Workers' compensation: Poor quality health care and the growing disability problem in the United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary M. Franklin ◽  
Thomas M. Wickizer ◽  
Norma B. Coe ◽  
Deborah Fulton-Kehoe
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Quality Health

James Lawrence Cabell, One of the Most Influential of America's Early Surgeons

2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-335
Author(s):  
Joseph Dubose ◽  
Curt Tribble
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
American Medical ◽  
The United States ◽  
James Madison ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
National Board ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
The University ◽  
The 19Th Century

Dr. James Lawrence Cabell was one of the most important, farsighted, and influential surgical educators and leaders in the United States in the 19th century. He was appointed as Chair of Surgery and Physiology at the University of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson's successor as Rector of the University, James Madison, and held that Chair for over 50 years, the longest tenure of any American medical academician. He was a founding member of the American Medical Association, the American Surgical Association, and the National Board of Health. He is best remembered as an articulate, incessant, and early proponent of public health and the delivery of quality health care in the United States. His legacy and that of his protégés has continued to influence health care in this country, especially in the realm of the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, even into the present time.

Universal Health Coverage

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joia S. Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Universal Health Coverage ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
The Right ◽  
Universal Health

This chapter explores the seminal topic of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), an objective within the Sustainable Development goals. It reviews the theory and definitions that shape the current conversation on UHC. The movement from selective primary health care to UHC demonstrates a global commitment to the progressive realization of the right to health. However, access to UHC is limited by barriers to care, inadequate provision of care, and poor-quality services. To deliver UHC, it is critical to align inputs in the health system with the burden of disease. Quality of care must also be improved. Steady, sufficient financing is needed to achieve the laudable goal of UHC.This chapter highlights some important steps taken by countries to expand access to quality health care. Finally, the chapter investigates the theory and practice behind a morbidity-based approach to strengthening health systems and achieving UHC.

Immigration and Contract Problems Experienced by Foreign-Educated Nurses

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Pittman ◽  
Carolina Herrera ◽  
Joanne Spetz ◽  
Catherine R. Davis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
The United States ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
International Recruitment ◽  
The Impact

More than 8% of employed RNs licensed since 2004 in the United States were educated overseas, yet little is known about the conditions of their recruitment or the impact of that experience on health care practice. This study assessed whether the labor rights of foreign-educated nurses were at risk during the latest period of high international recruitment: 2003 to 2007. Using consensus-based standards contained in the Voluntary Code of Ethical Conduct for the Recruitment of Foreign-Educated Health Professionals to the United States, this study found 50% of actively recruited foreign-educated nurses experienced a negative recruitment practice. The study also found that nurses educated in low-income countries and nurses with high contract breach fees, were significantly more likely to report such problems. If, as experts believe may occur, the nursing shortage in the United States returns around 2014, oversight of international recruitment will become critically important to delivering high-quality health care to Americans.

scholarly journals Sustainable Health Equity

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Henry Kerich
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
National Initiative ◽  
Sustainable Health

Sustainable Health Equity (SHE) is a progressive national initiative that promotes the health of individual citizens and communities by modifying socio economic and environmental factors that correspond to social determinants of health. The sustainable health equity focuses on modalities to engage policy actors, stakeholders and decision makers to conceptualize an actionable public health policy. The collaborative national initiative is multifaceted which is principally to provide consistent health care that does not vary according to demographics like gender, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic and geographical location. Cultural congruent and universal health care are the pillars to health equity in the United States. The Stakeholders include government, researchers, civil societies, health care professionals, providers and the public. An actionable SHE policy will advance public confidence in the executive, judiciary, legislators and public officials. Multidisciplinary and multilevel engagement is essential in addressing health disparity in the United States. Strategies to foster political power, create awareness, advocate for high-quality health care progress evidence- based practices, research and equal allocation of material and resources. SHE prospective is inherent with the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services unequivocal resonance in public service, and exemplary leadership.

scholarly journals Quality health care in extreme adversity—an action framework

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila Leatherman ◽  
Linda Tawfik ◽  
Dilshad Jaff ◽  
Grace Jaworski ◽  
Matthew Neilson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Initial Assessment ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
Care Costs ◽  
Poor Quality Care

Abstract Quality problem or issue There are record-setting numbers of people living in settings of extreme adversity and they continue to increase each year. Initial assessment There is a paucity of validated data on quality and safety across settings of extreme adversity. Choice of solution This paper argues for an action framework to address the unique challenges of providing quality in extreme adversity. Implementation We describe a preliminary Quality in Extreme Adversity framework which has been informed by—and will continue to be validated through—literature, data collection, WHO expert consultations and through working in settings of extreme adversity with national authorities and NGOs. Lessons learned Poor quality care costs lives, livelihoods and trust in health services. The recommended framework, based on evidence and experiential lessons, intends to address the WHO goal for 2019–2023 of ‘one billion people better protected from health emergencies’ (9).

Quality 101: What Every Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathologist Should Know But Is Afraid to Ask

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
Tamala S. Bradham
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
Quality Health

The United States has the highest per capita health care costs of any industrialized nation in the world. Increasing costs are reducing access to care and constitute an increasingly heavy burden on employers and consumers. Yet as much as 20 to 30 percent of these costs may be unnecessary, or even counterproductive, to improved health (Wennberg, Brownless, Fisher, Skinner, & Weinstein, 2008). Addressing these unwanted costs is essential in the survival of providing quality health care. This article reviews 11 dimensions that should be considered when starting a quality improvement program as well as one quality improvement tool, the Juran model, that is commonly used in the healthcare and business settings. Implementing a quality management program is essential for survival in today’s market place and is no longer an option. While it takes time to implement a quality management program, the costs are too high not to.

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