In defense of undeservedly accused and offended medical doctors: “Medical Doctor’s Rights”, а 3<sup>rd</sup> edition review

Currently, a number of court hearings regarding potential crimes in delivering health-care services have been exponentially increased. Some of them receive publicity and launch public debates, but many more of those stay beyond the information field. A number of medical doctors are targeted in the investigation as defendants and sentence to actual jail time. Numerous medical workers envisioning a threat to their professional carrier, and even freedom, may now avoid of risky manipulations and interventions, which may eventually negatively affect patient’s prognosis. In such situation, increasing awareness about rights of medical workers acquires special relevance. In the mean time, professional publications dedicated to this topic are sharply demanded that might be useful and written in plain Russian. Among them, it may be highlighted a book “Medical Doctor’s Rights”, by A.A. Ponkina and I.V. Ponkin thoroughly elucidating professional rights and providing tools necessary for their defense. Although we believe that it’s scarcely describes causes, real-life cases it is excusable for this otherwise brilliant book. We recommend it for careful examination both for law enforcement officers involved in such lawsuits and a wide audience of healthcare workers as well as medical students.

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Outsourced Health Care Services

Healthcare Management and Economics ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-3982-9.ch007 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 78-92

Author(s):

Tiina Tiilikka

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Health Care Organizations ◽

Recent Change ◽

Medical Doctors ◽

Work Processes ◽

Care Services ◽

Group Interviews ◽

Private Actors ◽

Doctors And Nurses

This paper provides answers to the question of how medical doctors and nurses at health centres narrate their experiences of outsourced health care services and make sense of their position in the new organization. The article contributes to the debate on the recent change in the marketization and transformation of health care organizations. The research material consists of seven group interviews with medical doctors and nurses. The method makes use of viewpoints from the narrative approach. The results of the analysis indicate that the workers interviewed are primarily rational professional actors. They do not actively take an emotional position. The short contracts between public or private actors mean that work processes in the outsourced health care organizations are intermittent. It may be necessary for the workers to adopt a strong professional identity without strong mental ties to the employer.

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EKSPANSI REZIM MEDIS, MEDIKALISASI KEHIDUPAN, DAN PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT

Populasi ◽

10.22146/jp.11220 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Heru Nugroho

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Political Economy ◽

Access To Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Equal Access ◽

The Political ◽

Medical Doctors ◽

Critical Awareness ◽

Care Services ◽

Access To Health

Medicalization of life as applied in a depoliticized society would be extremely dangeroussince it tends to create potential medical mal practice in the part of medical doctors towards their patients. To avoid this, repolitization of the society should be created to raise community's critical awareness in understanding the political economy of the medical world in the society. In order to provide equal access to health care, repolitization is a prerequisite in response to medical industrialization and privatization of health care services.

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Patient Monitoring in Diverse Environments

Mobile Health Solutions for Biomedical Applications ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-332-6.ch007 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 129-142 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Yousef Jasemian

Keyword(s):

Heart Failure ◽

Chronic Pain ◽

Health System ◽

Mobile Health ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Real Life ◽

Vital Signs ◽

Care Services ◽

Research Activities ◽

Chronic Disorders

Recording of physiological vital signs in patients’ real-life environment could be especially useful in management of chronic disorders; for example for heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, anorexia nervosa, chronic pain, or severe obesity. Thus, monitoring patients in diverse environments, by a mobile health system, is one of the major benefits of this approach, however at the same time the demands and challenges for improving safety, security and integrity increase. Top priorities for patients under recovery of health and elderly under care are the feeling of being cared securely and safely in there home and its surroundings. Solving these issues will elevate users’ compliance and trust to mobile health services. Most research activities have been focused on achieving common platform for medical records, monitoring health status of the patients in a real-time manner, improving the concept of online diagnosis, developing or enhancing telemedicine solutions, which deals with remote delivery of health care services applying telecommunications, etc.This chapter intends to explore the issues and limitations concerning application of mobile health system in diverse environments, trying to emphasize the advantages and drawbacks, data security and integrity suggesting approaches for enhancements. These issues will be explored in successive subsections by introducing two studies which were undertaken by the author.

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Outsourced Health Care Services

International Journal of Public and Private Healthcare Management and Economics ◽

10.4018/ijpphme.2011040103 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 26-39

Author(s):

Tiina Tiilikka

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Health Care Organizations ◽

Recent Change ◽

Medical Doctors ◽

Work Processes ◽

Care Services ◽

Group Interviews ◽

Private Actors ◽

Doctors And Nurses

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Pediatric Obesity

10.1542/9781581108279 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Sandra G. Hassink

Keyword(s):

Health Care Services ◽

Point Of Care ◽

Real Life ◽

Family Intervention ◽

Growth Charts ◽

Self Assessment ◽

Practice Recommendations ◽

Care Services ◽

Health Supervision ◽

User Friendly

Significantly revised and updated, the new 2nd edition of this popular, user-friendly guide offers the latest tools and practice recommendations from the AAP needed to tackle childhood obesity. The new 2nd edition brings you the latest point-of-care recommendations and ready-to-use tools including - Step-by-step health supervision visit guidance spanning birth through youhg adulthood - Numerous real-life case studies illustrating family intervention strategies - Newly expanded, easy-to-use format - New chapter titled, "Before Birth: Maternal Health" - Patient education handouts, self-assessment forms, and counseling for pediatric patients and families - Coding fact sheets for obesity-related health care services and template letter for handling carrier denials - Growth charts for boys and girls including the new WHO growth charts - And more!

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Analysis of Cerrrahpaşa Medical School Hospital's Children Nephrology Service in Terms of Length of Stay in 2012

International Conference on Eurasian Economies 2015 ◽

10.36880/c06.01428 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Volkan Öngel ◽

Emel Duran

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Hospital Stay ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Pediatric Nephrology ◽

Careful Examination ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Care Services ◽

Number Of Patients ◽

Hospitalization Period ◽

Hospital Pediatric

It is known that operational costs of health care organizations constitute an important part of health expenditure in the world. Careful examination of all kinds affecting costs is inevitable in order to provide more effective and efficient health care services. For this reason, in the study, impact of factors affecting hospitalization period on costs is mentioned. The purpose of the study is to measure the effects of these factors on costs by identifying the factors prolonging the duration of patients’ hospital stay. It is regarded that the factors extending the duration of patients’ hospital stay increase the costs. In the scope of the study, 405 patients who are discharged from Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine Hospital Pediatric Nephrology Service in 2012 are discussed. Variables of the study, the average hospitalization days, number of patients, the maximum number of patients, bed occupancy rate, bed turnover and bed units are used in the rev range. The data of the patients included in our study has been gathered with the help of retrospective study area, retrospective method, scanning archives, and financial epicrisis in the system of hospital automation. The obtained data have been studied on standard deviation, maximum and minimum value by making use of the excel programme. As a result of studies based on these reviews, it has been found out that the factors extending the period of patients’ hospital stay increase the costs.

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“Will you hear my voice?”: to engage older patients online, listen to them about their lives offline

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research ◽

10.1186/s13584-020-00408-y ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Michael L. Millenson

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Health Care Organizations ◽

Full Range ◽

Real Life ◽

Health Resources ◽

Voluntary Organizations ◽

Care Services ◽

Internet Users ◽

Effective Manner

AbstractThe scope of health information and health care services available online is rapidly expanding. At the same time, COVID-19 is causing vulnerable elders to reconsider in-person provider visits. In that context, recently published research by Y. Mizrachi et al. examining obstacles to the use of online health services (OHS) among adults age 50 and up takes on new importance. An iconic Israeli song begins, “Will you hear my voice?” (Hebrew Songs. Zemer Nugeh (Hatishmah Koli), 2020). What makes Mizrachi et al.’s findings particularly intriguing, despite several caveats, is the manner in which they demonstrated a commitment to genuinely listen to individual voices. The researchers spoke “openly and bluntly” with interviewees as peers and were rewarded with “specific, well-defined and applicable answers with the potential to be used.” The most striking findings came in candid answers that went beyond the factors intrinsic to the online offerings and addressed important factors in what regular Internet users often refer to as IRL (“in real life”), such as support from family. The necessity of avoiding preconceptions about the most effective manner to engage patients underscores the importance of patient and family advisory councils (PFACs). PFACs, increasingly being adopted by health care organizations globally, provide an ongoing ability to listen and respond to the “patient voice.” Effectively addressing obstacles to older adults’ use of the full range of online health resources will require the involvement not just of health plans and government, but also of voluntary organizations, providers, families and others integral to users’ offline “real lives.” Sustained, focused listening must be a central part of that effort.

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