A presentation from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute to the 4th Meeting of the Joint Network on Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems for the OECD Working Party of Senior Budget Officials (SBO) Forum in Paris, 16-17 February, 2015.
The presentation includes an overview of the Israeli healthcare system and hospital market; a discussion of the hospital payment reform; and lessons for other countries.
For more information on this or other studies from Israel's leading center for applied social research, visit us at www.jdc.org/brookdale or www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute.
Digital Health Devices and Clinical Trials – Wearables Crash Course Webinar S...Epstein Becker Green
Epstein Becker Green Webinar with Attorney Daniel G. Gottlieb - Wearables Crash Course Webinar Series - June 14, 2016.
Wearables can collect valuable data in clinical trials. However, there is not a lot of clarity on how wearables are regulated. This session will help you understand why this uncertainty exists and provide you with strategies for navigating these muddy regulatory waters.
See http://www.ebglaw.com/events/digital-health-devices-and-clinical-trials-wearables-crash-course-webinar-series/
These materials have been provided for informational purposes only and are not intended and should not be construed to constitute legal advice. The content of these materials is copyrighted to Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. ATTORNEY ADVERTISING.
FDA Cybersecurity Recommendations to Comply with NIST - Wearables Crash Cours...Epstein Becker Green
Epstein Becker Green Webinar with Attorney Kim Tyrrell-Knott - Wearables Crash Course Webinar Series - June 21, 2016.
Cybersecurity is a serious risk management issue for all technology and wearables and other wireless technologies, in particular. This session will address FDA's recommendations for a comprehensive cybersecurity program that manages risks throughout the product life cycle.
http://www.ebglaw.com/events/fda-cybersecurity-recommendations-to-comply-with-nist-a-best-practice-for-all-wearables-wearables-crash-course-webinar-series/
These materials have been provided for informational purposes only and are not intended and should not be construed to constitute legal advice. The content of these materials is copyrighted to Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. ATTORNEY ADVERTISING.
10 things about alcohol and other drugs - Dec 2014Andrew Brown
This month's data includes: the five messages from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs about opioid substitution therapy; other interesting points from their review; the numbers of injecting drug users with HIV; the reach of alcohol treatment in Scotland; criminal sanctions for drug offences, including the number of cautions, fines, and custodial sentences; and the evidence on the protective effect of OST on Hep C acquisition.
MJB Facts and Figures on the Arab Population in Israel 2015-12mjbinstitute
An up-to-date summary of key social and demographic statistics about Israel's Arab population, provided by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, Israel's leading center for applied research on social policy and social services.
For more information on this or other critical social policy issues, visit MJB at brookdale.jdc.org.il and www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute.
Digital Health Devices and Clinical Trials – Wearables Crash Course Webinar S...Epstein Becker Green
Epstein Becker Green Webinar with Attorney Daniel G. Gottlieb - Wearables Crash Course Webinar Series - June 14, 2016.
Wearables can collect valuable data in clinical trials. However, there is not a lot of clarity on how wearables are regulated. This session will help you understand why this uncertainty exists and provide you with strategies for navigating these muddy regulatory waters.
See http://www.ebglaw.com/events/digital-health-devices-and-clinical-trials-wearables-crash-course-webinar-series/
These materials have been provided for informational purposes only and are not intended and should not be construed to constitute legal advice. The content of these materials is copyrighted to Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. ATTORNEY ADVERTISING.
FDA Cybersecurity Recommendations to Comply with NIST - Wearables Crash Cours...Epstein Becker Green
Epstein Becker Green Webinar with Attorney Kim Tyrrell-Knott - Wearables Crash Course Webinar Series - June 21, 2016.
Cybersecurity is a serious risk management issue for all technology and wearables and other wireless technologies, in particular. This session will address FDA's recommendations for a comprehensive cybersecurity program that manages risks throughout the product life cycle.
http://www.ebglaw.com/events/fda-cybersecurity-recommendations-to-comply-with-nist-a-best-practice-for-all-wearables-wearables-crash-course-webinar-series/
These materials have been provided for informational purposes only and are not intended and should not be construed to constitute legal advice. The content of these materials is copyrighted to Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. ATTORNEY ADVERTISING.
10 things about alcohol and other drugs - Dec 2014Andrew Brown
This month's data includes: the five messages from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs about opioid substitution therapy; other interesting points from their review; the numbers of injecting drug users with HIV; the reach of alcohol treatment in Scotland; criminal sanctions for drug offences, including the number of cautions, fines, and custodial sentences; and the evidence on the protective effect of OST on Hep C acquisition.
MJB Facts and Figures on the Arab Population in Israel 2015-12mjbinstitute
An up-to-date summary of key social and demographic statistics about Israel's Arab population, provided by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, Israel's leading center for applied research on social policy and social services.
For more information on this or other critical social policy issues, visit MJB at brookdale.jdc.org.il and www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute.
Higher Education Policy and Institutional Context: Evaluating Israel's Nation...mjbinstitute
A presentation on the Israeli Council for Higher Education's national initiative to increase access to higher education among Arab students. The presentation was delivered by Ayala Hendin, a researcher at the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem who is leading the national evaluation of the initiative. It was delivered at the 2015 international conference of the British Society for Research into Higher Education, held in Newport, Wales, December 8-11.
Young Adults with Disabilities in Israel--Integration into Employmentmjbinstitute
In recent decades, young adults have encountered increasing difficulty in entering the workforce both in Israel and abroad. The issue is more severe for young adults with disabilities and/or low-level education.
This report from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute presents – for the first time in Israel – comprehensive, up-to-date information on the characteristics of young adults with disabilities, the extent of their integration into work and studies, their difficulties, the various systems they rely on, and their needs for assistance. The study aims to raise awareness of their needs and to provide a basis for planning policy and programs that ease their transition to adult life.
For more information on this report or other MJB studies, email us at brook@jdc.org.il, and visit us at http://brookdale.jdc.org.il/ and www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute.
Poverty in Israel 2015 Facts and Figuresmjbinstitute
MJB's latest data snapshot, examining recent statistics on poverty in Israel--with tables on poverty rates of disadvantaged populations and the relative representation of groups among the poor population.
For more information on this or other issues related to Israel's social policy and social services, visit us at www.jdc.org.il/brookdale or www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute.
Promotion of Early Childhood Language Skills in the Ultra-Orthodox Communitymjbinstitute
In recent years, ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) society has become increasingly aware of the need to professionalize education, particularly in early childhood.
In 2011, JDC-Ashalim, the Ministry of Education and the nonprofit organization Achiya introduced a pilot to advance language skills in ultra-Orthodox preschools for boys (Talmud Torah) in Bene Beraq and Beitar Illit.
The goal was to provide the melamdim (male teachers in these preschools) with tools to enhance the children's language skills and to respond to the main challenges in early childhood education in the ultra-Orthodox community, among them:
1. A shortage of ultra-Orthodox men with formal training and skills in the area of childhood development and early childhood language skills and literacy
2. Traditional teaching practices, particularly the concomitant utilization of Hebrew and Yiddish, which make language learning a challenge
3. A lack of literature appropriate for the children's language level and for ultra-Orthodox language and culture, and a lack of appropriate didactic and creative games.
The program was implemented for 3 years in 51 classes at 17 Talmud Torah preschools. The participants received lectures as well as supervision and guidance in the classroom. The program also included the development of culturally sensitive books and games as well as training for the melamdim in how to use them as a means to develop language among children.
This report presents the findings of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute evaluation of the program. The findings are based on questionnaires, interviews, and observations in the preschools (based on a structured instrument to assess language environment), which were adapted to the ultra-Orthodox preschool environment.
They reveal that the melamdim had indeed adopted new strategies for imparting language skills and were incorporating them into the standard practices at Talmud Torah.
The melamdim reported a high level of satisfaction with the training. In addition, this is the first study to document the current work practices of the melamdim in detail.
The study findings were used to enhance the program while the pilot was in progress. Moreover, the study indicates strategies for developing similar programs in the field of education in the ultra-Orthodox community.
Following the pilot and study findings, the Ministry of Education and JDC-Ashalim have developed a system-wide program to promote early childhood development, which will be implemented in 7 ultra-Orthodox localities in Israel.
The study was commissioned by JDC-Ashalim and funded with its assistance.
For more information on this subject or other issues of social policy, visit us at http://brookdale.jdc.org.il/ or www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute
Israel National Strategy for Dementia October 2013mjbinstitute
As populations age, the prevalence of chronic diseases and related disabilities rises significantly. Thus, caring for the elderly, which entails coping with chronic diseases and disabilities, promoting prevention, and helping with end-of-life decisions, is a major challenge for the health and social services today. Dementia is one of the “geriatric giants” – a term coined by the late Prof. Bernard Isaacs to highlight the major illnesses associated with aging.
Dementia is one of the main causes of disability among the elderly (OECD, 2012), and is viewed as one of the most distressing and devastating of conditions that has great impact on those who suffer from it, and on the family members who care for them. Dementia also has a significant financial impact on society and poses a challenge for the health and social service systems. As a result, there is a broad worldwide consensus that there is a need for a systemic response to the implications of the aging of the population, in general, and to the rise in dementia, in particular.
Many countries, including the UK, France, Scotland, Norway, Ireland, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Canada and the US have developed national strategic plans and other countries are in the process of doing so. Recently, Israel has joined these countries by developing a national strategic plan for dealing with the challenges posed by the disease, as presented in this document. The plan was formulated by an interdisciplinary group composed of experts from government ministries (health, social affairs and services, national insurance, and senior citizens), health plans, hospitals, JDC-Eshel, non-profit organizations (Emda and Melabev), and leading academics. The process was headed by the Center for Research on Aging at the Myers-JDC Brookdale Institute (MJB) and the National Geriatric Council, with the support of the Helen Bader Foundation.
The vision of the strategic plan is to enable people with dementia and their families - through a broad array of easily accessible, high-standard supports and services - to live as full, independent and dignified lives as possible. The plan recognizes the need to address dementia from the stages of prevention of risk factors and early detection, to diagnosis and patient care, and through assurance of quality of end of life. It proposes to do so by implementing interdisciplinary work principles and care, and boosting the coordination and cooperation of all the parties involved.
For more information, visit the Myers-JDC-Brookdale website at www.jdc.org.il/brookdale or contact us at brook@jdc.org.
How Israel reimburses hospitals based on activity: the Procedure-Related Grou...OECD Governance
This presentation was made by Ruth Waitzberg, Israel, at the 4th meeting of the Joint DELSA/GOV-SBO Network on Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems, held in Paris on 16-17 February 2015.
The data and analytics of the new life sciences marketplace handoutFrank Wartenberg
Trends in the global healthcare market. Development of pharmaceuticals, market data and insights.
Presentation delivered at the 9th International Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum, Brussels, 2015
As the financial and demographic landscape changes, our healthcare services need to provide something significantly different to meet the needs of the Scottish population. In this session Gerry Marr talks about how do we make best use of the resources we have and what are we already doing that is transforming healthcare.
Professor Kevin Balanda presents the findings from the Work Package 4 of the EU Joint Action on Nutrition and Physical Activity (WP4) - Paris, 24 November 2017
El 12 de mayo de 2017 celebramos en la Fundación Ramó Areces una jornada con IS Global y Unitaid sobre enfermedades transmitidas por vectores, como la malaria, entre otras.
We held a scenario generation workshop with stakeholders on 29 November 2012 to develop four plausible future scenarios to 2030, focusing on high impact, high uncertainty drivers of requirements of the GP workforce.
Higher Education Policy and Institutional Context: Evaluating Israel's Nation...mjbinstitute
A presentation on the Israeli Council for Higher Education's national initiative to increase access to higher education among Arab students. The presentation was delivered by Ayala Hendin, a researcher at the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem who is leading the national evaluation of the initiative. It was delivered at the 2015 international conference of the British Society for Research into Higher Education, held in Newport, Wales, December 8-11.
Young Adults with Disabilities in Israel--Integration into Employmentmjbinstitute
In recent decades, young adults have encountered increasing difficulty in entering the workforce both in Israel and abroad. The issue is more severe for young adults with disabilities and/or low-level education.
This report from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute presents – for the first time in Israel – comprehensive, up-to-date information on the characteristics of young adults with disabilities, the extent of their integration into work and studies, their difficulties, the various systems they rely on, and their needs for assistance. The study aims to raise awareness of their needs and to provide a basis for planning policy and programs that ease their transition to adult life.
For more information on this report or other MJB studies, email us at brook@jdc.org.il, and visit us at http://brookdale.jdc.org.il/ and www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute.
Poverty in Israel 2015 Facts and Figuresmjbinstitute
MJB's latest data snapshot, examining recent statistics on poverty in Israel--with tables on poverty rates of disadvantaged populations and the relative representation of groups among the poor population.
For more information on this or other issues related to Israel's social policy and social services, visit us at www.jdc.org.il/brookdale or www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute.
Promotion of Early Childhood Language Skills in the Ultra-Orthodox Communitymjbinstitute
In recent years, ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) society has become increasingly aware of the need to professionalize education, particularly in early childhood.
In 2011, JDC-Ashalim, the Ministry of Education and the nonprofit organization Achiya introduced a pilot to advance language skills in ultra-Orthodox preschools for boys (Talmud Torah) in Bene Beraq and Beitar Illit.
The goal was to provide the melamdim (male teachers in these preschools) with tools to enhance the children's language skills and to respond to the main challenges in early childhood education in the ultra-Orthodox community, among them:
1. A shortage of ultra-Orthodox men with formal training and skills in the area of childhood development and early childhood language skills and literacy
2. Traditional teaching practices, particularly the concomitant utilization of Hebrew and Yiddish, which make language learning a challenge
3. A lack of literature appropriate for the children's language level and for ultra-Orthodox language and culture, and a lack of appropriate didactic and creative games.
The program was implemented for 3 years in 51 classes at 17 Talmud Torah preschools. The participants received lectures as well as supervision and guidance in the classroom. The program also included the development of culturally sensitive books and games as well as training for the melamdim in how to use them as a means to develop language among children.
This report presents the findings of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute evaluation of the program. The findings are based on questionnaires, interviews, and observations in the preschools (based on a structured instrument to assess language environment), which were adapted to the ultra-Orthodox preschool environment.
They reveal that the melamdim had indeed adopted new strategies for imparting language skills and were incorporating them into the standard practices at Talmud Torah.
The melamdim reported a high level of satisfaction with the training. In addition, this is the first study to document the current work practices of the melamdim in detail.
The study findings were used to enhance the program while the pilot was in progress. Moreover, the study indicates strategies for developing similar programs in the field of education in the ultra-Orthodox community.
Following the pilot and study findings, the Ministry of Education and JDC-Ashalim have developed a system-wide program to promote early childhood development, which will be implemented in 7 ultra-Orthodox localities in Israel.
The study was commissioned by JDC-Ashalim and funded with its assistance.
For more information on this subject or other issues of social policy, visit us at http://brookdale.jdc.org.il/ or www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute
Israel National Strategy for Dementia October 2013mjbinstitute
As populations age, the prevalence of chronic diseases and related disabilities rises significantly. Thus, caring for the elderly, which entails coping with chronic diseases and disabilities, promoting prevention, and helping with end-of-life decisions, is a major challenge for the health and social services today. Dementia is one of the “geriatric giants” – a term coined by the late Prof. Bernard Isaacs to highlight the major illnesses associated with aging.
Dementia is one of the main causes of disability among the elderly (OECD, 2012), and is viewed as one of the most distressing and devastating of conditions that has great impact on those who suffer from it, and on the family members who care for them. Dementia also has a significant financial impact on society and poses a challenge for the health and social service systems. As a result, there is a broad worldwide consensus that there is a need for a systemic response to the implications of the aging of the population, in general, and to the rise in dementia, in particular.
Many countries, including the UK, France, Scotland, Norway, Ireland, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Canada and the US have developed national strategic plans and other countries are in the process of doing so. Recently, Israel has joined these countries by developing a national strategic plan for dealing with the challenges posed by the disease, as presented in this document. The plan was formulated by an interdisciplinary group composed of experts from government ministries (health, social affairs and services, national insurance, and senior citizens), health plans, hospitals, JDC-Eshel, non-profit organizations (Emda and Melabev), and leading academics. The process was headed by the Center for Research on Aging at the Myers-JDC Brookdale Institute (MJB) and the National Geriatric Council, with the support of the Helen Bader Foundation.
The vision of the strategic plan is to enable people with dementia and their families - through a broad array of easily accessible, high-standard supports and services - to live as full, independent and dignified lives as possible. The plan recognizes the need to address dementia from the stages of prevention of risk factors and early detection, to diagnosis and patient care, and through assurance of quality of end of life. It proposes to do so by implementing interdisciplinary work principles and care, and boosting the coordination and cooperation of all the parties involved.
For more information, visit the Myers-JDC-Brookdale website at www.jdc.org.il/brookdale or contact us at brook@jdc.org.
How Israel reimburses hospitals based on activity: the Procedure-Related Grou...OECD Governance
This presentation was made by Ruth Waitzberg, Israel, at the 4th meeting of the Joint DELSA/GOV-SBO Network on Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems, held in Paris on 16-17 February 2015.
The data and analytics of the new life sciences marketplace handoutFrank Wartenberg
Trends in the global healthcare market. Development of pharmaceuticals, market data and insights.
Presentation delivered at the 9th International Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum, Brussels, 2015
As the financial and demographic landscape changes, our healthcare services need to provide something significantly different to meet the needs of the Scottish population. In this session Gerry Marr talks about how do we make best use of the resources we have and what are we already doing that is transforming healthcare.
Professor Kevin Balanda presents the findings from the Work Package 4 of the EU Joint Action on Nutrition and Physical Activity (WP4) - Paris, 24 November 2017
El 12 de mayo de 2017 celebramos en la Fundación Ramó Areces una jornada con IS Global y Unitaid sobre enfermedades transmitidas por vectores, como la malaria, entre otras.
We held a scenario generation workshop with stakeholders on 29 November 2012 to develop four plausible future scenarios to 2030, focusing on high impact, high uncertainty drivers of requirements of the GP workforce.
2023 — Focus on the Margin (Vitalware by Health Catalyst)Health Catalyst
In this webinar, we will look at pressures exerted in 2023 on the margin and explore how cost management and complete charge capture can protect and enhance the margin. We will provide details on patient activity costing versus the cost-to-charge ratio (CCR), looking at common themes for lost charges and providing an example of where patient activity cost management was able to provide insight into cost containment and practice patterns of a system provider.
Rising Importance of Health Economics & Outcomes ResearchCitiusTech
Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HE&OR) guides stakeholders to make informed decisions regarding patient access to drugs and services. This document highlights specific use cases for healthcare information technology that add value to HE&OR.
What are the challenges in measuring pulic sector efficiency? - Julian Kelly,...OECD Governance
This presentation was made by Julian Kelly, United-kingdom, at the 37th Annual Meeting of OECD Senior Budget Officials held in Stockholm on 9-10 June 2016
Value-based Healthcare today and tomorrow by Deloitte.DayOne
There is an increasing need for a value-based Healthcare based on holistic patient and health system outcomes. Success can only be reached by a genuinely collaborative approach.
Presented at the DayOne Expert event in Basel
Understanding Regulatory and Payer Requirements Throughout CommercializationPAREXEL International
Learn about regulator and payer evidence requirements as well as other key market access considerations in drug development. Read this presentation from PAREXEL Consulting experts.
Broadening the Perspective - Affordability of Medicines - EHFG 2023 presentat...Boris Azaïs
Presentation of the Vintura report 2023 by Casper Paardekooper from Vintura at the European Health Forum Gastein 2023. Recording at https://ehfg.live/recordings/s24
Similar to Procedure-Related Group Incremental Reform (20)
10 Things to Know about Aging in Israel 2020 (Hebrew)mjbinstitute
Presentation by Dr. Yitschak Shnoor, Research Scholar in the Aging Team (Family Research Group) at the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, as part of a webinar on Aging in Israel, September 9, 2020
Are children with disabilities more likely to experience abuse and neglect? I...mjbinstitute
Presentation by Dori Rivkin, Senior Research Scholar and Research Team Leader, Family Group, the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, Israel's leading center for applied social research.
Presented online to Haruv Virtual Summer Series, Wednesday, June 24, 2020.
The report of the evaluation of the Digital Leader program for municipal civil servants in Israel. The evaluation was conducted by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem.
מצגת זו מסכמת את ממצאי ההערכה של המחזור השני של תוכנית "מובילים דיגיטליים" לשילטון המקומי, המכשירה מובילי חדשנות דיגיטלית בשירות הציבורי
Personal Welfare among Young Israeli Adults: 2003 2017mjbinstitute
Analysis of survey data related to young Israeli adults and their sense of personal welfare, published by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem..
Prof Mendel Singer Big Data Meets Public Health and Medicine 2018 12-22mjbinstitute
Presentation by Prof. Mendel Singer of Case Western Reserve University, on the issue of "big data" in health care and policy research. Presented at the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem.
User Involvement in the Regulation of Welfare Services: A Conceptual Framework mjbinstitute
Presentation by Hilla Dolev, of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute (Jerusalem, Israel), presented at the European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on Regulatory Governance, 7th Biennial Conference (Lausanne, Switzerland). July 2018.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2018--Israel Datamjbinstitute
A presentation from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute on statistics and data about Israel's population of people with disabilities (in Hebrew). The presentation was developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice and the Commission for Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities.
Creating Community Resilience to Improve Children's Well-being in Disadvantag...mjbinstitute
Evaluation of the Better Together Program, which focuses on creating community resilience by improving the well-being of children and youth and their families in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Israel. This Hebrew-language report was prepared by Smadar Somekh, Aya Almog, and Dalia Ben-Rabi of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem.
Creating Community Resilience to Improve Children's Well-being in Disadvantag...mjbinstitute
Evaluation of the Better Together Program, which focuses on creating community resilience by improving the well-being of children and youth and their families in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Israel. This report was prepared by Smadar Somekh, Aya Almog, and Dalia Ben-Rabi of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem.
Presentation by Yael Ashkenazi, from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute's Smokler Center for Health Policy Research, presented at the Engelberg Center for Children and Youth's annual conference, Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in Jerusalem.
Smadar Somekh and Aya Almog Better Together Neighborhood Intervention 2018-07_10mjbinstitute
Presentation by Smadar Somekh and Aya Almog, from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute's Engelberg Center for Children and Youth, presented at the Center's annual conference, Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in Jerusalem.
Ruth Baruj-Kovarsky Attendance Officers in Israel 2018-07-10mjbinstitute
Presentation by Ruth Baruj-Kovarsky, from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute's Engelberg Center for Children and Youth, presented at the Center's annual conference, Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in Jerusalem.
Dganit Levi Interministerial Cooperation for Children's Services: Youth Cente...mjbinstitute
Presentation by Dganit Levi, from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale institute's Engelberg Center for Children and Youth, presented at the Center's annual conference, Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in Jerusalem.
Residential school counselors_2018-05-30mjbinstitute
A presentation from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute's Division on Quality in Social Services, discussing a research study on the successful work practices of counselors working in residential schools for at-risk youth. (Hebrew)
When Home Becomes a Battleground: Children in High-Conflict Divorce Families mjbinstitute
A presentation made by Miriam Navot, Director of the Engelberg Center for Children and Youth at the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem, at the MJB Board meeting in New York iin October 2017.
Dr. Shuli Brammli Greenberg Presentation 2017-10-25mjbinstitute
A presentation on how the work of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute's Smokler Center for Health Policy impacts national reform of health policy, presented by Dr. Shuli Brammli Greenberg, Senior Researcher at the Smokler Center.
EMET--Culturally Fair Testing In Israelmjbinstitute
The EMET (Culturally Fair Testing) Program was established by JDC-TEVET in 2010 following reports by employers on the difficulties of hiring Ethiopian-Israelis for positions dependent on successful employment testing. The main goals were to reduce the employment barriers for Ethiopian-Israelis and broaden their employment horizons by encouraging employers to use screening tools that are culturally appropriate for minority populations.
The program was accompanied by a comprehensive two-stage study conducted by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute.
Stage 1 reviewed the methods for reducing the gaps between different groups in employment screening according to the professional literature, and examined whether the existing tools prevent the hiring of Ethiopian-Israeli candidates. These findings were summarized in 2013 in MJB’s report, Culturally Fair Testing: A Review of the International Literature on Employment Screening Methods and an Examination of its Implications for Israel, and were presented before human-resource personnel, researchers, professionals, and field staff working with Ethiopian-Israelis.
Stage 2 began with the development by JDC-TEVET, together with a multidisciplinary team of professionals, of eight new culturally appropriate employment screening tools that assess mathematical, verbal, interpersonal and other skills. MJB, in partnership with the Adam Milo Institute, conducted a validation study to identify which tools were most effective at predicting job performance and reducing gaps between the groups.
The findings are helping to expand the employment options of minority groups and for encouraging employment diversity.
The study was supported in part by the UJA-Federation of New York.
Assessing the Quality of End of-Life Care for Older Persons with Advanced Dem...mjbinstitute
Dementia is one of the most devastating illnesses affecting older persons. According to a survey from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, approximately 5% of Israeli elderly living in the community have advanced dementia.
This first study of the care of older people with advanced dementia in Israel reveals a wide range of unmet health and social service needs. It points to the need for a comprehensive policy for developing services to improve the quality of care and reduce the burden on the families.
The findings are contributing to the implementation of the national strategic plan for addressing the challenges of dementia, currently being implemented by the Ministry of Health, and to a new national program for palliative care for people with terminal illnesses, which is in the planning stages as a joint initiative of the Ministry of Health, JDC-ESHEL, and MJB.
The study was funded with the assistance of the Helen Daniels Bader Fund of Bader Philanthropies of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Israel's Ethiopian Population Progress and Challenges 2015-05mjbinstitute
An up-to-date snapshot of the social and demographic characteristics of Israel's Ethiopian population, provided by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, Israel's leading center for applied research on social policy and social services.
For more information on this or other critical social policy issues, visit MJB at brookdale.jdc.org.il and www.facebook.com/MJBInstitute.
CHAPTER 1 SEMESTER V PREVENTIVE-PEDIATRICS.pdfSachin Sharma
This content provides an overview of preventive pediatrics. It defines preventive pediatrics as preventing disease and promoting children's physical, mental, and social well-being to achieve positive health. It discusses antenatal, postnatal, and social preventive pediatrics. It also covers various child health programs like immunization, breastfeeding, ICDS, and the roles of organizations like WHO, UNICEF, and nurses in preventive pediatrics.
How many patients does case series should have In comparison to case reports.pdfpubrica101
Pubrica’s team of researchers and writers create scientific and medical research articles, which may be important resources for authors and practitioners. Pubrica medical writers assist you in creating and revising the introduction by alerting the reader to gaps in the chosen study subject. Our professionals understand the order in which the hypothesis topic is followed by the broad subject, the issue, and the backdrop.
https://pubrica.com/academy/case-study-or-series/how-many-patients-does-case-series-should-have-in-comparison-to-case-reports/
Explore our infographic on 'Essential Metrics for Palliative Care Management' which highlights key performance indicators crucial for enhancing the quality and efficiency of palliative care services.
This visual guide breaks down important metrics across four categories: Patient-Centered Metrics, Care Efficiency Metrics, Quality of Life Metrics, and Staff Metrics. Each section is designed to help healthcare professionals monitor and improve care delivery for patients facing serious illnesses. Understand how to implement these metrics in your palliative care practices for better outcomes and higher satisfaction levels.
The Importance of Community Nursing Care.pdfAD Healthcare
NDIS and Community 24/7 Nursing Care is a specific type of support that may be provided under the NDIS for individuals with complex medical needs who require ongoing nursing care in a community setting, such as their home or a supported accommodation facility.
Global launch of the Healthy Ageing and Prevention Index 2nd wave – alongside...ILC- UK
The Healthy Ageing and Prevention Index is an online tool created by ILC that ranks countries on six metrics including, life span, health span, work span, income, environmental performance, and happiness. The Index helps us understand how well countries have adapted to longevity and inform decision makers on what must be done to maximise the economic benefits that comes with living well for longer.
Alongside the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva on 28 May 2024, we launched the second version of our Index, allowing us to track progress and give new insights into what needs to be done to keep populations healthier for longer.
The speakers included:
Professor Orazio Schillaci, Minister of Health, Italy
Dr Hans Groth, Chairman of the Board, World Demographic & Ageing Forum
Professor Ilona Kickbusch, Founder and Chair, Global Health Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute and co-chair, World Health Summit Council
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Procedure-Related Group Incremental Reform
1. How Israel reimburses hospitals based on activity: the
Procedure-Related Group (PRG) incremental reform
Shuli Brammli-Greenberg1,2, Ruth Waitzberg1,
Vadim Perman3 and Ronni Gamzu4
1Smokler Center for Health Policy Research, Myers-JDC Brookdale Institute
2School of Public Health at the University of Haifa
3Director of Pricing at the Department of Planning, Budgeting and Pricing, Ministry of Health
4Retired Director General, Ministry of Health. OECD health policy Analyst
2. Brammli-Greenberg, S., Waitzberg, R., Perman V., and Gamzu,
R. (2015) "How Israel reimburses hospitals based on activity:
the Procedure-Related Group (PRG) incremental reform".
Presented at the 4th Meeting of the Joint Network on Fiscal
Sustainability of Health Systems for the OECD Working Party of
Senior Budget Officials (SBO) forum. In Paris, 16-17 February,
2015. Available at:
http://www.oecd.org/gov/budgeting/sbonetworkonhealthexpe
nditures.htm
2
How to cite this work:
Brammli-Greenberg, Waitzberg, Perman and Gamzu, 2015 at OECD forum
3. Part of the OECD project on "innovative payment schemes"
1. Overview of the Israeli healthcare system
2. The Israeli hospital market
3. The hospital payment reform: from per diem to PRG
4. Conclusions
5. Lessons for other countries
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Outline
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4. Source: Brammli-Greenberg et al., 2014
Overview of the Israeli healthcare system funding
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The Total Health Expenditure (THE) in 2012 was ~€15.3 billion
HPs
supplemental
insurance
(83%)
Commercial
Insurance
(42%)
Breadth
(% of adult population covered by type of VHI)
Depth
Scope
PRIVATE HEALTH EXPENDITURE (39% of THE)
Maccabi(25%)
Meuhedet(14%)
Leumit(9%)
Breadth: universal coverage
(% of adult population covered by HP)
Depth
Scope
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE (61% of THE)
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5. 6
6.5
7
7.5
8
8.5
9
9.5
10
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Total Expenditure on Health,
as % of GDP 2000-2012
Israel OECD median
5 Sources: 2013; CBS, 2014
Low and stable expenditure on health
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6. THE ISRAELI HOSPITAL MARKET
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8. • 25% of total health expenditure
• Tight regulation for cost containment:
–Strict certificate of need regulation on beds and tech.
–Stringent control on salaries and standard positions
–Maximum price-lists
–Cap on annual revenue from each HP (min and max)
• Discounts arrangements between hospitals and HPs
• MoH subsidizes gov. hospitals retrospectively
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Public Hospital Financing
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Distribution of Governmental hospitals' gross income by type
of service provided and type of reimbursement, 2012
Inpatient care –
PRG
23%
Inpatient care - per
diem
40%Emergency care -
FFS
6%
Outpatient care
FFS
21%
Births (NII rates)
8%
Other
2%
Source: MoH, 2014
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10. • Under-compensation selection, deficits, waiting times
• Overcompensation increase activity, inappropriate care
• Too much per diem share underutilization of resources
• Unbalanced competition between public and private market
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Problem: inadequacy between costs and prices
Refined costing and pricing mechanism
Substitution of per diem by payments based on activity
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11. THE HOSPITAL PAYMENT REFORM:
FROM PER DIEM TO PRG
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12. The objectives of the reform
1. Reimburse hospitals more fairly
2. Reduce inefficiencies caused by gaps between costs/prices
3. Improve risk-sharing between hospitals and HPs
4. Maintain the overall budget and balance of resources allocation
5. Improve transparency
6. Improve MoH's capacity to set policy, priorities, supervise,
control
7. Strengthen public hospitals
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13. 47
16
24
13
40
23 21
16
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
per diem PRG ambulatory FFS births and other
2003 2012
Gradual costing and pricing PRGs replace per diem
Government hospitals income by type of reimbursement (%)
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280+ PRGs = 50%
of procedures
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14. Why PRG?
• Insufficient data to build DRG
• Solution: build "in house" PRGs based on its own
data collection for micro-costing
• Led hospitals to better register and report
activities + capacity of supervision and control +
transparency
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15. Why incremental?
• The players involved are strong (MoF, HPs, hospitals)
• Gives the players time to adjust to changes during the
implementation process
• Keep players in the picture avoid opposition
• Budget neutral: no winners or losers
• Zero-sum game within players
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16. Advantages
• Increases activity with same budget
• Shortens unnecessary hosp. days
• Reduces gaps between costs/prices
Reimburses more fairly
• Increases transparency
• Balanced risk sharing payers/providers
• Simple accounting process
• Less room for gaming and up-coding
• +Technological developments
Disadvantages
• Not applicable for diagnoses that lack
interventional procedures
• Demands monitoring quality of care
• Broad groups or non-accurate pricing:
preference or oversupply of
(profitable) procedures
• Technological developments: constant
updates
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Conclusions and discussion
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17. Lessons for other countries
1. How to implement activity-based payments with a partial
database
2. How to implement a controversial reform by
involving the main players avoiding opposition
Incremental implementation
3. Create monitoring tools to assess for changes in quality of
care and waiting times.
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18. Ruthw@jdc.org
Thank you
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Acknowledgments:
Bruce Rosen, Tamar Medina-Artom and Ido Elmakias from the Smokler Center for Health Policy
Research, Myers-JDC Brookdale Institute for the constructive comments and advice.
Boaz Aricha, Economist in the pricing department, planning, budgeting and pricing division
at the MoH for the valuable inputs.
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