Caring For People With Chronic Conditions: A Health System Perspective
Title | Caring For People With Chronic Conditions: A Health System Perspective PDF eBook |
Author | Nolte, Ellen |
Publisher | McGraw-Hill Education (UK) |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 2008-09-01 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0335233708 |
This text systematically examines some of the key issues involved in the care of those with chronic diseases. It synthesises the evidence on what we know works (or does not) in different circumstances. From an international perspective, it addresses the prerequisites for effective policies and management of chronic disease.
Patient Safety and Quality
Title | Patient Safety and Quality PDF eBook |
Author | Ronda Hughes |
Publisher | Department of Health and Human Services |
Pages | 592 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Medical |
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"Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/
Closing the Quality Gap
Title | Closing the Quality Gap PDF eBook |
Author | Kaveh G. Shojania |
Publisher | |
Pages | 7 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Disaster hospitals |
ISBN | 9781587632594 |
Living Well with Chronic Illness
Title | Living Well with Chronic Illness PDF eBook |
Author | Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2011-06-30 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309221277 |
In the United States, chronic diseases currently account for 70 percent of all deaths, and close to 48 million Americans report a disability related to a chronic condition. Today, about one in four Americans have multiple diseases and the prevalence and burden of chronic disease in the elderly and racial/ethnic minorities are notably disproportionate. Chronic disease has now emerged as a major public health problem and it threatens not only population health, but our social and economic welfare. Living Well with Chronic Disease identifies the population-based public health actions that can help reduce disability and improve functioning and quality of life among individuals who are at risk of developing a chronic disease and those with one or more diseases. The book recommends that all major federally funded programmatic and research initiatives in health include an evaluation on health-related quality of life and functional status. Also, the book recommends increasing support for implementation research on how to disseminate effective longterm lifestyle interventions in community-based settings that improve living well with chronic disease. Living Well with Chronic Disease uses three frameworks and considers diseases such as heart disease and stroke, diabetes, depression, and respiratory problems. The book's recommendations will inform policy makers concerned with health reform in public- and private-sectors and also managers of communitybased and public-health intervention programs, private and public research funders, and patients living with one or more chronic conditions.
Chronic Illness Care
Title | Chronic Illness Care PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy P. Daaleman |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 628 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | Chronic diseases |
ISBN | 3031291719 |
The second edition of this popular textbook provides a comprehensive overview to chronic illness care, which is the coordinated, comprehensive and sustained response to chronic diseases and conditions by health care providers, formal and informal caregivers, healthcare systems, and community-based resources. This unique resource uses an ecological framework to frame chronic illness care at multiple levels, and includes sections on individual influences, the role of family and community networks, social and environmental determinants, and health policy. The book also orients how chronic care is provided across the spectrum of health care settings, from home to clinic, from the emergency department to the hospital and from hospitals to residential care facilities. The fully revised and expanded edition of Chronic Illness Care describes the operational frameworks and strategies that are needed to meet the care needs of chronically ill patients, including behavioral health, care management, transitions of care, and health information technology. It also addresses the changing workforce needs in health care and the fiscal models and policies that are associated with chronic care. Several new chapters are included in the second edition and reflect the significant changes that have occurred in health care due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chapters covering vaccinations, virtual care, and care of COVID-19 associated chronic conditions have been added. The revised textbook builds on the first editions content that covered providing care to special population groups, such as children and adolescents, older adults, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, by including care approaches to adults with severe and persistent mental health disorders, the LGBTQ+ community, incarcerated persons, immigrants and refugees, and military veterans. Finally, chapters on important and emerging topics, such as natural language processing and health inequities and structural racism have also been added.
Assessing Chronic Disease Management in European Health Systems
Title | Assessing Chronic Disease Management in European Health Systems PDF eBook |
Author | World Health Organization |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015-12-16 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9789289050302 |
This publication explores some of the key issues, ranging from interpreting the evidence base to assessing the policy context for, and approaches to, chronic disease management across Europe. Drawing on 12 detailed country reports (available in a second, online volume), the study provides insights into the range of care models and the people involved in delivering these; payment mechanisms and service user access; and challenges faced by countries in the implementation and evaluation of these novel approaches.
Patient Centered Medicine
Title | Patient Centered Medicine PDF eBook |
Author | Omur Sayligil |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2017-04-12 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9535129910 |
Patient-centered medicine is not an illness-centered, a physician-centered, or a hospital-centered medicine approach. In this book, it is aimed at presenting an approach to patient-centered medicine from the beginning of life to the end of life. As indicated by W. Osler, "It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has." In our day, if the physicians and healthcare professionals could consider more than the diseased organ and provide healthcare by comforting the patients by respecting their values, beliefs, needs, and preferences; informing them and their relatives at every stage; and comforting the patients physically by controlling the pain and relieving their worries and fears, patients obeying the rules of physicians would become patients with high adaptation and participation to the treatment.