• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services adjusts Medicare payments using a wage index that reflects variations in labor costs in different areas of the country. (sidley.com)
  • The goal of the proposal , unveiled by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma in April, is to bump up Medicare's reimbursements to rural hospitals, some of which receive the lowest rates in the nation. (kpbs.org)
  • WASHINGTON (CN) - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have revised the Medicare prospective payment system to update payment rates and reporting requirements for hospital outpatient departments, ambulatory surgical centers, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities for 2013, and will continue the electronic reporting pilot for the Electronic Health Record, according to a recent final rule. (courthousenews.com)
  • The strategy was the first of its kind to make commitments to improving key areas of infrastructure, services, and communication for older people in Cavan. (who.int)
  • The findings will inform CDC's work with state and local health departments, hospitals and other key components of the preparedness infrastructure, and will help CDC in the production of guidelines, templates, and informational materials related to radiological terrorism. (cdc.gov)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the health care infrastructure and highlighted rural-urban disparities in health and health care access across the country. (richmondfed.org)
  • Limited health services, broken infrastructure, and above-average rates of immunocompromising diseases all increase the vulnerability of AI/AN populations to the outbreak. (americanprogress.org)
  • Rentals have been increased in most government provided accommodation at both urban and district hospitals, despite the deteriorating infrastructure. (zimbabwesituation.com)
  • City Planning and Development: Government agencies and urban planners use demographic data to inform infrastructure and public service decisions. (devx.com)
  • Professor Zhao Yanjing points out that local governments use the land finance to invest in infrastructure and enhance public services, which increases land value. (boardhost.com)
  • 2. Hospitals have benefited from investments in human resources, infrastructure and equipment, and they have received a significant portion of public resources. (who.int)
  • 6. In many countries, hospital beds are inadequate and inequitably distributed between rural and urban areas, with availability ranging from 0.9 to 2.9 beds per 1,000 people.8 Lack of national health infrastructure development planning and irrational interference in the location of hospitals account for this situation. (who.int)
  • Food prices increased 0.5 percent over the year due to higher prices for food away from home (3.3 percent). (bls.gov)
  • Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Charlene Peiffer noted that food prices increased 0.5 percent while energy costs were up 0.7 percent over the bi-monthly period. (bls.gov)
  • Implement national programmes to improve health outcomes. (who.int)
  • Health Factors represent the determinants of health and is designed to highlight opportunities for communities to address in order to improve future health outcomes. (richmondfed.org)
  • For the Fifth District overall, urban counties tend to rank higher than their rural counterparts on the health outcomes. (richmondfed.org)
  • Objectives: To undertake a descriptive overview of studies of specialist outreach clinics and to assess the effectiveness of specialist outreach clinics on access, quality, health outcomes, patient satisfaction, use of services, and costs. (cehjournal.org)
  • Simple 'shifted outpatients' styles of specialist outreach were shown to improve access, but there was no evidence of impact on health outcomes. (cehjournal.org)
  • Specialist outreach as part of more complex multifaceted interventions involving collaboration with primary care, education or other services was associated with improved health outcomes, more efficient and guideline-consistent care, and less use of inpatient services. (cehjournal.org)
  • The additional costs of outreach may be balanced by improved health outcomes. (cehjournal.org)
  • Authors' conclusions: This review supports the hypothesis that specialist outreach can improve access, outcomes and service use, especially when delivered as part of a multifaceted intervention. (cehjournal.org)
  • Kindred Behavioral Health partners with health systems across the country to expand access to behavioral health services and produce excellent outcomes. (healthleadersmedia.com)
  • Getting patients out of the ED and to the right level of care improves outcomes, helps the ED focus on patients in need of emergency treatment and allows the entire hospital to run more efficiently. (healthleadersmedia.com)
  • Improved data access and sharing - A hospital's ability to achieve better outcomes is impacted by its access to the latest behavioral health data and its ability to apply these findings at the local level. (healthleadersmedia.com)
  • 8 The right partner will have access to best-in-class resources to help obtain and apply learnings for improved patient outcomes. (healthleadersmedia.com)
  • Clinical outcomes data are a crucial component of efforts to improve health systems globally. (healthynewbornnetwork.org)
  • Although the full potential of urban agriculture is still to be determined, based on my own research I believe that raising fresh fruits, vegetables and some animal products near consumers in urban areas can improve local food security and nutrition, especially for underserved communities. (greenbiz.com)
  • Rural hospitals, which often serve as important economic drivers and anchor institutions, have been closing or reducing services in areas that already faced barriers to health and health care access. (richmondfed.org)
  • The ICRC is concerned about the increase of armed violence and its consequences in urban areas in Brazil due to population growth. (icrc.org)
  • The law also provides funding for the Department of Agriculture to establish a pilot program under which grants will be available to essential community facilities that primarily serve rural and low-income areas to increase medical surge and vaccine distribution capacity, increase telehealth capabilities, and engage in broader actions to support efforts determined to be critical to address the COVID-19 pandemic. (sidley.com)
  • The idea was to give urban a bit more and rural areas a bit less because their labor costs are a bit less," said Dobson, who was the research director for Medicare in the 1980s when the index was created. (kpbs.org)
  • It's problematic, agreed Tom Nickels, an American Hospital Administration executive vice president, noting in an emailed statement that there are other ways "to provide needed relief to low-wage areas without penalizing high-wage areas. (kpbs.org)
  • Over 900 deals occurred from 1994-2000, and many local markets, even in large urban areas, have been reduced to monopolies, duopolies or triopolies. (bristol.ac.uk)
  • To keep emergency services afloat in rural areas, communities will have to go beyond volunteer-based programs to get people to distant hospitals, experts say. (npr.org)
  • About 53% of rural EMS agencies are staffed by volunteers, compared with 14% in urban areas, according to an NRHA report . (npr.org)
  • In urban areas of highly affected countries in the developing world, 50% to 70% of hospital beds are occupied by HIV/AIDS patients, hampering the coping capacity of health service delivery and increasing the risk of spreading infections such as tuberculosis, diarrhoea and HIV. (who.int)
  • For instance, a brand selling maternity clothes might target their ad campaign towards pregnant women between the ages of 25-35 living in urban areas with a certain income level. (devx.com)
  • For example, the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, opened more primary health centers in areas experiencing a rapid population growth, thereby improving access to healthcare for its residents. (devx.com)
  • In 1950, only 10 countries had lower per capita GDPs than China, and only 11% of its 552 million people lived in urban areas. (boardhost.com)
  • The combination of a massive population with a growing income and the boom of the urban areas has significantly driven housing development, which has undergone great changes since 1949. (boardhost.com)
  • The government spends the income from land finance on urban construction, such as utilities development, roads, hospitals, and schools, thus turning suburban land into new urban areas. (boardhost.com)
  • It is clear that good-paying jobs locate in areas with better education, medical care and communications services. (powersouth.com)
  • Rural communities continue to fall farther behind the urban areas in educating children and preparing them for successful careers. (powersouth.com)
  • Rural hospitals and healthcare providers are struggling with more treatment moving to urban areas. (powersouth.com)
  • It has limited expansion and concentrates more on providing the basic facilities required for the citizens in rural as well as urban areas. (ipl.org)
  • They note that rural areas are seeing MA plan growth, but more slowly than in urban areas. (nic.org)
  • The study revealed that due to increasing land values, prospective real estate developers are tempted to build housing in restricted areas defined by Dhaka metropolitan development plan such as flood zones, lakes, canals, ditch and drainage channels etc. (springer.com)
  • 2012 ). Estimates show that only 10% of the global population was living in urban areas in 1900. (springer.com)
  • 2012 ). As population concentration in urban areas is growing persistently across the world and putting tremendous pressure particularly on land resources, rich understanding on the history and processes of land use change can help plan for better land management and the reduction of impacts on the environment. (springer.com)
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), rural Americans are more likely to die from cancer, heart disease, unintentional injury, and stroke than those living in urban areas. (researchamerica.org)
  • Another challenge, when we look at the number of retail pharmacies, from 2003 to 2021, the number of those retail pharmacies decreased by almost 10%, but in more urban and metro areas retail pharmacies increased by 15% during that same time. (researchamerica.org)
  • While some progress has been made in improving access to primary care in rural areas, access to specialty care remains a challenge. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • All this brings with it new and somewhat daunting challenges for local governments and civic administrations, as well as the private sector, as they aim to respond to the needs of their citizens and improve the quality of life in such large urban areas. (information-age.com)
  • They are all too aware of the fact that as populations increase and as more people migrate to built-up areas, so the challenge for local services becomes more prevalent. (information-age.com)
  • It is an important program that will help narrow the gap between medical services in urban and rural areas," said Health Minister Gao Qiang on Tuesday at a televised workshop broadcast to all levels of health departments. (china.org.cn)
  • Medical resources are scarce in rural China, compared to urban areas. (china.org.cn)
  • Each month, prices are collected in 87 urban areas across the country from about 6,000 housing units and approximately 24,000 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. (bls.gov)
  • [ 1 ] Recently, there has been a drastic increase worldwide in the incidence of syphilis, especially in urban areas. (medscape.com)
  • There is a sixfold difference in the number of rehabilitation personnel between public and semiprivate hospitals in these facilities' catchment areas. (bvsalud.org)
  • There is a definite inequity of literacy rates observed between rural and urban areas in India. (bvsalud.org)
  • 4]. However, the advent of technology in the form of mobile phones have high penetration rates in rural as well as urban areas of the country [5]. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Department of Health and Community Services also operates a network of community health centres and dental clinics. (britannica.com)
  • Some of the transition economies have experienced an increased gap in the health status of rural relative to urban populations since 1990 as a consequence of a decline in the number and quality of rural health workers, rural clinics and hospitals 15-18 . (rrh.org.au)
  • Background: Specialist medical practitioners have conducted clinics in primary care and rural hospital settings for a variety of reasons in many different countries. (cehjournal.org)
  • Such clinics have been regarded as an important policy option for increasing the accessibility and effectiveness of specialist services and their integration with primary care services. (cehjournal.org)
  • Selection criteria: Randomised trials, controlled before and after studies and interrupted time series analyses of visiting specialist outreach clinics in primary care or rural hospital settings, either providing simple consultations or as part of complex multifaceted interventions. (cehjournal.org)
  • Interventions need to be integrated into health services in antenatal clinics, district health centres and hospitals. (who.int)
  • The program has reached out to 600 county hospitals and 1,300 rural clinics in impoverished farming regions. (china.org.cn)
  • Construction of urban hospitals and rural clinics, along with an increase in state-funded healthcare delivery, could contribute to expenditures of US$1 trillion by 2020, or equivalent to nearly 7 percent of GDP. (deloitte.com)
  • Today, the Great Falls Clinic Hospital provides diverse specialty medical clinics, urgent care clinics, primary care, cancer center, and highly specialized surgical services. (gfclinic.com)
  • Rural populations have inferior health services in most countries, whether rich or poor. (rrh.org.au)
  • Most comparative studies came from urban non-disadvantaged populations in developed countries. (cehjournal.org)
  • Except for hospital beds rural populations in the US have access to relatively fewer medical facilities and resources than urban populations. (cdc.gov)
  • The RHCRA is a national organization whose purpose is to improve delivery of health care to rural populations. (cdc.gov)
  • China, India, the Republic of Korea, urban and rural populations) and in kaemia. (who.int)
  • Prior to the pandemic, many rural communities had been disproportionately impacted by health care workforce shortages along with social and economic barriers to health relative to urban communities. (richmondfed.org)
  • Recognizing health-related differences that predated the pandemic could help rural and urban communities develop strategies to leverage community assets to support community and economic health. (richmondfed.org)
  • In anticipation of the Richmond Fed's Rural America Week, culminating in the Investing in Rural America Conference on October 8, this Regional Matters post examines the 2020 RWJF's County Health Rankings data to understand how health drivers in Fifth District rural and urban counties compared prior to the pandemic and how the impacts of COVID-19 may shift the landscape. (richmondfed.org)
  • Specifically, the law appropriates $5 million to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General for broadly defined oversight activities related to HHS's pandemic response. (sidley.com)
  • Additionally, and compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, we've seen a lot of rural hospital closures and a lot of change in the service mixes that are being provided by rural hospitals now, including a reduction in the number that are offering prenatal and maternal care and inpatient pediatric care. (researchamerica.org)
  • Also, in response to the pandemic, many hospitals are changing their labor and delivery policies to discharge women more quickly after delivery and to restrict partners, doulas, or other family members from being present during labor and delivery and after the birth. (urban.org)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic greatly increased both the volume and complexity of calls to 8-1-1, with many callers seeking to avoid the potential infection risk associated with in-person healthcare visits. (biomedcentral.com)
  • If the pandemic has taught us anything, there will always be a need for acute care and our society will always need hospitals to provide care to sick patients. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • Active, prospective, continuous, hospital-based SARI surveillance is useful in supporting pandemic preparedness for emerging influenza A(H7N9) virus infections and seasonal influenza prevention and control. (who.int)
  • The urban housing market gradually formed and the living conditions of residents improved significantly, with the per capita housing construction area increasing from 6.7 square meters in 1978 to 17.8 square meters in 1997. (boardhost.com)
  • In patients with moderate to severe ARDS, early application of prolonged prone positioning sessions significantly improves oxygenation and reduces mortality. (army.mil)
  • Availability of ICTs and the social worlds of the medical practitioners, together with ICT implementation contexts, positively and significantly explained the use of ICT in the hospitals. (deepdyve.com)
  • Increasing urbanization through peripheral land conversion is of global concern since urban expansion onto peripheral/rural lands significantly affects energy flows, biodiversity and climatic conditions at local and/or regional levels (McDonnell et al. (springer.com)
  • In short, the Medicaid expansion will significantly increase coverage at a modest cost to state Medicaid programs, and it will lower state costs for providing care to the uninsured. (cbpp.org)
  • Investment in Agricultural Machinery improved 10% (annualized) in Q3 2023 but was down 19% compared to a year ago. (leasefoundation.org)
  • Investment in All Other Industrial Equipment increased at a 1.3% (annualized) rate in Q3 2023 and was up 0.1% Y/Y. The Other Industrial Equipment Momentum Index held steady at 81.2 in November. (leasefoundation.org)
  • Investment in Aircraft increased at a 24% (annualized) rate in Q3 2023 and was 33% (revised) above year-ago levels. (leasefoundation.org)
  • Proning, or lying a patient face down on one's chest and abdomen (prone) as compared with lying on one's back (supine), improves the transfer of oxygen from the lungs into the bloodstream and eventually throughout the body's organs. (army.mil)
  • Related trends that may harm the rural poor include increased user fees 9,11,12 , decentralization of health sector management 13 and multiple health insurance schemes 14 . (rrh.org.au)
  • The biggest change I anticipate is a continuation in the decentralization of health services delivery that has typically been provided by hospitals. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • Medicaid is encouraging seniors to tap home and community-based services for care over skilled nursing. (nic.org)
  • These rates are likely to increase in the coming weeks and months as many newly unemployed women become eligible for pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage. (urban.org)
  • Although birth center reimbursement is required under the Affordable Care Act, the Urban Institute's recent evaluation of the Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns initiative (PDF) found birth center providers struggle to successfully participate in Medicaid. (urban.org)
  • A Health Affairs article ( Palliative Care Consultation Teams Cut Hospital Costs for Medicaid Beneficiaries ) makes a far more level-headed and evidence-based contribution to the discussion. (healthworkscollective.com)
  • The authors found that patients who received palliative care cost Medicaid almost $7000 less in hospital costs per admission than a matched control group that didn't receive palliative care. (healthworkscollective.com)
  • If these results were generalized to New York State, the total cost savings could be $85 million to $250 million in Medicaid without reducing benefit levels and while improving quality of life (and death). (healthworkscollective.com)
  • The additional cost to the states represents a 2.8 percent increase in what states would have spent on Medicaid from 2014 to 2022 in the absence of health reform. (cbpp.org)
  • Health reform will likely increase participation among individuals who are currently eligible for Medicaid but are not enrolled. (cbpp.org)
  • States will receive the regular federal Medicaid matching rate for covering these people - and CBO's $73 billion estimate of the net increase in state Medicaid costs includes the cost of covering these individuals. (cbpp.org)
  • [4] The $73 billion equals a 2.8percent increase above the $2.6 trillion that states are projected to spend on Medicaid over the same timeframe in the absence of health reform (see Figure 2). (cbpp.org)
  • The changes affect hospitals paid under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) as well as Community mental health centers (CMHCs) and Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs). (courthousenews.com)
  • Clinical training in the Division of Outpatient Behavioral Health (50% of clinical experience) will include 2 6-month intervention rotations with a specialty clinical service (e.g. (chop.edu)
  • We linked relevant provincial administrative databases to obtain inpatient, outpatient, and emergency service use by callers. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It may offer and provide, but is not limited to, outpatient, preventive, therapeutic, surgical, diagnostic, rehabilitative or any other supportive services for periods of less than twenty hours per day. (who.int)
  • Was held a retrospective study of survey data from patient records involving all patients with the diagnosis of tuberculosis assisted on inpatient and outpatient de pneumologia of a children's Hospital public in the city of São Paulo from 2005 to 2010. (bvsalud.org)
  • Method: Data were collected between September and December 2018 from the heads of departments and adult patients attending outpatient rehabilitation services funded by the government, international nongovernmental organizations or faith-based organizations. (bvsalud.org)
  • A proposed change in a formula for Medicare payments could help rural hospitals but would mean less money for hospitals in cities. (kpbs.org)
  • For example, Alabama's hospitals - most of which are rural - stand to gain an additional $43 million from Medicare next year if CMS makes this adjustment. (kpbs.org)
  • The index, created in the 1980s as a way to ensure that federal Medicare reimbursements were equitable for hospitals nationwide, attempts to adjust for local market prices, said Allen Dobson, president of the consulting firm Dobson, DaVanzo & Associates . (kpbs.org)
  • That means under the current index a rural community hospital could receive a Medicare payment of about $4,000 to treat someone with pneumonia while an urban hospital received nearly $6,000 for the same case , according to CMS . (kpbs.org)
  • Last year, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General found that the index may not accurately reflect local labor prices and, therefore, Medicare payments to some hospitals "may not be appropriately" adjusted for local labor prices. (kpbs.org)
  • CMS's current proposal would increase Medicare payments to the mostly rural hospitals in the lowest 25th percentile and decrease the payments to those in the highest 75th percentile. (kpbs.org)
  • Otherwise, changes in health insurance and Medicare will starve out the local hospitals and health providers. (powersouth.com)
  • If these patients received palliative care consultations more systematically, the impact on Medicare hospital costs would be even more substantial. (healthworkscollective.com)
  • Perhaps most importantly, mortality rates between rural and urban residents have increased by 12% over the last 10 years. (researchamerica.org)
  • There is a paucity of data on neonatal in-hospital mortality in Kenya that is poorly captured in the existing health information system. (healthynewbornnetwork.org)
  • Clinical characteristics are summarised descriptively, while the competing risk method was used to estimate the probability of in-hospital mortality considering discharge alive as the competing risk. (healthynewbornnetwork.org)
  • Traditional rural occupations such as mining, lumbering, and agricultur e are considered to be some of the most dangerous occupations in the US and the mortality rate for rural workers is almost twice that of urban workers. (cdc.gov)
  • Over the past 50 years, assessment of trauma patients has evolved because of an improved understanding of the distribution of mortality and the mechanisms that contribute to morbidity and mortality in trauma. (medscape.com)
  • in urban population with consequent overcrowding in cities, which increased poverty, morbidity and Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious infectious mortality rate of several diseases, including disease that has accompanied humanity for tuberculosis. (bvsalud.org)
  • Rural hospitals and healthcare facilities face amplified financial challenges amid persisting workforce shortages, rising costs and leveling reimbursement. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • On the fee-for-service side, birth center reimbursement for professional and facility fees are a fraction of what the program pays obstetricians and hospitals . (urban.org)
  • The Hospital Association's board chairman Jevgenijs Kalejs emphasized that an influx of Covid-19 patients in hospitals was expected in the fall, while the next challenge hospitals will face will be covering their daily costs. (baltictimes.com)
  • Because of its small size and agile performance, a motorcycle ambulance is able to respond to a medical emergency much faster than a car or conventional ambulance vehicle in heavy traffic, which can increase survival rates for critically ill patients, especially those in cardiac arrest. (wikipedia.org)
  • Because ability to prepare for and respond to emerging infectious diseases varies among hospitals, grouping infectious patients in a centralized location in an early stage of infection may reduce the extent of epidemics. (cdc.gov)
  • This study aims to identify the risk factors and reasons for treatment abandonment for patients with esophageal atresia (EA) in a tertiary care hospital in China. (frontiersin.org)
  • A retrospective study was conducted on 360 patients with EA admitted to Beijing Children's Hospital between January 1, 2007 and June 1, 2020. (frontiersin.org)
  • 52 patients were discharged in an unstable condition, and parents of seven patients abandoned resuscitation leading to death in the hospital. (frontiersin.org)
  • The prognosis for patients with EA/TEF has greatly improved with advances in surgical techniques and preoperative and postoperative care. (frontiersin.org)
  • There is no doubt that treatment abandonment may lead to the worsening or death of patients and increase the chance of readmission. (frontiersin.org)
  • The sustainability movement has hit health care, as hospitals are making great progress toward establishing healthier, more sustainable foodservice for patients and their families. (todaysdietitian.com)
  • We provide a hotel-style room service for patients whereby they can order from a menu featuring more than 40 different ethnically and culturally diverse entrées, including vegetarian and vegan options. (todaysdietitian.com)
  • C Alternatives and complements to hospital care (such as day, hospice, and home care) need to be developed within a functioning referral system, in order to relieve pressure on hospitals and to provide services for patients at each stage of disease. (who.int)
  • Involving existing hospital professionals in the process and offering additional training and education to strengthen their skillsets to identify patients in need of behavioral health services. (healthleadersmedia.com)
  • For instance, schizophrenia patients who had regular, favorable interactions with their psychiatric nurses throughout their care journey demonstrated improved treatment adherence and punctual attendance at appointments. (healthleadersmedia.com)
  • It is one of the economical segment, which offers medicines, drugs and various other services for treating the patients. (ipl.org)
  • Currently, PHS conducts counseling and treatments services for patients suffering from mental health and addiction, while also emphasizing youth and family therapy. (ipl.org)
  • We provided a vital service to the people of Queens in general, and more specifically to the patients and staff of Queens Hospital Center. (army.mil)
  • Prone positioning is believed to improve survival for some patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). (army.mil)
  • Hospitals are increasingly discharging patients to their homes rather than qualified skilled nursing facilities. (nic.org)
  • Additionally, through operating an interfacility transfer center, we serve as a resource to rural hospitals in our region, which rely on us to accept transfers of complex patients that have needs that exceed the level of care that can be provided in the rural facilities. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • The CFDT is a multidisciplinary clinical program dedicated to providing focused specialized services for pregnant patients carrying babies with birth defects and/or complex medical or genetic conditions. (chop.edu)
  • So far, nearly 10,000 urban medical staff have assumed their temporary rural posts and treated 2 million patients, in addition to training about 560,000 rural doctors and nurses, Gao said. (china.org.cn)
  • Palliative care aims to relieve suffering and improve quality of life for patients with advanced illness and for their families. (healthworkscollective.com)
  • Of course, not all patients have a safe or stable home environment where they could receive care, so hospitals aren't going away anytime soon. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • From January through April 1990, tuberculin skin-test conversions* occurred among eight health-care workers (HCWs) on a specialized ward for human immuno deficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients at a large urban hospital in Florida. (cdc.gov)
  • To identify risk factors for MDR-TB, a case-control study was conducted by comparing case-patients with randomly selected TB patients at the hospital with drug-susceptible M. tuberculosis isolates. (cdc.gov)
  • A second case-control study compared case-patients with randomly selected patients at the hospital who had both HIV infection and TB with drug-susceptible M. tuberculosis isolates. (cdc.gov)
  • Two case-patients who did not have hospital exposure were household contacts of another case-patient. (cdc.gov)
  • Injured patients frequently arrive at a hospital before death which usually occurs because of hemorrhage and cardiovascular collapse. (medscape.com)
  • A study by Newgard et al evaluated 53,487 EMS transported trauma patients and found that only 29.4% of critically injured rural patients were initially transported to major trauma centers versus 88.7% of urban patients. (medscape.com)
  • I think part of the work around geriatric emergency care is not only to improve the care that happens in the ED, but also to surround the ED staff with the resources that allow them to provide safe care outside of the ED facility-to onboard patients toward a better trajectory, so that they can do better and not have rebound admissions. (medscape.com)
  • The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (DCAPBS) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has an opening for a one-year psychology postdoctoral fellowship in clinical child and integrated primary care psychology starting in Summer 2022. (chop.edu)
  • India is able to obtain the competitive advantage over other countries because of the well-trained medical professionals and their dedicated services. (ipl.org)
  • Study also tries to identify the role of personnel who provided the abortion service on decision of family planning adoption using complementary log-log model in India. (bvsalud.org)
  • India is one of the developing countries which tends to provide quality healthcare services, with 5.2% expenditure of the GDP every year and it has been estimated to grow 17% in compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) in the next 7-10 years [3]. (bvsalud.org)
  • Therefore, HIT can become a crucial tool in enhancing health service delivery through the use of low-cost, easy-to-use technologies using mobile telephony and internet service, which may help to bridge some of the gaps in patient-provider interactions and increase awareness among the patient in India. (bvsalud.org)
  • Rural Americans face a range of alarming health disparities compared to their urban counterparts. (researchamerica.org)
  • CCR defines a hospital as "a health facility that, under an organized medical staff, offers and provides twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week inpatient services, emergency medical and surgical care, continuous nursing services, and necessary ancillary services, to individuals for diagnosis or treatment of injury, illness, pregnancy or disability. (who.int)
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Fellowship Program in Clinical Psychology includes a variety of unique fellowship opportunities. (chop.edu)
  • We are pleased to announce the availability of a postdoctoral fellowship in Pediatric Psychology in Perinatal Mental Health and Early Childhood Follow-up at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) starting in Summer/Fall 2021. (chop.edu)
  • My best ideas for rural healthcare are partnering with urban hospitals, particularly safety nets, and using telehealth with those hospitals that are truly partners. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • Technology adoption - Increased technology utilization can enable providers to deliver preventive, personalized care solutions. (healthleadersmedia.com)
  • Adio Akeem 2013-01-01 00:00:00 Purpose - This study aims to address the question of how the unified theory of acceptance and utilization of technology (UTAUT) model explains the use of ICT by medical practitioners in private hospitals in Osun State, Nigeria. (deepdyve.com)
  • Overall, because of the youthful age structure of the population, there is a greater emphasis on welfare provision for children and youth than there is on services for senior citizens. (britannica.com)
  • The first was payment of an annual grant by the local government from its general revenue on the basis of estimated service population, number of inpatient beds, and number of clinical staff. (rrh.org.au)
  • Analyzing data on population density, age distribution, and transportation needs, planners can make informed decisions about where to build roads, schools, hospitals, and other essential services. (devx.com)
  • Healthcare professionals can also use demographic data to address specific population needs and adapt their services accordingly. (devx.com)
  • 7 To reduce unnecessary medical spending and address the needs of the high-cost patient population, hospitals are finding relief in a partner's ability to improve efficiencies across the care continuum. (healthleadersmedia.com)
  • The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) a CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 89 percent of the total population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers approximately 28 percent of the total population. (bls.gov)
  • As the population grows, what types of services are possible to be presented and provided through the ED? (medscape.com)
  • Thus far, the HHI has grown to include nearly 1,000 hospitals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. (todaysdietitian.com)
  • I'm Dr Robert Glatter, a member of the Medscape Emergency Medicine Editorial Board and attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital, part of Northwell Health. (medscape.com)
  • The Latvian Hospital Association says that the fast growing prices of energy resources can have a negative impact on hospitals' performance and patient care. (baltictimes.com)
  • In 1993, the Ambulance Service of New South Wales was the first ambulance service in Australia to introduce Motorcycle Rapid Response Team, crewed with an intensive care or mobile intensive care ambulance paramedic. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Aerial Medical Service covers communities in the Top End, while the Royal Flying Doctor Service takes care of those in the southern half of the territory and operates out of Alice Springs. (britannica.com)
  • Getting medical treatment and hospital care abroad can be very expensive, and, if you need it, a medical evacuation back to your country can cost more than $50,000! (countryreports.org)
  • Many travel agents and private companies offer plans that will cover health care expenses overseas including emergency services such as medical evacuations. (countryreports.org)
  • These losses have impaired tribes' ability to provide essential governmental services such as health care, education, and public safety at a time when the need is highest. (americanprogress.org)
  • Many of these green efforts are influenced, at least in part, by the Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI), a national campaign to improve environmental health and sustainability in the health care sector. (todaysdietitian.com)
  • The HHI is a national movement to implement a completely new approach to improving environmental health and sustainability within the health care sector," says Patti Oliver, MS, RD, MBA, director of nutrition for UCLA Health in California. (todaysdietitian.com)
  • It's intended to accelerate the greening of health care by offering a free way for hospitals to introduce sustainable practices into their daily operations. (todaysdietitian.com)
  • Twelve of the largest, most influential US health systems, comprising over 490 hospitals with more than $20 billion in purchasing power, have partnered with Health Care Without Harm, the Center for Health Design, and Practice Greenhealth to create the HHI as a guide for hospitals to reduce energy use and waste, choose safer and less toxic products, purchase environmentally responsible products, and serve healthier foods. (todaysdietitian.com)
  • C Partnerships linking health providers with the community (nongovernmental organizations, community-based organizations, etc.) need to be established to ensure provision of a number of essential services, including care of orphans, education for prevention, and social support. (who.int)
  • Hospitals are facing shortages across the care continuum, hindering the delivery of effective post-acute care and emergency treatment within the emergency department (ED). (healthleadersmedia.com)
  • The cost of offering health care services is very less when compared to the other Asian countries. (ipl.org)
  • Annapolis, Md. (December 12, 2018)- Occupancy of U.S. skilled nursing facilities increased to 82.2 percent in the third quarter of 2018, up from last quarter, according to the latest data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). (nic.org)
  • Sanford's landmark $350 million virtual care initiative aims to expand access to convenient, high-quality care regardless of zip code, improve the patient experience, advance innovation through new research and attract and train a new generation of clinicians. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • Sanford Health is committed to seeking new ways to provide more affordable, accessible and equitable care, which is why we're excited about our proposed merger with Fairview Health Services. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • Partners in Care and Health, a partnership of the Local Government Association (LGA) and Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) have contributed to this work as well as, social care and NHS employers through an engagement session at NHS ConfedExpo. (nhsemployers.org)
  • Genuine partnerships can help build a culture that truly improves the quality of life of people who draw on care and support. (nhsemployers.org)
  • Creating an integrated approach to health and social care provides people in communities with a life, rather than a service. (nhsemployers.org)
  • ICSs are partnerships of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of those who work and live in their area. (nhsemployers.org)
  • Included in ICSs are the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), Integrated Care Board (ICB), local authorities and place-based partnerships that design and deliver integrated services across their localities or neighbourhoods. (nhsemployers.org)
  • Psychologists and psychology trainees provide clinical services and work collaboratively with interdisciplinary team members for patient care, program development, and quality improvement projects. (chop.edu)
  • Services include a combination of intervention and consultation, plus teaching with pediatrics residents and primary care providers. (chop.edu)
  • The primary focus of the fellowship is the expansion of psychology services within the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment (CFDT), with opportunities to support infants and families in the Harriet and Ronald Lassin Newborn/Infant Intensive Care Unit (N/IICU) and during neurodevelopmental follow-up assessments. (chop.edu)
  • China's State Council adopted a five-year plan in March to further develop the country's public health system, promising to establish a basic medical and health care network covering all urban and rural residents by the end of 2010. (china.org.cn)
  • Increases in the indexes for shelter (2.0 percent), medical care (6.4 percent) and recreation (6.2 percent) were major contributing factors. (bls.gov)
  • The authors studies the use of palliative care teams at four urban hospitals in New York State. (healthworkscollective.com)
  • These prognostic data may inform decision making, e.g. in the organisation of neonatal in-patient service delivery to improve the quality of care. (healthynewbornnetwork.org)
  • We used Kaplan-Meier curves to describe health service use post-VP consultation and Cox regression to estimate the association of caller factors (rurality, demography, attachment to primary care) and call factors (reason, triage level, time of day) with concordance as hazard ratios. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The all items less food and energy index increased 2.1 percent over the year reflecting price increases for shelter and medical care. (bls.gov)
  • Since December 2015, the all items less food and energy index advanced 2.1 percent-led by increases in shelter (2.9 percent) and medical care (4.6 percent). (bls.gov)
  • In 1917, four visionary medical leaders opened a world-class comprehensive health care center, with an integrated team of specialists and a personal approach to wellness-far from an urban center. (gfclinic.com)
  • In 10 years, inpatient hospitals will be more focused on emergency care, intensive/complex care following surgery or complex medical conditions, and short-stay/observation units. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • And all of this technology will improve even more over the next 10 years - turning at-home care from a dream into a reality. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • Hospitals are beginning to rationalize services, including who and where care is delivered. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • However, the need to provide most care in a hospital will change with the result leading to fewer hospitals in total. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • 1. Despite efforts made by countries, the situation of hospitals in the African Region is getting worse in both scope and quality of health care. (who.int)
  • Despite these efforts, the situation of hospitals is getting worse in terms of both the scope and quality of health care they provide. (who.int)
  • 3. Given the importance of hospitals, the Regional Committee, at its thirty-eighth session, adopted resolution AFR/RC38/R123 on improving primary health care (PHC) through hospital sector development, and the forty-second session adopted resolution AFR/RC42/R64 on reorientation and restructuring of hospitals based on PHC. (who.int)
  • In August 2008, SAMU, the federal emergency medical services, purchased 400 motorcycle ambulances to be deployed nationwide between December 2008 and 2009. (wikipedia.org)
  • Emergency department workers in large hospitals were more severely affected by the epidemic. (cdc.gov)
  • The turning point of the SARS outbreak in Taiwan occurred when a healthcare laundry worker with atypical SARS symptoms visited the emergency department of hospital A (located at Taipei City) 3 times (on April 12, 14, and 15) and was admitted to an ordinary ward without quarantine ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Because policymakers lacked adequate information about the capacity and ability of hospital or emergency departments to implement such measures, no decisions were made in the early stages of the outbreak about whether to divert or group persons with suspected or probable cases of SARS into a centralized section in emergency departments. (cdc.gov)
  • The purpose of this hospital-based study was to collect data from hospitals of various levels and analyze the ability of the hospitals' emergency departments to cope with the SARS outbreak. (cdc.gov)
  • A Teton County emergency medical services volunteer outside the Benefis Teton Medical Center in Choteau, Mont. (npr.org)
  • One factor is that emergency medical services are struggling to find young volunteers to replace retiring EMTs. (npr.org)
  • Sometimes an emergency call will go unanswered, leaving people to drive themselves or ask neighbors to drive them to the nearest hospital. (npr.org)
  • Through the HEiDi service, callers identified by 8-1-1 nurses as requiring medical attention immediately or as soon as feasible can be referred for supplemental virtual assessment by telephone or video by off-site emergency physicians, with the potential to safely divert some callers away from emergency departments (EDs). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease in an urban emergency service. (cdc.gov)
  • Healthcare and Social Services: Demographic data can help healthcare providers and policymakers identify trends and implement interventions to improve public health. (devx.com)
  • Some of the programs and facilities administered by local governments include various health and public services, housing, stores, and community recreation centres. (britannica.com)
  • A purposive sample of unmarried women aged 25-60 years in Isfahan city were interviewed about their experiences of reproductive health services in public health centres. (who.int)
  • Content analysis of responses revealed that the favourable characteristics of reproductive health services in public centres were services that: were delivered by personnel of the same sex in a woman-friendly environment and available at a suitable price, and did not label clients. (who.int)
  • Dans un échantillon choisi à dessein, des femmes célibataires âgées de 25 à 60 ans ont été interrogées dans la ville d'Ispahan sur leur expérience des services de santé génésique dans les centres de santé publique. (who.int)
  • Embedding a Quality Improvement Officer within the Task Force's Command and Clinical Operations structure helped strengthen the integration of the UAMTF 804-1 soldiers into Queens Hospital Center (QHC) and its staff. (army.mil)
  • We have built a number of clinical and education partnerships to both increase providers in these communities and bring in, via virtual technologies, advanced and specialty practices from regional academic medical centers. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • A case of MDR-TB was defined as a positive culture for M. tuberculosis in any patient at the hospital from January 1, 1988, through January 31, 1990, whose clinical course was consistent with TB and whose isolate was resistant to at least isoniazid (INH) and rifampin. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective in this study is to describe the The process of industrialization, which was clinical and epidemiological profile of children and late in Brazil, made tuberculosis become a real adolescents who progressed clinically with public health problem in urban centers only in the tuberculosis. (bvsalud.org)
  • Bradley's accomplishments include creating and directly leading a project management team responsible for the most comprehensive change in the Air Force Medical Service's history as part of the $50 billion Military Health System reform and developed a comprehensive healthcare system for 172 thousand beneficiaries, one that was recognized by winning the American Hospital Association's 2015 "Top 100 Most Wired Health Systems" in the US. (gfclinic.com)
  • In its early days, the Dutton ambulance service was locally run and survived off limited health insurance reimbursements and donations. (npr.org)
  • Research limitations/implications - An expanded study focusing specifically on how social influence promotes ICT use by medical practitioners in private hospitals in the state will be a necessity. (deepdyve.com)
  • Some of the multi-specialty private hospitals have already been reported using Telemedicine on a bigger scale to help people to access their services at distant locations [12,13]. (bvsalud.org)
  • As reported, due to unpredictable increases in the prices of energy resources, hospitals warn that they will inevitably run into problems with covering their rapidly growing expenses, public relations specialist Lelde Bokovska told LETA. (baltictimes.com)
  • Large hospitals or public hospitals were more likely to use respirators. (cdc.gov)
  • Paradoxically, Oakland has 1,200 acres of undeveloped open space - mostly public parcels of arable land - which, if used for urban agriculture, could produce 5 to 10 percent of the city's vegetable needs (PDF) . (greenbiz.com)
  • The Safer Access to Essential Public Services methodology was created to prevent and to mitigate the risks of safety incidents in public services (schools, hospitals, social assistance centers). (icrc.org)
  • In Montana, a state Department of Public Health and Human Services report says, about 20% of EMS agencies frequently have trouble responding to 911 calls for lack of available volunteers, and 34% occasionally can't respond to a call. (npr.org)
  • In the early 1980s, 75% of urban households in China lived in public rental housing. (boardhost.com)
  • Since 1953, rural land ownership has remained collective, while urban land ownership has remained public. (boardhost.com)
  • These data contain important information regarding the services provided and the people who used them across different health facilities (public versus private) and urban versus rural settings). (bvsalud.org)
  • Land values have increased by an average of 22.26% per year between 1990 and 2000, while the period spanning from 2000 to 2010 saw about 74% of yearly increase in Dhaka. (springer.com)
  • In February 1990, hospital personnel initiated an investigation of possible nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis (TB) at the hospital. (cdc.gov)
  • The network of hospitals includes district, regional, tertiary and teaching hospitals. (who.int)
  • Each Alliance member made commitments in the strategy to contribute towards improving quality of life and access to services for older people in Cavan. (who.int)
  • If you are studying abroad through your university, talk to your university about access to mental health services at overseas programs. (countryreports.org)
  • This report analyzes urban violence in Brazil and introduces the Safer Access methodology the way it is implemented in Brazil. (icrc.org)
  • One of the opportunities to increase access is through the use of telemedicine and video visits with highly trained specialists who are available at academic medical centers and other large health systems. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • Safe, out-of-hospital birthing options do exist for low-risk births , but many women currently lack access to these alternative options, such as birth centers and home births attended by midwives. (urban.org)
  • The Ohio City Farm is one of the country's largest contiguous urban farm at nearly six acres. (greenbiz.com)
  • The country's social security system covers the majority of urban residents, while most rural dwellers are not yet protected by the system. (china.org.cn)
  • Data can shape our towns and cities and turn them into so-called smart cities, places that are interconnected digitally and where data is being emitted at such mind-blowing rates that local authorities can make use of it in order to improve the quality of life and better serve its citizens. (information-age.com)
  • Faced with this deluge of data in a wide variety of forms and formats, civic authorities and town planning organisations know that every chance of improving the quality of life must begin by harnessing the data available, analysing it and taking data-driven actions as a result. (information-age.com)
  • In May, the hospital laboratory reported that the number of isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to multiple anti-TB drugs had increased during 1989 (Figure 1). (cdc.gov)
  • According to Kalejs, hospitals will continue to look for solutions and turn to the government with a request to consider support mechanisms for hospitals as well. (baltictimes.com)
  • Cuba offers interesting lessons for how to develop urban agriculture, including government-allocated land and agroecological methods that deliver high yields and diverse crops in small spaces. (greenbiz.com)
  • In 2002, the Mongolian government decided that its crude funding formula for rural health services should be replaced. (rrh.org.au)
  • Tribes ceded huge swaths of land to the United States with the formal, treaty-enshrined understanding that the federal government would protect the tribes as sovereign political entities whose right to self-governance it would safeguard and to whom it would provide adequate resources to deliver essential services. (americanprogress.org)
  • The morale of doctors working in Zimbabwe's government hospitals has over the past few months experienced an unprecedented and exponential decline. (zimbabwesituation.com)
  • The industrial action by junior and middle level doctors late last year was partly resolved after a stern indication by the parent ministry that in the short to medium term a raft of changes will be effected to improve the livelihoods of doctors working in government hospitals. (zimbabwesituation.com)
  • To qualify, government promised to review upwards the basic salaries from the pathetic $280.00 per month, government promised to provide free vehicle duty facilities, government promised to revise upwards housing allowances for doctors working in government hospitals. (zimbabwesituation.com)
  • But, due to the changes in technology and politics, even the Government hospitals are eager to cater the needs of specialized category of health services and hence led to the improved medical services. (ipl.org)
  • Mobile health, partnerships, new payment methods and government support can make a big difference to rural hospitals across the U.S. Becker's asked 33 healthcare executives to share their best ideas to save rural healthcare, and here they are. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • Prices for both utility (piped) gas service and gasoline increased over the last two months, up 3.1 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively. (bls.gov)
  • Energy prices rose 3.9 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for gasoline (4.1 percent), electricity (2.5 percent), and utility (piped) gas service (9.6 percent) since last November. (bls.gov)
  • See chart 1 and table A .) The energy index increased 7.5 percent over the year as prices increased for gasoline and utility (piped) gas service. (bls.gov)
  • From January to March, the 5.5-percent rise in electricity costs were partially offset by the declines in the indexes for gasoline (-2.3 percent) and utility (piped) gas service (-0.8 percent). (bls.gov)
  • Over the year, the energy index rose 7.5 percent due to increases in the indexes for gasoline (15.2 percent) and utility (piped) gas service (27.6 percent). (bls.gov)
  • However, a solution should definitely be sought, because the cost of energy resources in hospitals is related to how they will be able to provide services, the politician emphasized. (baltictimes.com)
  • The Great Falls Clinic Hospital is committed to improving the health and wellness of our community by striving to provide the best healthcare possible. (gfclinic.com)
  • For the purposes of this study, a PSC is a hospital that provides IVT 24 h a day, 7 days per week and has in-house angiosuite staff and the necessary equipment to provide EVT but does not have a neurointerventionalist capable of EVT locally available. (springer.com)
  • Improved surveillance in the southern hemisphere is needed to provide critical data on influenza epidemiology, disease burden, circulating strains and effectiveness of influenza prevention and control measures. (who.int)
  • Entry reduces variable profits and increases quality. (bristol.ac.uk)
  • For decades, hospitals have questioned the fairness of that adjustment. (kpbs.org)
  • Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has been experienced break-neck urban growth through restricted area land filling in the last few decades that resulted many adverse impacts on the land markets and social and environmental arena. (springer.com)
  • 5. Hospitals have undergone many changes in the last four decades. (who.int)
  • In response to the growing epidemic, most hospitals followed the recommendations of the Department of Health (DOH), which were similar to those of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization ( 9 - 11 ). (cdc.gov)
  • As a provider-led organization, the Hospital is committed to recruiting the exemplary medical staff members, harnessing the power of the latest medical technologies, continually striving for advancement, and above all, working as a team to meet the health needs of the 250,000 residents living in Central Montana. (gfclinic.com)
  • This potential yield could be dramatically enhanced if, for example, local urban farmers were trained to use well-tested agroecological methods that are widely applied in Cuba to cultivate diverse vegetables, roots, tubers and herbs in relatively small spaces. (greenbiz.com)
  • Most important, the funding methods gave few incentives or rewards for service improvement. (rrh.org.au)
  • Largely, the term urbanisation refers to the alteration of an agricultural economy to that of a manufacturing and service-oriented economy (Mandal 2000 cited in Dewan et al. (springer.com)
  • The author concludes that preventive services are far less expensive than curative services and therefore they should be the goal. (cdc.gov)
  • Screening for syphilis infection in pregnancy: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reaffirmation recommendation statement. (medscape.com)
  • Contribution: Data on rehabilitation service provision in Rwanda and most African countries are either non-existent or very limited. (bvsalud.org)
  • To improve rehabilitation service provision, we first need to understand the current situation. (bvsalud.org)
  • Koonings and Kruijt ( 2009 ) indicated that the urban land management and administration in Global South has been experiencing unclear regulation, plural ownership, (where same land has been sold several times to several people using fake documents) and conflicting or non-existing urban land policies. (springer.com)
  • Keeping healthy people out of the hospital is a high priority as the nation attempts to reduce strain on hospital resources and minimize exposure to COVID-19 . (urban.org)
  • The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs, and the other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. (bls.gov)
  • The aver- do not recognize the needs of young health services from the perspective of age age of women at marriage has gradu- people nor do they welcome provid- participants. (who.int)
  • RIGA - Raising the tariffs for healthcare services will not solve the difficulty of hospitals in covering the rapidly growing expenses, MP Anda Caksa, the chairperson of the Saeima's Social and Labor Affairs Committee, told LETA. (baltictimes.com)
  • The hospital association has already turned to the Health Ministry with a request to review and increase the tariffs for healthcare services due to the rapidly growing prices, but was replied that the ministry had no such plans for the time being. (baltictimes.com)
  • A new funding model was developed through statistical analysis of data from routine service reports and opinions questionnaires. (rrh.org.au)
  • We extend the entry model developed by Bresnahan and Reiss to make use of quantity information and apply it to data on the US hospital industry. (bristol.ac.uk)
  • In the report, data indicate that HHI hospitals have reduced their environmental footprint, lowered costs, and improved patient health by incorporating sustainability initiatives into their business models," she says. (todaysdietitian.com)
  • This is the first time hospitals have quantified sustainability efforts by collecting and reporting data to show movement. (todaysdietitian.com)
  • In addition, demographic data empowers decision-makers to monitor and predict trends, aiding in the development of services, products, and policies. (devx.com)
  • Design/methodology/approach - Data were collected from a systematic random sample of 211 medical practitioners in 135 hospitals using a questionnaire. (deepdyve.com)
  • Responding to the challenges and improving people¹s lives, towns and cities will require local planning teams and administration bodies to think differently, and more emphasis will be placed on the consumption and analysis of large data volumes generated by day-to-day life. (information-age.com)
  • This was a cohort study using routinely collected data from a large urban neonatal unit in Nairobi, Kenya. (healthynewbornnetwork.org)
  • Your local embassy may assist in locating appropriate medical services, informing family or friends, and may even assist in the transfer of funds from back home. (countryreports.org)
  • This surge in consolidation has led to concern about its effect on competition in local markets for hospital services. (bristol.ac.uk)
  • In this paper we examine the impact of market structure on competition in local hospital markets - specifically, does competition increase with the number of firms? (bristol.ac.uk)
  • Rapid urban development, skyrocketing prices, the dependency of local governments on land revenues, and the most shocking , the rumored bankruptcy of the real estate giant Evergrande, 13 years after the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-2008 shook the world economy, aroused the attention of financial analysts everywhere. (boardhost.com)
  • The investigation is being conducted by the hospital, the local health department, the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, and CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • Iran has faced a number of demographic married women seeking treatment for from the perspective of unmarried and cultural shifts, including increases in genital infections was lower than that women. (who.int)
  • All inpatients with suspected respiratory infections who were admitted overnight to the study hospitals were screened daily. (who.int)
  • For example, many of them were pressed by international agencies to adopt various forms of privatization 9 in spite of the evidence that this would lead to increased inequity for the rural poor 10 . (rrh.org.au)
  • Support for hospitals from the state budget would also be necessary, according to Caksa. (baltictimes.com)
  • Healthier food is one of six challenges that form the basis of the HHI's campaign, providing resources, insight, and support any hospital or health system can adapt to develop sustainable foodservice programs. (todaysdietitian.com)
  • We had the opportunity to work with an amazing group of doctors, nurses, assorted hospital support staff and hospital administrators who were generous with their kindness, support, patience and friendship. (army.mil)
  • It is part of a three-year program, "Ten Thousand Medics Support Rural Health Project," launched in 2005 to improve health service conditions in the countryside. (china.org.cn)
  • Many Canadian provinces have publicly funded, nurse-managed telephone services to support citizens with urgent health concerns. (biomedcentral.com)
  • h) collaboration between traditional medicine and hospitals. (who.int)
  • CDC is working to build trust, increase collaboration, and create tools and resources to respond to the concerns and feedback from all communities affected by COVID-19, especially those disproportionately impacted. (cdc.gov)
  • Cleveland has the potential to meet 100 percent of its urban dwellers' fresh vegetable needs, 50 percent of its poultry and egg requirements and 100 percent of its demand for honey. (greenbiz.com)
  • 2. This document responds to requests made during the fifty-second session of the Regional Committee for guidance in strengthening hospitals. (who.int)
  • 3. The document provides a framework for strengthening the role of hospitals in national health systems. (who.int)
  • Committee, Member States requested guidance on strengthening hospitals. (who.int)
  • 4. Countries should systematically monitor and evaluate the performance of hospitals. (who.int)
  • Birmingham has expanded and added jobs around its medical centers and hospitals. (powersouth.com)
  • I was honored to be a member of Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 804-1. (army.mil)
  • Practical implications - The medical practitioners seemed to have overcome the challenges of individual and technological factors in using ICT in the hospitals, but not so for implementation context, which explained ICT use, supporting the need for improved community‐hospital relationship. (deepdyve.com)
  • The Medical Equipment Momentum Index increased from 89.8 in October to 92.1 in November. (leasefoundation.org)
  • In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, the Indian Health Service (IHS) is proposing to modify or alter an SOR, ``Medical Staff Credentials and Privileges Records,'' System No. 09-17-0003. (justia.com)
  • The paper proposes a re-look at the causes of increase in land values and land speculations and the resulting environmental damage pointed out in this study as part of a broad urban land and environmental management strategy in rapidly growing megacities. (springer.com)