Public management

Public and Private Healthcare According to Institute of Medicine (IOM), healthcare costs and quality issues have risen in the last ten years (Linsley, & Morton, 2014). Healthcare is provided through both public and private health agencies. Public healthcare agencies are provided by the government such as Medicaid. Private healthcare agencies are non-government providers such as Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS). Both agencies have set rules of addressing cost and quality of care to the community.…

There are a few other public relations moves that Samsung can and should make to properly deal with this crisis. The first would be to try and salvage the reputation of their communication skills as a company. The best way to do this would be to keep up with providing up to date, detailed press releases to the public or perhaps hosting a press conference. Most of the information that has been released to the public so far has been vague and sparse. While this may have…

I was captivated as I continued to learn about the history of public health, infection chain, and epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases. My range of knowledge was not only augmented by the five-year MBBS degree but it has also given me the valuable insight for applying the knowledge into practical aspects of public health studies. The enriching curriculum at DU encompassed a wide range of courses including community medicine,…

I always say that the public relations program at Mount Saint Vincent University found me, rather than the other way around. I have always had a passion for writing, public speaking and media, but as of my senior year of high school my exposure to public relations was limited to Samantha Jones from Sex and the City. As a 17-year-old that was torn between journalism and advertising, I followed a neighbour’s advice to research the field of PR. I quickly found that the profession is about so much…

Medicines are important not only for their capacity to treat diseases and prevent illness. The public certainty in healthcare system is certainly connected to their confidence in the chances of having safe and effective medicines and the measures for ensuring their rational needs. Though, pharmacy services component receives little or no attention in most public health programs in emerging countries. This article describes the actions, plans, procedures, lessons learnt, and some…

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…

Why did I choose the path of Public Relations and Communication Studies? Why did I choose the path of Public Relations and Communication Studies? Growing up in a disadvantaged community and a developing country like my country Ethiopia, I had always pondered what I would be when I grew up. I saw that many children were affected with different problems and illnesses that were easily preventable. I identified myself with the struggles present in developing countries. Though these issues seem…

Literature review The campaign for the Tour de Yorkshire and the public relations work included in it is situated within the broader topic of promotional culture. Promotional culture, according to Davis (2013) is a culture that is intertwined with the medium of promotion and its communication processes. He defines promotion as the combination of influences from the promotional industries that include public relations work as well as advertising, marketing and branding. All of these influences…

Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading public health nongovernmental organizations in Nigeria founded in 1985. As a nonprofit organization, it is committed to selfless service to humanity especially the poor and vulnerable throughout Nigeria. It works with private and public sector to adopt social marketing and communication to improve access to essential health information, services and products to motivate the adoption of healthy behaviors. The public health organization is involved in…

2.1. What is public relations? After establishing that the work carried out by the Tour de Yorkshire campaign team is situated within the promotional industries it is time to look at their main body of work- public relations. There is no universally accepted definition of public relations. What practical work is actually included in that term often differs from one PR agency to another. The Charted Institute of Public Relations explains in its definition that the occupation mainly deals with…