The concept of patient and family-centered care has been catapulted to the forefront of the healthcare system due to the demand of high-quality medical care (Schwarzkopf et al, 2013). Family-centered care identifies that patients exist within a wider social networking of family members and friends (Huffiness et al., 2013). In 2001, the Institute of Medicine published its seminal report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, which depicted the involvement and support of family and friends as a dimension of…
Public libraries are trying to keep up in a world where technological changes are rapid and constant. In order to stay relevant, public libraries must understand and embrace change and new technologies. Public library spaces will continue to be reinvented in order to better meet the needs of users. But where the most amount of change is expected is in digital content. As the library changes, the catalog must change. These changes need to consider not just current needs but the future needs of…
Ethical dilemmas always seem to be shrouded when it comes to the Healthcare arena. There should be concern in rural areas which lacks a standard of healthcare. Society’s health is sometimes at the mercy of the local governing body when it comes down to care being provided. Many rural areas that deliver health care are challenged by the people who have little money and the people who have nothing. Those very same people we ask them to make choices. Many times leaving them to make hard and…
The recent trend of globalization has had a significant effect on many different industries, including the automotive industry. The automotive industry is a relatively new industry that was sparked by the industrial revolution and pushed into the day-to-day lives of many through the power of major oil companies. Finding an efficient mass transportation system for people has been a consistent issue that even today we have yet to solve. The introduction of the automobile and highway systems is the…
Prevention has become a primary focus for nurses to educate the public about the benefits of reducing preventable disease through vaccination. Nurses carry a significant influence by bringing awareness to increase the use of recommended immunizations. For example, school nurses can use evidence-based immunization strategies…
started to support the decisions and take the benefits as granted. Take the history of government action on smoking for demonstration. Some of the actions taken by the government include forbidding advertisement on tobacco, restricting smokers in public space, increased taxes on tobacco, as well as restricting the access have undoubtedly reduce the consumption and exposure rates (Jochelson, 2006). The statistics on the number of smokers in Australia are used as evidence of the success of…
the key strategic challenges is to balance AF’s mission of serving all patients, regardless of their ability to pay or against tight fiscal environments at federal, state, and local levels. Although, AF receives federal section 330 grants from the Public Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, these funds have not kept pace with growing needs or economic changes within the health care industry. Thus, to remain financial viable in the future, it is recommended that AF…
closer distance to shops and consumers, many conflicts arose. A great concern of exchange of diseases between human and animals emerged. In Hardy’s scholarship, Pioneers in the Victorian province: veterinarians, public health and urban animal economy, it presented various factors of improving public health. With the presence of veterinarians, and meat inspectors, they seek to control the diseases threatening to attack the immune system, leaving humans vulnerable and sickly. Animals were part of…
I had got use to having the skytrain doors shut in my face. No matter how confused or scared someone looked, no one had the time to stop or help a lost person. The ride back home seemed to be longer than usual and I could not help but notice the nervous group of kids trying to figure out the directions. Looking at them reminded me of the time when I first used the skytrain without any adult supervision. I vividly remember the struggle my little cousin and I faced just to get back home. It…
Healthcare is in the midst of a paradigm shift in which the focus is transitioning from volume based care to value based care. Ginter, Duncan and Swayne (2013) describe value as the “amount of satisfaction received relative to the price and the expected outcome or results” (p. 131). In order to ensure success for these healthcare institutions, care must be cost effective and higher in quality (Homsted, Chen & Knoer, 2016). This focus on quality is guided by the Institute for Healthcare…