scholarly journals Dental Care Provision during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: The Importance of Continuous Support for Vulnerable Patients

Medicina ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz Dziedzic ◽  
Marta Tanasiewicz ◽  
Monika Tysiąc-Miśta
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Dental Services ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Adequate Care ◽  
Specialist Services ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Global Health Care ◽  
Long Term Impact

As a result of the ongoing 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the medical and dental services across the world have to tackle unprecedented situations, providing essential care and professional support. The global health care crisis caused directly by the vast number of severe COVID-19 cases, and indirectly by reduced access to health care, as well as by limited secondary care provision, had a major impact on specialist services, and subsequently the deterioration of medical and dental conditions, particularly in vulnerable persons. In particular, at present, special care dentistry seems to play a unique role, dealing with a wide range of patients with underlying medical conditions and co-morbidities, phobic individuals, and persons with learning/physical disabilities. The effective adaptation of health services to the current new reality, based on an empathetic approach and recent guidelines, would allow us to maintain an adequate care provision, minimizing the long-term impact of the pandemic.

Health Policy in Cambodia: To What Extent Is an Aid-Dependent Country Able to Determine Its Own Policy?

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIRGINIE DIAZ PEDREGAL ◽  
BLANDINE DESTREMAU ◽  
BART CRIEL
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Health Care Provision ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Low Income Country ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Wide Range

AbstractThis article analyses the design and implementation process of arrangements for health care provision and access to health care in Cambodia. It points to the complexity of shaping a coherent social policy in a low-income country heavily dependent on international aid.At a theoretical level, we confirm that ideas, interests and institutions are all important factors in the construction of Cambodian health care schemes. However, we demonstrate that trying to hierarchically organise these three elements to explain policy making is not fruitful.Regarding the methodology, interviews with forty-eight selected participants produced the qualitative material for this study. A documentary review was also an important source of data and information.The study produces two sets of results. First, Cambodian policy aimed at the development of health care arrangements results from a series of negotiations between a wide range of stakeholders with different objectives and interests. International stakeholders, such as donors and technical organisations, are major players in the policy arena where health policy is constructed. Cambodian civil society, however, is rarely involved in the negotiations.Second, the Cambodian government makes political decisions incrementally. The long-term vision of the Cambodian authorities for improving health care provision and access is quite clear, but, nevertheless, day-to-day decisions and actions are constantly negotiated between stakeholders. As a result, donors and non-government organisations (NGOs) working in the field find it difficult to anticipate policies.To conclude, despite real autonomy in the decision-making process, the Cambodian government still has to prove its capacity to master a number of risks, such as the (so far under-regulated) development of the private health care sector.

scholarly journals How Structural Compensation Facilitates Health Care for the Homeless. A Comparative View on Four European Union Member States

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (23) ◽  
pp. 9114
Author(s):  
Ursula Trummer ◽  
Sonja Novak-Zezula ◽  
Mariola Chrzanowska ◽  
Christos Michalakelis ◽  
Roido Mitoula ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Health Care Provision ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Public Health Systems ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
European Union Member States ◽  
Desk Research

There is robust evidence that homelessness and the associated life conditions of a homeless person may cause and exacerbate a wide range of health problems, while healthcare for the homeless is simultaneously limited in accessibility, availability, and appropriateness. This article investigates legal frameworks of health care provision, existing knowledge on numbers of homeless to be considered, and current means of health care provision for four EU countries with different economic and public health background: Austria, Greece, Poland, and Romania. National experts investigated the respective regulations and practices in place with desk research. The results show differences in national frameworks of inclusion into health care provision and knowledge on the number of people experiencing homelessness, but high similarity when it comes to main actors of actual health care provision for homeless populations. In all included countries, despite their differences in economic investments and universality of access to public health systems, it is mainly NGOs providing health care to those experiencing homelessness. This phenomenon fits into conceptual frameworks developed around service provision for vulnerable population groups, wherein it has been described as “structural compensation,” meaning that NGOs compensate a structural inappropriateness that can be observed within public health systems.

The potential for telemedicine and telecare in Deptford

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 77-79
Author(s):  
I Jardine ◽  
K Clough ◽  
J Navein
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Delivery Of Care ◽  
Improve Health Care ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Improve Health

We carried out a study to explore the potential of telemedicine and telecare to improve health-care for the population served by a health centre based in Deptford in south-east London. A wide range of potentially useful telemedicine and telecare applications was identified, nine of which could provide some immediate benefit. Others requiring new approaches to the delivery of care involved some re-engineering of services. Some suggestions focused on the need to integrate information technology with service provision. Other suggestions raised strategic questions, the most important of which concerned the routes of access to health-care.

The Importance of Telemedicine in Global Health Care

2017 ◽  
pp. 860-880
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Global Health Care ◽  
Acceptance Model

The chapter explains the challenges facing health care systems; the overview of telemedicine; the technological devices of telemedicine systems; telemedicine and chronic diseases; telemedicine and technology acceptance model (TAM); the applications of telemedicine in the oil and gas industry; and the importance of telemedicine in global health care. Telemedicine brings the health care value through its ability for the remote visits with patients, immediate access to health care professionals, real-time access to health data, and health monitoring capabilities. Telemedicine is an effective health care measure that can manage the new and affordable technology with the potential to deliver the convenient and effective care to patients, and provides an alternative way for the health care organizations to deliver the essential health outcomes. The chapter argues that applying telemedicine has the potential to increase health care performance and gain sustainable competitive advantage in global health care.

The Importance of Telemedicine in Global Health Care

2017 ◽  
pp. 157-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Global Health Care ◽  
Acceptance Model

The chapter explains the challenges facing health care systems; the overview of telemedicine; the technological devices of telemedicine systems; telemedicine and chronic diseases; telemedicine and technology acceptance model (TAM); the applications of telemedicine in the oil and gas industry; and the importance of telemedicine in global health care. Telemedicine brings the health care value through its ability for the remote visits with patients, immediate access to health care professionals, real-time access to health data, and health monitoring capabilities. Telemedicine is an effective health care measure that can manage the new and affordable technology with the potential to deliver the convenient and effective care to patients, and provides an alternative way for the health care organizations to deliver the essential health outcomes. The chapter argues that applying telemedicine has the potential to increase health care performance and gain sustainable competitive advantage in global health care.

Complementary therapies

2007 ◽  
pp. 153-158
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Complementary Therapies ◽  
Health Care Provision ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
The Public ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
And Training

Complementary therapies 154 Regulation and training 156 Complementary therapies are gaining popularity with both the public and health professionals and as a result are finding a more substantial place in a number of areas of mainstream health care provision. One of these areas is that of cancer care. Patients are accessing a wide range of therapies including acupuncture, homeopathy, aromatherapy, reflexology, and massage. Complementary therapies are used in addition to, and complementing, conventional therapies for cancer or other illnesses. Increasingly, the term ...

scholarly journals Access to health care for people with learning disabilities in the UK: mapping the issues and reviewing the evidence

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Alborz ◽  
Rosalind McNally ◽  
Caroline Glendinning
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Communication Aid ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Improve Access

Objectives: People with learning disabilities are more prone to a wide range of additional physical and mental health problems than the general population. Our aim was to map the issues and review the evidence on access to health care for these patients. The review sought to identify theory, evidence and gaps in knowledge relating to the help-seeking behaviour of people with learning disabilities and their carers, barriers and problems they experience accessing the full range of health services, and practical and effective interventions aiming to improve access to health care. Methods: A three-strand approach was adopted, involving searches of electronic databases, a consultation exercise and a mail shot to researchers and learning disability health professionals. Evidence relevant to our model of 'access' was evaluated for scientific rigour and selected papers synthesized. Results: Overall, a lack of rigorous research in this area was noted and significant gaps in the evidence base were apparent. Evidence was identified on the difficulties in identifying health needs among people with learning disabilities and the potentially empowering or obstructive influence of third parties on access to health care. Barriers to access identified within health services included problems with communication, inadequate facilities, rigid procedures and lack of appropriate interpersonal skills among mainstream health care professionals in caring for these patients. A number of innovations designed to improve access were identified, including a communication aid, a prompt card to support general practitioners, health check programmes and walk-in clinics. Conclusion: There are important gaps in the knowledge base on access to health care for this group. While these need to be addressed, developing strategies to overcome identified barriers should be a priority, along with fuller evaluation of existing innovations.

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