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Patient-Centered Care: Definition and Examples

Tulane Public Health Blog

A growing number of people believe that healthcare organizations can improve the quality of care they provide and the health outcomes of their patients by adopting a patient-centered care model. This includes nurse practitioners, administrative staff, and registrars.

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‘Approved or denied’: Health care providers say insurers too often deny care for profit

NC Health News

The following six months of chemotherapy treatments included five hospitalizations, the loss of her hair, and the inability to care for herself or her children. The goal for insurers is to avoid unnecessary or inappropriate utilization of health services. Overtreatment is a problem in the U.S. Theres precedent for this.

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Hospital Systems: A Framework for Maximizing Social Benefit

The Health Care Blog

Hospital consolidation has risen to the top of the health policy stack. As a consequence, the Biden administration has targeted the health care industry for enhanced and more vigilant anti-trust enforcement. These systems demonstrated that they are capable of producing, rapidly and on demand, demonstrable social benefit.

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Here's what we're getting ourselves into

Your Local Epidemiologist

’s hearing for Health and Human Secretary of the United States is soon. the rise of chronic disease), seems willing to push back against the food industry, and has tapped into the frustrations many Americans have with health institutions. trillion agency and far-reaching public health policy. .”

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How we monitor flu and other respiratory viruses each winter

UK Health Security

As we approach another winter season, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is ramping up its comprehensive surveillance systems to monitor flu and other seasonal respiratory viruses. This system allows us to calculate the proportion of samples positive for each virus, what is called a pseudoprevalence indicator.

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Mother and newborn care worldwide

Exploring Health

Championing Maternal and Newborn Health: The Work of Dr. Sydney Spangler Spangler fights for safe and equitable care for mothers and babies alike, from the classroom to across the world. A Tanzanian nurse on the screen explains the latest results from a hospitals new maternal health information system that Spangler helped implement.

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Epidemiology Terms: A Glossary of Epidemiological Words

Gideon

Whether you are a student of nursing, health sciences, public health, or another specialty, you may be interested in expanding your knowledge of epidemiology. Public health and government agencies prevent the spread of emerging infectious diseases on their shores. We can see this visually represented with outbreak or case maps.