2013 until 2015, she was Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. (wikipedia.org)
  • In December 2012, North Carolina Governor-elect Pat McCrory announced that Wos will be a member of his Cabinet as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). (wikipedia.org)
  • It is highly relevant to debates about organisational innovations in the delivery of welfare services. (manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk)
  • ICES scientists, trainees and visiting speakers present the results of ongoing or recently completed studies in health services research or clinical epidemiology. (ices.on.ca)
  • The Dr Foster Unit at Imperial College London is partly funded by research grants from the National Institute for Health Research Health Services Research. (bmj.com)
  • She earned a PhD in e-health and health services research from the Institute of Health Planning Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. (nygh.on.ca)
  • The Short Life Working Group's fundamental position is that a strategic national commitment to support and build primary care services and to enable sustainable, well-being communities is a necessary pre-requisite to reduce the harmful impact of health inequalities in Scotland. (gov.scot)
  • The Scottish Government commitment [20] to create a network of 1,000 additional dedicated staff who can help grow community mental health resilience and help direct social prescribing, by 2026 through the implementation of Mental Health and Wellbeing in Primary Care Services. (gov.scot)
  • The SLWG formulated its recommendations against a backdrop of very significant challenges for health and social care services at this time. (gov.scot)
  • Representing CVS Health Corporation in a qui tam case relating to the Company's provision of pharmacy benefit services for Medicare Part D Plan Sponsor clients. (wc.com)
  • We undertook this investigation to understand the effect of using a computer in a primary care setting on attitudes toward using computers to improve health services delivery. (rti.org)
  • Our mission is to improve child health locally, regionally and nationally by promoting and sustaining rigorous health services research. (rochester.edu)
  • For the purposes of this section, "public health interventions" shall include the services provided through the Departments for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, the Blind and Vision Impaired, and the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, or any successors in interest thereof. (virginia.gov)
  • Pursuant to the regulations concerning patient privacy promulgated by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, covered entities may disclose protected health information to the secure system without obtaining consent or authorization for such disclosure. (virginia.gov)
  • C. The Office of the Attorney General shall advise the Departments of Health, Medical Assistance Services, Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and Social Services and the Departments for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, the Blind and Vision Impaired, and the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, or any successors in interest thereof, in the implementation of this section. (virginia.gov)
  • Many displaced persons are in hard-to-reach and inaccessible areas with limited access to health care services. (who.int)
  • Displacement of health workers is further complicating the provision of services for the affected populations. (who.int)
  • As legislators in Connecticut prepare to vote on the budget for the next two years, there should be little disagreement about the need to shore up our behavioral health services. (ctmirror.org)
  • Gaps in behavioral health services have widened in recent years because states like Connecticut have slashed more than $4.3 billion from mental health budgets nationwide since 2009. (ctmirror.org)
  • Cuts to behavioral health services can only magnify the stigma that mental illness still carries in our society. (ctmirror.org)
  • After years of shortsighted under-funding behavioral health services in Connecticut, restoring funds for these high-impact programs is a smart investment. (ctmirror.org)
  • The Research Subcommittee generates policy recommendations and advocates for support for research consistent with the objectives of SGIM and for the types of research done by SGIM members, particularly the investigation of the improvement of clinical care and healthcare delivery, typically included in the broad definitions of clinical research and health services research. (sgim.org)
  • Physician reimbursement: This includes activities related to the Physician Fee Schedule to support primary care and all cognitive care services. (sgim.org)
  • Partnering with customers to align drug packaging, containment, and delivery products with services, solutions and support. (westpharma.com)
  • The document explores opportunities and challenges presented by the changing models for delivery of genetic testing services. (cdc.gov)
  • The national basic public health service projects and mega public health service projects were fully implemented, and equal access to basic public health services was further improved. (who.int)
  • the momentum of rapid increase of out-of-pocket expenditure was contained and the issue of difficult and expensive access to medical and health services was eased to some extent. (who.int)
  • A neonatal tetanus case must be viewed as a sentinel event indicating a failure of public health services including immunization, antenatal care and delivery care. (who.int)
  • provinces such as Western, Eastern Highlands and West Sepik have health services that are not accessible to at least 40% of their population. (who.int)
  • We also advise that health workers should clean their hands regularly with an alcohol-based hand-rub or wash with soap and water and yet new data from WHO and UNICEF show that one in four health facilities globally lack basic water services. (bvsalud.org)
  • And finally ends with infection prevention and considerations related to inpatient obstetric care settings such as labor and delivery. (cdc.gov)
  • The trialists went further in this investigation and tested the diagnostic utility of the SUN in an obstetric population. (medscape.com)
  • To promote a coordinated approach to prevention among obstetric- and pediatric-care practitioners and among supporting clinical microbiology laboratory personnel, CDC has developed prevention guidelines in conjunction with experts from relevant disciplines and with representatives of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and other professional organizations. (cdc.gov)
  • The document concludes that DNA-based screening risk identification should be effectively combined with evidence-based risk-reducing clinical care. (cdc.gov)
  • While clinical care focuses on the individual health, the public health policies aimed at breast cancer focus the attention on women from various countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • A February 2018 report detailing physician placements shows that the percentage of internationally-trained doctors placed in US healthcare jobs dropped from nearly 32% in 2016, down to 24% in 2017. (holisticprimarycare.net)
  • Although research on the epidemiology and ecology of Ebola has expanded since the 2014-15 outbreak in West Africa, less attention has been paid to the mental health implications and the psychosocial context of the disease for providers working in primary health facilities (rather than Ebola-specific treatment units). (nih.gov)
  • Dr. Goradia's research interests include healthcare operations, supply chain management, and sustainability. (gsu.edu)
  • The most dangerous point in a patient's ED journey is the hand-off and transition of care," according to Shari Welch, MD, with Intermountain Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, in Salt Lake City, UT. (medpagetoday.com)
  • ICES offers research opportunities across various fields from health system performance to chronic disease. (ices.on.ca)
  • ICES Research and Analytics is highly regarded in Canada and abroad and is widely used by governments, hospitals, planners and practitioners to make decisions about care delivery and to develop policy. (ices.on.ca)
  • The quantitative measurement of treatment outcome has long been the standard of research investigations of the efficacy and effectiveness of care. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Our Research Chairs are embracing the NYGH strategy of "Thinking Beyond our Walls" by their guiding role in the newly formed "Ontario Health Team, North York Toronto Health Partners", and additional national and international partnerships. (nygh.on.ca)
  • Research Chairs have the expertise and mandate to lead a concerted investigation in the key areas of health care delivery shown below. (nygh.on.ca)
  • Later, she received the prestigious Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CHIR) Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship and the CIHR Rising Star Award. (nygh.on.ca)
  • You'll also explore research that has been conducted in health and social care, and develop a basic understanding of research methodologies used by the social sciences. (ntu.ac.uk)
  • The conference theme was "Improving Health Globally: The Necessity of Family Medicine Research. (annfammed.org)
  • Research achievements in family medicine should be displayed to policy makers, health (insurance) authorities, and academic leaders in a systematic way. (annfammed.org)
  • Against this background an invitational conference was organized by the World Organization of Family Doctors (Wonca) to explore ways to improve the status of family medicine research, expand the evidence base of family physicians, and contribute to better health care worldwide. (annfammed.org)
  • Participants were leaders in primary care research in their countries. (annfammed.org)
  • A theoretically informed process is needed to assist research teams and practitioners in their evaluation of Facebook's feasibility as a recruitment tool and development of online materials for recruiting rural adults into healthcare delivery intervention development studies. (researchgate.net)
  • Facebook was an affordable and efficacious strategy for enrolling adults in behavioral research studies on tobacco and mental health. (researchgate.net)
  • Funding through local and national sources support several areas of research, including (but not limited to) asthma, immunization delivery, access to care, obesity, health literacy, adverse experiences in childhood, and telemedicine. (rochester.edu)
  • The primary focus is on supporting and providing input into research related policies for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other Federal agencies and private sector supports of research. (sgim.org)
  • To further these goals, the Health Policy Research Subcommittee advocates via initiatives done on behalf of SGIM, often coordinated with other organizations, to inform and influence Congressional action and Administration implementation at AHRQ, NIH, and other agencies. (sgim.org)
  • In the United States and other counties, the vision of DNA-based population screening has begun to be realized in multiple health systems, population-based biobanks and learning health systems research settings. (cdc.gov)
  • We have previously proposed a collaborative implementation research agenda embedded in learning health systems to create an adequate evidence-base to support DNA-based screening to improve population health. (cdc.gov)
  • insisting on high quality research, 2 of the 6 strategies for it identifies a clear strategy for future investigations by research development in medical ethics are "foundation addressing specific research questions and changing of needs assessment studies and prioritizing research in priorities ( 11 ). (who.int)
  • In spite of the physical setting and the patient population in this study, POC-focused research is generalizable across varied healthcare delivery systems. (medscape.com)
  • COVID-19 has negatively affected many people's mental health, but will anything good come out of it? (optum.com)
  • The main targets and tasks identified in the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" for health sector development have been thoroughly accomplished and people's health outcome improved significantly. (who.int)
  • This module will consider the knowledge and skills base essential for health and social care roles and practitioners, as well as integrating concepts of equality, human rights and diversity. (ntu.ac.uk)
  • Policies aimed at restricting and discouraging immigration, along with the sudden and seemingly unwarranted deportation of practitioners born outside the US, will likely have damaging repercussions for healthcare delivery at a time when the nation needs as many medical professionals as it can get. (holisticprimarycare.net)
  • Travel bans instill a widespread sense of fear and intimidation, both among foreign-born health professionals already practicing here, as well as international practitioners who might otherwise consider pursuing health careers in the US. (holisticprimarycare.net)
  • This report identifies recommendations to maximise primary care's significant potential to tackle health inequalities and inequity across Scotland's communities. (gov.scot)
  • The recommendations cover a range of short-term and long-term actions to tackle health inequalities and inequity head-on in primary care settings and wider communities. (gov.scot)
  • By integrating data from multiple sources, ICES researchers gain a holistic understanding of population health and healthcare delivery. (ices.on.ca)
  • Since 2007, the Scottish Government's Population Health Directorate have identified and prioritised practical actions to reduce the most significant and widening health inequalities in Scotland. (gov.scot)
  • Diagnostic errors in the intensive care unit: a systematic review of autopsy studies. (ahrq.gov)
  • Bringing awareness of such systematic errors for consideration and management is part of a health care professional's responsibilities. (springer.com)
  • however, the international nature of our database suggests that this is a systematic phenomenon affecting healthcare providers across borders. (bmj.com)
  • Care Delivery within Community Mental Health Teams. (ahrq.gov)
  • In partnership with University of Notre Dame, Fordham University and Indiana University, this project aims to improve the mental health of Latinx youth by understanding the deleterious effects of racism, "othering" and negative neighborhood interactions. (massgeneral.org)
  • Our project builds upon previous studies on discrimination-related stressors and mental health in Latinx youth and includes community-based collaboration to include a broad sample of Mexican-origin youth and parents. (massgeneral.org)
  • In mental health clinical settings, the effectiveness of treatment is typically based on unstructured interactions that yield unquantified judgments of progress, as clinicians rarely use scales in their practice. (psychiatrist.com)
  • 3-6 If the optimal delivery of mental health treatment depends, in part, on systematically assessing outcome, then reliable, valid, informative, and user-friendly measurement is critical to evaluating the quality and efficiency of care in clinical practice. (psychiatrist.com)
  • An interest in health and wellbeing leads our students to study a wide variety of topics from mental health to criminal justice, social care to public health, domestic abuse to homelessness. (ntu.ac.uk)
  • The Fund will focus on several areas including addressing the mental health inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic and the needs of a range of 'at risk' groups. (gov.scot)
  • The rural mental health intervention development study received a total of 518 link clicks, cost only $233.28, and enrolled 178 participants. (researchgate.net)
  • Numbing tragedies last year in a movie theater in Colorado and Sandy Hook Elementary School had politicians on both sides of the aisle agreeing it was time to fix our depleted mental health system. (ctmirror.org)
  • Indeed, and while it appears counter-intuitive, Gov. Dannel Malloy's proposed budget cut grant funds for critically needed community based mental health and substance abuse recovery treatment to zero. (ctmirror.org)
  • Despite massive public education in recent years that mental illness is in fact physiologically based and can be treated very successfully when people can both seek and access help, too often this persistent stigma of seeking help prevents people who need treatment from getting the care they need in a timely fashion. (ctmirror.org)
  • Disruptions to education, economic uncertainty, loss or lack of employment opportunities, impacts on physical and mental health and trauma from domestic violence to name a few. (bvsalud.org)
  • 00:05:30 We have supported and amplified youth-led initiatives on combating misinformation and mental health. (bvsalud.org)
  • This study draws on 54 qualitative interviews with 35 providers working in eight peripheral health units of Sierra Leone's Bo and Kenema Districts. (nih.gov)
  • To mitigate psychiatric morbidities and maladaptive coping mechanisms-and to prevent the spread of Ebola-researchers and program planners must consider the psychosocial context of this disease and mechanisms to enhance psychological first aid to all health providers, including those in peripheral health settings. (nih.gov)
  • Gary M. Steck has been the Chief Executive Officer of Waterbury-based Wellmore Behavioral Health since 1999 and serves as Board Chair of the Connecticut Community Providers Association. (ctmirror.org)
  • Behavioral health disorders affect far more Connecticut residents than physical illness. (ctmirror.org)
  • In fact, behavioral health conditions in the U.S. are more prevalent than heart disease and cancer combined. (ctmirror.org)
  • Let's not wait for the next crisis to resume talking about doing something to ensure behavioral health issues are a priority for our state and budget. (ctmirror.org)
  • Outbreaks often are identified through the investigation of a single case report of acute HBV or HCV infection in which infection is suspected to be associated with health-care delivery (e.g. (cdc.gov)
  • Falls are common adverse events in acute care hospitals. (harvard.edu)
  • Health care should provide no avenue for transmission of bloodborne pathogens, yet transmission of HBV and HCV in health-care settings is an increasingly recognized public health problem ( 1,2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Lack of awareness among the public, health workers and pharmacists about the appropriate use of antimicrobials also contributes to the issue of resistance in many developing countries. (who.int)
  • At least one public health expert alleged that the Medicare crisis was contrived in order to justify privatization. (wikipedia.org)
  • Martin Gorsky is Senior Lecturer in the Contemporary History of Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. (manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk)
  • Together, CDC's asthma program and its many partners make up the public health response to asthma. (cdc.gov)
  • In partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency, CDC presented a series of Webinars on program evaluation, based on the CDC Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health , to guide asthma programs through the essential elements of program evaluation. (cdc.gov)
  • Patricia has recently joined the University of Toronto as an Associate Professor of Health Informatics and Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. (nygh.on.ca)
  • Family medicine is a key discipline of primary care, and in many countries family physicians are the only physicians directly accessible to the public. (annfammed.org)
  • Even if they started naming people at the rate they wanted to, they are now competing against other legislative priorities," said Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, citing raising the debt limit, tax reform, and healthcare. (cnn.com)
  • and (iii) necessary to prevent serious harm and serious threats to the health and safety of individuals and the public. (virginia.gov)
  • or (iv) may present a serious threat to health or safety of a person or the public or may be subject to a serious threat to their health or safety. (virginia.gov)
  • Written evidence submission to the House of Common's Public Accounts Committee inquiry examining access to urgent and emergency care. (bevanbrittan.com)
  • More efforts are needed to engage public health systems, professional societies and healthcare organizations in the dialogue around DNA-based population screening. (cdc.gov)
  • On March 10, 1995, CDC convened a meeting of clinical experts, public health authorities, representatives from professional organizations, and patient advocates to further consider these guidelines. (cdc.gov)
  • Breast cancer is a public health problem, its incidence increases worldwide. (bvsalud.org)
  • Provision of adverse drug reaction information must be timely, and relevant to support busy health professionals in their consultations. (springer.com)
  • The root cause(s) of adverse effects may be complex, and investigation is time consuming and so does not form a major part of clinical evaluation. (springer.com)
  • This can result in too much healthcare -too much screening of asymptomatic individuals, too much investigation of those with symptoms, too much reliance on biomarkers, too many quasi-diseases, too much diagnosis, too much treatment, too many adverse reactions, and too much inappropriate monitoring. (bmj.com)
  • The government of Papua New Guinea should ensure detailed investigation of all neonatal tetanus cases reported in the health information system and perform sub-provincial analysis of tetanus toxoid coverage following completion of all three immunization rounds. (who.int)
  • While recognizing the small effect sizes identified and the potential for residual confounding, additional investigation of this hypothesis appears warranted. (cdc.gov)
  • Which facilities, representative of high- and low-performing facilities and different levels of care and facility types, can be selected for additional investigation to understand current functioning of oxygen systems? (who.int)
  • Maternal and child health (MCH) kept improving as the main challenges being gradually addressed. (who.int)
  • Maternal or neonatal tetanus causes deaths primarily in Asia and Africa and is usually the result of poor hygiene during delivery. (who.int)
  • 7 Also, the number of maternal health staff decreased by 25% from 1987 to 2000. (who.int)
  • An ongoing nightmare': people with obesity face major obstacles when seeking medical care. (ahrq.gov)
  • There are many reasons for medical error, ranging from outright negligence to mistakes made by conscientious health professionals who are too tired or pressured or distracted. (springer.com)
  • In response to a MedPage Today query about the danger of patient handoffs in general, William Maples, MD, chief medical officer for the Institute of Healthcare Excellence, offered this perspective: "Communication breakdowns have been one of the top 3 root causes for sentinel events based on Joint Commission data over the past several years. (medpagetoday.com)
  • 1 , 2 This approach is at variance with other areas of medical care in which outcome is determined, in part, on the change of a numerical value. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Most people receive formal medical care in primary care, 2, 3 and it is in that setting most episodes of illness are treated. (annfammed.org)
  • 2, 5- , 7 Strengthening the knowledge base in primary care will contribute to better medical care for all. (annfammed.org)
  • Examples of RWD include data derived from electronic health records, medical claims data, data from product or disease registries, and data gathered from other sources (such as digital health technologies) that can inform on health status. (advfn.com)
  • At issue is the vital role that foreign-born healthcare professionals play within the US medical system. (holisticprimarycare.net)
  • Immigrants fill not only critical physician and nursing positions, they also serve as dentists, medical technicians, home health aides, physician assistants, and researchers. (holisticprimarycare.net)
  • Cancer surgery, cancer treatment and investigations is one of the areas that they are focusing on and preserving while they do a whole bunch of other things to build capacity in the health care system to deal with COVID-19," said Dr. Robert Strang, Chief Medical Health Officer for Nova Scotia. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Health with the provision of health technologies (essential medicines and medical equipment). (who.int)
  • The Ministry of Health airlifted medical supplies to the area. (who.int)
  • WHO emergency team conducted supervision visits to health service delivery points in Suleimaniyah, Duhok and Erbil, and areas served by mobile medical units. (who.int)
  • This includes advocating for ongoing and sufficient federal funding for Title VII programs , raising awareness of and protecting the role of the VA in medical education, and advocating that the overall governance and financing of the federal government's graduate medical education system has accountability, and reflects health workforce needs. (sgim.org)
  • Through these areas of advocacy, we seek to promote a diverse workforce which improves quality and access to care for underserved and vulnerable populations through a sustainable medical education infrastructure. (sgim.org)
  • Adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) per 1 mg increase in aluminum exposure were calculated, adjusted for birth month/year, sex, race/ethnicity, VSD site, prematurity, medical complexity, food allergy, severe bronchiolitis, and health care utilization. (cdc.gov)
  • In accordance with the requirement to "ensure basic medical and health care, strengthen the primary level and establish sound mechanisms", we pushed the five priorities of the reform as a whole and made gradual while important achievements, which provided strong institutional assurance for scientific development of the health sector. (who.int)
  • the graying of the world's population is predicted to produce millions of individuals with systemic medical conditions that can affect oral health and dental treatment. (medscape.com)
  • This review focuses on a number of medical problems that dentists might encounter in daily practice that necessitate extra knowledge and care to prevent potential complications causing otherwise unnecessary morbidity and mortality. (medscape.com)
  • The Sierra Leone country health profiles provide an overview of the situation and trends of priority health problems and the health systems profile, including a description of institutional frameworks, trends in the national response, key issues and challenges. (who.int)
  • Following in the prestigious footsteps of Dr. Robert Haggerty and Dr. Robert Hoekelman, our work is based on a multidisciplinary and community-based model of scientific investigation, practice change, and continuous quality and clinical improvement. (rochester.edu)
  • called in 2013 for scientific investigation of DNA-based screening in adults. (cdc.gov)
  • Collaboration structures in integrated healthcare delivery systems: An exploratory study of accountable care organizations. (gsu.edu)
  • We focus on helping our clients' organizations comply with current regulatory requirements, and defend those clients should inquiries or an investigation arise. (schwabe.com)
  • Clinical Practice Committee, Health Equity Commission) as well as other professional organizations (e.g. (sgim.org)
  • Exposure to discrimination-related stressors (e.g., racial/ethnic discrimination, unfair treatment) has negative effects on the health and wellbeing of minority populations. (massgeneral.org)
  • An Investigation into the Death of Baby J at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. (ahrq.gov)
  • Antimicrobial resistance also increases the cost of health care with lengthier stays in hospitals and a need for more intensive care. (who.int)
  • The participating hospitals represent varied models of service delivery, and there is a potential to learn from best practice in different healthcare systems. (bmj.com)
  • STUDY DESIGN: We analyzed data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, a multisite, population-based case-control study, for 8233 case children diagnosed with a birth defect and 4937 control children without a birth defect with delivery dates during 2006-2011. (cdc.gov)
  • The goal of these policies is to establish collective guidelines to increase health and quality of life through prevention, treatment of disease and health behavior promotion 1 . (bvsalud.org)
  • The NHS Recovery Plan for Scotland recognises that the COVID-19 pandemic has created a serious backlog of health care and had a significant detrimental impact on workforce wellbeing and morale in health and social care (Scottish Government 2021f). (gov.scot)
  • The pandemic has reminded all of us of the heroic work that health workers do every single day. (bvsalud.org)
  • While the direct health impacts of the pandemic on young people have been generally less severe youth are disproportionately affected by the long-lasting consequences of the pandemic. (bvsalud.org)
  • Most recently the Appropriations Committee acknowledged the importance of this care by voting to restore 75 percent of this funding, yet the remaining 25 percent cut remains a striking gap for a system that is already dramatically under-funded and overtaxed. (ctmirror.org)
  • The Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee documented in January, 2012, that state-run programs cost twice as much to take care of clients at the same level of need as a private provider. (ctmirror.org)
  • Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Deepening Health Care Reform , and Notice of the State Council on Printing and Distributing the Strategy and Implementation Plan of Deepening the Health Care Reform during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" Period . (who.int)
  • The reform was launched on full scale in 2009 as the CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued the Opinions on Deepening the Health Care Reform , and the State Council issued the Implementation Plan for the Recent Priorities of the Health Care Reform (2009-2011) . (who.int)
  • Colonized women who experience either a long duration of membrane rupture, premature delivery, or intrapartum fever are at particularly high risk for transmitting GBS infection to their infants during labor and delivery. (cdc.gov)
  • The failure to fill these top roles undermines the president's ability to delivery on his policy agenda -- including his ambitious tax reform plan and vow to overhaul health care. (cnn.com)
  • Lipids are absolutely essential for life, playing diverse and important roles in nutrition and health. (chromatographyonline.com)
  • They also fill 24% of all direct-care roles in the nursing, psychiatric, and home health fields. (holisticprimarycare.net)
  • In the decade beginning in 2006, the number of immigrants occupying American healthcare roles rose significantly, from 1.5 million to 2.1 million by 2015. (holisticprimarycare.net)
  • Jeffrey Aronson is a clinical pharmacologist, working in the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine in Oxford's Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. (bmj.com)
  • 5Department of Biology and Health Sciences, College of Science and Health Professions, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, United States of America. (who.int)
  • Guidance to support the commissioning and delivery of timely access to high-quality therapeutic inpatient care, close to home and in the least restrictive setting possible. (bevanbrittan.com)
  • Ancillary Cost Implications of Physicians Multisiting And Inter-Organizational Collaboration During Healthcare Delivery. (gsu.edu)
  • Equity in value-based care: This includes activities related to the Quality Payment Program to ensure programs specifically address equity and that policies do not unfairly penalize safety-net systems. (sgim.org)
  • Bevan Brittan provides high quality, comprehensive advice to the NHS, independent healthcare sector and local authorities. (bevanbrittan.com)
  • International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. (lu.se)
  • 1 Neonatal tetanus (NNT) is primarily caused by lack of hygiene during delivery, and it usually occurs when the umbilical cord is contaminated while being cut or dressed with non-sterile instruments. (who.int)
  • Routine Investigations yielded or until the detection of viral antigens. (who.int)
  • 2019, COVID-19 Update: Information for Clinicians Caring for Children and Pregnant Women. (cdc.gov)
  • The government even, in some cases, established special policies like the Conrad 30 visa waiver program, to help fill substantial gaps in the healthcare labor force by f acilitating recruitment and retention of international clinicians. (holisticprimarycare.net)
  • Individualised prescribing data is also provided to allow clinicians to reflect on their practice and to identify opportunities to improve patient care. (bpac.org.nz)
  • Clinicians name/ signature and investigation required were absent in 25.1% and 21.1% of the forms respectively. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, these investigations are resource intensive, and frequently overwhelm health department resources. (cdc.gov)
  • Exploring the Costs of Unsafe Care in the NHS: A Report Prepared for the Department of Health. (ahrq.gov)
  • The transitions of care that take place when interns and residents rotate to a new department are especially problematic. (medpagetoday.com)
  • d National Department of Health, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. (who.int)
  • Shortage of essential medicines is negatively affecting health service delivery in Salah al-Din governorate and other inaccessible areas in Ninewa and Sinjar. (who.int)
  • What are the points of delays to appropriate care (including pulse oximetry and oxygen) and at what points in time and location could pulse oximetry and oxygen be used better for emergency care of children? (who.int)
  • Helping support the continuity of care. (optum.com)
  • Litigation Support -Mr. Staples has worked in Law Enforcement on Drug and Healthcare cases. (experts.com)
  • Through funding and technical guidance, CDC provides critical support to state health departments to ensure that asthma control and management programs are available to those in need. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite acceptability ratings that were high and consistent with ratings observed in other studies, exposure to the program significantly diminished support for using it in routine care. (rti.org)
  • In addition to federal advocacy, the subcommittee offers support for the LEAHP program , helps to maintain the Health Policy and Advocacy Curriculum, and educates the SGIM membership and general internists on advocacy and health education policy through SGIM forum articles and white papers . (sgim.org)
  • Guidelines will need regular re-analysis of DNA variants, regular evaluation in screened individuals, updated clinical decision support tools and linkages with electronic health records, as well as ongoing assessment of benefits and harms of screening. (cdc.gov)
  • However, over this reporting period, areas of Haditha in Anbar remained inaccessible, making the delivery of life-saving supplies to the community challenging. (who.int)
  • Since June 2014, 2,714 health workers have been displaced from Ninewa, Anbar, Salah al-Din, Sinjar and other inaccessible areas to Duhok (2,532) and Suleimaniyah (182). (who.int)
  • The SmartDose ® on-body delivery system platform has been designed with the potential for variations in functionality in several areas (e.g., potentially accommodate certain volumes and viscosities of drugs), and not all variations have yet been the subject of approved investigational or marketing applications. (westpharma.com)
  • Regarding risk factors, older adults and people of all ages with severe underlying health conditions such as heart disease, lung disease, and diabetes seem to be at higher risk of developing severe illness. (cdc.gov)
  • Ultimately, veterinarians and producers need to work together to ensure that the health and welfare of animals are protected while using antimicrobials in a responsible manner. (bvsalud.org)
  • Health system redesign of cardiac monitoring oversight to optimize alarm management, safety, and staff engagement. (ahrq.gov)
  • others are methodologists and statisticians whose expertise in analytical methods help drive leading-edge investigations that have global impact. (ices.on.ca)
  • One of WHO's primary concerns has been to ensure health workers have access to personal protective equipment. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, few appear to follow a pathway supported by guidelines for investigation and referral. (bmj.com)
  • During 2008-2011, a total of 31 outbreaks of HBV or HCV infection in health-care settings were reported to CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • for 10-20 of these reports each year, initial investigation determines that infection is potentially associated with health-care delivery. (cdc.gov)
  • Poor adherence to infection control, especially in healthcare settings, and inadequate sanitary conditions also encourage the spread of antimicrobial resistance. (who.int)
  • Because HBV and HCV are transmitted efficiently percutaneously, possible transmission in health-care settings is of particular concern. (cdc.gov)
  • Cybersecurity and data breaches present a major challenge for healthcare providers. (schwabe.com)
  • The second document is addressed to individuals and healthcare providers. (cdc.gov)
  • and 3) a consumer-directed genetic healthcare model in which consumers initiate the process on their own without involvement of healthcare providers. (cdc.gov)