PROPOSALS FOR CHILD HEALTH CARE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-314
Author(s):  
Alfred Yankauer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The Other ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
American Health Care System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Population Analyses ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
American Health Care

In contrast to the prevailing tenor of less than a decade ago, few voices can be heard today reassuring the public or the professional that the American "health care system" is itself in good health. Having dealt with the aged through Medicare, the national spotlight now focuses on children who form the other major segment of our "poverty population." Analyses and complaints, proposals and programs flow forth at an accelerating pace. Two types of programs are discussed in the current issues of Pediatrics-one as a proposal presented to the American Academy of Pediatrics last fall, and the other as a report of work in progress.

It Doesn't Work!

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-128
Author(s):  
Hugh C. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Medical Record ◽  
Central Office ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
The Family

In the April 1977 issue of Pediatrics (59:636, 1977), Dr. Cunningham recommends that the patient's medical record be given to the family to keep. He urges that the Committee on Standards of Child Health Care consider this subject. For at least 20 years the American Academy of Pediatrics has published for this very purpose, a "Child Health Record." This is publication HE-4 of the Academy and was last revised in 1968. The central office of the Academy tells me that, at the present time, between 50,000 and 100,000 of these are sold annually to physicians for the distribution that Dr. Cunningham recommends.

Certification for the Pediatric Nurse Associate

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 588-588
Author(s):  
Louis I. Hochheiser
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Nurse Practitioner ◽  
Pediatric Care ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Recent Letter ◽  
Pediatric Nurse ◽  
The Past ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

The recent letter to Pediatric Nurse Associates and members of the American Academy of Pediatrics reporting the division between the AAP and American Nurses Association on certification, is an unfortunate and deplorable happening. Since the onset of the first Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program in 1965, more than 1,000 nurses have graduated from over 45 programs adding a new dimension to care for children. Although touted by many as the answer to manpower problems for child health care, evidence over the past five years indicates that a new dimension has been added to pediatric care.

The Pediatric Nurse Associate

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 813-814
Author(s):  
Robert D. Burnett ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Pediatric Nurse ◽  
The Past ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

During the past several years as Chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on Pediatric Manpower I have witnessed the development of the concept of the pediatric nurse associate (PNA) within the specialty of pediatrics. In addition, I have also been aware of the controversies within the AAP membership regarding the role of the PNA in child health care delivery. Many of you will recall the concern of the mid-1960's which widely publicized an impending catastrophic shortage of pediatricians.

Child Health Care Policy and Delivery in France

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 1037-1043
Author(s):  
M. Manciaux ◽  
C. Jestin ◽  
M. Fritz ◽  
D. Bertrand
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Care Policy ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Care Policy ◽  
Unequal Access ◽  
Underserved Groups ◽  
And Child Health

Medical and social protection of mothers, infants, and children began in France more than a century ago. A number of laws and regulations have improved the system, which is discussed in detail. The discussion includes an overview of health policy, service delivery, and the financing of care. Is the current French system of Maternal and Child Health responsible for the good health of today's children? This question is addressed through selected examples. Finally, failures and shortcomings of the system are described, including the persistence of underserved groups, unequal access to care, and other problems. Solutions are feasible, and some are now being implemented.

Labels, Lawyers, & Logic

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Pitts
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Monetary Incentives ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
American Health Care System ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Health Care ◽  
Achievable Goal ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
Corporate Liability ◽  
Excessive Risk

America deserves access to high-quality health care without avoidable medical errors and complications. This achievable goal begins with harnessing and using the power of information. And that begins with clear, accurate, and usable labeling.The American health care system is undermined, underserved, and undervalued when labeling is written more for corporate liability protection than as a valuable tool for health care providers.Today, labeling includes excessive risk information and exaggerated warnings. And this has set into motion a dangerous dynamic: labeling that does not accurately communicate to either the health care professional or the patient the conditions in which any given product can be used safely and effectively. This is nothing less than a grave menace to the public health. America is suffering from a legal system that is dangerous to its health. Why has this happened? There is, unfortunately, a simple answer - fear of liability. Manufacturers have significant monetary incentives to add dense and confusing legalese because, under current law in most states, they can be found liable for failing to provide "adequate" warnings about therapeutic products. Money, not medicine, is driving this dangerous practice. When it comes to labeling written for lawyers rather than doctors, more is less.

Impact of new technologies on health-care costs and on the nation's "health"

1990 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 1612-1616 ◽  
Author(s):  
T A Massaro
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cost Of Care ◽  
American Health Care System ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Health Care ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Care Costs

Abstract By virtually all criteria, the American health-care system has the largest and most widely distributed technology base of any in the world. The impact of this emphasis on technology on the cost of care, the rate of health-care inflation, and the well-being of the population is reviewed from the perspective of the patient, the provider, and the public health analyst.

Improving the Manual on Standards of Child Health Care

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1143-1143
Author(s):  
Raymond A. Christy
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Revision Process ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
One Year

It has been one year since the American Academy of Pediatrics published Standards of Child Health Care. During this time, 16,000 copies of this manual have been distributed. The recipients have varied from individual pediatricians to federal government agencies, state departments of health and welfare, and insurance companies. The Subcommittee on Standards of the Council on Pediatric Practice has begun preliminary considerations for revision of the manual. We are eager to learn of the uses to which it has been put as well as comments and criticisms which may be helpful in the revision process.

Guidelines for Health Screening

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-161
Author(s):  
Helene S. Thorpe
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Treatment Program ◽  
Health Personnel ◽  
Past Experience ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

The symposium "Screening in Child Health Care"1 supplements the recently distributed 205-page guide prepared by the American Academy of Pediatrics.2 The latter is designed to assist public officials and health personnel in every state to plan and implement the screening component of the Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment Program (EPSDT).3 The guide contains suggestions which, based on past experience, are likely to be considered minimal standards by state officials. Only procedures or tests specified in the guide are likely to be reimbursed.

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