The challenges of creating patient and family-centered care seem daunting. However, the PFCC Innovation Center of UPMC demonstrates it's easier than you think. In this infographic, you see it begins by engaging patients through a simple six step process.
Presented at the 2015 IHI International Forum byThe Royal Melbourne Hospital of Victoria,Australia, this poster,speaks to the power of Shadowing to engage patients and families in decisions of care, specifically the post-discharge planning process.
This resource summarizes the eight recommendations outlined in the Institute of Medicine's a new consensus study entitled, Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. The recommendations are aimed at making diagnoses more accurate, reliable, efficient, and safe. This work is a continuation of the IOM’s Quality Chasm series.
Closing the Loop: Strategies to Extend Care in the EDEngagingPatients
This HIMSS15 presentation discusses the challenges faced in hospital emergency departments and offers insights for implementing a process to follow up with discharged ED patients to enhance outcomes and satisfaction,while optimizing utilization and reducing risk.
Creating a standard of care for patient and family engagementChristine Winters
Nationally-recognized governance expert Beth Daley Ullem addresses the state of patient engagement in heathcare and provides a vision for establishing a minimum standard of care for patient engagement programs.
Patient & Family Advisory Councils: the Business Case for Starting a PFAC & P...EngagingPatients
This webinar was presented on March 12, 2015 by Barbara Lewis. It looks at the prevalence and roles that Patient & Family Advisory Councils (PFACs) are playing in U.S. hospitals today, and builds a business case for their implementation:
Presented at the 2015 IHI International Forum byThe Royal Melbourne Hospital of Victoria,Australia, this poster,speaks to the power of Shadowing to engage patients and families in decisions of care, specifically the post-discharge planning process.
This resource summarizes the eight recommendations outlined in the Institute of Medicine's a new consensus study entitled, Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. The recommendations are aimed at making diagnoses more accurate, reliable, efficient, and safe. This work is a continuation of the IOM’s Quality Chasm series.
Closing the Loop: Strategies to Extend Care in the EDEngagingPatients
This HIMSS15 presentation discusses the challenges faced in hospital emergency departments and offers insights for implementing a process to follow up with discharged ED patients to enhance outcomes and satisfaction,while optimizing utilization and reducing risk.
Creating a standard of care for patient and family engagementChristine Winters
Nationally-recognized governance expert Beth Daley Ullem addresses the state of patient engagement in heathcare and provides a vision for establishing a minimum standard of care for patient engagement programs.
Patient & Family Advisory Councils: the Business Case for Starting a PFAC & P...EngagingPatients
This webinar was presented on March 12, 2015 by Barbara Lewis. It looks at the prevalence and roles that Patient & Family Advisory Councils (PFACs) are playing in U.S. hospitals today, and builds a business case for their implementation:
Clinical practice guidelines and quality metrics often emphasize effectiveness over patient-centered care. In this article, the authors offer three approaches to personalizing quality measurement to ensure patient preferences and values guide all clinical decisions.
Redefining the role of patient support programs: Shifting the focus towards p...SKIM
Presented by:
Alex Zhu, Manager
Ariel Herrlich, Analyst
The recent shift toward consumerism and patient empowerment is driving companies to reevaluate the role and design of patient support programs. Historically, pharmaceutical manufacturers implemented support programs largely as a way to address patient non-adherence.
These programs were often single-based solutions designed to meet mass market needs. Next generation patient support programs will go beyond simple adherence to address holistic disease management through individualized, patient-centric service offerings.
Using a case study, we illustrated:
- How to evaluate your current patient support program offerings, using a combination of standard and non-standard metrics and exercises
- Re-define what “value” means in a world of patient-centricity and personalized care
- Assess the impact/ROI of potential new service offerings and enhancements
Leveraging Patient Support Programs in Biologic-Biosimilar Competitive LandscapeAlex Xiaoguang Zhu
Biologics are facing intense competition from biosimilars. In this competitive landscape, strategic levers for both branded biologics and biosimilars typically include payor strategy, promotion and new formulation. As patients become more engaged and patient-centricity is on the rise, there is an increased opportunity to leverage patient support programs as additional strategic lever. This presentation will cover five key learnings that we have uncovered while conducting multi-phase patient support program research for both branded biologics and biosimilars.
Creating value through patient support programsSKIM
How do we become more patient-centered as an organization? How do we ensure the patient/caregiver experience is as optimal as possible?
These are the questions that are being poised to healthcare market researchers in today’s healthcare landscape. And typically healthcare market researchers are turning to methods like “patient journeys” and “patient personas” to help bring that patient-centered understanding to the organization. Problem is … in order to be truly patient-centered, you need to take this charge on from the inside out.
Experience, Design and Innovation departments are springing up in all kinds of healthcare organizations intent on facilitating the organizational shift towards patient-centricity. And, unfortunately, market researchers are intentionally not being invited to the table. If history repeats itself, that will soon change though. These Experience, Design and Innovation departments will need the rigor and breadth of method knowledge that market researchers have in order to succeed in the strategic agendas of their work.
This presentation will give market researcher pointers on which skills, methods and mindsets they’ll likely need to adopt if they are hoping to be perceived as a valued contributor to an Experience, Design or Innovation team. In essence, give attendees a blueprint for how to open up a whole new professional opportunity for themselves, with a simple reframe on whom they are and what they do.
The patient experience describes an individual's experience of illness/injury and how healthcare treats them. Good patient experience is very helpful for healthcare industry. Many hospitals and clinics use patient experience surveys to identify where they stand in the term of Patient Experience.
Dr Avi Ratnanesan is the Chief Executive Officer of Energesse, a leading firm that specialises in improving patient experience and customer experience in healthcare. Energesse provides thought leadership in patient-centred innovation and technology solutions including MES Experience for real-time patient feedback and PanSensic for free-text analytics of patient stories.
At the RACMA Conference Talked about how to use machine learning to improve patient feedback as well as building the rules engine to advise on patient experience improvement. Here are some of the slides and stories shared at the conference which seem to be received very well.
This infographic from The Beryl Institute presents key findings from its study, the "State of Patient Experience 2015: A Global Perspective on the Patient Experience Movement," which engaged over 1,500 respondents in 50 countries, sharing challenges and opportunities in addressing the patient experience across all healthcare settings.
Weitzman 2013 Relative patient benefits of a hospital-PCMH collaboration with...CHC Connecticut
Anuj K Dalal presents information on a PCORI research grant: Relative patient benefits of a hospital-PCMH collaboration within an ACO to improve care transitions.
The 2015 Patient Safety Champion Awards are presented by HealthCareCAN and Canadian Patient Safety Institute with support from Patients for Patient Safety Canada.
WATCH: http://bit.ly/1U06qKn
Objectives:
By the end of this call, you will be able to:
•Describe the processes of Root-Cause Analysis (RCA) and Multi-Incident Analysis (MIA) and their role in quality improvement
•Compare and contrast the different approaches to collecting hospital-acquired VTE data
•Identify an approach suitable for improving patient safety at your institution
At the end of the session patient/family champions as well as health authorities will understand different approaches to patient engagement in patient safety and quality committees (e.g. dealing with incident reporting, root cause analysis, developing policies and procedures) and how patient engagement impacted patient safety and quality outcomes. The participants and presenters are invited to present examples, tools, and leading practices so the participants will leave with at least one practical idea to implement.
Patient Experience Measures: Past and FutureBivarus
What is the value of measuring the patient experience? Kevin Schulman, MD shares data on why measuring the patient experience is important in today's changing healthcare environment.
Patients and their loved ones often hold critical knowledge that informs diagnosis. This toolkit from the Institute of Medicine offers patients, families and clinicians guidance on how they can collaborate to improve diagnosis.
Clinical practice guidelines and quality metrics often emphasize effectiveness over patient-centered care. In this article, the authors offer three approaches to personalizing quality measurement to ensure patient preferences and values guide all clinical decisions.
Redefining the role of patient support programs: Shifting the focus towards p...SKIM
Presented by:
Alex Zhu, Manager
Ariel Herrlich, Analyst
The recent shift toward consumerism and patient empowerment is driving companies to reevaluate the role and design of patient support programs. Historically, pharmaceutical manufacturers implemented support programs largely as a way to address patient non-adherence.
These programs were often single-based solutions designed to meet mass market needs. Next generation patient support programs will go beyond simple adherence to address holistic disease management through individualized, patient-centric service offerings.
Using a case study, we illustrated:
- How to evaluate your current patient support program offerings, using a combination of standard and non-standard metrics and exercises
- Re-define what “value” means in a world of patient-centricity and personalized care
- Assess the impact/ROI of potential new service offerings and enhancements
Leveraging Patient Support Programs in Biologic-Biosimilar Competitive LandscapeAlex Xiaoguang Zhu
Biologics are facing intense competition from biosimilars. In this competitive landscape, strategic levers for both branded biologics and biosimilars typically include payor strategy, promotion and new formulation. As patients become more engaged and patient-centricity is on the rise, there is an increased opportunity to leverage patient support programs as additional strategic lever. This presentation will cover five key learnings that we have uncovered while conducting multi-phase patient support program research for both branded biologics and biosimilars.
Creating value through patient support programsSKIM
How do we become more patient-centered as an organization? How do we ensure the patient/caregiver experience is as optimal as possible?
These are the questions that are being poised to healthcare market researchers in today’s healthcare landscape. And typically healthcare market researchers are turning to methods like “patient journeys” and “patient personas” to help bring that patient-centered understanding to the organization. Problem is … in order to be truly patient-centered, you need to take this charge on from the inside out.
Experience, Design and Innovation departments are springing up in all kinds of healthcare organizations intent on facilitating the organizational shift towards patient-centricity. And, unfortunately, market researchers are intentionally not being invited to the table. If history repeats itself, that will soon change though. These Experience, Design and Innovation departments will need the rigor and breadth of method knowledge that market researchers have in order to succeed in the strategic agendas of their work.
This presentation will give market researcher pointers on which skills, methods and mindsets they’ll likely need to adopt if they are hoping to be perceived as a valued contributor to an Experience, Design or Innovation team. In essence, give attendees a blueprint for how to open up a whole new professional opportunity for themselves, with a simple reframe on whom they are and what they do.
The patient experience describes an individual's experience of illness/injury and how healthcare treats them. Good patient experience is very helpful for healthcare industry. Many hospitals and clinics use patient experience surveys to identify where they stand in the term of Patient Experience.
Dr Avi Ratnanesan is the Chief Executive Officer of Energesse, a leading firm that specialises in improving patient experience and customer experience in healthcare. Energesse provides thought leadership in patient-centred innovation and technology solutions including MES Experience for real-time patient feedback and PanSensic for free-text analytics of patient stories.
At the RACMA Conference Talked about how to use machine learning to improve patient feedback as well as building the rules engine to advise on patient experience improvement. Here are some of the slides and stories shared at the conference which seem to be received very well.
This infographic from The Beryl Institute presents key findings from its study, the "State of Patient Experience 2015: A Global Perspective on the Patient Experience Movement," which engaged over 1,500 respondents in 50 countries, sharing challenges and opportunities in addressing the patient experience across all healthcare settings.
Weitzman 2013 Relative patient benefits of a hospital-PCMH collaboration with...CHC Connecticut
Anuj K Dalal presents information on a PCORI research grant: Relative patient benefits of a hospital-PCMH collaboration within an ACO to improve care transitions.
The 2015 Patient Safety Champion Awards are presented by HealthCareCAN and Canadian Patient Safety Institute with support from Patients for Patient Safety Canada.
WATCH: http://bit.ly/1U06qKn
Objectives:
By the end of this call, you will be able to:
•Describe the processes of Root-Cause Analysis (RCA) and Multi-Incident Analysis (MIA) and their role in quality improvement
•Compare and contrast the different approaches to collecting hospital-acquired VTE data
•Identify an approach suitable for improving patient safety at your institution
At the end of the session patient/family champions as well as health authorities will understand different approaches to patient engagement in patient safety and quality committees (e.g. dealing with incident reporting, root cause analysis, developing policies and procedures) and how patient engagement impacted patient safety and quality outcomes. The participants and presenters are invited to present examples, tools, and leading practices so the participants will leave with at least one practical idea to implement.
Patient Experience Measures: Past and FutureBivarus
What is the value of measuring the patient experience? Kevin Schulman, MD shares data on why measuring the patient experience is important in today's changing healthcare environment.
Patients and their loved ones often hold critical knowledge that informs diagnosis. This toolkit from the Institute of Medicine offers patients, families and clinicians guidance on how they can collaborate to improve diagnosis.
This infographic speaks to the challenges Emergency Departments face in caring and following up with the growing population of patients they see, and demonstrates how some EDs are seeing measurable improvements in care, patient satisfaction and efficiency.
Partnering with Patients, Families and Communities for Health: A Global Imper...EngagingPatients
Engagement is an essential tool to improving global health. This report introduces a new framework for engagement to help countries assess current programs and think strategically about future engagement opportunities. It spotlights barriers to engagement and offers concrete examples of effective engagement from around the globe.
This presentation from the 2014 ASHRM Conference analyzes the legal, regulatory and clinical risks related to meaningful consent and offers ways to mitigate them.
Clinical practice guidelines and quality metrics often emphasize effectiveness over patient-centered care. In this article, the authors offer three approaches to personalizing quality measurement to ensure patient preferences and values guide all clinical decisions.
In Part II, Ms. Greenhouse provides suggestions for integrating the Patient and Family Centered Care Methodology and Practice (PFCC M/P) in those healthcare organizations where Lean process improvement approaches (Lean, Six Sigma and Toyota, etc.) are already in use.
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.
Safety is Personal: Partnering with Patients and Families for the Safest CareEngagingPatients
The work of NPSF"s Lucian Leape Institute's Roundtable on Consumer Engagement, "Safety Is Personal: Partnering with Patients and Families for the Safest Care" is a call to action for health leaders, clinicians, and policy makers to take the necessary steps to ensure patient and family engagement at all levels of health care.The report identifies specific action items for health leaders, clinicians, and policy makers to pursue in making patient and family engagement a core value in the provision of health. care.
In first of two-part series, Pamela Greenhouse explores the differences and similarities of the Patient and Family Centered Care Methodology and Practice (PFCC M/P) and leean process improvement approachs, such as Lean, Six Sigma and Toyota. She believes that the PFCC M/P can be the unifying theme for health care, incorporating both process improvement and performance improvement.
This helpful guide gives caregivers and clinicians a better understanding of dementia and the need for a patient-centered dementia care. It includes practical tips for communicating, eating well and improving well-being, plus advice on assistive technology and creative therapies.
· Discussion Board Clarification
Attached Files:
· Discussion Boards2016 VOP.pptx (2.776 MB)
Here is a short voice over power point on Discussion Board. Please listen to it before doing your discussion board post.
Please also go to the Nursing Resources tab in Blackboard- there are directions on how to access the library from home and a short-cut for making your reference page when obtaining journal articles. I also have links to the writing center, Blackboard, and computer help desk.
Thanks,
Dr. George
·
Week 1 Power Points and Resources
Attached Files:
· APN Outcomes.pdf (8.461 MB)
· Ch01.ppt (6.519 MB)
· Ch02.ppt (6.521 MB)
· Ch03.ppt (2.055 MB)
· Nursing Education APN Role.pdf (122.096 KB)
· Overview of Advanced Practice Nursing VOPCompressed.pptx (6.506 MB)
Main post in Discussion Board 1 is due Jan. 25 @ 1159.
· Discussion Board Clarification
Attached Files:
· Discussion Boards2016 VOP.pptx (2.776 MB)
Here is a short voice over power point on Discussion Board. Please listen to it before doing your discussion board post.
Please also go to the Nursing Resources tab in Blackboard- there are directions on how to access the library from home and a short-cut for making your reference page when obtaining journal articles. I also have links to the writing center, Blackboard, and computer help desk.
Thanks,
Dr. George
·
Week 1 Power Points and Resources
Attached Files:
· APN Outcomes.pdf (8.461 MB)
· Ch01.ppt (6.519 MB)
· Ch02.ppt (6.521 MB)
· Ch03.ppt (2.055 MB)
· Nursing Education APN Role.pdf (122.096 KB)
· Overview of Advanced Practice Nursing VOPCompressed.pptx (6.506 MB)
Main post in Discussion Board 1 is due Jan. 25 @ 1159.
Course Title: Advanced Practice Role: Theory and Knowledge Development Course Number: APRN 501Credit Hours: 3 Day and time: online Location: online
Program Outcomes
FNP Track
Nurse Educator Track
1. Demonstrate leadership and integrity in an advanced practice role that effects and changes systems to promote patient-centered care thereby enhancing human flourishing
Demonstrate leadership and integrity in an advanced practice nursing role that effects and changes healthcare systems to promote patient-centered care thereby enhancing human flourishing
Demonstrate leadership and integrity in an advanced practice role that effects and changes Course Description:
This course examines advanced practice nursing concepts, theoretical underpinnings, and current professional issues. Learners will examine how theoretical issues are integrated into practice and how they can be a mechanism to improve patient outcomes related to health promotion and disease prevention. Understanding of the role and scope of the advanced practice registered nurse is an expectation.
educational systems to promote learner-centered knowledge thereby enhancing human flourishing
2. Appraise current interdisciplinary evidence to identify gaps in nursing knowledge and formulate research questions based on the tenets of evide.
NTTAP Webinar: Postgraduate NP/PA Residency: Discussing your Key Program Staf...CHC Connecticut
Expert faculty will discuss the drivers, benefits, and processes of implementing a postgraduate residency training program at your health center. This session will dive deeper into a discussion on the responsibilities of key program staff, preceptors, mentors, and faculty for successful implementation. This webinar will equip participants with a road map to go from planning to implementation and offer an opportunity for coaching support.
Panelists:
• Program Director of the Nurse Practitioner Residency Program, Charise Corsino, MA
• Clinical Program Director of the Nurse Practitioner Residency Program, Nicole Seagriff, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Resident Performance from the Patient's View: Richard Wardrop, MD, PhD, FAAPPicker Institute, Inc.
Principal investigator: Richard M. Wardrop III, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACP, WakeMed Faculty Physicians, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech Cailion School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine
The Resident Performance project intended to adapt an existing attendant-based evaluation into a patient-centered prototype tool that is concise, valid and reliable, and that enables patients to accurately assess resident performance on 4/6 ACGME competencies. Performance with regard to ACGME core competencies of residents who receive feedback and coaching using the patient-centered tool was compared to that of those who received attending-only feedback.
evidence based practice that hlps in you reasarch and ease you in reaseach practice. in this presentation many things are given which you learn n your research article.
Chamberlain College of NursingNR 451 RN Capstone CourseCapston.docxtidwellveronique
Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 451 RN Capstone Course
Capstone Project Milestone #1:
PICO and Evidence Appraisal Worksheets
PICO Worksheet
Your Name:
Date:
Your Instructor’s Name:
Purpose: To identify a problem or concern that nursing can change and develop a PICO question to guide the change project.
Directions: Use the form below to complete the PICO assignment in Milestone #1. This includes filling in the table with information about your research question and your PICO elements.
Step 1: Identify the problem. What have you noticed in your work or school environment that isn’t achieving the desired patient or learning outcomes? What needs to change in nursing, what can you change with the support of evidence in the literature? Describe the problem or practice issue that you want to research. What is your practice area; clinical, education, or administration? (This is NOT where you will list your PICO question)
Step 2: How was the practice issues identified? How did you come to know this was a problem in your clinical practice? Review the listed concerns and check all that apply.
Step 3: What is the scope of the problem? Does this problem affect an individual, population, or an entire institution?
Step 4: Select the key PICO terms for searching the evidence. Clearly define your PICO question. List each element P (problem, population, or problem), I (intervention), C (Comparison with other treatment/current practice), and O (Desired outcome). Is the potential solution something for which you (as nurse or student) can find a solution through evidence research? Look in your book for guidelines to developing your PICO question.
Step 5: What evidence must be gathered? Everyone should have a literature search. However, what other sources of reliable information will be helpful for your particular question?
Step 6: What terms will you use in order to make sure that your search is wide enough to obtain required information but narrow enough to keep it focused? How will you narrow your search if needed? What databases will you search?
PICO Worksheet
What is the practice issue/problem?
What is the practice area?
___ Clinical
___ Education
___ Administration
___ Other
How was the practice issue identified? (check all that apply)
___ Safety/risk management concerns
___ Unsatisfactory patient outcomes
___ Wide variations in practice
___ Significant financial concerns
___ Difference between hospital and community practice
___ Clinical practice issue is a concern
___ Procedure or process is a time waster
___ Clinical practice issue has no scientific base
___ Other:
What is the scope of the problem?
___ Individual ___ Population ___ Institution/system
What is the PICO question?____________________________________________________________
Define each element of the question below:
P- (Patient, population, or problem):
I- (Intervention):
C- (Comparison with other treatment/current practice):
O- (Desired ou ...
Assessment 3 Instructions Professional Product Develop a .docxgalerussel59292
Assessment 3 Instructions: Professional Product
Develop a professional product to improve care or the patient experience related to the identified health problem with a 2-4 page summary of intervention findings, evidence, and best-practice basis for the professional product.
Important:
You must complete all of the assessments in order for this course.
For this assessment, you will develop and deliver a professional product to address the health problem defined in your first assessment to improve care and the patient experience. This will be delivered remotely rather than face-to-face to the individual or group (who can be friends and family) that you have identified. Appropriate examples include development of a community education program focused on a particular health issue or a handout to help the elderly and their families understand their Medicare and Medicaid options.
The product must be useful in a practice setting, relevant to your project, and designed to improve some aspect of care or the patient experience.
A brief summary of the findings of your intervention and evidence-based support for your professional product should accompany your product.
Reminder:
For this assessment, you are required to log in
CORE ELMS
the hours that you spend in remote contact with a patient (who could be a friend or family member).
Three hours of remote contact is the minimum
total amount of time required in this course. Planning time is not included and need not be logged.
As a baccalaureate nurse, you can enhance the experience, health, and lives of patients, families, and community members through personal interactions as well as by developing products to educate or improve the care experience. The ability to identify an appropriate product for improving the quality, safety, cost, and experience of care is an important skill. It also allows a BSN-prepared nurse to demonstrate mastery of patient-centered care delivery. These skills are critical as medicine becomes more personalized and nurses advance in their career and practice leadership.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.
Explain ways in which leadership of people and processes was utilized while designing an intervention and implementation plan.
Competency 2: Make clinical and operational decisions based upon the best available evidence.
Justify decisions related to developing a professional product with relevant research, evidence, and best practices.
Competency 3: Transform processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care.
Demonstrate process improvements in the quality, safety, or cost of care as a result of a direct clinical intervention and a d.
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IN NURSING.docxHaraLakambini
-Evidence-based Practice in Nursing
-Steps of Evidence-Based Practice
-Hierarchy of Evidence | Quantitative Questions
-Elements of Evidence-Based Practice
-Nursing Research
-Types of Research
-Rights of Human Subject
-Comparison of Nursing Process with Research Process Table
-Performance Improvement in Nursing
-Examples of Performance Improvement Models
-Relationship between Evidence-Based Practice, Research, and Performance Improvement
-Similarities and Differences among Evidence-Based Practice, Research, and Performance Improvement
Similar to PFCC INFOGRAPHIC: Six Steps to Patient Engagement (20)
In this presentation from the Beryl Institute's 2016 Patient Experience Conference, Edwards-Elmhurst Healthcare’s ED Chair and Patient Experience Director detail how they are leveraging technology to follow up with ED Patients and the exceptional results they’ve enjoyed.
Creating a standard of care for patient and family engagementEngagingPatients
Nationally-recognized governance expert Beth Daley Ullem addresses the state of patient engagement in heathcare and provides a vision for establishing a minimum standard of care for patient engagement programs.
The journey a young asthma patient takes can be scary, but this poster provides a pictorial representation of what pediatric patients can expect when they visit the hospital, helping to ease their anxiety and improve their experience.
This Patient Poster was co-designed by an ICU patient and family, and staff at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC to provide staff with a better understanding of the patient and his preferences. Guided by principles of the PFCC Methodology and Practice, they set out to create the ideal care experience for this patient and others.
Gamification as a means to manage chronic diseaseEngagingPatients
UPMC is exploring ways to better engage patients through shared decision making and new approaches to encourage patients and their families to take control of their health. This presentation describes a pilot program UPMC has initiated to leverage gamification as a means to manage chronic heart failure.
Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence, Synergetics, Complex System Analysis, S...Oleg Kshivets
RESULTS: Overall life span (LS) was 2252.1±1742.5 days and cumulative 5-year survival (5YS) reached 73.2%, 10 years – 64.8%, 20 years – 42.5%. 513 LCP lived more than 5 years (LS=3124.6±1525.6 days), 148 LCP – more than 10 years (LS=5054.4±1504.1 days).199 LCP died because of LC (LS=562.7±374.5 days). 5YS of LCP after bi/lobectomies was significantly superior in comparison with LCP after pneumonectomies (78.1% vs.63.7%, P=0.00001 by log-rank test). AT significantly improved 5YS (66.3% vs. 34.8%) (P=0.00000 by log-rank test) only for LCP with N1-2. Cox modeling displayed that 5YS of LCP significantly depended on: phase transition (PT) early-invasive LC in terms of synergetics, PT N0—N12, cell ratio factors (ratio between cancer cells- CC and blood cells subpopulations), G1-3, histology, glucose, AT, blood cell circuit, prothrombin index, heparin tolerance, recalcification time (P=0.000-0.038). Neural networks, genetic algorithm selection and bootstrap simulation revealed relationships between 5YS and PT early-invasive LC (rank=1), PT N0—N12 (rank=2), thrombocytes/CC (3), erythrocytes/CC (4), eosinophils/CC (5), healthy cells/CC (6), lymphocytes/CC (7), segmented neutrophils/CC (8), stick neutrophils/CC (9), monocytes/CC (10); leucocytes/CC (11). Correct prediction of 5YS was 100% by neural networks computing (area under ROC curve=1.0; error=0.0).
CONCLUSIONS: 5YS of LCP after radical procedures significantly depended on: 1) PT early-invasive cancer; 2) PT N0--N12; 3) cell ratio factors; 4) blood cell circuit; 5) biochemical factors; 6) hemostasis system; 7) AT; 8) LC characteristics; 9) LC cell dynamics; 10) surgery type: lobectomy/pneumonectomy; 11) anthropometric data. Optimal diagnosis and treatment strategies for LC are: 1) screening and early detection of LC; 2) availability of experienced thoracic surgeons because of complexity of radical procedures; 3) aggressive en block surgery and adequate lymph node dissection for completeness; 4) precise prediction; 5) adjuvant chemoimmunoradiotherapy for LCP with unfavorable prognosis.
Prix Galien International 2024 Forum ProgramLevi Shapiro
June 20, 2024, Prix Galien International and Jerusalem Ethics Forum in ROME. Detailed agenda including panels:
- ADVANCES IN CARDIOLOGY: A NEW PARADIGM IS COMING
- WOMEN’S HEALTH: FERTILITY PRESERVATION
- WHAT’S NEW IN THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS,
ONCOLOGICAL AND INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASES?
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ETHICS
- GENE THERAPY
- BEYOND BORDERS: GLOBAL INITIATIVES FOR DEMOCRATIZING LIFE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROMOTING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
- ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN LIFE SCIENCES
- Prix Galien International Awards Ceremony
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
ASA GUIDELINE
NYSORA Guideline
2 Case Reports of Gastric Ultrasound
Flu Vaccine Alert in Bangalore Karnatakaaddon Scans
As flu season approaches, health officials in Bangalore, Karnataka, are urging residents to get their flu vaccinations. The seasonal flu, while common, can lead to severe health complications, particularly for vulnerable populations such as young children, the elderly, and those with underlying health conditions.
Dr. Vidisha Kumari, a leading epidemiologist in Bangalore, emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated. "The flu vaccine is our best defense against the influenza virus. It not only protects individuals but also helps prevent the spread of the virus in our communities," he says.
This year, the flu season is expected to coincide with a potential increase in other respiratory illnesses. The Karnataka Health Department has launched an awareness campaign highlighting the significance of flu vaccinations. They have set up multiple vaccination centers across Bangalore, making it convenient for residents to receive their shots.
To encourage widespread vaccination, the government is also collaborating with local schools, workplaces, and community centers to facilitate vaccination drives. Special attention is being given to ensuring that the vaccine is accessible to all, including marginalized communities who may have limited access to healthcare.
Residents are reminded that the flu vaccine is safe and effective. Common side effects are mild and may include soreness at the injection site, mild fever, or muscle aches. These side effects are generally short-lived and far less severe than the flu itself.
Healthcare providers are also stressing the importance of continuing COVID-19 precautions. Wearing masks, practicing good hand hygiene, and maintaining social distancing are still crucial, especially in crowded places.
Protect yourself and your loved ones by getting vaccinated. Together, we can help keep Bangalore healthy and safe this flu season. For more information on vaccination centers and schedules, residents can visit the Karnataka Health Department’s official website or follow their social media pages.
Stay informed, stay safe, and get your flu shot today!
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.
micro teaching on communication m.sc nursing.pdfAnurag Sharma
Microteaching is a unique model of practice teaching. It is a viable instrument for the. desired change in the teaching behavior or the behavior potential which, in specified types of real. classroom situations, tends to facilitate the achievement of specified types of objectives.
The prostate is an exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system
It is a walnut-sized gland that forms part of the male reproductive system and is located in front of the rectum and just below the urinary bladder
Function is to store and secrete a clear, slightly alkaline fluid that constitutes 10-30% of the volume of the seminal fluid that along with the spermatozoa, constitutes semen
A healthy human prostate measures (4cm-vertical, by 3cm-horizontal, 2cm ant-post ).
It surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder. It has anterior, median, posterior and two lateral lobes
It’s work is regulated by androgens which are responsible for male sex characteristics
Generalised disease of the prostate due to hormonal derangement which leads to non malignant enlargement of the gland (increase in the number of epithelial cells and stromal tissue)to cause compression of the urethra leading to symptoms (LUTS
MANAGEMENT OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION BLOCK.pdfJim Jacob Roy
Cardiac conduction defects can occur due to various causes.
Atrioventricular conduction blocks ( AV blocks ) are classified into 3 types.
This document describes the acute management of AV block.
Report Back from SGO 2024: What’s the Latest in Cervical Cancer?bkling
Are you curious about what’s new in cervical cancer research or unsure what the findings mean? Join Dr. Emily Ko, a gynecologic oncologist at Penn Medicine, to learn about the latest updates from the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 2024 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. Dr. Ko will discuss what the research presented at the conference means for you and answer your questions about the new developments.
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