ISPOR 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference SHANGHAI WORLDFIELD CONVENTION HOTEL SHANGHAI, CHINA
... plenary sessions. The first session examines the use of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research in health care decisions in Asia-Pacific: China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Pakistan, Malaysia and India. The second session focuses on international experience in the development and implem ...
... plenary sessions. The first session examines the use of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research in health care decisions in Asia-Pacific: China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Pakistan, Malaysia and India. The second session focuses on international experience in the development and implem ...
... Prevention is an important role for all health care providers. Providers can help individuals stay healthy by preventing disease, and they can prevent complications of existing disease by helping patients live with their illnesses. To fulfill this role, however, providers need data on the impact of ...
Defining and measuring the quality of general
... Quality improvement can be defined as a process within general practice through which the individuals who provide care adopt various approaches to self-reflection and benchmarking in order to understand and address the reasons for poor quality or variations in quality, and to identify areas where ac ...
... Quality improvement can be defined as a process within general practice through which the individuals who provide care adopt various approaches to self-reflection and benchmarking in order to understand and address the reasons for poor quality or variations in quality, and to identify areas where ac ...
Caring for quality in health
... Lesson 3: High-quality mental health care systems require strong health information systems and mental health training in primary care................... 20 Lesson 4: New models of shared care are required to promote co-ordination across health and social care systems.............................. ...
... Lesson 3: High-quality mental health care systems require strong health information systems and mental health training in primary care................... 20 Lesson 4: New models of shared care are required to promote co-ordination across health and social care systems.............................. ...
Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa
... People visiting friends and relatives in the affected countries tend to have more and closer contacts in the community, and they are more likely than other visitors to participate in burial ceremonies – an activity known to be associated with transmission of the Ebola virus. Residents and visitors t ...
... People visiting friends and relatives in the affected countries tend to have more and closer contacts in the community, and they are more likely than other visitors to participate in burial ceremonies – an activity known to be associated with transmission of the Ebola virus. Residents and visitors t ...
Conference Abstracts - BUKSA Strategic Conference Services
... 12,104 unattached patients in Calgary and area were connected with a family physician 56% of registrants were without a family doctor for over a year 44% of registrants were without a family doctor for under a year 37% of registrants had one or more chronic conditions ...
... 12,104 unattached patients in Calgary and area were connected with a family physician 56% of registrants were without a family doctor for over a year 44% of registrants were without a family doctor for under a year 37% of registrants had one or more chronic conditions ...
Quality of Health Care for Children and Adolescents: A Chartbook
... about development, screen children for developmental delays, and promote early childhood literacy development, which is linked to success in school. ...
... about development, screen children for developmental delays, and promote early childhood literacy development, which is linked to success in school. ...
Rural Behavioral Health Programs and Promising Practices
... A practice is defined as a specific procedure that can be generalized to targeted situations. For example, in using a specific depression screening questionnaire, there are standard procedures to follow (e.g., a specific order of questions, a specific method of scoring the responses). This screening ...
... A practice is defined as a specific procedure that can be generalized to targeted situations. For example, in using a specific depression screening questionnaire, there are standard procedures to follow (e.g., a specific order of questions, a specific method of scoring the responses). This screening ...
The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice
... Therefore, practice-focused doctoral programs will need to be examined separately from research-focused programs. This finding coupled with the growing interest in practice doctorates prompted the establishment of the AACN Task Force on the Practice Doctorate in Nursing in 2002. This task force was ...
... Therefore, practice-focused doctoral programs will need to be examined separately from research-focused programs. This finding coupled with the growing interest in practice doctorates prompted the establishment of the AACN Task Force on the Practice Doctorate in Nursing in 2002. This task force was ...
Blueprint for Change - American Psychological Association
... increased our mother’s sleeping – to the point that she was sleeping far too much. Efforts to find a balance between the two was a continuing challenge. Mother’s illness and her needs for care had profound effects on my sister and her husband, who were in their mid-twenties when mother’s condition w ...
... increased our mother’s sleeping – to the point that she was sleeping far too much. Efforts to find a balance between the two was a continuing challenge. Mother’s illness and her needs for care had profound effects on my sister and her husband, who were in their mid-twenties when mother’s condition w ...
FROM NOVICE TOWARDS SELF-CARE EXPERT Studies of self-care among persons using
... obstructive pulmonary disease, obesitas, diabetes or hypertension leading to kidney disease, increases the need for long-term oxygen (Gustafson et al. 2009), ventilators (Janssens et al. 2003; Midgren 2007) and dialysis (Sinclair 2008). Other examples of advanced medical technologies frequently used ...
... obstructive pulmonary disease, obesitas, diabetes or hypertension leading to kidney disease, increases the need for long-term oxygen (Gustafson et al. 2009), ventilators (Janssens et al. 2003; Midgren 2007) and dialysis (Sinclair 2008). Other examples of advanced medical technologies frequently used ...
Latinos and Health Access to Health Care
... http://www.lif.org/health/main.html Ensuring that Latinos have access to health care and are able to live healthy lives. Latino Issues Forum (LIF) website. http://www.nhmamd.org/ Expanding access to quality health care, increasing opportunities in medical education, cultural competence, and research ...
... http://www.lif.org/health/main.html Ensuring that Latinos have access to health care and are able to live healthy lives. Latino Issues Forum (LIF) website. http://www.nhmamd.org/ Expanding access to quality health care, increasing opportunities in medical education, cultural competence, and research ...
Epidemiology and Economic Impact of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
... that range from metabolic and physiologic conditions, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, to psychological impairment and low quality of life. Some conditions, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, idiopathic intracranial ...
... that range from metabolic and physiologic conditions, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, to psychological impairment and low quality of life. Some conditions, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, idiopathic intracranial ...
Increasing Knowledge About Alpha-1 Antitrypsin
... improvements (Carpenter et al., 2007). Acknowledging genetic factors allows multiple interventions for self-care management that can improve individual health and future family health instead of focusing on only the smoking issue. Additionally, healthcare facilities and the community can begin to pr ...
... improvements (Carpenter et al., 2007). Acknowledging genetic factors allows multiple interventions for self-care management that can improve individual health and future family health instead of focusing on only the smoking issue. Additionally, healthcare facilities and the community can begin to pr ...
Aids to daily living - Brown and Welin Pharmacy
... for continued success in this ever-changing environment. To meet this need, Cardinal Health created Specialized Care Center (SCC) to help independent pharmacies deliver a level of customer service and that personal touch to make them a destination for immunization, diabetes care, long term care, hea ...
... for continued success in this ever-changing environment. To meet this need, Cardinal Health created Specialized Care Center (SCC) to help independent pharmacies deliver a level of customer service and that personal touch to make them a destination for immunization, diabetes care, long term care, hea ...
Proceedings 2011 - Perinatal Priorities
... that was presented during their counseling. Many mothers said that they simply wanted everything done, for example, “Never a question not to do everything.” Others relied on their faith, as 1 woman said, “I put my faith in God and hoped He would help the infant and the doctors.” Only 2 mothers speci ...
... that was presented during their counseling. Many mothers said that they simply wanted everything done, for example, “Never a question not to do everything.” Others relied on their faith, as 1 woman said, “I put my faith in God and hoped He would help the infant and the doctors.” Only 2 mothers speci ...
A guide to quality improvement methods
... transparently available on the quality of care being provided at every level of the system. This information should be used to drive quality improvement at the front line, for the purposes of accountability and to support patient choice. The NHS Outcomes Framework sets out the national quality goals ...
... transparently available on the quality of care being provided at every level of the system. This information should be used to drive quality improvement at the front line, for the purposes of accountability and to support patient choice. The NHS Outcomes Framework sets out the national quality goals ...
Scope of Practice for - American Psychiatric Nurses Association
... Workforce needed to construct a Public Health Model of Mental Health Care Definition of Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Phenomena of Concern for Psychiatric–Mental Health Nurses Levels of Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Practice Psychiatric–Mental Health Registered Nurse (RN-PMH) Psychiatric–Men ...
... Workforce needed to construct a Public Health Model of Mental Health Care Definition of Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Phenomena of Concern for Psychiatric–Mental Health Nurses Levels of Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Practice Psychiatric–Mental Health Registered Nurse (RN-PMH) Psychiatric–Men ...
Programme
... The Royal Colleges have come a long way since the Royal College of Physicians was established in 1518 to grant licenses to those qualified to practice and ‘curb the audacity of those wicked men who shall profess medicine more for the sake of their avarice than from the assurance of any good conscien ...
... The Royal Colleges have come a long way since the Royal College of Physicians was established in 1518 to grant licenses to those qualified to practice and ‘curb the audacity of those wicked men who shall profess medicine more for the sake of their avarice than from the assurance of any good conscien ...
Everyone with Diabetes Counts - Lake Superior Quality Innovation
... • Benefit is for up to 10 hours the first year (provided over a 12 month period) • Follow up in subsequent years is for no more than two hours per year • Classes to do not have to be consecutive; can have one- or two-hour class, then later in the year have an additional class, or series of classes ...
... • Benefit is for up to 10 hours the first year (provided over a 12 month period) • Follow up in subsequent years is for no more than two hours per year • Classes to do not have to be consecutive; can have one- or two-hour class, then later in the year have an additional class, or series of classes ...
The social determinants of health and the role of local government
... Darzi’s (2008) review of the NHS, reported in High Quality Care for All have supported a shift in effort and focus towards prevention of ill health. Similarly, there has been an increased emphasis in policy on social care and support on taking action to prevent people needing services. This policy ...
... Darzi’s (2008) review of the NHS, reported in High Quality Care for All have supported a shift in effort and focus towards prevention of ill health. Similarly, there has been an increased emphasis in policy on social care and support on taking action to prevent people needing services. This policy ...
How-to Guide: Prevent Central Line
... IHI’s How-to Guides address specific healthcare interventions hospitals and/or entire health systems can pursue to improve the quality of healthcare while reducing unnecessary death, medical error, and cost. These interventions align with several national initiatives of the Institute of Medicine (IO ...
... IHI’s How-to Guides address specific healthcare interventions hospitals and/or entire health systems can pursue to improve the quality of healthcare while reducing unnecessary death, medical error, and cost. These interventions align with several national initiatives of the Institute of Medicine (IO ...
Diarrheal Disease - The Carter Center
... knowledge, attitude and practical skills through interactive and participatory learning. This module will help the health center team comprising of health officers, public health nurses, laboratory technicians and sanitarians to correctly identify cases of diarrhoea and manage them effectively as te ...
... knowledge, attitude and practical skills through interactive and participatory learning. This module will help the health center team comprising of health officers, public health nurses, laboratory technicians and sanitarians to correctly identify cases of diarrhoea and manage them effectively as te ...
- Wiley Online Library
... person’ (Freemont-Smith 1953) as the focus of healthcare. Chapman (1949) suggested that a screening examination of 1,000 apparently well persons over the age of 15 for syphilis, diabetes, glaucoma, anaemia, tuberculosis, obesity, visual defects, hearing loss, hypertension and heart disease would res ...
... person’ (Freemont-Smith 1953) as the focus of healthcare. Chapman (1949) suggested that a screening examination of 1,000 apparently well persons over the age of 15 for syphilis, diabetes, glaucoma, anaemia, tuberculosis, obesity, visual defects, hearing loss, hypertension and heart disease would res ...