A collaboration between hospital treatment and community health care systems for cancer patients

1997 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. S332
Author(s):  
I.-L. Wille ◽  
H. Kamps
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Hospital Treatment ◽  
Community Health Care ◽  
Care Systems

scholarly journals Prospective Study of the Performance of Parent-Collected Nasal and Saliva Swab Samples, Compared with Nurse-Collected Swab Samples, for the Molecular Detection of Respiratory Microorganisms

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire A. Woodall ◽  
Hannah V. Thornton ◽  
Emma C. Anderson ◽  
Suzanne M. Ingle ◽  
Peter Muir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Professional ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Molecular Detection ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Community Health Care ◽  
Swab Sample ◽  
Care Systems

RTIs are ubiquitous among children. Diagnosis involves a swab sample being taken by a health professional, which places a considerable burden on community health care systems, given the number of cases involved.

The making and sustaining of leaders in health care

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry J. Boyle ◽  
Kieran Mervyn
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Healthcare Provision ◽  
Triple Aim ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Care Systems

Purpose Many nations are focussing on health care’s Triple Aim (quality, overall community health and reduced cost) with only moderate success. Traditional leadership learning programmes have been based on a taught curriculum, but the purpose of this paper is to demonstrate more modern approaches through procedures and tools. Design/methodology/approach This study evolved from grounded and activity theory foundations (using semi-structured interviews with ten senior healthcare executives and qualitative analysis) which describe obstructions to progress. The study began with the premise that quality and affordable health care are dependent upon collaborative innovation. The growth of new leaders goes from skills to procedures and tools, and from training to development. Findings This paper makes “frugal innovation” recommendations which while not costly in a financial sense, do have practical and social implications relating to the Triple Aim. The research also revealed largely externally driven health care systems under duress suffering from leadership shortages. Research limitations/implications The study centred primarily on one Canadian community health care services’ organisation. Since healthcare provision is place-based (contextual), the findings may not be universally applicable, maybe not even to an adjacent community. Practical implications The paper dismisses outdated views of the synonymity of leadership and management, while encouraging clinicians to assume leadership roles. Originality/value This paper demonstrates how health care leadership can be developed and sustained.

scholarly journals Community health workers as a sustainable health care innovation

Elem Sci Anth ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Cueva ◽  
Christine Ingemann ◽  
Larisa Zaitseva ◽  
Gwen Healey Akearok ◽  
Josée G. Lavoie
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Circumpolar North

Health care delivery in the Circumpolar North is challenged by a scarcity of culturally relevant health care services, few medical providers trained in cross-cultural care, and high costs of transportation. Community health workers (CHWs) are primarily Indigenous individuals who provide on-the-ground health care and health promotion services in their own communities. The CHWs’ scope of work varies from health education to clinical care and often focuses on upstream factors that impact the public’s health. Although often overlooked and underutilized, the CHW role is an innovative approach to promoting more sustainable and culturally relevant care within health systems. Investigating and understanding the potential ways that CHW-integrated health care systems support health and wellness could allow for a clearer understanding of how to translate this approach to other regions seeking a transition to sustainability in health and wellness. Drawing on experiences with CHWs in the Circumpolar North, this article introduces a conceptual model summarizing pathways that describe how integrating CHWs supports wellness in their communities. The proposed model includes five pathways for how CHWs could support wellness: (1) the recruitment of CHWs from within a community promotes community capacity and control; (2) the CHW role allows them to advocate to address structural and systemic inequalities that contribute to ill health, if CHWs are supported to organize their communities around wellness; (3) CHWs have the potential to support and empower community members;  (4) CHWs have the potential to develop culturally relevant, feasible, and effective health promotion strategies; and (5) CHWs have the potential to build on community strengths. This model allows for CHW-integrated health care systems to be critically examined to both test and refine this proposed model, and support and empower community health workers as a transition to a more sustainable health care delivery system that reduces inequities and promotes health.

Use of imaging for staging of early breast cancer in two integrated health care systems.

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (30_suppl) ◽  
pp. 184-184
Author(s):  
Erin Elizabeth Hahn ◽  
Tania Tang ◽  
Janet S. Lee ◽  
Corrine Munoz-Plaza ◽  
Joyce O Adesina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Integrated Health Care ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Chart Abstraction ◽  
Care Systems

184 Background: The initial ASCO “Top 5” list, created as part of the Choosing Wisely campaign, recommends against use of imaging for staging of early stage breast cancer in asymptomatic women at low risk for metastasis. The objective of this study was to measure and compare use of imaging for staging in two large integrated health care systems, Kaiser Permanente (KP) and Intermountain Healthcare (IH). We also sought to distinguish whether imaging was used for routine staging or for diagnostic purposes. Methods: We identified stage 0-IIB breast cancer patients diagnosed between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2012 with first primary malignancy from tumor registries in three KP regions (Southern California, Northwest, and Mid-Atlantic) and IH. Using the KP and IH electronic health records, we identified use of imaging tests (PET, CT, bone scan) during the staging window (30 days prior to diagnosis up to initial surgery). We performed chart abstraction on a random sample of patients who received an imaging test to identify indication. Results: For the total sample of 10,014, mean age at diagnosis was 60 (range 22-99); with 21% stage 0, 47% stage I, 32% stage II. Overall, 8% of patients (792 patients) received at least one imaging test during the staging window, including 8% at KP and 6% at IH (p=0.0005). Chart abstraction (N=129) revealed that overall, almost half of all imaging tests (48%) were performed to evaluate a symptom, sign or prior imaging finding, including 55% at KP and 32% at IH. Conclusions: Use of imaging for staging of low-risk breast cancer was very low in both health care systems, with clinically trivial differences between them. Approximately half of imaging services were in response to a sign or symptom. Strategies to reduce use of imaging at staging for early stage breast cancer patients within these health care systems are unlikely to yield meaningful improvement. [Table: see text]

Framing the Integration of Community Health Workers Into Health Care Systems Along Health Care and Community Spectrums

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin E. McCarville ◽  
Molly A. Martin ◽  
Preethi Lakshmi Pratap ◽  
Eve Pinkser ◽  
Steven M. Seweryn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Care Systems
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