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Cancer Patient Perspectives During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Thematic Analysis Of Cancer Blog Posts, Matthew A. Hintermayer, Mark Sorin, Joan M. Romero, Sarah M. Maritan, Owen J. Chen, Surabhi Rawal

Patient Experience Journal

The content of online cancer patient blogs has previously been analyzed to inform physicians about the cancer experience and patient concerns. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has greatly affected cancer patients due to their vulnerable health status, as well as changes in cancer testing and treatment. We sought to qualitatively describe the concerns and experiences expressed online by cancer patients, survivors, and family members in relation to COVID-19. 152 blog posts written by cancer patients, survivors, or family members, were selected using combined Boolean searches and snowball sampling. Reviewers extracted subthemes from blog posts using line-by-line text analysis until …

Solitude And Fear During The Great Coronavirus War, Chiara Catania, Ester Del Signore, Letizia Gianoncelli

Patient Experience Journal

When you get ill, the first thing that comes to your mind is, “Will I make it? Will I survive?". COVID19 has a major impact on mental health. A sadness that inundates us like a river in flood and which we cannot hold back. But the thing that torments is the solitude. Those who struggle towards recovery do it alone, and those who do not make it die alone. An emblematic experience of a sense of loneliness, depression and death during illness is deeply described. We tell how the love of family and friends can help to recover from the …

Patient-Centric Culture And Implications For Patient Engagement During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Umair Majid, Aghna Wasim

Patient Experience Journal

Some consider patient engagement as the “holy grail” of healthcare because of its potential to revolutionize how we view and address health system problems. Multiple efforts around the world have attempted to cultivate a patient-centric culture whereby health services are grounded by the needs and preferences of patients. Recently, health service organizations are engaging patients in a wide array of activities including research and quality improvement. There are many ethical imperatives and economic and social benefits to patient engagement such as higher patient self-esteem and trust, and a more cost-efficient system. However, these benefits have been realized in some contexts …

Moving Forward To The Future Of Healthcare, Jason A. Wolf

Patient Experience Journal

To say this moment in our shared global history feels shaky or uncertain for so many is not a statement of despair. Rather, it is acknowledging a reality through which we can best act and hopefully step through. As of the time this editorial will publish, well over 50 million cases of COVID-19 will have been reported. This is a reality all of humanity is sharing together; it is a challenge that healthcare is being called on to tackle. The work of people around the world to care for the sick, to find the right treatments and vaccines and the …

Substance Use Among Rural And Urban Youth And Young Adults, Jennifer D. Lenardson Mhs, Nathan Paluso Mph, Erika C. Ziller Phd

Mental Health / Substance Use Disorders

Rural youth and young adults have historically had higher use rates of alcohol and other substances than their urban counterparts. Recent research suggests that rates of youth and young adult alcohol and other substance use have declined over the past two decades, but we have limited knowledge of whether and how current rural and urban substance use patterns may differ. As national substance use rates decline, it is important to re-assess differences in use among rural versus urban youth and young adults. This study uses data from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to examine rural-urban differences …

Using Participatory Mapping To Diagnose Upstream Determinants Of Health And Prescribe Downstream Policy-Based Interventions, Jason A. Douglas, Andrew M. Subica, Laresha Franks, Gilbert Johnson, Carlos Leon, Sandra Villanueva, Cheryl T. Grills

Health Sciences and Kinesiology Faculty Articles

Participatory mapping is a powerful methodology for working with community residents to examine social and environmental determinants of public health disparities. However, this empowering methodology has only been applied sparingly in public health research and practice, with limited examples in the literature. To address this literature gap, we 1) review participatory mapping approaches that may be applied to exploring place-based factors that affect community health, and 2) present a mixed-methods participatory geographic information systems (PGIS) examination of neighborhood assets (eg, streetlights) and challenges (eg, spaces of crime and violence) related to access to public parks in South Los Angeles, California. …

Risky Substance Use Behaviors Among Adolescents Residing In Non-Metropolitan And Metropolitan Counties In The United States, 2017-2018, Tyrone F. Borders, Michael D. Singleton, Katherine Youngen

Rural & Underserved Health Research Center Publications

Overview of Key Findings

Tobacco Use. The prevalence of any past year tobacco use was significantly higher among non-metropolitan than metropolitan adolescents (13.9% vs. 8.3%). Daily cigarette use in the past 30 days was more than 3 times more prevalent among non-metropolitan than metropolitan adolescents (1.0% vs. 0.3%) and the difference was also statistically significant.

Alcohol Use. Alcohol was the most commonly used substance among both non-metropolitan and metropolitan adolescents, although the differences in prevalence rates for past year and past 30-day alcohol use were not statistically significant. In the past year, 21.8% of non-metropolitan and 21.7% of …

Risky Substance Use Behaviors Among Adults Residing In Non-Metropolitan And Metropolitan Counties In The United States, 2017-2018, Tyrone F. Borders, Michael D. Singleton, Katherine Youngen

Rural & Underserved Health Research Center Publications

Overview of Key Findings

Tobacco Use. Non-metropolitan adults had significantly higher prevalence rates of past year tobacco use (34.7% vs. 27.9%), daily cigarette use in the past 30 days (16.5% vs. 10.3%), and smoking at least 1 pack of cigarettes per day in the past 30 days (46.9% vs. 39.1%) than metropolitan adults.

Alcohol Use. Non-metropolitan adults had a lower prevalence rate of past year alcohol use (64.0% vs. 71.0%), past 30-day alcohol use (48.7% vs. 56.6%), and past 30-day binge drinking (24.5% vs. 26.7%) than metropolitan adults.

Illicit Drug Use. Overall illicit drug use was significantly …

Descriptive Exploration Of Overdose Codes In Hospital And Emergency Department Discharge Data To Inform Development Of Drug Overdose Morbidity Surveillance Indicator Definitions In Icd-10-Cm, Leigh M. Tyndall Snow, Katelyn E. Hall, Cody Curtis, Allison L. Rosenthal, Emilia Pasalic, Sarah Nechuta, James W. Davis, Bretta Jane Jacquemin, Sherani R. Jagroep, Peter Rock, Elyse Contreras, Barbara A. Gabella, Katherine A. James

Peer Reviewed Articles

Background: In October 2015, discharge data coding in the USA shifted to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), necessitating new indicator definitions for drug overdose morbidity. Amid the drug overdose crisis, characterising discharge records that have ICD-10-CM drug overdose codes can inform the development of standardised drug overdose morbidity indicator definitions for epidemiological surveillance.

Methods: Eight states submitted aggregated data involving hospital and emergency department (ED) discharge records with ICD-10-CM codes starting with T36-T50, for visits occurring from October 2015 to December 2016. Frequencies were calculated for (1) the position within the diagnosis billing fields where …

The Role Of The Opioid Crisis In Elder Abuse, Kimberly I. Snow Mhsa, Jennifer Pratt, Stuart Bratesman Mpp

Disability & Aging

As the opioid crisis has deepened over the past twenty years, its effect on individuals and families, including older adults, has grown. To find out how the opioid crisis might be impacting elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation in Maine, we conducted a mixed methods analysis of 2015-2018 Maine Adult Protective Services (APS) investigations to determine: 1) Did opioid-related investigations increase over time? 2) Do investigations involving opioid misuse or abuse differ from investigations that don’t involve opioids? 3) What themes or features of cases involving opioid misuse or abuse by clients and/or perpetrators emerge from the data?

Key Findings: The …

Evaluating The Inclusion Of Family Planning Within The National Health Insurance Benefits Package In Ghana, Kamil Fuseini, Augustine Ankomah

Reproductive Health

Contraceptive use in Ghana has remained low despite annual increases since 2012. Having a high unmet need for family planning (FP) suggests that there may be barriers to access and uptake. Over time, several policies, including Ghana’s Costed Implementation Plan from 2015–20, have suggested FP initiatives to improve contraceptive use yet they have not been entirely implemented. Further, although FP was included in the health insurance act passed in 2003, amended in 2008, and revised in 2012, which indicated that health-care benefits include FP, people continue to pay out of pocket for services at National Health Insurance Authority facilities because …

California Network Project: Ecosystems, Partnerships, & Power Building Report, Core (Center For Outcomes Research & Education)

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Gender And Racial Disparity For Hospital Emergency Service Usage In Usa: A Quantitative Analysis For Various Age Groups During 2010–2017., Subhendra N. Sarkar, Anthony F. Devito, Evans Lespinasse, Faisal Khosa

Publications and Research

Background: Annually emergency department (ED) services are utilized by more than 100 million Americans making ED usage trends important determinants of healthcare quality, outcomes and cost. Previous workers have demonstrated the existence of disparity in various healthcare services in USA although a comprehensive analysis has not been undertaken. Dahlgren and Whitehead rainbow model has offered insights for multiple factors of influence on an individual’s health and focuses on the relationships among these factors. The Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH; WHO initiatives) suggests that the social and environmental factors are at the root of most of the inequalities responsible …

Frontline Health: Harmonizing Metrics, Advancing Evidence, Accelerating Policy—Project Overview Brief, Frontline Health Project

Reproductive Health

Despite decades of technological and medical progress globally, half the world’s population still lacks access to essential health care due to insufficient numbers and types of health workers, especially in remote settings. There is growing recognition that well-supported community health workers (CHWs) are essential for effective delivery of primary health care (PHC). Despite broad consensus on the importance of CHWs, few countries have successfully integrated them as part of PHC at scale, and many lack official statistics on the performance of CHW programs. USAID, UNICEF, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation developed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on …

Assessment Of Community Pharmacists’ Involvement In Public Health Promotion Services In Beirut, Lebanon, Mira Medawar, Maha Aboul Ela, Souraya Domiati

BAU Journal - Health and Wellbeing

Background: The role of pharmacists is growing globally; the shift from the traditional role of preparing and dispensing medications, to a role in medication therapy management and public health services is started to be acceptable worldwide.

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the participation level of community pharmacists’ in certain public health services promotion as well as the barriers that hindered such provision.

Method: A questionnaire based study has been carried targeting Lebanese community pharmacists working in Beirut, Lebanon. Socio-demographic information, types of public health consultations offered in the pharmacy, and the barriers confronted by the community …

Best Bets: Vouchers For Rights-Based, Voluntary Family Planning—International Evidence On Financing Of Family Planning, Benjamin Bellows, Moazzam Ali, Ali M. Mir

Reproductive Health

To meet the FP2020 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), significant investments are required by countries and donors in priority areas, including sustainable financing, reaching all adolescents, expanding availability of services to the poorest and hard-to-reach populations, and improving the quality and increasing the range of methods available. Studies show that vouchers can substantially contribute to SDG goals by expanding contraceptive access and choice among underserved populations. Vouchers can be an effective financing tool to enhance equity, increase access, and improve the quality of FP services available to underserved populations within Pakistan.

Pengaruh Bauran Pemasaran Terhadap Kepuasan Pasien Yang Diperoleh Dari Tingkat Kunjungan Pasien Ke Rumah Sakit: Literature Review, Akhmad Safi’I, Wahyu Sulistiadi

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

Efforts to satisfy consumer needs are carried out by every company with various strategies and methods with the hope that consumers will be satisfied and will make repeat purchases. If a consumer has turned into a loyal customer because his satisfaction is fulfilled, then the consumer will not switch to other similar company products or services. In the context of a hospital as well, people will selectively choose a hospital that they consider satisfied with hospital services and the impact on loyalty obtained from increased patient visits. This article aims to determine the effect of the marketing mix on patient …

Strategi Pemasaran Program Green Laboratory Menuju Green Hospital Dengan Metode Segmenting, Targeting, And Positioning Serta Marketing Mix Di Rsup Dr. Sardjito, Yogyakarta, Purbosari Purbosari

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

Health services have the main objective of improving health and preventing disease with the community as the main target. The demand for service needs from hospital customers has shifted towards a complete service based on the comfort and safety of the hospital environment. The green hospital policy is the answer to the shift in demands for the quality of hospital services for the community. In an effort to realize Dr. Sardjito as an environmentally friendly hospital (green hospital), the Integrated Laboratory Installation (ILK) has great potential to contribute through its role as a green laboratory. One of the efforts that …

Strategi Pemasaran Dalam Pengembangan Pelayanan Klinik Estetika, Maria Wahyu Daruki, I Nyoman Gede Bayu Wiratama Suwedia

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

Aesthetic Services is growing in many big cities and developing cities in Indonesia. It is due to the tendency of people who want to improve their physical performance, in the era of national health insurance, private hospitals must also improve and add services to clients while maintaining good service and adding new services which can be another source of income for hospital. Services provided with mottto from Bhakti Rahayu Hospital Denpasar "we care and we serve" Bhakti Rahayu Hospital Denpasar wants to be able to provide beauty and skin care services to the community at large with low prices and …

Peningkatan Mutu Dan Kemampuan Pelayanan Laboratoriumoratorium Di Rs Harapan Sehati, Eko Suprayogi

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

According to Permenkes RI No. 411/Menkes/Per/III/2010, Clinical Laboratoriumoratory is a health laboratoriumoratory that carries out clinical specimen examination services to obtaininformation about individual health, especially to support efforts to diagnose diseases, and restore health. Therefore, clinical laboratoriumoratory requirements have also been determined according to its level (pratama, middle or major). The Harapan Sehat Hospital (Harti Hospital) is a hospital that was physically built as a General Hospital with a classification of C with a capacity of 110 beds (TT). The profile of the laboratoriumoratory at Harti Hospital, prior to repairs, was the pratama general clinical laboratoriumoratory that collaboratoriumorated with outside …