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Using The Qi Maturity Tool To Classify Agencies Along A Continuum, Brenda M. Joly, Maureen Booth, Prashant Mittal, Yan Zhang Mar 2013

Using The Qi Maturity Tool To Classify Agencies Along A Continuum, Brenda M. Joly, Maureen Booth, Prashant Mittal, Yan Zhang

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

Major investments have been made to encourage health departments to implement quality improvement (QI) efforts. Yet, there are few empirically tested tools for public health agencies that assess these efforts and classify health departments along a QI continuum. This paper presents a new classification scheme for measuring QI Maturity in public health agencies based on a validated tool. The findings can be used to establish benchmarks, make comparisons and conduct future research linking QI and population health outcomes.

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Rediscovering The Core Of Public Health, Steven Teutsch, Jonathan E. Fielding Mar 2013

Rediscovering The Core Of Public Health, Steven Teutsch, Jonathan E. Fielding

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

The success of public health has been its ability to understand contemporary health problems, to communicate the needs successfully, to identify solutions, and to implement them through programs and policies. In the past 50 years, those successes can be attributed largely to control of infectious disease, improved maternal and child health, delivery of other personal health care services, and changes in behaviors, particularly smoking. Yet health is primarily a product of our social, cultural, and physical environments. To continue to improve the nation’s health and reduce disparities, public health needs to return to its historical roots and engage with other …

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Accelerating And Expanding Knowledge Transfer In Public Health Settings: Frontiers In Phssr, Glen P. Mays Mar 2013

Accelerating And Expanding Knowledge Transfer In Public Health Settings: Frontiers In Phssr, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

Creating a "rapid-learning" system in public health requires mechanisms for the continuous exchange of knowledge and evidence among researchers, practice settings, and policy decision-makers. The open-access platform Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research provides a new mechanism for this exchange.

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What's Happening: March 25, 2013, Maine Medical Center Mar 2013

What's Happening: March 25, 2013, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

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Urgent Aeromedical Evacuation Network Capacity Planning, Scott C. Finkbeiner Mar 2013

Urgent Aeromedical Evacuation Network Capacity Planning, Scott C. Finkbeiner

Theses and Dissertations

Aeromedical Evacuation (AE) has been steadily utilized during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. AE is a global enterprise. The current structure of AE is facing changes as forces scale down from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. AE will, however, continue to be important in its domestic use in the continental USA (CONUS). Current practice is to pull aircraft (e.g. C-17, C-130 or KC-135) from their normal operations to meet Urgent and Priority patient needs when local alternatives are infeasible. An alternative to the current system would be having a centralized "bed-down" location for AE operations that would house …

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What's Happening: March 18, 2013, Maine Medical Center Mar 2013

What's Happening: March 18, 2013, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

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Pharmacovigilance: A Comparative Study About The Knowledge Of Adverse Drug Reaction (Adr) Reporting That Private Practitioners And Government Doctors Gained In A Random Locality In India, Shanthan B. Pingili Mar 2013

Pharmacovigilance: A Comparative Study About The Knowledge Of Adverse Drug Reaction (Adr) Reporting That Private Practitioners And Government Doctors Gained In A Random Locality In India, Shanthan B. Pingili

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The present pilot study aims to compare the knowledge pertaining to ADR reporting systems that government doctors and private practitioners gained in a random, tier-II city in India, by conducting a questionnaire based survey. Their knowledge of ADR reporting, related guidelines and/or regulations, the frequency of ADRs they observe and diagnose, their opinion on mandatory reporting by doctors, type of ADRs they would generally report, and to whom ADRs should be reported are discussed besides evaluating the attributable reasons for underreporting, if any. A total of 47 (21.36%) responded to this random survey, of whom 27 (57.4%) were government doctors …

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Building The Science Of Public Health Delivery: Advances In Public Health Services And Systems Research, Glen P. Mays Mar 2013

Building The Science Of Public Health Delivery: Advances In Public Health Services And Systems Research, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

Efforts to improve the health and economic performance of the U.S. health system require evidence about how best to deliver public health strategies that protect health and prevent disease and injury on a population-wide basis. The field of public health services and systems research is building a "science of delivery" in public health that complements the evidence-based practice movement in medical care.

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From The Frontier: Translating Research To Practice...A Story Of Economic Survival, Paul C. Erwin Mar 2013

From The Frontier: Translating Research To Practice...A Story Of Economic Survival, Paul C. Erwin

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

This article is number two in the series From the Frontier: Translating Research to Practice. The narrative describes the interactions between a local health department director and two academicians in addressing the impact of the 2008 financial crisis. In a first set of activities, practice-academic partners used Financial and Operational Ratio and Trend Analysis to identify periods of a negative total margin and the impact of that on the agency’s declining fund balance. The use of private sector processes of retrenchment, repositioning, and reorganization led to a financial turnaround for the agency. In a second set of activities, practice-academic …

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Notice Of 03/01/2013 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin Mar 2013

Notice Of 03/01/2013 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

No abstract provided.

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Agenda Of 03/01/2013 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin Mar 2013

Agenda Of 03/01/2013 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

No abstract provided.

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Minutes Of 03/01/2013 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin Mar 2013

Minutes Of 03/01/2013 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

No abstract provided.

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Rfid Technology Selection And Economic Justification For Healthcare Asset Tracking, Tyler Robert Peabody, Tali Freed Mar 2013

Rfid Technology Selection And Economic Justification For Healthcare Asset Tracking, Tyler Robert Peabody, Tali Freed

Master's Theses

Although Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Real-Time Location System (RTLS) technologies for inventory tracking have been growing in popularity, the healthcare industry has been reluctant to adopt these technologies. One of the primary reasons for this lack of enthusiasm has been the risk associated with electromagnetic interference between RFID/RTLS systems and medical equipment functionality. The other reason has been the substantial cost and complexity of implementing RFID/RTLS in healthcare organizations. In this study, we show that there are several ways to safely install RFID/RTLS systems to improve the inventory management processes of hospitals and clinics. We then analyze the inventory …

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Importance Of New Technologies For Diabetes Monitoring, David P. Paul Iii, Joey Preast, Zach Garrett, Alberto Coustasse Feb 2013

Importance Of New Technologies For Diabetes Monitoring, David P. Paul Iii, Joey Preast, Zach Garrett, Alberto Coustasse

Management Faculty Research

Diabetes and its ramifications and treatments are presented, followed by discussion of the importance of communication between patient and clinician. Improved communication approaches, including telephone consultations, blood glucose communications to a provider with feedback, and active electronic diaries on smartphones for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, are reviewed.

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Icd-10 In The United States: Better Late Than Never, Holly Johns, Cara Havens, Danielle Robinson, Bala S. Pothakamuri, David P. Paul Iii, Alberto Coustasse Feb 2013

Icd-10 In The United States: Better Late Than Never, Holly Johns, Cara Havens, Danielle Robinson, Bala S. Pothakamuri, David P. Paul Iii, Alberto Coustasse

Management Faculty Research

The United States faces a revolution in the healthcare system soon, when the present coding system (ICD-9) will be replaced with what has for some years been the international standard: ICD-10. ICD-10 will provide a tremendous opportunity for better capturing the information in the increasingly complex delivery of healthcare. Although the transition to ICD-10 will undoubtedly result in substantial short-term costs, the long term benefits make the transition imperative.

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The Quality And Safety Leadership Series Feb 2013

The Quality And Safety Leadership Series

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract provided.

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Jefferson Interprofessional Clinical Rounding Project: An Innovative Approach To Patient Care, Kevin J. Lyons Phd, Gerald Isenberg Md, Facs, Elizabeth Speakman Edd, Rn, Cde, Anef, Reena Antony Bsn, Mph Feb 2013

Jefferson Interprofessional Clinical Rounding Project: An Innovative Approach To Patient Care, Kevin J. Lyons Phd, Gerald Isenberg Md, Facs, Elizabeth Speakman Edd, Rn, Cde, Anef, Reena Antony Bsn, Mph

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract provided.

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Tightening Our Belts In The New Healthcare Economy, Laura Pizzi Pharmd,Mph Feb 2013

Tightening Our Belts In The New Healthcare Economy, Laura Pizzi Pharmd,Mph

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract provided.

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Evidence-Based Decision Making To Improve Public Health Practice, Ross C. Brownson, Jonathan E. Fielding, Christopher M. Maylahn Feb 2013

Evidence-Based Decision Making To Improve Public Health Practice, Ross C. Brownson, Jonathan E. Fielding, Christopher M. Maylahn

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

Despite the many accomplishments of public health, greater attention on evidence-based approaches is warranted. This article reviews the concepts of evidence-based public health (EBPH), on which formal discourse originated about 15 years ago. Key components of EBPH include: making decisions based on the best available scientific evidence, using data and information systems systematically, applying program planning frameworks, engaging the community in decision making, conducting sound evaluation, and disseminating what is learned. Core competencies for EBPH are emerging, including not only technical skills but also attention to administrative practices in public health agencies. To better bridge evidence and practice, the concepts …

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The "Coopetition" Model: Caring For San Diego's Low-Income Population, Lisa Sprague, Jessamyn Taylor Feb 2013

The "Coopetition" Model: Caring For San Diego's Low-Income Population, Lisa Sprague, Jessamyn Taylor

National Health Policy Forum

This site visit explored aspects of health care delivery for Medicaid beneficiaries and the uninsured in a California county marked by a diverse population, dominant managed care, and stakeholder dedication to solving problems in a spirit of "coopetition." The program looked at the impact of California's Bridge to Reform (the state's Medicaid section 1115 waiver) on federally qualified health centers and the people they serve. Eligibility and enrollment expansions in the Low Income Health Program and Medi-Cal, health information technology adoption and its use to improve care delivery and health, and patient-centered medical homes and care coordination were discussed. The …

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Estimating The Health And Economic Effects Of Public Health Spending, Glen P. Mays Feb 2013

Estimating The Health And Economic Effects Of Public Health Spending, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

Preventable health conditions account for more than 75% of the $2.7 trillion spent annually on health care in the U.S., yet less than 5% of these expenditures are devoted to public health programs and services that are designed to prevent and control disease and injury rather than to treat the downstream consequences of these conditions. Such limited expenditures in public health may contribute to the higher rates of preventable morbidity, mortality and excess medical costs experienced in the U.S. compared to other high-income countries. In this presentation, I update previous estimates of the health effects and medical cost offsets associated …

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Ua35/8 The Topper, Vol. 21, Issue 1, Wku Veterans Upward Bound Feb 2013

Ua35/8 The Topper, Vol. 21, Issue 1, Wku Veterans Upward Bound

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter published by WKU Veterans Upward Bound includes articles and calendar of events.

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What's Happening: February, 2013, Maine Medical Center Feb 2013

What's Happening: February, 2013, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

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Examining Advances In Technology And Hospitality Information Strategy, Robert J. Kauffman, P. Oconnor Feb 2013

Examining Advances In Technology And Hospitality Information Strategy, Robert J. Kauffman, P. Oconnor

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Hospitality managers have turned to IT to streamline reservations, capture new customer data, and build market share. Internet-based reservations, advertising and communication, social media, and mobile phones offer technology-led opportunities for value cocreation with customers. We aim to stimulate sharing of new ideas, current applications and emerging managerial know-how for the hospitality industry, while bringing new submissions to CQ.

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Agenda Of 01/31/2013 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin Jan 2013

Agenda Of 01/31/2013 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

No abstract provided.

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Minutes Of 01/31/2013 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin Jan 2013

Minutes Of 01/31/2013 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

No abstract provided.

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Notice Of 01/31/2013 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin Jan 2013

Notice Of 01/31/2013 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

No abstract provided.

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Assisted Living: Facilities, Financing, And Oversight, Carol O'Shaughnessy Jan 2013

Assisted Living: Facilities, Financing, And Oversight, Carol O'Shaughnessy

National Health Policy Forum

This publication briefly describes assisted living facilities that provide long-term services and supports to people with functional or cognitive impairments who do not need the level of skilled nursing care offered in nursing homes but cannot live independently. It also describes selected resident characteristics, reviews cost and financing arrangements, and reviews state responsibilities for regulation and oversight of assisted living facilities.

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Commentary: Hospital Tax-Exempt Policy: A Comparison Of Schedule H And State Community Benefit Reporting Systems, Laura L. Hitchcock Jan 2013

Commentary: Hospital Tax-Exempt Policy: A Comparison Of Schedule H And State Community Benefit Reporting Systems, Laura L. Hitchcock

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

In Hospital Tax-Exempt Policy: A Comparison of Schedule H and State Community Benefit Reporting Systems, Rosenbaum et aldescribe the numerous variations between current state law in 24 states and federal requirements regarding nonprofit hospitals’ community benefit activities. The potential for nonprofit hospitals to help shape community health is great, and how states choose to address requirements regarding community benefit, and potentially reinforce the new federal requirements to incentivize hospital participation in addressing root causes of poor health, should be of significant interest to the public, policy makers and public and population health experts, given the large percentage of …

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Hospital Tax-Exempt Policy: A Comparison Of Schedule H And State Community Benefit Reporting Systems, Sara Rosenbaum, Maureen Byrnes, Amber M. Rieke Jan 2013

Hospital Tax-Exempt Policy: A Comparison Of Schedule H And State Community Benefit Reporting Systems, Sara Rosenbaum, Maureen Byrnes, Amber M. Rieke

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) revises federal tax exemption standards for nonprofit hospitals by clarifying and augmenting their community benefit obligations. The ACA amendments followed the 2009 launch of Schedule H – the form on which hospital community benefit, financial, and institutional activities are reported and which must be appended to each facility’s annual Form 990 nonprofit institution information return. Schedule H effectively creates a nationwide, standardized, facility-specific, transparent, and fully publicly accessible reporting system covering the nation’s more than 2,900 nonprofit hospitals. Schedule H delineates financial assistance and bad debt, and requires identification of community health …

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