Internet and Technology Innovation Changes Health Care Delivery Positively Contents Internet and Technology Innovation Changes Health Care Delivery Positively 1 Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Rural Area Health Care Access 4 Patients: Passive to Active Role Shift 5 Internet Pharmacy: Convenience and Safety 5 Enhanced Consumer Experiences: Elders‚ Expectant Mothers and More 6 Conclusion 7 Executive Summary Internet
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Community Heatth Vol. 28‚ No. 1‚ pp. 51-63 © 2005 Uppincott Williams & Wilkins‚ Inc. Health-Promoting Behaviors of Sheltered Homeless Women Meg Wilson‚ PhD‚ RN To expand the body of knowledge and provide further insight into the complex area of homelessness and health‚ health practices of sheltered homeless women were investigated using a crosssectional‚ descriptive‚ and non-experimental design using Pender ’s Health Promotion Model as the theoretical framework. The sample (w = 137) was weU educated
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Integrative literature reviews and meta-analyses Primary nursing: a mode of care or a philosophy of nursing? David Pontin PhD RN RSCN RHV Senior Lecturer ± Health Studies Research‚ Institute of Health Studies‚ University of Plymouth‚ Somerset Centre‚ Taunton‚ Somerset TAI 5YD‚ England. E-mail dpontin@plymouth.ac.uk Accepted for publication 19 March 1998 Journal of Advanced Nursing 29(3)‚ 584±591 Primary nursing: a mode of care or a philosophy of nursing An examination of the literature surrounding
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Introduction The medical home is a team based health care delivery model led by a physician or nurse practitioner that provides comprehensive and continuous medical care to patients with the goal of obtaining maximized health outcomes. It is an approach to providing comprehensive primary care for children‚ youth and adults. Several key foci are important in understanding the overall concept of the medical home. First‚ the concept of the medical home dates back to the 1960’s and has evolved since
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Describe the continuum of care and how health care is organized to respond to health issues In the United States (U.S.)‚ health care is organized to respond to health issues as needed. In recent years with the talk of health care reform‚ the continuum of care is a resurfacing issue. Most Americans seek health care only when needed. This could be because the fee for service‚ the payment received is only for that particular illness. In the continuum of care in rural community‚ based settings
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Impact of Demographic Trends to Indian Economy: An Excerpt INTRODUCTION India has made incredible progress with its economy ever since its independence‚ whereby after the economic tsunami in 2009‚ it has been frequently quoted as a likely contender of economic superpower even to the extent of overtaking China. This paper serves to understand the importance of demographic trends of India in shaping Indian economy‚ as well as the part that the unique caste system and religion have to play in the
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PREDOMINATING NOTIONS OF HEALTH 2 Predominating Notions of Health and Their Evolution The notion that poor people have more health problems has been a predominant notion that has shaped society since the 18th century or even earlier. As Helen Epstein researches ‚ she exposes her knowledge and concerns through the “Ghetto Miasma: enough to make you sick?” we gain a notion that there exists a correlation between poverty stricken neighborhoods and health. It is through the account
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She trusts they might remain appreciated for the future of nursing as well as combating limited access to care. She stated this delivery model is beneficial to patient outcomes because these hospitals provide an opportunity for patients in rural areas‚ specially which have very few PCPs‚ to accept care. She would see that processes would be more profitable against successful to a primary care physician’s office and also primes to better patient outcomes because patients are more willing to attend
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Care Delivery Model and Staffing Pattern for a New Rehabilitation Unit The model proposed for chronic rehabilitation services at the new rehabilitation unit at Memorial Hospital will be based on minimum staffing patterns for hospitals providing chronic inpatient treatment. The model will be driven by the desire to provide quality care despite the staffing constraints. There are several reasons for selecting this model for the rehab unit. First‚ this model builds on the premise that staffing should
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Week Six Journal A major shift in the care delivery model is occurring within the organization at a macrosystem level associated with moving from a medical model to a health model. In strategy is to move to a medical home model‚ in which a primary care provider (PCP) provides evidence-based coordination of care for patients’ across the continuum. Studies have illustrated that the utilization of the medical home model positively influences the quality of patient care in addition to concurrently decreasing
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