Rehabilitation and Mobility White Papers

Managing Diabetes Care: Moving an Underlying Chronic Condition to the Forefront This white paper states that the current healthcare delivery system is not effectively managing diabetes, a chronic disease that is often a hidden driver of health care costs and...

Maine EMS White Paper on Advanced Airway Management The majority of pre-hospital intubations in the state of Maine are in patients suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (approximately 83%), and certainly, airway management is essential...

The National Healthcare Identifier Service Current State and Issues This white paper identifies current issues with the Health Identifier (HI) service that may impact software vendors, Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA) members and associated...

Literature Review: Incident Disclosure Research, Policy and Legal Reforms since 2008 This white paper provides a literature review of incident disclosure research, policy and legal reform documents published since 2008. The last four years have seen an explosion of policy...

A Brief Primer for Israeli Technology Companies Navigating the US Healthcare Market: SWOT Analysis The aim of the white paper is to increase US healthcare innovation and assist Israeli healthcare companies by empowering them to do business in the US market, both independently and...

Basic Infection Control and Prevention Plan for Outpatient Oncology Settings This white paper has been developed for outpatient oncology facilities to serve as a model for a basic infection control and prevention plan, containing policies and procedures tailored to...

Alaska Health Care Commission: Health Information Infrastructure White Paper This white paper provides a background on Alaska's hospital infrastructure and how more facilities can be encouraged to participate in reporting to hospital discharge...

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...

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 Opthalmology 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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