scholarly journals Drafting Success: Creating a National Action Plan for Patient Safety

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-77
Author(s):  
Caitlyn Allen
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Family Engagement ◽  
Steering Committee ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
National Action Plan ◽  
Informal Conversation

An informal conversation with Dr. Tejal Gandhi and Dr. Jeffrey Brady about their work as co-chairs of the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety and how the committee’s new action plan, Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety, aims to change the patient safety landscape. The plan, released September 14, focuses on four foundational areas: culture, leadership, and governance; patient and family engagement; workforce safety; and learning systems.

Supporting the National Action Plan on Nutrition

10.1596/30401 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakub Kakietek ◽  
Anne Provo ◽  
Michelle Mehta ◽  
Farhana Sharmin ◽  
Meera Shekar
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
National Action Plan

Gender, poverty and disability in the National Action Plan for Food and Nutrition 2017-2019 of Indonesia and ways

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayathri Ramani ◽  
Ara Go ◽  
Deanna K. Olney
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
National Action Plan ◽  
Food And Nutrition

Control of antimicrobial resistance in Cameroon: Feasibility of implementing the National Action Plan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvis Tajoache Amin ◽  
Omeichu Amadeus Agwenam ◽  
Shu Divine Mamboneh ◽  
Ekukole Serge Ekome ◽  
Njumkeng Charles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
National Action Plan

scholarly journals Albanian National Action Plan for Roma Inclusion 2016–2020: A Study on the Program Achievements at the Halfway Mark

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110361
Author(s):  
Gentian Qejvanaj
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
National Action Plan ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Us ◽  
Implementation Period ◽  
Education And Employment

Roma segregation in Albania has been causing growing concern since the fall of the communist regime. In this study, we analyze the effectiveness of the Albanian national action plan for Roma inclusion 2016–2020, in 2018, halfway in its implementation period. We gathered data on education and employment from the pre-implementation period (2015) and compared it with the latest available data in 2018. Interviews with local experts and surveys by the Balkan Barometer will provide background information to assess the current state of Roma integration in Albania. Moreover, descriptive statistics from national and international institutions and structured interviews will draw an independent narrative of Roma affairs. In our conclusion, we suggest moving beyond the “us and them” approach with programs run on inertia; our findings highlight that although encouraging achievements have been reached under the 2016–2020 action plan, real inclusion is still far, as statistical achievements do not say much about the quality of the education or job training provided under the 2016–2020 action plan.

scholarly journals Utilizing Behavioral Science to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing in Rural Urgent Care Settings

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s506-s507
Author(s):  
Patricia Cummings ◽  
Rita Alajajian ◽  
Larissa May ◽  
Russel Grant ◽  
Hailey Greer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Education ◽  
Influenza Season ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Inappropriate Prescribing ◽  
Urgent Care ◽  
Antibiotic Prescribing ◽  
Intervention Period ◽  
National Action Plan ◽  
Its Analysis ◽  
Urgent Care Centers

Background: The rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) is 45% among urgent care centers across the United States. To contribute to the US National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, which aims to decrease rates of inappropriate prescribing, we implemented 2 behavioral nudges using the evidence-based MITIGATE tool kit from urgent-care settings, at 3 high-volume, rural, urgent-care centers. Methods: An interrupted time series (ITS) analysis was conducted comparing a preintervention phase during the 2017–2018 influenza season (October through March) to the intervention phase during the 2018–2019 influenza season. We compared the rate of inappropriate or non–guideline-concordant antibiotic prescribing for ARTIs across 3 urgent-care locations. The 2 intervention behavioral nudges were (1) staff and patient education and (2) peer comparison. Provider education included presentations at staff meetings and grand rounds, and patient education print materials were distributed to the 3 locations coupled with news media and social media. We utilized the CDC “Be Antibiotics Aware” campaign materials, with our hospital’s logo added, and posted them in patient rooms and waiting areas. For the peer comparison behavioral intervention, providers were sent individual feedback e-mails with their prescribing data during the intervention period and a blinded ranking e-mail in which they were ranked in comparison to their peers. In the blinded ranking email, providers were placed into categories of “low prescribers,” those with a ≤23% inappropriate antibiotic prescribing rate based on the US National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistance Bacteria 2020 goal, or “high prescribers,” those with a rate greater than the national average (45%) of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for ARTI. Results: Our results show that fewer inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions were written during the intervention period (58.8%) than during the preintervention period (73.0%), resulting in a 14.5% absolute decrease in rates of inappropriate prescribing among urgent-care locations over a 6-month period (Fig. 1). The largest percentage decline in rates was seen in the month of April (−35.8%) when compared to April of the previous year. The ITS analysis revealed that the rate of inappropriate prescribing was statistically significantly different during the preintervention period compared to the intervention period (95% CI, −4.59 to −0.59; P = .0142). Conclusions: Using interventions outlined in the MITIGATE tool kit, we were able to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for ARTI in 3 rural, urgent-care locations.Funding: NoneDisclosures: Larissa May repo, Speaking honoraria-Cepheid Research grants-Roche Consultant-BioRad Advisory Board-Qvella Consultant-Nabriva

Utility and applicability of the “Childhood Obesity Risk Evaluation” (CORE)-index in predicting obesity in childhood and adolescence in Greece from early life: the “National Action Plan for Public Health”

2016 ◽  
Vol 175 (12) ◽  
pp. 1989-1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yannis Manios ◽  
Elpis Vlachopapadopoulou ◽  
George Moschonis ◽  
Feneli Karachaliou ◽  
Theodora Psaltopoulou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Risk Evaluation ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Obesity Risk ◽  
National Action Plan

Addressing Cancer Disparities in SGM Populations: Recommendations for a National Action Plan to Increase SGM Health Equity Through Researcher and Provider Training and Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miria Kano ◽  
Nelson Sanchez ◽  
Irene Tamí-Maury ◽  
Benjamin Solder ◽  
Gordon Watt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Equity ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Cancer Disparities ◽  
Provider Training ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
National Action Plan

The “Open Government Reform” Movement

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne J. Piotrowski
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Administrative Reform ◽  
Reform Movement ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Government Reform ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
President Obama ◽  
National Action Plan ◽  
Administrative Reforms ◽  
The Us

Open government initiatives, which include not only transparency but also participation and collaboration policies, have become a major administrative reform. As such, these initiatives are gaining cohesiveness in literature. President Obama supported open government through a range of policies including the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a multinational initiative. The OGP requires member organizations to develop open government national action plans, which are used as the basis for my analysis. To frame this paper, I use and expand upon David Heald’s directions and varieties of transparency framework. A content analysis of the 62 commitments in the US Second Open Government National Action Plan was conducted. The analysis provides two findings of note: First, the traditional view of transparency was indeed the most prevalent in the policies proposed. In that respect, not much has changed, even with the OGP’s emphasis on a range of approaches. Second, openness among and between agencies played a larger than expected role. While the OGP pushed an array of administrative reforms, the initiative had limited impact on the type of policies that were proposed and enacted. In sum, the OGP is an administrative reform that was launched with great fanfare, but limited influence in the US context. More research needs to be conducted to determine if the “open government reform” movement as a whole suffers from such problems in implementation.

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