Palliative Care in Australia
... developed the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. The purpose of the NSQHS Standards is to protect the public from harm and improve the quality of service provision. The NSQHS Standards have been developed to apply in all healthcare settings, including palliative care. When ...
... developed the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. The purpose of the NSQHS Standards is to protect the public from harm and improve the quality of service provision. The NSQHS Standards have been developed to apply in all healthcare settings, including palliative care. When ...
Managed Care - The Nuffield Trust
... Cumulatively over the last two decades concern increased about the inefficiency of resource allocation. The radical and foresighted doctor AL Cochrane10 argued over 25 years ago that: Allocations of funds and facilities are nearly always based on the opinions of senior consultants, but, more and mor ...
... Cumulatively over the last two decades concern increased about the inefficiency of resource allocation. The radical and foresighted doctor AL Cochrane10 argued over 25 years ago that: Allocations of funds and facilities are nearly always based on the opinions of senior consultants, but, more and mor ...
Aged Care - Working with People with Challenging Behaviours in
... setting for a number of reasons. This behaviour is common in dementia but may also be related to a range of other medical and psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, anxiety disorders and agitated depressive states. People with dementia may also have pre-existing me ...
... setting for a number of reasons. This behaviour is common in dementia but may also be related to a range of other medical and psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, anxiety disorders and agitated depressive states. People with dementia may also have pre-existing me ...
Urgent Care Strategy 2015 - 2020 - Bristol Clinical Commissioning
... need for emergency admission where the patient's condition permits. This service has been in place under different guises for the last 6 years, but a procurement undertaken in 2013 saw the service integrated with Bristol Royal Infirmary Ambulatory Care Unit with dedicated nursing and hospital consul ...
... need for emergency admission where the patient's condition permits. This service has been in place under different guises for the last 6 years, but a procurement undertaken in 2013 saw the service integrated with Bristol Royal Infirmary Ambulatory Care Unit with dedicated nursing and hospital consul ...
Integrated care for older people with frailty
... of the UK’s rapidly ageing population, and will only increase in the years to come. The prevalence of multimorbidity is on the rise, with 44% of people over 75 now living with more than one long-term condition.1 Around 10% of people over 65 will also be living with frailty, a distinctive health stat ...
... of the UK’s rapidly ageing population, and will only increase in the years to come. The prevalence of multimorbidity is on the rise, with 44% of people over 75 now living with more than one long-term condition.1 Around 10% of people over 65 will also be living with frailty, a distinctive health stat ...
Gold Standards Framework: improving community care
... adopted and adapted within GP practices and supporting community nursing teams to improve end-of-life care. The tools include templates for the supportive care register and advance care planning, assessment tools and guidance on implementation of the framework. It is currently funded through the NHS ...
... adopted and adapted within GP practices and supporting community nursing teams to improve end-of-life care. The tools include templates for the supportive care register and advance care planning, assessment tools and guidance on implementation of the framework. It is currently funded through the NHS ...
HealthCare: The Journal of Delivery Science and
... evidence of effects, but tend to be lengthy and narrowly focused on the effect of a precisely specified intervention. That precision may be less relevant in highly naturalized and complex settings like clinics and hospitals where the effects of a policy innovation are likely to be substantially modifi ...
... evidence of effects, but tend to be lengthy and narrowly focused on the effect of a precisely specified intervention. That precision may be less relevant in highly naturalized and complex settings like clinics and hospitals where the effects of a policy innovation are likely to be substantially modifi ...
Death, Dying and Canadian Families
... In contrast to Britain, Europe and the United States, industrialization came rather late to Canada and its arrival in the mid-19th century led to rapid urban population growth. Lacking adequate sanitation, sewage disposal systems and clean water supplies, cities soon became centres of disease. Babie ...
... In contrast to Britain, Europe and the United States, industrialization came rather late to Canada and its arrival in the mid-19th century led to rapid urban population growth. Lacking adequate sanitation, sewage disposal systems and clean water supplies, cities soon became centres of disease. Babie ...
Saint Luke`s Health magazine
... CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SAINT LUKE’S HOSPITAL, AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SAINT LUKE’S CANCER INSTITUTE ...
... CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SAINT LUKE’S HOSPITAL, AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SAINT LUKE’S CANCER INSTITUTE ...
Personal Choice
... Cross (IBC) contracts with hospitals and other facility providers, IBC pays using bulk purchasing arrangements that save money at the end of the year but do not produce a uniform discount for each individual claim. Therefore, the amount paid by IBC at the time of any given claim may be more or it ma ...
... Cross (IBC) contracts with hospitals and other facility providers, IBC pays using bulk purchasing arrangements that save money at the end of the year but do not produce a uniform discount for each individual claim. Therefore, the amount paid by IBC at the time of any given claim may be more or it ma ...
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC
... the treatment of tuberculosis were not included. As in the former ESAC hospital PPS protocol [23-26], antimicrobial treatment was recorded if, at the time of survey, the antimicrobial agent was still prescribed on the treatment chart. In the case of surgical prophylaxis, any single dose of an antimi ...
... the treatment of tuberculosis were not included. As in the former ESAC hospital PPS protocol [23-26], antimicrobial treatment was recorded if, at the time of survey, the antimicrobial agent was still prescribed on the treatment chart. In the case of surgical prophylaxis, any single dose of an antimi ...
Accountable care - OHSU Digital Commons
... such a result might seem draconian, the Code certainly held the surgeon accountable for his or her actions. Many centuries later in the early 1900s, a physician, Dr. Ernst Codman, who was a pioneer in the area of accountable care and an author, “proposed standardizing the way medicine is practiced t ...
... such a result might seem draconian, the Code certainly held the surgeon accountable for his or her actions. Many centuries later in the early 1900s, a physician, Dr. Ernst Codman, who was a pioneer in the area of accountable care and an author, “proposed standardizing the way medicine is practiced t ...
A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
... research, and teaching. In describing the patient care mission, he said, “Let those who are at once the Victims, both of Poverty and Disease, claim your particular attention.”1 In many respects, this statement was simply a reflection of the state of medical care in America from pre-revolutionary tim ...
... research, and teaching. In describing the patient care mission, he said, “Let those who are at once the Victims, both of Poverty and Disease, claim your particular attention.”1 In many respects, this statement was simply a reflection of the state of medical care in America from pre-revolutionary tim ...
Sunny days are here again - UHS Stay Healthy Magazine
... Dr. Giannone. “But if the problem is emergent — like someone with elevated blood glucose — I can call the endocrinologist to see the patient on the same or next day, or he or she can advise me about what needs to happen.” Of course, the system also works in reverse: Patients who are seen at the UHS ...
... Dr. Giannone. “But if the problem is emergent — like someone with elevated blood glucose — I can call the endocrinologist to see the patient on the same or next day, or he or she can advise me about what needs to happen.” Of course, the system also works in reverse: Patients who are seen at the UHS ...
Errors of Omission: How Missed Nursing Care Imperials Patients
... deconditioned by bed rest or inactivity. Each of these trepidations can adversely affect health and contribute to substantial impairments during the early recovery period, an inability to fend off disease, and susceptibility to mental error ...
... deconditioned by bed rest or inactivity. Each of these trepidations can adversely affect health and contribute to substantial impairments during the early recovery period, an inability to fend off disease, and susceptibility to mental error ...
Minor surgical procedures and musculoskeletal injections by
... Objective: To evaluate the performance of MSP and MSI by primary care physicians in the Southern District (Negev) of Clalit Health Services (CHS) health maintenance organization (HMO) in Israel. Methods: A structured self-report questionnaire was sent to all 277 primary care physicians, other than p ...
... Objective: To evaluate the performance of MSP and MSI by primary care physicians in the Southern District (Negev) of Clalit Health Services (CHS) health maintenance organization (HMO) in Israel. Methods: A structured self-report questionnaire was sent to all 277 primary care physicians, other than p ...
health care decision- making and advance directive policy
... for health care in the normal course of business; includes but not limited to physicians, osteopaths, psychiatrists, and advanced practice nurses (APRN). 8. Health care agent: The person authorized in the Health Care Directive or Durable Power of Attorney to make health decisions when the resident i ...
... for health care in the normal course of business; includes but not limited to physicians, osteopaths, psychiatrists, and advanced practice nurses (APRN). 8. Health care agent: The person authorized in the Health Care Directive or Durable Power of Attorney to make health decisions when the resident i ...
Saving Babies 2010-2011: Eighth report on perinatal care in South
... This eighth Saving Babies report deals with the years 2010-2011. It is unique because for the first time PPIP is sufficiently widespread to be able to give the report in districts and provinces. This data is presented at the end of the report. Care should be taken not to over interpret the data pres ...
... This eighth Saving Babies report deals with the years 2010-2011. It is unique because for the first time PPIP is sufficiently widespread to be able to give the report in districts and provinces. This data is presented at the end of the report. Care should be taken not to over interpret the data pres ...
Profile of Maryann Muckaden - Australasian Palliative Link
... conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care on the 13-15th Feb 2009 was, as always, a stimulating and enjoyable experience. The conference was held in New Delhi with Dr Sushma Bhatnagar, the organising secretary, assisted by her dedicated team at the All India Institute of Medical Scienc ...
... conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care on the 13-15th Feb 2009 was, as always, a stimulating and enjoyable experience. The conference was held in New Delhi with Dr Sushma Bhatnagar, the organising secretary, assisted by her dedicated team at the All India Institute of Medical Scienc ...
End of Life Evidence Review
... It is also not fully understood why people say they would prefer to die at home. One study suggests that people view it as the most likely place to be surrounded by family and friends, in a comfortable, familiar space, a peaceful atmosphere, and where they can experience dignity.25 People are appare ...
... It is also not fully understood why people say they would prefer to die at home. One study suggests that people view it as the most likely place to be surrounded by family and friends, in a comfortable, familiar space, a peaceful atmosphere, and where they can experience dignity.25 People are appare ...
Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities Report
... and inner city communities depend upon their hospital as an important, and often only, source of care. The nation’s nearly 2,000 rural community hospitals and more than 2,000 urban community hospitals frequently serve as the anchor for their area’s health-related services, often providing prevention ...
... and inner city communities depend upon their hospital as an important, and often only, source of care. The nation’s nearly 2,000 rural community hospitals and more than 2,000 urban community hospitals frequently serve as the anchor for their area’s health-related services, often providing prevention ...
Quality End-of-Life Care? It Depends on Where you Live
... being used by Local Health Integration Networks across Ontario. It is a partnership between the hospital and the Community Care Access Centre, which is responsible for coordinating home care and long-term care. The palliative care team works with the family doctors and home care providers to “share ...
... being used by Local Health Integration Networks across Ontario. It is a partnership between the hospital and the Community Care Access Centre, which is responsible for coordinating home care and long-term care. The palliative care team works with the family doctors and home care providers to “share ...
Ambulatory care services in hospitals, throughout Ontario, have
... hospital corporations. We have further restricted the term to include only those services funded via the hospital’s global budget in order to exclude delisted clinic services (i.e. chiropractic services, naturopathy). At this time we are also excluding solo physician practices (both within and outsi ...
... hospital corporations. We have further restricted the term to include only those services funded via the hospital’s global budget in order to exclude delisted clinic services (i.e. chiropractic services, naturopathy). At this time we are also excluding solo physician practices (both within and outsi ...
ACCOUNTABLE CARE STRATEGIES LESSONS FROM THE PREMIER HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE’S
... to care, promote wellness, and improve outcomes, the nation’s health care providers must work together and be held accountable for their performance. U.S. health care costs have been growing at an unsustainable rate, reaching an estimated 17.3 percent of the gross domestic product in 2009, according ...
... to care, promote wellness, and improve outcomes, the nation’s health care providers must work together and be held accountable for their performance. U.S. health care costs have been growing at an unsustainable rate, reaching an estimated 17.3 percent of the gross domestic product in 2009, according ...
Catholic Church and health care
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest non-government provider of health care services in the world. It has around 18,000 clinics, 16,000 homes for the elderly and those with special needs, and 5,500 hospitals, with 65 percent of them located in developing countries. In 2010, the Church's Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers said that the Church manages 26% of the world's health care facilities. The Church's involvement in health care has ancient origins.Jesus Christ, whom the Church holds as its founder, instructed his followers to heal the sick. The early Christians were noted for tending the sick and infirm, and Christian emphasis on practical charity gave rise to the development of systematic nursing and hospitals. The influential Benedictine rule holds that ""the care of the sick is to be placed above and before every other duty, as if indeed Christ were being directly served by waiting on them"". But for centuries, Catholic health care was scientifically primitive. Different saints were invoked for every body part in the hope of miraculous cures. During the Middle Ages, monasteries and convents were the key medical centres of Europe and the Church developed an early version of a welfare state. Cathedral schools evolved into a well integrated network of medieval universities and Catholic scientists (many of them clergymen) made a number of important discoveries which aided the development of modern science and medicine.Saint Albert the Great (1206-1280) was a pioneer of biological field research; Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) helped revive knowledge of ancient Greek medicine, Renaissance popes were often patrons of the study of anatomy, and Catholic artists such as Michelangelo advanced knowledge of the field through sketching cadavers. The Jesuit Athanasius Kircher (1602 – 1680) first proposed that living beings enter and exist in the blood (a precursor of germ theory). The Augustinian Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) developed theories on genetics for the first time. As Catholicism became a global religion, the Catholic orders and religious and lay people established health care centres around the world. Women's religious institutes such as the Sisters of Charity, Sisters of Mercy and Sisters of St Francis opened and operated some of the first modern general hospitals.While the prioritisation of charity and healing by early Christians created the hospital, their spiritual emphasis tended to imply ""the subordination of medicine to religion and doctor to priest"". ""[P]hysic and faith"", wrote historian of medicine Ray Porter ""while generally complementary... sometimes tangled in border disputes."" Similarly in modern times, the moral stance of the Church against contraception and abortion has been a source of controversy. The Church, while being a major provider of health care to HIV AIDS sufferers, and of orphanages for unwanted children, has been criticised for opposing condom use. Due to Catholics' belief in the sanctity of life from conception, IVF, which leads to the destruction of many embryos, surrogacy, which relies on IVF, and embryonic stem-cell research, which necessitates the destruction of embryos, are among other areas of controversy for the Church in the provision of health care.