The Role of Innovation in Improving Population Health

2019 ◽  
pp. 249-260
Author(s):  
Jessica Solomon Fisher ◽  
Kellie L. Teter
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Work Flow ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Health Care Practice ◽  
Health Innovation ◽  
Normal Work

Innovation can come in many forms, this chapter states: changes in current processes that make them more efficient or effective; shifts toward different processes to achieve the same goal; or larger changes that may include rethinking the task itself. While innovation can be part of the normal work flow, innovation is disruptive when it changes established roles and relationships. The chapter looks at the role of innovation in aims at improving public health. Innovation is hard to define, and means different things to different people. Innovation is occurring in population health care practice. We should embrace the characteristics of innovation, the chapter concludes.

Qua pote quisque, in ea conterat arte diem: COVID-19 and Australian and New Zealand intensive care

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-104
Author(s):  
Andrew Udy ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Health Care Practice

The current global severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has thrust intensive care medicine to the forefront of health care practice in Australia and New Zealand. Indeed, reports from other countries and jurisdictions convey highly confronting statistics about the scale of this public health emergency, particularly in terms of the demand on intensive care unit (ICU)services. Whether this occurs here remains to be seen, although if such a scenario does eventuate, it will represent an unprecedented challenge to our community. In parallel, these events offer the opportunity for greater coordination, improved communication, and innovation in clinical care, which are principles that in many ways define our specialty.

scholarly journals The Intermediary Roles of Public Health Nurses (PHNs) in Utilizing Communication Robots (CRs) in Community Health Care Practice

Health ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1598-1608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chihiro Kawai ◽  
Feni Betriana ◽  
Tetsuya Tanioka ◽  
Yuko Yasuhara ◽  
Hirokazu Ito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Community Health Care ◽  
Health Care Practice

scholarly journals Managements' perspective on Canadian public health nurses' primary health care practice

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (02) ◽  
pp. 170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna M. Meagher-Stewart ◽  
Megan L. Aston ◽  
Nancy C. Edwards ◽  
Linda Young ◽  
Donna Smith
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Health Care Practice ◽  
Primary Health

scholarly journals A Commentary on the Role of Randomized Controlled Trials in Massage Therapy

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Amanda Baskwill, MSc, Bed, RMT
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trials ◽  
Massage Therapy ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Health Care Practice ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Efficacy Research ◽  
Evidence Hierarchies

Some massage therapists (MTs) view research as a way to demonstrate to other healthcare professionals (OHPs) that massage therapy is safe and effective and should be an integral part of patients’ health care.  This desire for credibility through research, however, requires studies that are acceptable to medical professionals.  Therefore, researchers have begun to study massage therapy, primarily using randomized controlled trials (RCTs).  Many of the RCTs of massage therapy, rather than proving efficacy, have been met with criticism, including their lack of reproducibility and lack of a suitable control.  The belief that RCTs will save the profession of MT, or any health care practice, by proving treatments work, is unfounded.  Evidence hierarchies suggest that practitioners should accept the results of RCTs, or the systematic review of RCTs, as the gold standard for efficacy research.  Privileging one methodology over another does not use the benefits of the multiple approaches to research available. Researchers should consider whether there are other methodologies that allow for rigorous investigation of massage therapy in a way that would be useful for stakeholders of this research.  It is only through research that is rigorously and authentically conducted that the credibility of massage therapy will be established.  

Better Together: Engaging Nursing Leaders in Community Collaborative Efforts

2019 ◽  
pp. 483-490
Author(s):  
Anh N. Tran ◽  
Anne Derouin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Nursing Leaders ◽  
System P ◽  
Professional Nurses ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

This chapter focuses on the role of nurses in bringing positive changes to population health through public health collaborative efforts. The chapter questions why nurses haven't enjoyed a more prominent role in some in community public health projects. It lists some historic figures in the nursing world. The chapter concludes with a look to the evolving role of nurses now and in the future. Although professional nurses will continue to serve at the bedside of patients and families in their most vulnerable moments, they have also begun to use their advocacy and leadership skills to make positive changes and offer solutions to the challenges and choices that patients, families, and communities face in our evolving health care system.

A Measure of Family Functioning for Health Care Practice and Research in Israel

1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Linder-Pelz ◽  
S. Levy ◽  
A. Tamir ◽  
T. Spenser ◽  
L. M. Epstein
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Health Care Practice
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