Close Care Gap is a patient safety organization (PSO) that aims to improve population health by closing gaps in care. It offers various free services to help hospitals analyze processes, outcomes, and compare performance to industry averages. Additional consultative services are available to help organizations implement best practices and quality improvement programs. The PSO director explains that through peer-based sharing and learning supported by the Patient Safety Act, they can create a culture of continuous quality improvement beyond just regulatory periods.
Ailsa Claire: Commissioning Intelligence ProgrammeThe King's Fund
Ailsa Claire, Director of Commissioning Development, NHS Yorkshire and Humber, talks on the Commissioning Intelligence programme: What have we learned so far?
Think Your Patients Are Loyal? Think Again. It Takes Work!Renown Health
Accenture provides latest insights on patient loyalty. Suzanne Hendery from Baystate Health shares successful best practices on consistently engaging seniors and women to drive loyalty.
Hospital Apps are a great way to engage with patients and studies show that they want to use them. These apps are not only convenient, but they allow patients to work with their providers and can result in a much more favorable outcome to their medical issues and overall health.
Here's a list of 8 different types of Mobile Hospital Apps.
For the full post, visit http://www.merraine.com/8-types-mobile-hospital-apps-3-features-patients-want/
Results from the National Chronic Care Management Survey 2015 offer insight into CCM adoption barriers and the challenge of physician & patient engagement.
The 10th Annual Utah Health Services Research Conference: Data: What's available and how we are use it is changing. By: Danielle A. Lloyd, MPH - Premier
Health Services Research Conference: March 16, 2015
Patient Centered Research Methods Core, University of Utah, CCTS
Ailsa Claire: Commissioning Intelligence ProgrammeThe King's Fund
Ailsa Claire, Director of Commissioning Development, NHS Yorkshire and Humber, talks on the Commissioning Intelligence programme: What have we learned so far?
Think Your Patients Are Loyal? Think Again. It Takes Work!Renown Health
Accenture provides latest insights on patient loyalty. Suzanne Hendery from Baystate Health shares successful best practices on consistently engaging seniors and women to drive loyalty.
Hospital Apps are a great way to engage with patients and studies show that they want to use them. These apps are not only convenient, but they allow patients to work with their providers and can result in a much more favorable outcome to their medical issues and overall health.
Here's a list of 8 different types of Mobile Hospital Apps.
For the full post, visit http://www.merraine.com/8-types-mobile-hospital-apps-3-features-patients-want/
Results from the National Chronic Care Management Survey 2015 offer insight into CCM adoption barriers and the challenge of physician & patient engagement.
The 10th Annual Utah Health Services Research Conference: Data: What's available and how we are use it is changing. By: Danielle A. Lloyd, MPH - Premier
Health Services Research Conference: March 16, 2015
Patient Centered Research Methods Core, University of Utah, CCTS
Leading the Customer Experience Revolution: Baystate Health, Cleveland Clinic...Renown Health
Leading the Customer Experience Revolution. Customer experience is radically shifting to the forefront in healthcare. Examine the leadership role of marketing in driving excellence in service design, patient experience, and social engagement.
Margaret Coughlin, SVP and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Boston Children’s Hospital (Boston, MA); Suzanne Hendery, VP, Marketing & Public Affairs, Baystate Health (Springfield, MA); Paul Matsen, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH); Linda MacCracken, (Facilitator), Senior Principal, Accenture. Presented at the 2016 Healthcare Marketing & Physician Strategies Summit, Chicago, 5/22/2016
When the Human Genome Project was declared complete back in 2003, there were high expectations set for genomic medicine. However, it has taken over a decade to begin moving from vision to reality. Today, the number of success stories remains relatively small, but they do stretch across the healthcare ecosystem, incorporating the prediction of drug responses, the diagnosis of diseases and the identification of targeted therapies. Stakeholders ranging from patients, healthcare providers and payers, researchers, diagnostic companies, policy-makers, life sciences businesses and governments now believe genomic medicine to be a potential game-changer
CMS Innovation Center, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services staff will be hosting a webinar that will discuss how applicants can work with States and the role of States in the Strong Start funding opportunity. A series of follow up webinars will provide more in-depth information about other aspects of this initiative.
More at: http://innovations.cms.gov/resources/Strong-Start-Webinar-State-Partnerships.html
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Deploying Telehealth to 1.2 M Users - LA County Case StudyVSee
Innovating Equitable Telehealth for LA County
The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) is the largest county-operated mental health department in the United States, directly operating 85+ programs and contracting with close to 1,000 organizations and individual practitioners. It’s goal is to reach 1.2M of its 10M residents who are in need of mental health services.
On May 23, Conifer Health Solutions hosted a lecture at the ACHE Fellows Seminar in San Antonio, TX. The lecture, “Planning for Success with Clinical Integration,” focused on the steps associated with building a clinically integrated network; the power of strategic alignment with partners in the care community; and sustainable governance and incentive structures for the clinically integrated network.
mHealth Israel_Top Health Industry Issues of 2021_Will a Shocked System Emerg...Levi Shapiro
Presentation by PwC Health Research Institute for mHealth Israel, February 17, 2021: Top Health Industry Issues of 2021...Will a Shocked System Emerge Stronger?
Key Sections:
1) Rightsizing after virtual visit explosion
2) Changing clinical trials
3) Easing physician burden with digital
4) Healthcare forecast for 2021
5) Reshaping health portfolios
6) Resilient and responsive supply chains
7) Inter-Operability
Shipp keynote at World Congress Physician Summit 12-09-19fshipp
At the 8th annual Physician Summit in Philadelphia: How new entrants into the healthcare ecosystem are affecting providers and our ability to engage them!
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation released a Request for Information (RFI) in late 2013 entitled the “Evolution of ACO Initiatives at CMS.” These are the first of two batches of responses received by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to the RFI.
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Due to popular demand, the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) team hosted a repeat of the webinar that was originally held on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. During this webinar Model team members provided an overview of the model specifically for interested payers.
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Building Patient-Centeredness in the Real World: The Engaged Patient and the ...EngagingPatients
This paper examines the separate but intertwined ethical, economic and clinical concepts of patientcenteredness and how ACOs provide a structure for turning those concepts into a functioning reality.
Although highly arguable, and patients being central to healthcare systems, patient engagement is one the most underutilized aspect of the healthcare industry. Patient engagement is a promise of better health outcomes as well as the increasing knowledge and skill of people to manage their and their family members’ health.
Hospital-Physician Alignment: Closing the Capabilities GapCielo
Presented at the Becker's Annual Hospital Review conference, this presentation covers the importance of aligning physicians into a healthcare organization's overall talent strategy- because the organization with the best talent has the competitive advantage.
Leading the Customer Experience Revolution: Baystate Health, Cleveland Clinic...Renown Health
Leading the Customer Experience Revolution. Customer experience is radically shifting to the forefront in healthcare. Examine the leadership role of marketing in driving excellence in service design, patient experience, and social engagement.
Margaret Coughlin, SVP and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Boston Children’s Hospital (Boston, MA); Suzanne Hendery, VP, Marketing & Public Affairs, Baystate Health (Springfield, MA); Paul Matsen, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH); Linda MacCracken, (Facilitator), Senior Principal, Accenture. Presented at the 2016 Healthcare Marketing & Physician Strategies Summit, Chicago, 5/22/2016
When the Human Genome Project was declared complete back in 2003, there were high expectations set for genomic medicine. However, it has taken over a decade to begin moving from vision to reality. Today, the number of success stories remains relatively small, but they do stretch across the healthcare ecosystem, incorporating the prediction of drug responses, the diagnosis of diseases and the identification of targeted therapies. Stakeholders ranging from patients, healthcare providers and payers, researchers, diagnostic companies, policy-makers, life sciences businesses and governments now believe genomic medicine to be a potential game-changer
CMS Innovation Center, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services staff will be hosting a webinar that will discuss how applicants can work with States and the role of States in the Strong Start funding opportunity. A series of follow up webinars will provide more in-depth information about other aspects of this initiative.
More at: http://innovations.cms.gov/resources/Strong-Start-Webinar-State-Partnerships.html
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Deploying Telehealth to 1.2 M Users - LA County Case StudyVSee
Innovating Equitable Telehealth for LA County
The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) is the largest county-operated mental health department in the United States, directly operating 85+ programs and contracting with close to 1,000 organizations and individual practitioners. It’s goal is to reach 1.2M of its 10M residents who are in need of mental health services.
On May 23, Conifer Health Solutions hosted a lecture at the ACHE Fellows Seminar in San Antonio, TX. The lecture, “Planning for Success with Clinical Integration,” focused on the steps associated with building a clinically integrated network; the power of strategic alignment with partners in the care community; and sustainable governance and incentive structures for the clinically integrated network.
mHealth Israel_Top Health Industry Issues of 2021_Will a Shocked System Emerg...Levi Shapiro
Presentation by PwC Health Research Institute for mHealth Israel, February 17, 2021: Top Health Industry Issues of 2021...Will a Shocked System Emerge Stronger?
Key Sections:
1) Rightsizing after virtual visit explosion
2) Changing clinical trials
3) Easing physician burden with digital
4) Healthcare forecast for 2021
5) Reshaping health portfolios
6) Resilient and responsive supply chains
7) Inter-Operability
Shipp keynote at World Congress Physician Summit 12-09-19fshipp
At the 8th annual Physician Summit in Philadelphia: How new entrants into the healthcare ecosystem are affecting providers and our ability to engage them!
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation released a Request for Information (RFI) in late 2013 entitled the “Evolution of ACO Initiatives at CMS.” These are the first of two batches of responses received by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to the RFI.
- - -
CMS Innovation Center
http://innovation.cms.gov
We accept comments in the spirit of our comment policy:
http://newmedia.hhs.gov/standards/comment_policy.html
CMS Privacy Policy
http://cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/Aboutwebsite/Privacy-Policy.html
Due to popular demand, the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) team hosted a repeat of the webinar that was originally held on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. During this webinar Model team members provided an overview of the model specifically for interested payers.
- - -
CMS Innovation Center
http://innovation.cms.gov
We accept comments in the spirit of our comment policy:
http://newmedia.hhs.gov/standards/comment_policy.html
CMS Privacy Policy
http://cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/Aboutwebsite/Privacy-Policy.html
Building Patient-Centeredness in the Real World: The Engaged Patient and the ...EngagingPatients
This paper examines the separate but intertwined ethical, economic and clinical concepts of patientcenteredness and how ACOs provide a structure for turning those concepts into a functioning reality.
Although highly arguable, and patients being central to healthcare systems, patient engagement is one the most underutilized aspect of the healthcare industry. Patient engagement is a promise of better health outcomes as well as the increasing knowledge and skill of people to manage their and their family members’ health.
Hospital-Physician Alignment: Closing the Capabilities GapCielo
Presented at the Becker's Annual Hospital Review conference, this presentation covers the importance of aligning physicians into a healthcare organization's overall talent strategy- because the organization with the best talent has the competitive advantage.
Our medical templates enable you to create presentations in no time and with maximum effect. This neatly maintained section of our website contains professional medical PowerPoint templates for medical and healthcare professionals including doctors, educators and medical marketers.
Healthcare as an industry is experiencing dramatic change in its IT landscape. A very important factor for Healthcare IT is to comply with critical healthcare compliances like HIPAA and making investments in computer systems and software and their security more important than ever. As well in order to improve the quality of care there is an absolute need of integrated and collaborative systems providing patient information and medical reference knowledge to the medical decision makers at the point of clinical decision making.
Few more critical drivers for the changes are:
- Government regulations and initiatives to bring down the healthcare costs,
- Demand for patient centric systems
- Increasing patient awareness
Considering the specific needs of the Healthcare industry and based on our extensive research findings Optimus BT has chalked out a overall presentation to provide an overview of the state of Healthcare ecosystem and the ways to make it more efficient and effective to improve quality of care. We have tailored our solution to meet the needs in the most comprehensive way using Microsoft SharePoint 2010 as a platform. Our solution portfolio encompasses Physician portal, hospital intranets, patient portal, Collaboration portal for healthcare etc. We ensure that the value delivered through our solution create unique value proposition for our customers and their stakeholders across the Healthcare value chain.
In Healthcare, we provide detailed analysis and projections of healthcare fields, occupations, and their wages. In addition, we discuss the important skills and work values associated with healthcare fields and occupations. Finally, We analyze the implications of our findings for the racial, ethnic, and class diversity of the healthcare workforce in the coming decade.
How do we see the healthcare's digital future and its impact on our lives?Jane Vita
"Healthcare is undergoing major changes spurred on by, but not limited to, technology.
Digitalisation is changing the way we think about health, what taking care of it really entails, our personal role in healthcare systems and the way we interact with technology in the context of health.
In many ways, we are entering a post-institutional age of increased personal responsibility, which presents healthcare service providers and other players in the field with major opportunities and great risks. Technology has the potential to empower people and help them become more active in the management of their and their families’ health. This will change the relationship of the patient and the caregiver in profound ways." Mirkka Länsisalo
A co-creation with Mirkka Läansisalo and Sala Heinänen, at Futurice.
Engage Front-line Care Team Using Clinical Audit Checklists iCareQuality.us
The culture of patient safety, quality, and transparency is central to improving care delivery at the organization and industry level. Implementing a sustainable frontline solution like quality checklists will require new leadership, innovative thinking, applications of human factor engineering, and patient voices who demand better. We need to reward staff engagement and quality patient safety efforts which can translate into better patient outcomes. CCG, PSO developed a Clinical Audit Checklist program that can support a culture of transparency and accountability, thereby reducing healthcare costs and delivering positive patient outcomes. Together, we can make continuous daily improvement a standard practice at the hospital and system level. Patients are counting on us to make care delivery safer today for a better patient experience tomorrow.
Imagine a healthcare system where people live long, healthy lives, receiving quality, affordable care, with clinicians nationwide collaborating to improve outcomes. That's Accountable Care! Learn the benefits of becoming an ACO in this insightful eBook.
How to Improve Healthcare Reporting Management System.pptxFlutter Agency
Here in this article, you will see the tips about the healthcare reporting management system. Read these top 8 tips to improve the Healthcare Reporting Management System.
Quality Improvement Strategies: quality improvement tools, factors that help to create and sustain Healthcare Informatics as a new field. quality improvement cycle: PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) Cycle.
Assessment 2
Quality Improvement Proposal
Overview:
Write a quality improvement proposal, 5–7 pages in length, that provides your recommendations for expanding a hospital's HIT to include quality metrics that will help the organization qualify as an accountable care organization.
Health care has undergone a transformation since the release of the Institute of Medicine's 2000 report
To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System.
The report highlighted medical errors as a contributing factor leading to poor patient outcomes. The Institute of Medicine challenged organizations to implement evidence-based performance improvement strategies in order to improve patient quality and safety. Multiple governmental and regulatory agencies, such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ), vowed to strengthen and improve incentives for participation, safety, quality, and efficiency in accountable care organizations (ACOs).
Health information technology (HIT) performs an essential role in improving health outcomes of individuals, the community, and populations. Health organizations, consumer advocacy groups, and regulatory committees have made a commitment to explore current and future opportunities that HIT offers to continue momentum to meet the Institute of Medicine's goal of improving safety and quality.
Understanding HIT is important to improving individual, community, and population access to health care and health information. HIT enables quick and easy access to information for both patients and providers. Accessible information has been shown to improve the patient care experience and reduce redundancies, thereby reducing health care costs.
This assessment provides an opportunity for you to make recommendations for expanding a hospital's HIT in ways that will help the hospital qualify as an ACO.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 2: Explain the relationship between care coordination and evidence-based data.
Recommend ways to expand an organization's HIT to include quality metrics.
Identify potential problems that can arise with data gathering systems and outputs.
Competency 3: Use health information technology to guide care coordination and organizational practice.
Describe the main focus of information gathering in health care and how it contributes to guiding the development of organizational practice.
Competency 4: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
Write clearly and concisely, using correct grammar and mechanics.
Support main points, claims, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.
Reference
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9 Actionable Healthcare Tweets from HIMSS 2015Buddy Scalera
9 tweets and action items for healthcare marketers and content strategists, as developed by Marilyn Cox @MarilynECox (Oracle) and Buddy Scalera @MarketingBuddy.
Be sure to visit: http://www.slideshare.net/americanregistry
Transforming Clinical Practice InitiativeCitiusTech
The Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI) is designed to help small practices and clinicians achieve large-scale health transformation. The initiative is designed to support more than 140,000 clinician practices over four years duration in sharing, adapting and further developing their comprehensive quality improvement strategies. The TCPI is one part of a unique strategy advanced by the Affordable Care Act to strengthen the quality of patient care and manage health care expenditures, ultimately saving the taxpayer from substantial costs. This document describes the initiative in detail with the type of participants, eligibility and reporting requirements of the participants. Understanding the implementation of this initiative not only helps clinicians, but opens up a huge market for Healthcare IT companies offering the products and services like EHR implementation, Integration, EHR/ Data Migration, Implementation of HIE etc.
Assignment 1 Legal Aspects of U.S. Health Care System Administrat.docxbraycarissa250
Assignment 1: Legal Aspects of U.S. Health Care System Administration
Due Week 3 and worth 200 points
Prevailing wisdom reinforces the fact that working in U.S. health care administration in the 21st Century requires knowledge of the various aspects of health laws as they apply to dealing with medical professionals. Further, because U.S. health care administrators must potentially interact with many levels of professionals beyond the medical profession, it is prudent that they be aware of any federal, state, and local laws that may be applicable to their organizations. Thus, their conduct is also subject to the letter of the law. They must evaluate the quality of their professional interactions and be mindful of the implications and ramifications of their decisions.
Nearly 65 million surgical operations were performed in 2015 in the U.S. resulting in an estimated 200,000 deaths from complications or other post-operative issues (Ghaferi, Myers, Sutcliffe, & Pronovost, 2016). Ongoing innovation in healthcare can improve patient outcomes. According to the Harvard Business Review article, The Next Wave of Hospital Innovation to Make Patients Safer, over the past several decades, there have been three distinct waves of surgical improvement: technical advancements, standardizing procedures, and high reliability organizing.
Assume the role of a top health administrator at We Care Hospital. You are interested in propelling the hospital to the next level by applying for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. However, you want to ensure surgical outcomes for patient morbidity and mortality rates. You begin by researching the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) aimed to improve adherence to quality protocols. You need to ensure the hospital policy is consistent with the law and that the hospital is correctly reporting Sentinel Events to the Joint Commission, a hospital regulatory agency.
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
1. Analyze how standardizing procedures and documenting steps can improve outcomes when performing a complex procedure. Review the peer-reviewed journal article, The Next Wave of Hospital Innovation to Make Patients Safer. Articulate your position as the top administrator concerned about the importance of professional conduct and negligence in SCIP quality guidelines.
2. High Reliability Organizing emphasizes the varying actions that can affect patient safety given that standardized systems ignore the fact that each patient is different. Ascertain the major ramifications when the health care team “fails to rescue” the patient. Identify what hospital policies should be in place and identify previous case laws.
3. Analyze the four (4) elements required of a plaintiff to prove medical negligence.
4. Discuss the overarching duties of the health care governing board in mitigating the effects of medical non- ...
Similar to CloseCareGap Patient Safety Organization 2013 brochure (20)
The iCM Mobile Toolkit is a mobile platform that measures clinical practice performance at the point of care. Doctors and nurses use our tools to make best practices actionable, observable, measurable, and more importantly – sustainable. Our solution includes machine learning and gamification to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical workflow.
Nsg Pay 4 Performance:Ethical Challenges and OpportunitiesiCareQuality.us
This slide share is a brief overview of Nursing Pay for Performance, Ethical Issues and Opportunities to consider in the current landscape of healthcare in US
Nursing Peer Review to Improve Quality and Reduce Costs 2014iCareQuality.us
A system engineering approach is used to reduce frontline nursing care variability by integrating peer review to enhance quality of care efforts on the frontline.
Aligning Clinical Practice and Process Improvement for Patient Safety 2014iCareQuality.us
Implementing continuous daily improve¬ment is a standardized approach to reducing clinical variability in patient care delivery. The CLIPSE model engages frontline providers using a collaborative, peer review process, and may positively impact patient outcomes, cost of care, and quality improvement initiatives
Improve Nursing Performance and Staff Engagement using the CLIPSE Model April...iCareQuality.us
Implementing a continuous daily improvement (CDI) program is a simple standardized approach to reducing clinical variability in patient care delivery settings. The CLIPSE model engages front-line care providers using a collaborative, professional peer-peer process, and may positively impact patient outcomes, cost of care, patient safety, and quality improvement initiatives at the point of care (POC).
Staff Accountability and Transparency in HealthcareiCareQuality.us
The Secret to Improving Care Delivery and Reducing Harm is through Staff Engagement. It’s simple math and measures that make all the difference. http://www.icarequality.org/closecaregap.html
Call for Beta Site Hospital Partners for Quality Patient Safety ProjectiCareQuality.us
In order to improve quality and patient safety we need to engage and empower our frontline care team. This engagement is critical for accountability and transparency to drive performance results and positively impact care delivery where it counts most. Contact CCG, Patient Safety Organization to improve Quality Patient Safety as a beta site partner.
Continuous Daily Improvement by Front-line Nurses Drives Quality OutcomesiCareQuality.us
Continuous Daily Improvement (CDI) is the cornerstone for delivering high quality and affordable healthcare. In this paper, we advocate an approach that will allow a typical healthcare worker to convert 10 to 15 minute blocks of their unstructured time (that often totals to about 30% of their total time) to structured work that can be applied to CI activities. The result of this effort can be measured through improved clinical outcomes, personal growth and total cost of care while holding the cost of healthcare operations constant.
Aligning Clinical Practice and Process ImprovementiCareQuality.us
According to recent IOM reports, The Future of Nursing, Nurses can play a key role in the healthcare transformation process. Organizations such as the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the American Nurses Association and Magnet programs have supported and strengthened the mission to improve the nursing profession through education, advanced degrees and certifications. Central to the transformation process is self-regulation and accountability for clinical practice (Code of Ethics, ANA). The Peer Review process affirms the nurse's duty to being accountable for professional practice, competence in skills and knowledge in evidence-based care delivery. Thus, peer feedback promotes patient safety, reduces the likelihood of errors, and addresses the human factor element in patient care delivery to improve patient outcomes.
These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a quick overview of physiological basis of a normal electrocardiogram.
Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar leads (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 11, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
4. Electrocardiogram, StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549803/
5. ECG in Medical Practice by ABM Abdullah, 4th edition
6. ECG Basics, http://www.nataliescasebook.com/tag/e-c-g-basics
Couples presenting to the infertility clinic- Do they really have infertility...Sujoy Dasgupta
Dr Sujoy Dasgupta presented the study on "Couples presenting to the infertility clinic- Do they really have infertility? – The unexplored stories of non-consummation" in the 13th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE 2024) at Manila on 24 May, 2024.
Explore natural remedies for syphilis treatment in Singapore. Discover alternative therapies, herbal remedies, and lifestyle changes that may complement conventional treatments. Learn about holistic approaches to managing syphilis symptoms and supporting overall health.
Ethanol (CH3CH2OH), or beverage alcohol, is a two-carbon alcohol
that is rapidly distributed in the body and brain. Ethanol alters many
neurochemical systems and has rewarding and addictive properties. It
is the oldest recreational drug and likely contributes to more morbidity,
mortality, and public health costs than all illicit drugs combined. The
5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM-5) integrates alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence into a single
disorder called alcohol use disorder (AUD), with mild, moderate,
and severe subclassifications (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
In the DSM-5, all types of substance abuse and dependence have been
combined into a single substance use disorder (SUD) on a continuum
from mild to severe. A diagnosis of AUD requires that at least two of
the 11 DSM-5 behaviors be present within a 12-month period (mild
AUD: 2–3 criteria; moderate AUD: 4–5 criteria; severe AUD: 6–11 criteria).
The four main behavioral effects of AUD are impaired control over
drinking, negative social consequences, risky use, and altered physiological
effects (tolerance, withdrawal). This chapter presents an overview
of the prevalence and harmful consequences of AUD in the U.S.,
the systemic nature of the disease, neurocircuitry and stages of AUD,
comorbidities, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, genetic risk factors, and
pharmacotherapies for AUD.
TEST BANK for Operations Management, 14th Edition by William J. Stevenson, Ve...kevinkariuki227
TEST BANK for Operations Management, 14th Edition by William J. Stevenson, Verified Chapters 1 - 19, Complete Newest Version.pdf
TEST BANK for Operations Management, 14th Edition by William J. Stevenson, Verified Chapters 1 - 19, Complete Newest Version.pdf
These simplified slides by Dr. Sidra Arshad present an overview of the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract.
Learning objectives:
1. Enlist the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract
2. Briefly explain how these functions are carried out
3. Discuss the significance of dead space
4. Differentiate between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation
5. Describe the cough and sneeze reflexes
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 39, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 34, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
3. Chapter 17, Human Physiology by Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
4. Non-respiratory functions of the lungs https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/13/3/98/278874
New Drug Discovery and Development .....NEHA GUPTA
The "New Drug Discovery and Development" process involves the identification, design, testing, and manufacturing of novel pharmaceutical compounds with the aim of introducing new and improved treatments for various medical conditions. This comprehensive endeavor encompasses various stages, including target identification, preclinical studies, clinical trials, regulatory approval, and post-market surveillance. It involves multidisciplinary collaboration among scientists, researchers, clinicians, regulatory experts, and pharmaceutical companies to bring innovative therapies to market and address unmet medical needs.
Ozempic: Preoperative Management of Patients on GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Saeid Safari
Preoperative Management of Patients on GLP-1 Receptor Agonists like Ozempic and Semiglutide
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Title: Sense of Smell
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the primary categories of smells and the concept of odor blindness.
Explain the structure and location of the olfactory membrane and mucosa, including the types and roles of cells involved in olfaction.
Describe the pathway and mechanisms of olfactory signal transmission from the olfactory receptors to the brain.
Illustrate the biochemical cascade triggered by odorant binding to olfactory receptors, including the role of G-proteins and second messengers in generating an action potential.
Identify different types of olfactory disorders such as anosmia, hyposmia, hyperosmia, and dysosmia, including their potential causes.
Key Topics:
Olfactory Genes:
3% of the human genome accounts for olfactory genes.
400 genes for odorant receptors.
Olfactory Membrane:
Located in the superior part of the nasal cavity.
Medially: Folds downward along the superior septum.
Laterally: Folds over the superior turbinate and upper surface of the middle turbinate.
Total surface area: 5-10 square centimeters.
Olfactory Mucosa:
Olfactory Cells: Bipolar nerve cells derived from the CNS (100 million), with 4-25 olfactory cilia per cell.
Sustentacular Cells: Produce mucus and maintain ionic and molecular environment.
Basal Cells: Replace worn-out olfactory cells with an average lifespan of 1-2 months.
Bowman’s Gland: Secretes mucus.
Stimulation of Olfactory Cells:
Odorant dissolves in mucus and attaches to receptors on olfactory cilia.
Involves a cascade effect through G-proteins and second messengers, leading to depolarization and action potential generation in the olfactory nerve.
Quality of a Good Odorant:
Small (3-20 Carbon atoms), volatile, water-soluble, and lipid-soluble.
Facilitated by odorant-binding proteins in mucus.
Membrane Potential and Action Potential:
Resting membrane potential: -55mV.
Action potential frequency in the olfactory nerve increases with odorant strength.
Adaptation Towards the Sense of Smell:
Rapid adaptation within the first second, with further slow adaptation.
Psychological adaptation greater than receptor adaptation, involving feedback inhibition from the central nervous system.
Primary Sensations of Smell:
Camphoraceous, Musky, Floral, Pepperminty, Ethereal, Pungent, Putrid.
Odor Detection Threshold:
Examples: Hydrogen sulfide (0.0005 ppm), Methyl-mercaptan (0.002 ppm).
Some toxic substances are odorless at lethal concentrations.
Characteristics of Smell:
Odor blindness for single substances due to lack of appropriate receptor protein.
Behavioral and emotional influences of smell.
Transmission of Olfactory Signals:
From olfactory cells to glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, involving lateral inhibition.
Primitive, less old, and new olfactory systems with different path
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1. a component organization of
Join the leading federally designated
Patient Safety Organization
Close Care Gap, PSO
Patient Safety
Organization
Join us and help improve the health of our nation
www.clinicalMessage.org
2. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (PSQIA)CloseCareGapPSO
Benefits of Working with Close Care Gap, Patient Safety Organization (PSO)
First Step Towards – Improving the Health of our Nation
To improve the health of our population, we need
to think beyond healthcare or the hospital setting.
To support this global vision, we need a new
model that supports advanced thinking and the
following information management capabilities to:
• Engage Population
• Engage Providers
• Define Population
• Assess Care Gaps
• Strategies and Assess Risks
• Engage Patients
• Manage Care
• Measure Outcomes and Correct
• Population Health Measures (integrated)
• Total Cost of Health
• Quality : health of the population
• Population Satisfaction
Being part of Close Care Gap PSO, you are
helping improve the capability to Manage Care
better.
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act
of 2005 (Patient Safety Act) authorized the
creation of Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs).
It encourages clinicians and health care
organizations to voluntarily report to, and share
quality and patient safety information with PSOs
without fear of legal discovery. PSOs help health
care professionals learn from data on patient
safety events to prevent them from happening in
the future.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) is a part of the U. S. Department of
Health and Human Services, who administers the
PSO program.
PSO’s serve as independent, external experts
who can collect, analyze, and aggregate clinical
data (Patient Safety Work Product) locally,
regionally, and nationally to develop insights into
the underlying causes of patient safety events.
While working with a PSO is voluntary, it offers
many benefits, including:
• Legal privilege and confidentiality of
deliberations and analysis of quality and
safety events
• Aggregation of patient safety event data, and
comparison with peers (de-identified by the
PSO Privacy Protection Center)
• Expertise to understand and prevent the
causes of patient safety events
• Advice for improving the quality and safety of
patient care delivery
• Opportunity to submit non-identifiable data to
the Network of Patient Safety Databases
(NPSD) and compare data nationwide
3. No Service Description PSO
Services
Fee for
Service
1 Use CCG PSO software to perform peer review from approved list of processes
- real-time audit or manual and data is entered in PSCS later
free
2 Define improvement plan and manage the plan free
3 Benchmark your individual audit performance against your Organization and
Industry Level
free
4 Provide clinical outcomes in PSO standard format referred as common
formats
free
5 Using CCG PSO Informatics engine – analyze process variance and clinical
outcomes for various groups within your organization and compare them
against industry average .
free
6 CCG PSO will grant your organization a certificate of being an active member
of PSO
free
7 CCG PSO consulting staff can help you implement best practices in selected
areas and help develop your staff competencies to close the gaps in care
√
8 Leverage online learning and capability to manage improvement programs
through their full life cycle
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9 Submit Action Plans and Quality Observation Projects for Professional
Continuing Education Credit
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10 Access to peer reviewed articles, webinars, and learning support on how to
leverage best practices to close gaps in care
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Message from the Close Care Gap, PSO Program Director , Kate ONeill, MSN, RN
What to expect from your Close Care Gap, PSO ?
Close Care Gap PSO is a component of clinicalMessage , a platform designed to improve the health of the population
through improved health information flow across the entire healthcare continuum. An overview of Close Care Gap,
PSO services are listed in the Table 1 below. Many of our PSO services are FREE to hospitals and organizations to
take advantage of our quality improvement products. Additional individual support and consultative services are
available to organizations upon request to assist in their quality improvement journey.
Table 1: Close Care Gap PSO Services
Thank you for your interest in Closed Care Gap, PSO. For the past 2 decades,
I’ve worked as an ER Manager, Educator, Writer-Researcher, and Quality Leader.
Over the years, I’ve struggled with one daunting question: How to keep care
delivery teams focused on quality and patient safety every-day? and NOT just
on the days when regulatory agencies (Joint Commission or Magnet) are at the
door.
I believe, if we take advantage of the Patient Safety Act, and the science of
Peer-Based Sharing and Learning, we can create a culture of quality that
becomes "business as usual".
I hope you share my patient safety vision. Contact me to discuss your needs.
Phone: 610.505.0996
Email: kate.oneill@clinicalMessage.org
Website: www.clinicalmessage.org
4. www.clinicalMessage.org
Close Care Gap, PSO and Centre of Excellence [Engage Providers]
Operationalize Good Practices with clinicalMessage Solution [Manage Cost]
Make Patient Provided Data - Part of the Daily Care Plan [Manage Care, Engage Patient]
Decision Support – Patient information and evidence based practices
Patient Data – Reported through 3rd party devices and applications
Health Outcomes - Analytics and Dissemination to the point of care
Engage Population – Self health promotion and incent wellness globally
Roadmap to
Next
Generation
Health IT
eHealth
Information System
for the Global
Population
Engage
Population Engage
Providers
Define
Population
Assess Care
Gaps
Strategies
and Assess
Risks
Engage
Patients
Manage Care
Measure
Outcomes and
Correct
Population
Health Measures
• Total cost
• Quality
• Satisfaction