2nd issue 2014 - Hospis Malaysia
... exhibition. The highlight was the 15,000 hits garnered towards the end of the exhibition on the newly launched www.palliativecare.my, the official one-stop resource portal for palliative care in Malaysia. The challenge we face now is to continue promoting the symbol to the international arena so it ...
... exhibition. The highlight was the 15,000 hits garnered towards the end of the exhibition on the newly launched www.palliativecare.my, the official one-stop resource portal for palliative care in Malaysia. The challenge we face now is to continue promoting the symbol to the international arena so it ...
Re-engineering Indian health care
... In recent years, health care has been a subject of much debate and discussion across the globe — more specifically in developed economies, where health care costs are burgeoning. If the current trend continues, these costs are likely to become prohibitive, despite the health needs of significant sec ...
... In recent years, health care has been a subject of much debate and discussion across the globe — more specifically in developed economies, where health care costs are burgeoning. If the current trend continues, these costs are likely to become prohibitive, despite the health needs of significant sec ...
Robert Burke, Gregory S. Liptak and the Council on Children... ; originally published online November 28, 2011; Bifida
... depends on the type and location of the defect as well as the occurrence of associated conditions. The average lifetime cost is more than $635 000.2 Children 1 through 17 years of age with spina bifida have average medical expenditures 13 times greater than children without spina bifida.3 The primary ...
... depends on the type and location of the defect as well as the occurrence of associated conditions. The average lifetime cost is more than $635 000.2 Children 1 through 17 years of age with spina bifida have average medical expenditures 13 times greater than children without spina bifida.3 The primary ...
Care Coordination Case Study: Preliminary Findings
... initiatives. Care coordination typically involves primary care providers and others actively managing the care of their patients, both within the practice as well as between the practice and other providers, including behavioral health providers and medical specialists. Care coordination involves ...
... initiatives. Care coordination typically involves primary care providers and others actively managing the care of their patients, both within the practice as well as between the practice and other providers, including behavioral health providers and medical specialists. Care coordination involves ...
ACCREDITATION UNIVERSITY IS EXPANDING
... As ACHC continues to grow, we understand that both the needs of our customers and regulatory requirements will shift over time. In response to evolving industry demands and regulatory requirements, we have developed improvements that enhance our relationships with ACHCaccredited companies. Customers ...
... As ACHC continues to grow, we understand that both the needs of our customers and regulatory requirements will shift over time. In response to evolving industry demands and regulatory requirements, we have developed improvements that enhance our relationships with ACHCaccredited companies. Customers ...
The Evolving Role of Emergency Departments in the United States
... Emergency departments (EDs) emerged with the rise of hospital-based medicine in the aftermath of World War II. Today, they play a pivotal role in the delivery of acute ambulatory and inpatient care. As our health care system evolves in response to economic, clinical, and political pressures, the rol ...
... Emergency departments (EDs) emerged with the rise of hospital-based medicine in the aftermath of World War II. Today, they play a pivotal role in the delivery of acute ambulatory and inpatient care. As our health care system evolves in response to economic, clinical, and political pressures, the rol ...
The Evolving Role of Emergency Departments in the United States
... Emergency departments (EDs) emerged with the rise of hospital-based medicine in the aftermath of World War II. Today, they play a pivotal role in the delivery of acute ambulatory and inpatient care. As our health care system evolves in response to economic, clinical, and political pressures, the rol ...
... Emergency departments (EDs) emerged with the rise of hospital-based medicine in the aftermath of World War II. Today, they play a pivotal role in the delivery of acute ambulatory and inpatient care. As our health care system evolves in response to economic, clinical, and political pressures, the rol ...
Cases: Costs of Alternative Pain Management Paths
... reasons and who face different challenges in addressing their medical problems. One thing they all have in common is their reliance on their local CRNAs in providing efficient, effective, and quality care in their pain management. For each case, we discuss the current treatment pathway through which ...
... reasons and who face different challenges in addressing their medical problems. One thing they all have in common is their reliance on their local CRNAs in providing efficient, effective, and quality care in their pain management. For each case, we discuss the current treatment pathway through which ...
Advancing Primary Care Delivery
... in their homes is an effective approach to improving access and care delivery. A key advantage of conducting clinical visits in the home is the review of environmental and social conditions, which provides valuable information and context to inform an individual’s treatment plan. Optum’s HouseCalls, ...
... in their homes is an effective approach to improving access and care delivery. A key advantage of conducting clinical visits in the home is the review of environmental and social conditions, which provides valuable information and context to inform an individual’s treatment plan. Optum’s HouseCalls, ...
SAQ099_State-of-Safety-and-Quality-Report_FILM82
... Medicines are part of most people’s lives. In any two-week period, about seven in ten Australians (and nine in ten older Australians) will take at least one medicine.1 Medicines can help us to stay healthy, relieve symptoms of diseases, cure some diseases and improve our quality of life. Like any fo ...
... Medicines are part of most people’s lives. In any two-week period, about seven in ten Australians (and nine in ten older Australians) will take at least one medicine.1 Medicines can help us to stay healthy, relieve symptoms of diseases, cure some diseases and improve our quality of life. Like any fo ...
Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: A
... families in ways that accord with their decision-making preferences. Merely providing treatment alternatives and asking patients and families to choose among them may make the patients and families feel solely responsible for the decision to forgo life-sustaining treatment, and this practice contras ...
... families in ways that accord with their decision-making preferences. Merely providing treatment alternatives and asking patients and families to choose among them may make the patients and families feel solely responsible for the decision to forgo life-sustaining treatment, and this practice contras ...
Central Venous Catheter - American Thoracic Society
... tube that is placed into a large vein (blood vessel). A central line is much like an intravenous (IV) catheter that is placed in a small vein in an arm, except that a central line is longer and is placed in a large vein leading to the heart in the neck, upper chest, leg, or arm. This type of cathete ...
... tube that is placed into a large vein (blood vessel). A central line is much like an intravenous (IV) catheter that is placed in a small vein in an arm, except that a central line is longer and is placed in a large vein leading to the heart in the neck, upper chest, leg, or arm. This type of cathete ...
Tufts Member Handbook
... continue to meet our credentialing standards. In addition, because providers are independent contractors who do not work for Tufts Health Plan, this can also happen if Tufts Health Plan and the provider are unable to reach agreement on a contract. ...
... continue to meet our credentialing standards. In addition, because providers are independent contractors who do not work for Tufts Health Plan, this can also happen if Tufts Health Plan and the provider are unable to reach agreement on a contract. ...
Using Care Management Entities for Behavioral Health Home Providers:
... The CME provides a single point of accountability for ensuring that medically necessary services are accessed, coordinated, and delivered in a strength-based, individualized, family/youth-driven, and ethnically, culturally, and linguistically relevant manner. CMEs facilitate increased access and coo ...
... The CME provides a single point of accountability for ensuring that medically necessary services are accessed, coordinated, and delivered in a strength-based, individualized, family/youth-driven, and ethnically, culturally, and linguistically relevant manner. CMEs facilitate increased access and coo ...
Vollmer WM, Kirshner M, Peters D, Drane A, Stibolt T, Hickey T, Tom GI, Buist AS, O'Connor EA, Frazier EA, Mosen D. Use and impact of an automated telephone outreach system for asthma in a managed care setting. Am J Manag Care. 2006;12(12): p.725-33.
... Primary outcomes of the study related to healthcare utilization, medication use, and quality of life. Important secondary outcomes were the extent to which the intervention could be successfully implemented and the reaction to the intervention by patients and providers. The secondary outcomes were i ...
... Primary outcomes of the study related to healthcare utilization, medication use, and quality of life. Important secondary outcomes were the extent to which the intervention could be successfully implemented and the reaction to the intervention by patients and providers. The secondary outcomes were i ...
Best Practices in Integrated Behavioral Health
... ntegrated behavioral health (IBH) represents a paradigm shift in both primary care and specialty behavioral health settings. IBH entails more routine attention to behavioral health among primary care providers and other medically trained staff, as well as skillful attention to behavioral aspects of ...
... ntegrated behavioral health (IBH) represents a paradigm shift in both primary care and specialty behavioral health settings. IBH entails more routine attention to behavioral health among primary care providers and other medically trained staff, as well as skillful attention to behavioral aspects of ...
The quest for integrated health and social care A case study in
... In parallel with this, the business development unit ran a number of projects, starting with a programme called Xceler8. These continued throughout the change of chief executive as David Meates succeeded Gordon Davies at the beginning of 2009. Xceler8 originally involved two groups, each of 40 staff ...
... In parallel with this, the business development unit ran a number of projects, starting with a programme called Xceler8. These continued throughout the change of chief executive as David Meates succeeded Gordon Davies at the beginning of 2009. Xceler8 originally involved two groups, each of 40 staff ...
ASL/English Medical Interpreter Domains and Competencies
... may provide information to a patient about accessing grievance procedures). f. The interpreter practices effective timing of providing communication advocacy (e.g., may provide information pre-, during, or post-patient/provider interactions, improve skills and enhance knowledge for how to work with ...
... may provide information to a patient about accessing grievance procedures). f. The interpreter practices effective timing of providing communication advocacy (e.g., may provide information pre-, during, or post-patient/provider interactions, improve skills and enhance knowledge for how to work with ...
Alternate Health Care Facilities and Coding Guidelines
... Board and care homes (or boarding homes) are group living arrangements designed to meet the needs of people who cannot live independently, but who do not require nursing facility services. These homes offer a wider range of services than assisted living facilities, and most provide help with activit ...
... Board and care homes (or boarding homes) are group living arrangements designed to meet the needs of people who cannot live independently, but who do not require nursing facility services. These homes offer a wider range of services than assisted living facilities, and most provide help with activit ...
Terms and Abbreviations - Kansas Hospital Association
... Formal acceptance by hospital or other inpatient health care facility of a patient who is to be provided with room, board, and continuous nursing service in the hospital or facility where patients remain at least overnight. Admitting Privileges The authorization given to a provider by a health care ...
... Formal acceptance by hospital or other inpatient health care facility of a patient who is to be provided with room, board, and continuous nursing service in the hospital or facility where patients remain at least overnight. Admitting Privileges The authorization given to a provider by a health care ...
volunteer model - Canadian Virtual Hospice
... do we assure quality to those we serve?” The model we jointly create over the next several years will be powerful. It will enable all programs, no matter how big or small, to address some key issues: What are the best principles and norms for volunteer resource management? How do we need to prep ...
... do we assure quality to those we serve?” The model we jointly create over the next several years will be powerful. It will enable all programs, no matter how big or small, to address some key issues: What are the best principles and norms for volunteer resource management? How do we need to prep ...
The US health system: an assessment and prospective
... elderly and disabled persons, 9 million federal government employees and their dependants, and 6 million active members of the military and their families. It finances, in conjunction with the states, state-run insurance programmes for the poor and near-poor children. It runs a health care delivery ...
... elderly and disabled persons, 9 million federal government employees and their dependants, and 6 million active members of the military and their families. It finances, in conjunction with the states, state-run insurance programmes for the poor and near-poor children. It runs a health care delivery ...
View PDF - Open Access Journals
... and engage as active participants in multidisciplinary care along with palliative care specialists. The American College of Surgeons has taken a leadership role in the recognition of the importance of surgical palliative care in modern surgical practice and has established several educational initia ...
... and engage as active participants in multidisciplinary care along with palliative care specialists. The American College of Surgeons has taken a leadership role in the recognition of the importance of surgical palliative care in modern surgical practice and has established several educational initia ...
Organizing the U.S. health care Delivery SyStem fOr high PerfOrmance
... The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System is pleased to present the report, Organizing the U.S. Health Care Delivery System for High Performance, which addresses fragmentation in the U.S. delivery system, a problem that leads to frustrating and dangerous patient experience ...
... The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System is pleased to present the report, Organizing the U.S. Health Care Delivery System for High Performance, which addresses fragmentation in the U.S. delivery system, a problem that leads to frustrating and dangerous patient experience ...