Critical Care White Papers
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White Paper: The Value of the Home Health Solution for CHF and COPD The white paper explains how congestive heart failure (CHF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are two of the most serious chronic health conditions affecting the rapidly...
Quality Patient Care in Labor and Delivery: A Call to Action Introduction This white paper is a call to action to the representatives of professional societies, whose members care for pregnant women and women in labour, to improve the quality of care for women and...
Technical White Paper: Monitoring and Tracking of Fluoroscopic Dose The white paper discusses deterministic injuries that can be caused by radiation from fluoroscopic procedures and describes that staff education and certian methods can reduce fluoroscopic...
The Role of Technology in Reducing Risks Associated with CRBSI The white paper states that intravenous (IV) therapy is the primary route for therapeutic regimens in acute care setting. Approximately 87% of bloodstream infections are associated with...
Patient Safety in Ophthalmology In this paper, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists states that the health sector should maintain proper standards in the practice of ophthalmology for the benefit of the...
Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act This white paper explains the challenges and opportunities faced by local health departments (LHDs) in response to the changing public health and clinical healthcare environment as the...
Moving Toward Elimination of Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Call to Action The white paper is a call to action by US-based industry bodies towards the elimination of healthcare-associated infections...
A Hospital's Guide for Exploring Anesthesia Options This white paper provides a guide for hospitals to help them determine when and if they should change their anesthesia...
Managing Incidental Findings on Abdominal CT: White Paper of the ACR Incidental Findings Committee This white paper aims to describe the criteria needed to detect, report and manage incidental findings, such as masses in the...
The Work Ahead: Activities and Costs to Develop an Accountable Care Organization The white paper was conducted by McManis Consulting under the sponsorship of the American Hospital...
An Overview of Health and Health Care in South Africa 1994 – 2010: Priorities, Progress and Prospects for New Gains This white paper, commissioned by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, describes the progress made and challenges in efforts to improve the health of South Africans since...
Improving Obesity Management in Adult Primary Care The white paper, presented by the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance Research Team, at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health...
Patient Rooms: A Changing Scene of Healing The white paper presented by HermanMiller Healthcare states the US healthcare system is undergoing change in the ways it is delivered and funded, and in the ways healthcare organisations...
A Nurse's Guide to the Use of Social Media This white paper, presented by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), intends to provide guidance to nurses using electronic media in a manner that maintains patient privacy...
GP Consortia Commissioning: Initial Observations This white paper, presented by the British Medical Association (BMA), provides a set of principles and practical observations that General Practitioners and Local Medical Committees (LMC)...
Management in Healthcare: Why Good Practice Really Matters This white paper analyses the Management Matters Research project, conducted by McKinsey & Company and the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, in collaboration...
Building a Connected Community Considerations for the Healthcare CIO This white paper, presented by Entropy Research, outlines a number of considerations the Chief Information Officers (CIO) must evaluate when setting a course towards a connected...
Cannabis and the Regulatory Void This white paper, prepared by the California Medical Association (CMA), Marijuana Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has recognised the criminalisation of cannabis is a failed public health...
The Role of Anesthesia in Accountable Care Organizations This white paper, published by Somnia Anesthesia, aims to further define the Accountable Care Organisation (ACO) model and the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as...
Improving Care Transitions Between the Nursing Facility and the Acute-Care Hospital Settings This white paper, presented by the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA), is intended to recognise and emphasise the importance of efficient patient-centred processes, for...
Implementing The National Health Security Strategy: The Role of Patient Tracking in Public Health Practice This white paper, presented by UPP Technology, is part two in a five part series of reports focusing on the challenges of tracking patients before, during and after...
Adopting an Enterprise Imaging Strategy: Benefits for Hospitals, Referring Physicians and Patients The white paper presented by Merge Healthcare focuses on reducing radiation risks and unnecessary costs of duplicate...
Service Line Reporting Versus Patient-Level Information and Costing Systems: Which is the Most Useful Approach? This white paper states that future success is not based on primary care trusts generating the financial data themselves, but how effectively trusts can engage clinicians and managers to accept...
The Case for Urgent Care This white paper, published by Urgent Care Association of America, discusses the challenges faced by the US healthcare system regarding access to care, increasing patient needs, growing demands...
How Privacy Considerations Drive Patient Decisions and Impact Patient Care Outcomes This white paper, presented by FairWarning, has been drawn from research and analysis conducted by New London Consulting in...
Priority-Setting for Comparative Effectiveness Research: A Review of Key Elements This white paper, presented by Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC), describes key elements, identified by researchers and others, for a priority-setting process that the public...
Targeting the Patient-Physican Touchpoint This white paper by Cutting Edge Information gives an account of the multifaceted, rapidly changing ePharma...
Effective Perioperative Leadership: The Driving Force in Creating a High-Performing OR Effective Perioperative Leadership: The Driving Force in Creating a High-Performing...
Six Major Problems with Wi-Fi RTLS that Cannot be Ignored Six Major Problems with Wi-Fi RTLS that Cannot be...
Applying Supply Chain Best Practices from Other Industries to Healthcare Applying Supply Chain Best Practices from Other Industries to...
Two Years and Counting - Where You Should be in Your Transition Plan Two Years and Counting - Where You Should be in Your Transition...
Addressing the Leadership Gap in Healthcare Addressing the Leadership Gap in...
The Work Ahead: Activities and Costs to Develop an Accountable Care Organisation The Work Ahead: Activities and Costs to Develop an Accountable Care...
Best Practices for Anesthesia Onboarding and Change Management: Making Strategic Decisions in a Changing Healthcare Environment Best Practices for Anesthesia Onboarding and Change Management: Making Strategic Decisions in a Changing Healthcare...
Accountable Care Organisation Clinical Integration Accountable Care Organisation Clinical...
Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS Equity and Excellence: Liberating the...
Using Patient-Facing Technologies to Improve the Quality of Patient Care Using Patient-Facing Technologies to Improve the Quality of Patient...
The New Face of Chronic Care Management The New Face of Chronic Care...
Strategies for Radiologists in the Era of Healthcare Reform and Accountable Care Organisations: A Report From the ACR Future Trends Committee Strategies for Radiologists in the Era of Healthcare Reform and Accountable Care Organisations: A Report From the ACR Future Trends...
The National Programme for IT in the NHS: An Update on the Delivery of Detailed Care Records Systems The National Programme for IT in the NHS: An Update on the Delivery of Detailed Care Records...
Interventions for Preventing Falls in Older People in Nursing Care Facilities and Hospitals Interventions for Preventing Falls in Older People in Nursing Care Facilities and...
Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS Equity and Excellence: Liberating the...
A Brief Synopsis on Patient Safety A Brief Synopsis on Patient...
Payment Reform to Improve Healthcare: Ways to Move Forward Payment Reform to Improve Healthcare: Ways to Move...
The North Carolina Family Physician Hospital Affiliation: Changes in Health Policy The North Carolina Family Physician Hospital Affiliation: Changes in Health...
Nursing: A Key to Patient Satisfaction Nursing: A Key to Patient...
Pulling Back the Sheets on the Bedbug Controversy Pulling Back the Sheets on the Bedbug...
Patients as Experts, Patients as Partners: Integrating the Patient and Family Voice into Hospital Operations Patients as Experts, Patients as Partners: Integrating the Patient and Family Voice into Hospital...
Key Health Issues Affecting Rural Communities Key Health Issues Affecting Rural...
Moving Toward the Elimination of Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Call to Action Moving Toward the Elimination of Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Call to...
Cleaning in Healthcare Facilities: Reducing Human Health Effects and Environmental Impacts Cleaning in Healthcare Facilities: Reducing Human Health Effects and Environmental...
Healthcare Strategies for an Ageing Society Healthcare strategies for an ageing...
Improving Care Transitions Between the Nursing Facility and the Acute-Care Hospital Improving Care Transitions Between the Nursing Facility and the Acute-Care...
Jewels in The Hospital Crown: Ambulatory Surgery Centres as Models of Care, Efficiency and Profitability Jewels in The Hospital Crown: Ambulatory Surgery Centres as Models of Care, Efficiency and...
Creating Situational Awareness: A Systems Approach Creating Situational Awareness: A Systems...
Achieving Physician-Hospital Alignment Through Outsourcing Achieving Physician-Hospital Alignment Through...
Informing and Involving Patients in Medical Decisions: The Primary Care Physician's Perspective Informing and Involving Patients in Medical Decisions: The Primary Care Physician's...
Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS Equity and Excellence: Liberating the...
Medical Tourism: Update and Implications Medical Tourism: Update and...
Conflicts of Interest and Academic Industry Relationships Conflicts of Interest and Academic Industry...
Reducing Costs Through the Appropriate Use of Specialty Services Reducing Costs Through the Appropriate Use of Specialty...
Hospital Emergency Communication Systems: How to Prepare Today to Provide Optimum Medical Care During an Unexpected Crisis? Hospital Emergency Communication Systems: How to Prepare Today to Provide Optimum Medical Care During an Unexpected...
Caring For the Uninsured Amid Financial Pressures: Using Targeted Marketing Methods to Influence Patient Behaviour Caring For the Uninsured Amid Financial Pressures: Using Targeted Marketing Methods to Influence Patient...
Massachusetts Hospitals: Critical to the Commonwealth and Threatened in the Economic Downturn Massachusetts Hospitals: Critical to the Commonwealth and Threatened in the Economic...
Why Should Physicians Care About Hospital Finances? Why Should Physicians Care About Hospital...
Source of Payment Typology Code Set Implementation by States Source of Payment Typology Code Set Implementation by...
Managing Disruptive Behaviour: Balancing Patient Safety with the Rights and Dignity of Physicians Managing Disruptive Behaviour: Balancing Patient Safety with the Rights and Dignity of...
Strategic Medical Staff Development Planning: A Comprehensive Approach to Integrating a Fragmented Medical Staff Strategic Medical Staff Development Planning: A Comprehensive Approach to Integrating a Fragmented Medical...
Healthcare Payment Reform in the US Healthcare Payment Reform – Accelerating...
Reducing Costs Through Appropriate Use of Speciality Services Reducing Costs Through Appropriate Use of Speciality...
Consumer-Driven Outcomes Management: a New Paradigm for Quality and Efficiency Improvement in Behavioural Health Consumer-Driven Outcomes Management: a New Paradigm for Quality and Efficiency Improvement in Behavioural...
Leadership in Healthcare Organisations: A Guide to Joint Commission Leadership Standards Leadership in Healthcare Organisations: A Guide to Joint Commission Leadership...
The California Pay-for-Performance Programme The California Pay-for-Performance...
Trust, Assurance and Safety: The Regulation of Health Professionals Trust, Assurance and Safety: The Regulation of Health...
Healthcare at the Crossroads: Guiding Principles for the Development of the Hospital of the Future Healthcare at the Crossroads: Guiding Principles for the Development of the Hospital of the...
Planning for Scale: A Guide to Designing Large-Scale Improvement Initiatives Planning for Scale: A Guide to Designing Large-Scale Improvement...
Together for Health: A Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-2013 Together for Health: A Strategic Approach for the EU...
