The Affordable Care Act as a national experiment : health policy innovations and lessons
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33986
Harry P. Selker, June S. Wasser, editors.
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Springer
, c2014.
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This book examines the landmark 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the perspective that health policy innovation is translational research directed at improving health. It delineates a new perspective about the creation and potential impact of the ACA and guides the development of health policy that is supported by best evidence that, in turn, transforms into practice, policy, and public benefit. Told by those involved in the creation and implementation of the ACA, the b…
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- Selker, Harry P.
- Wasser, June S.
- Responsibility
- Harry P. Selker, June S. Wasser, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 155 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781461483519 (electronic bk.)
- 9781461483502
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Care Reform
- Health Policy
- Insurance, Health
- United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medical policy - United States
- Health Care Reform - United States
- Health Policy - United States
- Health administration
- Public health
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Abstract
- This book examines the landmark 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the perspective that health policy innovation is translational research directed at improving health. It delineates a new perspective about the creation and potential impact of the ACA and guides the development of health policy that is supported by best evidence that, in turn, transforms into practice, policy, and public benefit. Told by those involved in the creation and implementation of the ACA, the book reviews the history and impact of this ground-breaking legislation and recommends priorities, objectives, and next steps for translational research as the ACA is implemented. Featuring contributions from nationally renowned leaders in healthcare policy, this book adds to the public conversation about the ACA and its role in shaping health policy and contributes to a more realistic, nuanced, and productive understanding of this ground-breaking legislation by physicians, policy makers, and the public. It also provides a framework for next steps in continuing to improve U.S. health policy.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: The Affordable Care Act as a National Experiment -- Part I. Implementing Change: Objectives of the ACA -- 2. Commentary on Part I: Objectives of the ACA -- 3. Delivering on the Promise of the Affordable Care Act -- 4. What We Got (and What Might Have Been): A Distinctly American Approach -- Part II. Don’t Get Mad, Get Data: Conducting the Experiment -- 5. Commentary on Part II: Conducting the Experiment -- 6. The Affordable Care Act as an Experiment: Data We Have, Expect to Have, and Should Have, from a Vermont Pilot Study -- 7. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: Its Purpose, Processes, and Desired Outcomes -- 8. The Dream of a National Health Information Technology Infrastructure -- 9. Results from a Massachusetts Pilot Study -- Part III. Make it a People Issue: Engaging the Public -- 10. Commentary on Part III: Engaging the Public -- 11. The Value Proposition for Individuals and the Public -- 12. Messaging, Medicine, and Obamacare -- Part IV. From Personal to Political to Policy: What Next? -- 13. Commentary on Part IV: From Personal to Political to Policy—What Next? -- 14. Supreme Court Review of the ACA and Political Gamesmanship -- 15. Medicaid Expansion Challenges States -- 16. Next Experiments in ACA Legislation and Policy -- 17. Epilogue.
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Bringing leadership to life in health : LEADS in a caring environment : a new perspective
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33158
Graham Dickson, Bill Tholl.
--London, UK:
Springer
, c2014.
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Like other international jurisdictions, the Canadian health sector faces significant demands for change and improvement to meet the needs of the 21st Century. To achieve that goal, highly sophisticated and capable leaders are required across all dimensions of the health system. Bringing Leadership to Life in Health: LEADS in a Caring Environment examines the essence of leadership itself and what it means to be a leader in today's world. The authors describe key challenges that demand reform in…
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- Author
- Dickson, Graham
- Other Authors
- Tholl, Bill
- Responsibility
- Graham Dickson, Bill Tholl
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 190 p.)
- ISBN
- 9781447148753 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Services Administration - Canada
- Leadership
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Health services administration - Canada
- Public health administration - Canada
- Leadership
- Health administration
- Administration, Organization and Leadership
- Lifelong Learning/Adult Education
- Abstract
- Like other international jurisdictions, the Canadian health sector faces significant demands for change and improvement to meet the needs of the 21st Century. To achieve that goal, highly sophisticated and capable leaders are required across all dimensions of the health system. Bringing Leadership to Life in Health: LEADS in a Caring Environment examines the essence of leadership itself and what it means to be a leader in today's world. The authors describe key challenges that demand reform in the health sector, examine why better leadership is the source code for better system performance, and look at the issues that stand in the way of getting that leadership. This book describes the five domains of the Caring Environment capabilities framework: Lead Self, Engage Others, Achieve Results, Develop Coalitions, and Systems Transformation. Bringing Leadership to Life in Health: LEADS in a Caring Environment is a simple, easily accessible, and research informed book which will explain the LEADS in a Caring Environment capabilities framework that has been adopted across Canada as the foundation for health leadership talent management. This book will illustrate this framework through supportive research, relevant stories solicited from health leaders at all levels as well as the inclusion of "learning moments" to help the readers reflect on their own experiences.
- Contents
- 1. LEADS: A New Perspective on Leadership in Health -- 2. Putting LEADS in Context -- 3. The LEADS in a Caring Environment Capabilities Framework: The Source Code for Health Leadership -- 4. Learning LEADS: A Lifelong Journey -- 5. The LEADS in a Caring Environment framework: Lead Self -- 6. The LEADS in a Caring Environment framework: Engage Others -- 7. The LEADS in a Caring Environment framework :Achieve Results -- 8. The LEADS in a Caring Environment framework: Develop Coalitions -- 9. The LEADS in a Caring Environment framework: Systems Transformation -- 10. The LEADS in a Caring Environment framework as an operating system for change -- 11. LEADS Learning: Epilogue.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Bringing leadership to life in health : LEADS in a caring environment : a new perspective
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33828
Graham Dickson, Bill Tholl.
--London:
Springer
, c2014.
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.Like other international jurisdictions, the Canadian health sector faces significant demands for change and improvement to meet the needs of the 21st Century. To achieve that goal, highly sophisticated and capable leaders are required across all dimensions of the health system. Bringing Leadership to Life in Health: LEADS in a Caring Environment examines the essence of leadership itself and what it means to be a leader in today's world. The authors describe key challenges that demand reform in…
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- Author
- Dickson, Graham
- Other Authors
- Tholl, Bill
- Responsibility
- Graham Dickson, Bill Tholl
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 190 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781447148753 (electronic bk.)
- 9781447148746
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Services Administration - Canada
- Leadership
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Health services administration - Canada
- Public health administration - Canada
- Leadership
- Health administration
- Administration, Organization and Leadership
- Lifelong Learning/Adult Education
- Abstract
- .Like other international jurisdictions, the Canadian health sector faces significant demands for change and improvement to meet the needs of the 21st Century. To achieve that goal, highly sophisticated and capable leaders are required across all dimensions of the health system. Bringing Leadership to Life in Health: LEADS in a Caring Environment examines the essence of leadership itself and what it means to be a leader in today's world. The authors describe key challenges that demand reform in the health sector, examine why better leadership is the source code for better system performance, and look at the issues that stand in the way of getting that leadership. This book describes the five domains of the Caring Environment capabilities framework: Lead Self, Engage Others, Achieve Results, Develop Coalitions, and Systems Transformation. Bringing Leadership to Life in Health: LEADS in a Caring Environment is a simple, easily accessible, and research informed book which will explain the LEADS in a Caring Environment capabilities framework that has been adopted across Canada as the foundation for health leadership talent management. This book will illustrate this framework through supportive research, relevant stories solicited from health leaders at all levels as well as the inclusion of "learning moments" to help the readers reflect on their own experiences.
- Contents
- 1. LEADS: A New Perspective on Leadership in Health -- 2. Putting LEADS in Context -- 3. The LEADS in a Caring Environment Capabilities Framework: The Source Code for Health Leadership -- 4. Learning LEADS: A Lifelong Journey -- 5. The LEADS in a Caring Environment framework: Lead Self -- 6. The LEADS in a Caring Environment framework: Engage Others -- 7. The LEADS in a Caring Environment framework :Achieve Results -- 8. The LEADS in a Caring Environment framework: Develop Coalitions -- 9. The LEADS in a Caring Environment framework: Systems Transformation -- 10. The LEADS in a Caring Environment framework as an operating system for change -- 11. LEADS Learning: Epilogue.
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- e-Book
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Decentralizing health services : a global perspective
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33694
Krishna Regmi, editor ; foreword by Prof. David J. Hunter.
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Springer
, c2014.
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Current economic, demographic, and environmental shifts are presenting major challenges to health care systems around the world. In response, decentralization--the transfer of control from central to local authorities--is emerging as a successful means of meeting these challenges and reducing inequities of care. But as with health care itself, one size does not fit all, and care systems must be responsive to global reality as well as local demand. Decentralizing Health Services explores a varie…
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- Regmi, Krishna
- Responsibility
- Krishna Regmi, editor ; foreword by Prof. David J. Hunter
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 214 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781461490715 (electronic bk.)
- 9781461490708
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
- Health Care Reform
- Health Policy
- Health Services Administration
- Internationality
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Health services administration
- Public health administration - Decentralization
- Health care reform
- Health Care Reform
- Politics - organization and administration
- Public health
- Health administration
- Social Policy
- Abstract
- Current economic, demographic, and environmental shifts are presenting major challenges to health care systems around the world. In response, decentralization--the transfer of control from central to local authorities--is emerging as a successful means of meeting these challenges and reducing inequities of care. But as with health care itself, one size does not fit all, and care systems must be responsive to global reality as well as local demand. Decentralizing Health Services explores a variety of applications of decentralization to health care delivery in both the developing and developed worlds. Outfitted with principles, blueprints, and examples, this ambitious text clearly sets out the potential role of decentralized care as a major player in public health. Its models of service delivery illustrate care that is effective, inclusive, flexible, and in tune with the current era of preventive and evidence-based healthcare. Contributors point out opportunities, caveats, and controversies as they: Clarify the relationships among decentralization, politics, and policy Differentiate between political, fiscal, and administrative decentralization in health care systems. Consider public/private partnerships in health systems. Explain how the effects of decentralization can be evaluated. Present the newest data on the health outcomes of decentralization. Explore some challenges and global issues of health systems in the 21st century. And each chapter features learning goals, discussion questions, activities, and recommendations for further reading. Heralding changes poised to revolutionize care, Decentralizing Health Services will broaden the horizons of researchers and administrators in health services, health economics, and health policy.
- Contents
- Health Service Decentralization: An Overview -- Health Systems and Decentralization -- Decentralization and Public Health: An Analysis of the Health System in Five Latin American Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico -- Decentralization and Governance in Health Care -- Fiscal Decentralization of Health Services -- Decentralized Planning Processes -- Measuring Health and Health Services -- Impact of Decentralization on Health Systems: Existing Evidence -- Participation in the New Public Health Landscape -- Public-Private Partnerships as Decentralization Strategy in Health Sector -- Gender Analysis and Use of Intersectionality in Health -- Decentralization of Health Systems: Challenges and Global Issues of the Twenty-First Century.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Intelligent Health Policy : Theory, Concept and Practice
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43375
Petri Virtanen, Jari Stenvall.
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Springer
, c2018.
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This book provides a general overview of intelligence in health policy, health-care organizations and health services in the light of the current EU digital agenda, which aims to make health data and e-health tools publicly available. The first part analyses the implications of knowledge management and decision-making procedures for intelligent health policies and governance. The second part discusses in detail the concept of intelligence and illustrates why the perspective of organizational in…
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- Virtanen, Petri
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- Stenvall, Jari
- Responsibility
- Petri Virtanen, Jari Stenvall
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 194 p.) : 11 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319695969
- 9783319695952 (print ed.)
- 9783319695976 (print ed.)
- 9783319888088 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Decision Making, Organizational
- Health Policy
- Knowledge Management
- Medical Informatics
- Public Health Administration
- Abstract
- This book provides a general overview of intelligence in health policy, health-care organizations and health services in the light of the current EU digital agenda, which aims to make health data and e-health tools publicly available. The first part analyses the implications of knowledge management and decision-making procedures for intelligent health policies and governance. The second part discusses in detail the concept of intelligence and illustrates why the perspective of organizational intelligence offers a solution to contemporary problems in health care, while the third part focuses on intelligent leadership models in health-care organizations. Providing a guide to new ways of understanding, developing, and reforming health policy and health services, it appeals to scholars as well as decision-makers in health governance and health-care institutions.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Systemic governance challenges and wellbeing -- 3. Intelligence in public policy -- 4. Knowledge management and the new configurations of health markets -- 5. Intelligent healthcare organizations and patient-dominant logic in the new service space -- 6. Leadership and human resource management -- 7. Intelligent evaluation and performance measurement in public health policy and public service systems -- 8. The fundaments of intelligence in the future health policy.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
International Handbook on Adolescent Health and Development : The Public Health Response
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41373
Andrew L. Cherry, Valentina Baltag, Mary E. Dillon, editors.
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Springer
, 2017.
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This comprehensive reference uses an ecological perspective to sort out the complex mix of biological, psychological, social, and other factors influencing adolescent health as well as shaping professional responses to the needs of adolescents. Describing critical concerns at the global level and innovative strategies from selected countries, the book urges readers to develop and support practices and policies to enhance optimal youth development. Expert coverage centers on key areas: the globa…
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- Cherry, Andrew L
- Baltag, Valentina
- Dillon, Mary E
- Responsibility
- Andrew L. Cherry, Valentina Baltag, Mary E. Dillon, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 537 pages) : 51 illus.
- ISBN
- 9783319407432
- 9783319407418 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Adolescent Development
- Adolescent Health Services
- Adolescent Health
- Global Health
- Public Health Administration
- Abstract
- This comprehensive reference uses an ecological perspective to sort out the complex mix of biological, psychological, social, and other factors influencing adolescent health as well as shaping professional responses to the needs of adolescents. Describing critical concerns at the global level and innovative strategies from selected countries, the book urges readers to develop and support practices and policies to enhance optimal youth development. Expert coverage centers on key areas: the global state of adolescent health and development, adolescent health issues and public health answers, making health systems more responsive to youth, and improving school health services. And bedrock themes such as social determinants of health, young people's right to health care, and health and gender disparities are discussed throughout these chapters. The International Handbook on Adolescent Health and Development is essential to medical schools, public schools, and college libraries; teaching faculty; graduate and post-graduate students in public health, medicine, social work, other behavioral sciences and health disciplines (e.g., nursing, allied heath); as well as practitioners interested in better orienting their services to the health needs of adolescents.
- Contents
- Part I: A Snapshot of Adolescent Health and Development Globally and from Selected Countries -- 1. The Epidemiology of Adolescent Health -- 2. Deconstructing Adolescence -- 3. Adolescent Health in Cuba -- 4. Adolescent Health, Development, and the Public Health Response in Japan -- Part II: Adolescent Health Conditions and Public Health Response -- 5. Injuries in Adolescents: The Public Health Response -- 6. Adolescent Mental Health: The Public Health Response -- 7. Restorative Justice and Adolescent Health -- 8. Adolescent Sexual Health and Sexuality Education -- 9. ‘Adolescent’ Sexual and Reproductive Health: Controversies, Rights, and Justice -- 10. Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Adolescents -- 11. Critical Issues in Adolescent Nutrition: Needs and Recommendations -- 12. Juvenile Justice and Adolescent Health: Crime, Punishment, and Life-Course Trajectory -- 13. Legalizing Marijuana and Its Effect on Adolescent Behavior and Health in the USA: Risk and Opportunity -- 14. Adolescents with Chronic Conditions -- Part III: Adolescent Responsive Health and Social Systems -- 15. Quality Health Care for Adolescents -- 16. Toward an Adolescent Competent Workforce -- 17. How an Adolescent Health Curriculum Was Implemented in Portugal -- 18. Assessing Adolescent Capacity for Decision Making in Clinical Care: The Practical Application of Bioethics and Human Rights Principles -- 19. Financial Protection for Adolescents’ Health Care -- 20. Alice in Wonderland: Adolescents and Digital Technologies - 21. Medical and Social Support to Adolescents in the Russian Federation -- 22. Policy Impact of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on Street Youth and Juvenile Delinquency in Chile -- 23. Adolescent Issues in India: Toward a Rights-Based Approach -- Part IV: Pairing Children with Health Services: The Role of School Health Services -- 24. Pairing Children with Health Services: The Changing Role of School Health Services in the Twenty-first Century -- 25. School Health Services in Former Socialist Countries: Case Studies from Albania, Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, and Ukraine -- 26. School Nursing: Making a Difference in Adolescent Health and Well-Being -- 27. School Health Services to Meet Adolescent Needs in the USA.
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- e-Book
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- Online
International public health policy and ethics
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30213
edited by Michael Boylan.
--Dordrecht:
Springer Netherlands
, c2008.
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- Online
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- Boylan, Michael
- Responsibility
- edited by Michael Boylan
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- Series Vol.
- 42
- ISBN
- 9781402086175
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Policy
- Policy Making
- Ethics, Medical
- Public Health Administration - ethics
- Social Justice
- Global Health
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Public health
- Medical ethics
- Social sciences
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Introduction to Public Health in China
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44771
Liming Li, Qingwu Jiang.
--Singapore:
People's Medical Publishing House ; Springer
, c2019.
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This book introduces China’s public health work in detail, including its scope and characteristics, its history and evolution, its achievements and experience, the guiding principles for health development, health service system, public health education as well as science and technology of public health. In this book, opportunities and challenges of China’s public health are also presented, along with the prospects of future development. Over the sixty years, China has made remarkable achieveme…
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- Li, Liming.
- Jiang, Qingwu.
- Responsibility
- Liming Li, Qingwu Jiang.
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- People's Medical Publishing House ; Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 81 p.) : 6 illus., 2 illus. in color
- Series Vol.
- 4
- Series Title
- Public health in China
- ISBN
- 9789811365454
- 9789811365447 (Print ed.)
- 9789811365461 (Print ed.)
- 9789811365478 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2520-8365
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Public Health
- Public Health Administration
- Public Health Practice
- Other Subjects
- China
- Specialty
- Public Health
- Abstract
- This book introduces China’s public health work in detail, including its scope and characteristics, its history and evolution, its achievements and experience, the guiding principles for health development, health service system, public health education as well as science and technology of public health. In this book, opportunities and challenges of China’s public health are also presented, along with the prospects of future development. Over the sixty years, China has made remarkable achievements in the areas such as the national immunization program, maternal and child health, disease surveillance, the establishment of a public health information system and its application, as well as the improvement of people’s health, with tremendous experience and best practices being accumulated. In the new era, China starts a new journey towards building Healthy China, which is of great significance for the country’s public health development. The international community will have a better understanding of the history and current situation of China’s public health, as well as its achievements and contributions made to date, from reading this book.
- Contents
- Introduction -- History and Development of Public Health -- Current Situation in China -- Public Health Challenges in China -- A Few Thinking about Public Health Development in China -- Prospects for Future Development.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Lean thinking for healthcare
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33394
Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Latif Al-Hakim, Chris Gonzalez, Joseph Tan, editors.
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
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A growing, aging population; the rise to epidemic proportions of various chronic diseases; competing, often overlapping medical technologies; and of course, skyrocketing costs compounded by waste and inefficiency - these are just a few of the multifarious challenges currently facing healthcare delivery. An unexpected source of solutions is being imported from the manufacturing sector: lean thinking. "Lean Principles for Healthcare" presents a conceptual framework, management principles, and pra…
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- Wickramasinghe, Nilmini
- Al-Hakim, Latif
- Gonzalez, Chris
- Tan, Joseph K H
- Responsibility
- Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Latif Al-Hakim, Chris Gonzalez, Joseph Tan, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 645 pages)
- Series Title
- Healthcare delivery in the information age
- ISBN
- 9781461480365 (electronic bk.)
- 9781461480358
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Efficiency, Organizational
- Health Care Costs
- Health Care Sector - organization & administration
- Health Services Administration - economics
- Medical Informatics - economics
- Quality of Health Care - economics
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Health services administration
- Medical informatics - Management
- Medical innovations - Management
- Health administration
- Organizational effectiveness
- Value added
- Abstract
- A growing, aging population; the rise to epidemic proportions of various chronic diseases; competing, often overlapping medical technologies; and of course, skyrocketing costs compounded by waste and inefficiency - these are just a few of the multifarious challenges currently facing healthcare delivery. An unexpected source of solutions is being imported from the manufacturing sector: lean thinking. "Lean Principles for Healthcare" presents a conceptual framework, management principles, and practical tools for professionals tasked with designing and implementing modern, streamlined healthcare systems or overhauling faulty ones. Focusing on core components such as knowledge management, e-health, patient-centeredness, and collaborative care, chapters illustrate lean concepts in action across specialties (as diverse as nursing, urology, and emergency care) and around the globe. Extended case examples show health systems responding to consumer needs and provider realities with equal efficiency and effectiveness, and improved quality and patient outcomes. Further, contributors tackle the gamut of technological, medical, cultural, and business issues.
- Contents
- Preface -- Part I. Key Concepts, Tools and Techniques -- 1. Lean Principles for Healthcare -- 2. Artificial Neural Network Excellence to Facilitate Lean Thinking Adoption in Healthcare Contexts -- 3. The Suitability of Artifi cial Neural Networks in Service Quality Control and Forecasting -- 4. The Application of Lean in the Healthcare Sector: Theory and Practical Examples -- 5. Business Value of IT in Healthcare -- 6. Initiatives of Service-Oriented Architecture Towards Performance Improvement in Healthcare -- 7. Adapted Lean Thinking for Emergency Departments: Information Quality Perspective -- Part II. Applications of Lean Thinking Around the Healthcare World -- 8. Adapted Lean Thinking for Healthcare Services: An Empirical Study in the Traditional Chinese Hospital -- 9. Lean Thinking in Dementia Care Through Smart Assistive Technology: An Evaluation -- 10. A Delphi Study on Developing a Conceptual Framework to Understand the Perception of Iranian Physicians Towards Electronic Health Records -- 11. Trying to Streamline Healthcare Delivery in Australia via the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) -- 12. Identifying Critical Issues for Developing Successful e-Health Solutions -- 13. Applying the Principles of KM to Effect Streamlined Healthcare Operations: A Malaysian Case Study -- 14. Remaking Rosa Medical Center: A 5-Step Approach to Transitioning with Lean -- 15. Lean Thinking and Customer Focus: Patient Centered Perspectives on Hospital Quality -- Part III. Macro Issues -- 16. Applying a System of Systems Approach to Healthcare -- 17. The Role for a Healthcare System of Systems Approach Coupled with Collaborative Technologies to Provide Superior Healthcare Delivery -- 18. The Role of a Disruptive Pervasive Technology Solution to Facilitate Better Healthcare Delivery to Native American Patients -- 19. Designing Enabling Regulatory Frameworks to Facilitate the Diffusion of Wireless Technology Solutions in Healthcare -- 20. Improving Healthcare Service Quality and Patients’ Life Quality Through Mobile Technologies: The Case of Diabetes Self-management -- 21. The Role of Online Social Networks in Consumer Health Informatics: An Example of the Implicit Incorporation of Lean Principles -- 22. Supporting Preventive Healthcare with Persuasive Services -- 23. Using Technology Solutions to Streamline Healthcare Processes for Nursing: The Case of an Intelligent Operational Planning Support Tool (IOPST) Solution -- 24. Using an e-Health Strategy to Facilitate the Design and Development of Effective Healthcare Processes -- Part IV. Micro Issues -- 25. Value Stream Mapping in Lean Healthcare: A Brief Introduction and Application -- 26. Using Value Stream Mapping to Improve Processes in a Urology Department -- 2.7 A Technology-Mediated Solution to Reduce Healthcare Disparities -- Part V. Case Studies -- 28. Process Models, Its Inefficiencies and Recommendations of the Emergency Department of the Marienhospital -- 29. Simulation Study: Clinical Center Esslingen—Process Analysis in the Emergency Department -- 30. Emergency Department Katharinenhospital Stuttgart -- 31. Business Process Modeling and Measuring Waiting Times in a German ED: An Approach for Identifying Improvements.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Medical informatics, e-Health : fundamentals and applications
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33814
Alain Venot, Anita Burgun, Catherine Quantin, editors.
--Paris:
Springer
, c2014.
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Over the years, medical informatics has matured into a true scientific discipline. Fundamental and applied aspects are now taught in various fields of health, including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and public health. Medical informatics is also often included in the curricula of many other disciplines, including the life sciences, engineering and economics. Medical informatics is a complex and rapidly changing discipline. Relatively few books have been published on the subject, and th…
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- Other Authors
- Venot, Alain
- Burgun, Anita
- Quantin, Catherine
- Responsibility
- Alain Venot, Anita Burgun, Catherine Quantin, editors
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 494 pages)
- Series Title
- Health informatics
- ISBN
- 9782817804781 (electronic bk.)
- 9782817804774
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Medical Informatics
- Medical Records Systems, Computerized
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medical informatics
- Medical records - Data processing
- Health Informatics
- Health administration
- Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems
- Computational Biology
- Bioinformatics
- Medical Informatics
- Medical Records Systems, Computerized
- Abstract
- Over the years, medical informatics has matured into a true scientific discipline. Fundamental and applied aspects are now taught in various fields of health, including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and public health. Medical informatics is also often included in the curricula of many other disciplines, including the life sciences, engineering and economics. Medical informatics is a complex and rapidly changing discipline. Relatively few books have been published on the subject, and they rapidly become obsolete. This book is the fruit of a collaborative effort between authors teaching medical informatics in France and others who are conducting research in this field. In addition, an international perspective was pursued, as reflected in the inclusion of various developments and actions in both the USA and Europe. This book is divided into 18 chapters, all of which include learning objectives, recommendations for further reading, exercises and bibliographic references.
- Contents
- Medical informatics as a scientific discipline -- Medical vocabulary, terminological resources, and information coding in the health domain -- The management and dissemination of health knowledge -- Representation of patient data in the health information systems and the electronic medical record -- The processing of medical images: principles, main applications and prospects -- Enhanced medical interventions : surgetics and robotics -- Medical diagnostic decision support -- Computerized drug prescription decision support -- Computerized medico-economic decision making: an international comparison -- Public health decision support -- Security, legal and ethical aspects of computerized health data in Europe -- Hospital information systems -- Sharing data and medical records -- Computerizing the doctor's office -- Computerizing the dental office -- E-health -- Translational bioinformatics and clinical research informatics -- Human factors and ergonomics in medical informatics.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Medical leadership and management : a case-based approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33461
Geraldine MacCarrick.
--London:
Springer
, c2014.
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- Location
- Online
Using a case-based approach, Medical Leadership and Management uses internationally recognized competency frameworks to support knowledge acquisition and skills relevant to medical management and leadership. The text and supporting cases studies describe key medical management and leadership competencies, illustrating the theoretical and practical aspects of these competencies in the healthcare setting. With 23 years in clinical, teaching and health administration, Dr Geraldine MacCarrick has e…
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- Author
- MacCarrick, Geraldine
- Responsibility
- Geraldine MacCarrick
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vii, 111 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781447147480 (electronic bk.)
- 9781447147473
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Services Administration
- Leadership
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Health services administration
- Health services administrators
- Leadership
- Health administration
- Abstract
- Using a case-based approach, Medical Leadership and Management uses internationally recognized competency frameworks to support knowledge acquisition and skills relevant to medical management and leadership. The text and supporting cases studies describe key medical management and leadership competencies, illustrating the theoretical and practical aspects of these competencies in the healthcare setting. With 23 years in clinical, teaching and health administration, Dr Geraldine MacCarrick has extensive knowledge of the education and training issues facing the medical profession. Despite lack of formal training, doctors worldwide are increasingly assuming greater leadership and management roles in healthcare. Effective medical leadership is recognized as essential for improving the performance of health services, enhancing the wellbeing of patients and the quality of outcomes. Medical Leadership and Management is of interest to all medical educators interested in supporting their students to acquire leadership and management skills in preparation for graduation and beyond.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Professional Leadership and Management in Medicine -- 3. The Effective Medical Manager -- 4. Expertise in Medical Management -- 5. The Adaptable Communicator -- 6. The Creative Collaborator -- 7. The Active Advocate -- 8. The Resourceful Scholar.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Policy Innovation for Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30465
edited by Ilona Kickbusch.
--New York, NY:
Springer-Verlag
, c2009.
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- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Kickbusch, Ilona
- Responsibility
- edited by Ilona Kickbusch
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- ISBN
- 9780387798769
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Policy
- Social Medicine
- Organizational Innovation
- Public Health Administration
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Public health
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Preparing the Public Health Workforce : Educational Pathways for the Field and the Classroom
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39068
Rosemary M. Caron.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2015.
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- Location
- Online
In concept and practice, public health casts a wide net, spanning assessment, intervention, and policy; education, prevention, and protection; public, private, and government entities. But key elements are often missing from the picture, including a clear understanding of public health and its goals by the general public, and specific public health education throughout the workforce. Public Health Practice responds to these and related challenges by elegantly summarizing the state of the field …
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- Author
- Caron, Rosemary M
- Responsibility
- Rosemary M. Caron
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 132 p. : 4 illus., 3 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319072906
- 9783319072890 (print ed.)
- Abstract
- In concept and practice, public health casts a wide net, spanning assessment, intervention, and policy; education, prevention, and protection; public, private, and government entities. But key elements are often missing from the picture, including a clear understanding of public health and its goals by the general public, and specific public health education throughout the workforce. Public Health Practice responds to these and related challenges by elegantly summarizing the state of the field in an era of dwindling budgets, competing and overlapping services, and a shaky professional infrastructure. In keeping with public health goals set out by the CDC and other leading agencies, the author makes a real-world case for standardizing training, establishing best practices in the field, and coordinating public health systems with their healthcare counterparts. Theory, case examples, tools, and callout boxes highlight knowledge, preparation, and skills professionals need in addressing chronic issues and complex emergencies. Throughout, the emphasis is on greater competency and visibility for the profession, resulting in a more informed, healthier public. Featured in the coverage: Issues in defining the public health workforce. The state of public health education. Practicing and teaching public health: local, national, and international cases. Standardizing public health practice: benefits and challenges. Integrating public health and healthcare. The future of public health as seen from academia and the frontlines. Identifying urgent issues and providing cogent answers, Public Health Practice is a call to action for those involved in creating the next level of public health, including professors, practitioners, students, and administrators.
- Contents
- Introduction and Overview -- Public Health Workforce -- Public Health Education: Changing Times -- Public Health Lessons: Practicing and Teaching Public Health -- Standardizing Public Health Practice: Benefits and Challenges -- The Future of the Public's Health from the Perspective of Public Health Experts -- Vision for Public Health Practice in the 21st Century: Target Improvement Areas.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Priorities in health : disease control priorities project
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26862
Jamieson, Dean T.
--Washington, DC:
IBRD/The World Bank
, 2006.
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- Access
- Open access
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Jamieson, Dean T.
- Other Authors
- Breman, Joel G.
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- IBRD/The World Bank
- Date of Publication
- 2006
- ISBN
- 9780821362620
- 0821362627
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Administration
- Access
- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Public Health Challenges in Contemporary China : An Interdisciplinary Perspective
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40360
Md. Nazrul Islam, editor.
(1st ed.)
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2016.
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- Location
- Online
This book addresses contemporary public health challenges in China from an interdisciplinary perspective. These challenges include health service system, population ageing, food safety, substance abuse and its prevention and treatment, Buddhist delivery of elderly care, the development of professional healthcare social work, and the integration of Chinese Medicine in public health. The book brings together top-notch scholars, academics and professionals in each of these research areas to explor…
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- Other Authors
- Islam, Md. Nazrul
- Responsibility
- Md. Nazrul Islam, editor
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 122 p. : 6 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783662477533
- 9783662477526 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Planning
- Health Policy
- Public Health Administration
- Other Subjects
- China
- Abstract
- This book addresses contemporary public health challenges in China from an interdisciplinary perspective. These challenges include health service system, population ageing, food safety, substance abuse and its prevention and treatment, Buddhist delivery of elderly care, the development of professional healthcare social work, and the integration of Chinese Medicine in public health. The book brings together top-notch scholars, academics and professionals in each of these research areas to explore and reveal the complex and challenging task of addressing health-related issues in China. Md. Nazrul Islam is Assistant Professor at the United International College, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University, Zhuhai, China. He teaches courses on Sociology and Public Health and do research on Ayurveda and Chinese Herbal Medicine.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Challenges to Health Service System in China: Institutional and financial reforms -- Food safety challenges in China -- Challenge of Population Aging on Health -- Integrating Chinese Medicine in public health: Contemporary trend and challenges -- State-Religion Partnership: Buddhist Delivery of Eldercare in Asia -- Substance Abuse and Its Prevention and Treatment in Macao -- To Promote Holistic Health the Development of Professional Healthcare Social Work in China.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Rural Health Disparities : Public Health, Policy, and Planning Approaches
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44276
Monica M. Taylor.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2019.
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- Location
- Online
This innovative resource offers a unique, multidisciplinary approach for the utilization of planning theory to eliminate health disparities in rural communities. The book provides tools in the public health, policy, and planning disciplines to help resolve significant differences in life expectancy and quality of life in these communities, concluding with a progressive vision for alleviating geographical health disparities on a local, national, and global scale. Chapters highlight models and ap…
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- Author
- Taylor, Monica M.
- Responsibility
- Monica M. Taylor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 60 p.) : 3 illus. in color
- Series
- SpringerBriefs in Public Health
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in public health
- ISBN
- 9783030114671
- 9783030114664 (Print ed.)
- 9783030114688 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2192-3698
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Planning
- Health Policy
- Health Status Disparities
- Public Health Administration
- Rural Health
- Social Determinants of Health
- Abstract
- This innovative resource offers a unique, multidisciplinary approach for the utilization of planning theory to eliminate health disparities in rural communities. The book provides tools in the public health, policy, and planning disciplines to help resolve significant differences in life expectancy and quality of life in these communities, concluding with a progressive vision for alleviating geographical health disparities on a local, national, and global scale. Chapters highlight models and approaches best suited to addressing this public health concern, suggesting action strategies focused around each of the three focus areas: 1. Public health: Elucidation of the contextual factors impacting the health of rural communities by: reporting statistical updates on a range of chronic and infectious diseases that disproportionately affect rural populations both globally and in the U.S.; providing discourse on the importance of addressing critical social determinants (global and national) that impede optimal health outcomes among rural populations; and, acknowledging the compositional factors of individuals who reside in rural spaces. 2. Public policy: Application of specific policy models to garner both public and political will towards sustainable policy change to improve healthy living in rural spaces. 3. Rural planning: Identification of national and international planning models that can be used to design strategic plans targeted to improve quality of life, create sustainable development, and establish economic well-being and growth in rural communities. Rural Health Disparities: Public Health, Policy, and Planning Approaches will find an engaged audience among non-profit organizations, planners, public health practitioners, policy analysts, and public interest groups, as well as rural health advocates and students enrolled in planning, public policy, and/or public health courses.
- Contents
- 1. National and Global Rural Health Crisis: Spatial Injustice -- 2. Environmental Injustices in Rural America -- 3. Public Health Solutions to Rural Health Disparities -- 4. Rural Health Disparities: The Policy Perspective -- 5. Rural Health Disparities: The Planning Perspective -- 6. Conclusion: A Progressive Vision.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Understanding health policy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24413
Bodenheimer, Thomas S.
(5th ed.)
--New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill Medical
, 2009.
- Call Number
- WA 525 B666u 2009
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WA 525 B666u 2009
- Author
- Bodenheimer, Thomas S
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Medical
- Date of Publication
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 222 p.
- ISBN
- 9780071496063
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Policy
- Public Health Administration
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
