scholarly journals RESEARCH ON HEALTH CARE AS A GUARANTEE OF LIFE QUALITY IN LATGALE

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 242
Author(s):  
Ēvalds Višķers
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Statistical Information ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Territorial Identity ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Heath Care ◽  
Health Care Indicators

On daily occasions the notions “health” and “quality of life” are often used as interrelated ones. It is due to the fact that the definition of the health condition denotes many factors also including the notion of life quality, e.g. physical health and functionality, social functionality and public health. In Latvia under the heath care reforms it is necessary to analyze the trends of changes and their impact on our society. Using the available statistical information the article describes the main health care indicators in Latgale and compares them in the context of Latvia and the European Union. The article has been developed within the framework of the project “Linguo-Cultural and Socio-Economic Aspects of Territorial Identity in the Development of the Region of Latgale”.

E-health developments in the system of health services in Hungary and the European Union

2014 ◽  
Vol 155 (21) ◽  
pp. 822-827
Author(s):  
Ágnes Váradi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
European Union ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Contemporary Issue ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Basic Features

The question of electronic solutions in public health care has become a contemporary issue at the European Union level since the action plan of the Commission on the e-health developments of the period between 2012 and 2020 has been published. In Hungary this issue has been placed into the centre of attention after a draft on modifications of regulations in health-care has been released for public discourse, which – if accepted – would lay down the basics of an electronic heath-service system. The aim of this paper is to review the basic features of e-health solutions in Hungary and the European Union with the help of the most important pieces of legislation, documents of the European Union institutions and sources from secondary literature. When examining the definition of the basic goals and instruments of the development, differences between the European Union and national approaches can be detected. Examination of recent developmental programs and existing models seem to reveal difficulties in creating interoperability and financing such projects. Finally, the review is completed by the aspects of jurisdiction and fundamental rights. It is concluded that these issues are mandatory to delineate the legislative, economic and technological framework for the development of the e-health systems. Orv. Hetil., 2014, 155(21), 822–827.

scholarly journals Economic-legal aspects of business assets definition and its effectiveness analysis

2004 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 189-210
Author(s):  
Oldřich Tvrdoň ◽  
Radmila Presová ◽  
Martin Přibyl
Keyword(s):  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Joint Stock Company ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Stock Company ◽  
Corn Production ◽  
Effectiveness Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of

The thesis “Economic-legal aspects of business assets definition and its effectiveness analysis” analyses the contribution of business assets in joint-stock company Svornost Těmice. The company operates in the field of agricultural primary production. Focus of plant production still keeps the traditional composition of plants grown. In connection with increasing the quality of effectiveness of the machinery the area of corn-production will be expanded. In animal production, the company specialises on the pig-feeding and milking-cows.The theoretical part includes the opinions of the world economists and managers on the definition of basic concepts related to business assets. These opinions are confronted with those of Czech authors, in order to acquaint students of the Faculty of Business and Economics with them – focusing on students of the Trade Management specialisation.The practical part is focused on analysis of effectiveness of business assets in the selected company. It have confirmed that managers of this business have to improve the intensity of exploitation of the asset base and thus to reach its higher effectiveness. This task is necessary for operation in the intensive-competition environment formed after the entrance into the European Union.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN LITHUANIA COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 588-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia Štreimikienė ◽  
Neringa Barakauskaitė-Jakubauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Objective Indicators

The paper presents the definition of quality of life and its relationship with sustainable development. The paper analyses and compares the indicators of quality of life in Lithuania with other countries. A quality of life is an explicit or implicit policy goal. Various measurements and indicators to evaluate a quality of life were proposed during the recent years however there are no widely accepted objective indicators of quality of life able to compare countries. Sustainable development concept proposes new approach to measure quality of life. Therefore the aim of sustainable development is to increase quality of life. Quality of life can be addressed in terms of people health, the state of economy, employment, infrastructure development, crime and environment. All these indicators are interrelated as economic development creates preconditions to maintain public health, develop social and technical infrastructure, to increase employment, to ensure quality of environment, to tackle with crime etc. From the other point of view healthy and satisfied with the quality of life nation have positive impact on stable economic growth.

THE INFLUENCE OF THE SCHOOL OF HEALTH ON THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS ON THE EXAMPLE OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-46
Author(s):  
К.Ю. Досмаганбетова ◽  
А.Б. Исса ◽  
И.Е. Михайлова
Keyword(s):  
Arterial Hypertension ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Statistical Information ◽  
Emergency Medical Care ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
National Medical ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Medical University

В статье «Влияние школы здоровья на лечение пациентов на примере артериальной гипертензии», написанной интернами 7го курса НАО «Национального Медицинского Университета им. С.Д. Асфендиярова» Досмаганбетовой К.Е., Иса А.Б под кураторством ассистента кафедры ВОП2 Михайловой И.Е., представлен обзор на школу здоровья, а именно на ее часть, занимающуюся артериальной гипертензией. Собраны статистические сведения об участниках, дано определение термина «школа здоровья» и рассмотрено её влияние на качество лечения пациентов. На основе полученных данных проведен анализ динамических изменений по части грамотности населения в вопросах «управления» артериальной гипертензией, самочувствия пациентов, частоты обращения за «скорой медицинской помощью» и развития осложнений The article "The infiuence of the School of Health on the treatment of patients on the example of Arterial Hypertension", written by interns of the 7th year of the JSC "S.D. Asfendiyarov National Medical University" Dosmaganbetova K.Y., Issa A. B. under the supervision of the assistant of the GPM-2 department Mikhailova I.E., provides an overview of the school of health, namely, its department dealing with arterial hypertension. The article includes statistical information about the participants, definition of the term "school of health", and information about its impact on the quality of treatment. On the basis of the obtained data, the analysis of dynamic changes in the population's literacy in issues of "management" of arterial hypertension, the well-being of patients, the frequency of seeking "emergency medical care" and the development of complications was carried out.

Autonomy, identity and health: defining quality of life in older age

2021 ◽  
pp. medethics-2020-107185
Author(s):  
Sara Kate Heide
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Healthcare Team ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Made In

Defining quality of life is a difficult task as it is a subjective and personal experience. However, for the elderly, this definition is necessary for making complicated healthcare-related decisions. Commonly these decisions compare independence against safety or longevity against comfort. These choices are often not made in isolation, but with the help of a healthcare team. When the patient’s concept of quality of life is miscommunicated, there is a risk of harm to the patient whose best interests are not well understood. In order to bridge this gap in understanding and unite seniors with their caretakers as a cohesive team, we need to establish a definition of quality of life. In this paper, my personal experiences with the elderly will be analysed along with five essays on the topic of ageing. These sources provide clear evidence that quality of life for seniors is majorly determined by the ability to preserve one’s lifelong identity. When making difficult decisions in geriatric healthcare, this greater understanding of the determinants of life quality will allow treatments to best serve the elderly. Defining quality of life allows healthcare providers to shift the focus from minimising disability toward maximising ability. I believe this shift would provide seniors with better health outcomes and properly enhance the quality of their years.

scholarly journals Individual quality of life in spousal ALS patient-caregiver dyads

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Galvin ◽  
Tommy Gavin ◽  
Iain Mays ◽  
Mark Heverin ◽  
Orla Hardiman
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Individual Quality ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Individual Quality Of Life ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Background Quality of life is a basic goal of health and social care. The majority of people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) are cared for at home by family caregivers. It is important to recognize the factors that contribute to quality of life for individuals to better understand the lived experiences in a condition for which there is currently no curative treatment. Aim To explore individual quality of life of people with ALS and their informal caregivers over time. Methods Over three semi-structured home interviews, 28 patient-caregiver dyads provided information on a range of demographic and clinical features, psychological distress, caregiver burden, and individual quality of life. Quality of life data were analysed using quantitative and qualitative methods with integration at the analysis and interpretation phases. Results Individual Quality of Life was high for patients and caregivers across the interviews series, and higher among patients than their care partners at each time point. Family, hobbies and social activities were the main self-defined contributors to quality of life. The importance of health declined relative to other areas over time. Friends and finances became less important for patients, but were assigned greater importance by caregivers across the illness trajectory. Psychological distress was higher among caregivers. Caregiver burden consistently increased. Conclusion The findings from this study point to the importance of exploring and monitoring quality of life at an individual level. Self-defined contributory factors are relevant to the individual within his/her context. As an integrated outcome measure individual quality of life should be assessed and monitored as part of routine clinical care during the clinical encounter. This can facilitate conversations between health care providers, patients and families, and inform interventions and contribute to decision support mechanisms. The ascertainment of self-defined life quality, especially in progressive neurodegenerative conditions, mean health care professionals are in a better position to provide person-centred care.

scholarly journals Compendium of the Health and Wellness Coaching Literature

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 436-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary A. Sforzo ◽  
Miranda P. Kaye ◽  
Irina Todorova ◽  
Sebastian Harenberg ◽  
Kyle Costello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Wellness Coaching ◽  
Treatment Of Diabetes ◽  
Definition Of

Health and wellness coaching (HWC) for lifestyle behavior change is emerging as a practice, role, and profession, in diverse health care, employee wellness, and community settings. Health care professionals apply HWC as a behavior change methodology for the prevention and treatment of diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, heart disease, cancer, and other chronic disorders. The purpose of this systematic review was to provide a comprehensive and organized compendium of HWC literature. To date, extant HWC literature remains scattered with no meaningful summary accessible. Lack of comprehensive summary stems from lack of consensus on HWC definition and standards. We applied a recently proposed, standardized definition of HWC to determine compendium inclusion criteria for peer-reviewed, data-based literature from relevant search engines (ie, PubMed, PsychInfo, and CINAHL). A systematic review process was executed and ultimately yielded 219 articles meeting HWC inclusion criteria. Of these, 150 were data-based and the remainder were expert opinion or review-style articles. A summary of results generally reveals HWC as a promising intervention for chronic diseases though further research is needed in most categories. The resulting HWC compendium organizes and describes the quantity and quality of available literature for the use and benefit of HWC practitioners and researchers.

scholarly journals Regional Differentiation for Life Quality of the Population in Ukraine Under Innovative Growth

e-Finanse ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
Natalia Burkina ◽  
Taras Furman ◽  
Janusz Soboń ◽  
Kostiantyn Sapun
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Population Distribution ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Statistical Information ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Regional Differentiation

Abstract The article focuses on the analysis of economic growth of Ukraine and its regions, using the proposed by the authors indicators of quality and indicators of the population living standards under innovation growth. The main purpose of the research is developing a method of multi-factor assessment and regional classification of population`s life quality. Moving to the results literature review showed that many approaches to assessing the quality of life of the population have been developed in the statistical theory and practice. However, still, there are many discussions about the question of a single aggregate indicator of living standards and the methodology of regional differentiation by this criterion. So, it has not been found a rational way to combine indicators of the level and quality of life to obtain a comprehensive index that reflects objectively, reliably and verifiable the population`s level and quality of life. The main discovered disadvantage of existing methods is the use of the expert estimation method, which does not allow guaranteeing validity the weight of the criteria for estimation the quality of life indicator. Nevertheless, all authors admitted that today the role of the state rises in solving the most important social and economic problems, therefore, the task to increase the efficiency of the regions` functioning based on innovation activity becomes of key importance. The analysis of regional activity`s effectiveness considering the innovation component is the most important part of national administration. In the article the research of the question of multi-factor assessment and regional classification the quality of the country population`s life is carried out in the following logical sequence: theoretical analysis of categories of living standards and quality of life; development of the statistical indicators system at the regional level for assessing the quality of life of the population; distribution of the entire system of indicators for certain economic categories; receiving indexes for each region by each category; realization of regional clustering with the received system of indexes. The methodical tools of the research were general scientific methods: analysis (conducted analysis of definitions for concepts of the standard of living and quality of life); synthesis (combination of separate research methods into a unified methodology of regional differentiation by the quality of life); deduction (initially it is analyzed all the proposed systems of indicators in general, and then they are divided into economic categories); abstraction (separation of a significant indicators system for the implementation of regional differentiation in terms of innovation development of the living standard of the population from the entire statistical information), specification (revealing specific characteristics of the received categories and clusters); comparison (comparison of regions according to the indicators of the population`s life quality level), classification (grouping of individual indicators into economic categories); generalization (with the help of which conclusions were drawn). There were also used some special methods: cluster methods (the tree clustering method and k-means clustering of the regions of Ukraine by the basic indicators of population`s living standards), the method of the main components (for the development of regional indexes for each category). The research was carried out for the data of 2017 year as the last year, for which statistical information is available with most indicators in a regional context. The object of the study is Ukraine and its 24 regions. The city of Kyiv was highlighted as the capital. The article presents the results of the empirical analysis of the level and quality of population`s life indicators, which allowed to allocate five clusters and a set of indicators for regional differentiation. The study empirically confirms the presence of regional clusters in the category of living standards and theoretically proposes a methodology for its implementation in conditions of innovative development. The results of the study can be useful for analyzing various scenarios for the implementation of social policy aimed at financial and economic protection of the population ensuring. It was shown that for certain regions the quality of population`s life should be considered as a task of their innovative growth.

scholarly journals Identificação do paciente como estratégia de segurança

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Ventura-Silva ◽  
Susana Filipa Mendes Castro ◽  
Sandrina Gomes Sousa ◽  
Nuno Edgar Carones Esteves ◽  
Maria Amélia José Monteiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Quality ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Health Care Quality Assurance ◽  
Continuous Quality ◽  
Unequivocal Identification ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Provision Of Care ◽  
And Training

Objetivo: relatar a experiência na construção de um projeto de melhoria contínua da qualidade para a identificação inequívoca do paciente. Método: trata-se de um descritivo, tipo relato de experiência, que compartilha a construção de um projeto que tem como finalidade a identificação inequívoca do paciente, no contexto hospitalar, segundo o referencial da Ordem dos Enfermeiros de Portugal. Resultados: apresentaram-se em oito etapas: identificação e descrição do problema; percepção do problema e suas causas; formulação de objetivos; definição do público-alvo e critérios de inclusão/exclusão; planejamento e execução das atividades; verificação dos resultados; proposta de medidas corretivas; uniformização e capacitação da equipe e, finalmente, reconhecimento e compartilhamento do sucesso. Conclusão: conclui-se que a identificação inequívoca do paciente se torna fundamental para diminuir os incidentes no decorrer da prestação de cuidados. Sugere-se, assim, criar estratégias para sensibilizar os profissionais para a implementação do procedimento de modo a garantir a qualidade e segurança dos cuidados prestados. Descritores: Segurança; Paciente; Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde; Garantia da Qualidade dos Cuidados de Saúde; Enfermagem; Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros.AbstractObjective: to report the experience in the construction of a project of continuous quality improvement for the unequivocal identification of the patient. Method: it is a descriptive, type of experience report, which shares the construction of a project that aims to unequivocally identify the patient, in the hospital context, according to the framework of the Order of Nurses of Portugal. Results: presented in eight stages: identification and description of the problem; perception of the problem and its causes; formulation of objectives; definition of the target audience and inclusion / exclusion criteria; planning and execution of activities; verification of results; corrective measures proposal; uniformity and training of the team and, finally, recognition and sharing of success. Conclusion: it is concluded that the unequivocal identification of the patient becomes essential to reduce the incidents during the provision of care. It is suggested, therefore, to create strategies to sensitize professionals to the implementation of the procedure in order to guarantee the quality and safety of the care provided. Descriptors:  Safety; Patients; Quality of Health Care; Quality Assurance, Health Care; Nursing; Nurses.ResumenObjetivo: reportar la experiencia en la construcción de un proyecto de mejora continua de la calidad para la identificación inequívoca del paciente. Método: es un informe descriptivo, de tipo de experiencia, que comparte la construcción de un proyecto que tiene como objetivo identificar inequívocamente al paciente, en el contexto hospitalario, de acuerdo con el marco de la Orden de Enfermeros de Portugal. Resultados: presentados en ocho etapas: identificación y descripción del problema; percepción del problema y sus causas; formulación de objetivos; definición del público objetivo y criterios de inclusión / exclusión; planificación y ejecución de actividades; verificación de resultados; propuesta de medidas correctivas; uniformidad y formación del equipo y, finalmente, reconocimiento y reparto del éxito. Conclusión: se concluye que la identificación inequívoca del paciente se vuelve esencial para reducir los incidentes durante la prestación de la atención. Se sugiere, por lo tanto, crear estrategias para sensibilizar a los profesionales sobre la implementación del procedimiento a fin de garantizar la calidad y seguridad de la atención brindada. Descriptores:  Seguridad; Pacientes; Calidad de la Atención de Salud; Garantía de la Calidad de Atención de Salud; Enfermería; Enfermeras y Enfermeros.

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