A Realistic Digital Study on Healthcare Practices in Urban Regions

By the end of 2015, the global smart connected device market is expected to be worth USD 735.1 billion. PC usage is expected to decline from 28.7% in 2013 to 13% in 2017. Tablets are expected to grow since 11.8% in 2013 To 16.5% in 2017, while smart mobiles are expected to climb from 59.5 percent to 70.5 percent. Tablets and smartphones are expected to account for 87 percent of the global smart connected device market by 2017. Customer engagement is the top objective for businesses throughout the world when it comes to smart device channel strategies. Health care is one of the many verticals where this transition will have significant ramifications. By far the most important aspect of their smart device channel strategy for hospitals will be patient involvement. Advanced knowledge is enhancing devices, facilities, and procedures, influencing the persistent and essential knowledges as well as hospital operations. The Medical industry has responding to the advanced revolution as well as increasing at a 15% annual-Rate. With the use of technology, much inefficiencies in the delivery of health care services may be removed. Sensors incorporated in a broad series of health modules, such as analytic apparatus, medication distribution schemes, medical robot, essential modules, trickle machineries, and health-fitness devices, are projected to undertake many measures and tests that are presently delivered manually. As a result, health-care delivery will undergo a paradigm shift in comparison to what it is now. Not just in supermarkets and metropolitan bazaars, but it is in additional markets, the usage of the broadband for pointed and switching strength info & discussing post-analysis treatment is becoming more common. Health-related websites and blogs are becoming more popular, and they represent a delay or novel arrangement of the kind of material that has remained offer by old-style bases of info like magazines and periodicals. The reality of examination trains and social networking positions has opened up at modern opportunities, but it has also raised questions about how users can verify they are obtaining quality, vetted information. Health-related websites include information on healthy habits as well as diseases, existence, medications, and complements. Effected persons who reach for action with a prospective analysis drawn from a weblinks that had slight to do with an accurate assessment of their ailment are not uncommon these days, according to health care specialists. Abusing the possible of digital technologies to improve the excellence and security of health care has piqued people's curiosity. Globally, the application of transformative tele-Health and mobile-Health knowledges is often at a high expense. The advent of persistent determined health care advertising, which is changing the method healthiness care facilities are given, is the subject of this empirical study. The use of examples from other industries is used to provide context for marketing accomplishments and to identify relevant characteristics for inclusion in health-care marketing models. The benefits and drawbacks of knowledge allowed health-care marketing is too discussed.

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Analysis of Facilitators and Barriers to the Delivery of Routine Care during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare9050528 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 528

Author(s):

Cristian Lieneck ◽

Brooke Herzog ◽

Raven Krips

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Routine Care ◽

Future Research ◽

Healthcare Organizations ◽

Care Services ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

Facilitators And Barriers

The delivery of routine health care during the COVID-19 global pandemic continues to be challenged as public health guidelines and other local/regional/state and other policies are enforced to help prevent the spread of the virus. The objective of this systematic review is to identify the facilitators and barriers affecting the delivery of routine health care services during the pandemic to provide a framework for future research. In total, 32 articles were identified for common themes surrounding facilitators of routine care during COVID-19. Identified constructed in the literature include enhanced education initiatives for parents/patients regarding routine vaccinations, an importance of routine vaccinations as compared to the risk of COVID-19 infection, an enhanced use of telehealth resources (including diagnostic imagery) and identified patient throughput/PPE initiatives. Reviewers identified the following barriers to the delivery of routine care: conservation of medical providers and PPE for non-routine (acute) care delivery needs, specific routine care services incongruent the telehealth care delivery methods, and job-loss/food insecurity. Review results can assist healthcare organizations with process-related challenges related to current and/or future delivery of routine care and support future research initiatives as the global pandemic continues.

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Variation in Utilization of Health Care Services for Rural VA Enrollees With Mental Health-Related Diagnoses

The Journal of Rural Health ◽

10.1111/jrh.12105 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 244-253 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Christopher E. Johnson ◽

Ruth L. Bush ◽

Jeffrey Harman ◽

Jane Bolin ◽

Gina Evans Hudnall ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Care Services ◽

Health Related

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Revising the ERDs for the 21st Century

Ethics & Medics ◽

10.5840/em202146815 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 46 (8) ◽

pp. 1-2

Author(s):

John F. Brehany ◽

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Health Care ◽

21St Century ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Care Delivery ◽

The United States ◽

Care Services ◽

Moral Tradition ◽

Modern Health Care ◽

Catholic Health Care

Since their inception in 1948, The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs) have guided Catholic health care ministries in the United States, aiding in the application of Catholic moral tradition to modern health care delivery. The ERDs have undergone two major revisions in that time, with about twenty years separating each revision. The first came in 1971 and the second came twenty-six years ago, in 1995. As such, a third major revision is due and will likely be undertaken soon.

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When Clock Time Governs Interaction: How Time Influences Health Professionals’ Intersectoral Collaboration

Qualitative Health Research ◽

10.1177/1049732318779046 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 (13) ◽

pp. 2059-2070 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Anne Bendix Andersen ◽

Kirsten Beedholm ◽

Raymond Kolbæk ◽

Kirsten Frederiksen

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Elderly Patients ◽

Health Care Delivery ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Intersectoral Collaboration ◽

Clock Time ◽

Care Services ◽

Patient Pathways

When setting up patient pathways that cross health care sectors, professionals in emergency units strive to fulfill system requirements by creating efficient patient pathways that comply with standards for length of stay. We conducted an ethnographic field study, focusing on health professionals’ collaboration, of 10 elderly patients with chronic illnesses, following them from discharge to their home or other places where they received health care services. We found that clock time not only governed the professionals’ ways of collaborating, but acceleration of patient pathways also became an overall goal in health care delivery. Professionals’ efforts to save time came to represent a “monetary value,” leading to speedier planning of patient pathways and consequent risks of disregarding important issues when treating and caring for elderly patients. We suggest that such issues are significant to the future planning and improvement of patient pathways that involve elderly citizens who are in need of intersectoral health care delivery.

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iKure Techsoft: Providing Technology Enabled Affordable Health Care in Rural India

Asian Case Research Journal ◽

10.1142/s0218927518500165 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 (02) ◽

pp. 385-411

Author(s):

Atanu Chaudhuri ◽

Venkatramanaiah Saddikutti ◽

Thim Prætorius

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Health Workers ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Rural India ◽

Medical Team ◽

Hub And Spoke ◽

Care Services ◽

Primary Health ◽

Care Delivery Model

iKure Techsoft was established in 2010 with the main objective to provide affordable and high quality primary health care to the rural population in India and to build a sustainable for-profit business model. To that end, iKure’s cloud based, and patent pending, Wireless Health Incident Monitoring System (WHIMS) technology along with their hub-and-spoke operating model are central, but also essential to exploit and explore further if iKure is to scale-up. iKure provides primary health care services through three hub clinics and 28 rural health centres (RHCs). Each hub clinic employs between one and up to six medical teams (each consisting of 1 doctor, 1 nurse, 1 paramedic and 2 health workers stationed at the hub) & 1 mobile medical team (1 doctor, 1 paramedic, 2 health workers) for catering to the RHCs). Each medical team manages six RHCs. Paramount in iKure’s health care delivery model is their self-developed software called WHIMS, which is a cloud-based award-winning application that runs on low internet bandwidths. WHIMS allow for (a) centralized monitoring of key metrics such as doctor’s attendance, treatment prescribed, patient record management, pharmacy stock management, and (b) supports effective communication, integration and contact that connects RHCs with hub clinics, but also city-based multi-specialty hospitals with whom iKure has formal tie-ups. iKure, moreover, also works extensively with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Collaboration with local NGOs in the target areas helps to build trust with the rural villagers and their local knowledge and access helps to assess service demand. NGOs also provide the necessary local logistical support and basic infrastructure in the rural areas where iKure works. Moreover, collaboration, for example, with corporate organizations are central as they contribute with part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds to support iKure initiatives. At present, iKure is planning to add diagnostic services to its six hub clinics as well as expand its presence in other parts of West Bengal and other states across India. Expanding rural health care services even with the technology support of WHIMS is challenging because, for example, health is a very local issue (due to, among other things, local customs and languages) and it requires investing significant amount of time and resources to build relationship with the rural people as well as collaborators such as NGOs and corporates. The accompanying case describes iKure’s journey so far in terms of understanding: (a) the state of health care and government health care services provided in rural India, (b) the establishment and evolution of the iKure business and health care model, (c) iKure’s operations and health care delivery model including the WHIMS technology solution and hub-and-spoke set-up of operations, (d) the collaborative model which relies on NGOs and private corporates, and (e) finally iKure’s challenges related to scaling-up.

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Light Still Shines in the Darkness

Journal of Holistic Nursing ◽

10.1177/0898010109359310 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 266-274 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ted Karpf ◽

J. Todd Ferguson ◽

Robin Y. Swift

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Care Services ◽

Care Giving ◽

Basic Care ◽

The People ◽

British Military ◽

Health Care Models ◽

Care Models

Health care is in crisis at the global, national, and local levels, with hundreds of millions living without basic care, or with insufficient care. Current health care models seem to have ignored, muted, or excluded the voices of the people they were intended to serve, resulting in health systems and care delivery models that do not respond to the needs of the people. This article describes a values-based approach to health and health care services in which the voices of the people are heard and listened to, and in which individuals and communities are informed participants in their own care. We draw parallels between contemporary concerns for decency in care giving to Florence Nightingale’s path-breaking work, first with the British military medical system and then Great Britain as a whole.

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Participative management in health care services

Curationis ◽

10.4102/curationis.v18i1.1347 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M. Muller

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Inductive Reasoning ◽

Participative Management ◽

Management Approach ◽

Health Care Organisation ◽

Care Services ◽

Care Organisation ◽

Interactive Decision Making

The need and demand for the highest-quality management of all health care delivery activities requires a participative management approach. The purpose with this article is to explore the process of participative management, to generate and describe a model for such management, focusing mainly on the process of participative management, and to formulate guidelines for operationalisation of the procedure. An exploratory, descriptive and theory-generating research design is pursued. After a brief literature review, inductive reasoning is mainly employed to identify and define central concepts, followed by the formulation of a few applicable statements and guidelines. Participative management is viewed as a process of that constitutes the elements of dynamic interactive decision-making and problem-solving, shared governance, empowerment, organisational transformation, and dynamic communication within the health care organisation. The scientific method of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation is utilised throughout the process of participative management.

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Specialty Care Programme for Autism Spectrum Disorders in an Urban Population: A Case-Management Model for Health Care Delivery in an asd Population

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.06.004 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 102-109 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

M. Parellada ◽

L. Boada ◽

C. Moreno ◽

C. Llorente ◽

J. Romo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽

Case Management ◽

Health Care Delivery ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Care Programme ◽

Care Services ◽

Spectrum Disorders

AbstractSubjects with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have more medical needs and more difficulties accessing health care services than the general population. Their verbal and non-verbal communication difficulties and particular behaviors, along with lack of expertise on the part of physicians and failure of the services to make adjustments, make it difficult for them to obtain an appropriate health care.PurposeTo describe a model for health care delivery in an ASD population.MethodReview of relevant literature and a discussion process with stakeholders leading to the design of a service to meet the specialty health needs of subjects of all ages with ASD for a region with a population of 6,000,000.ResultsA service was designed centred around the concepts of case management, individualization, facilitation, accompaniment, continuous training and updating, and quality management. Five hundred and thirteen patients with ASD have been seen over a period of 18 months. The programme generated 1566 psychiatric visits and 1052 visits to other specialties (mainly Nutrition, Stomatology, Neurology, and Gastroenterology) in the same period.ConclusionPersons with ASD may benefit from adjustments of health care services in order to improve their access to adequate health care at the quality level of the rest of the population.

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Social enterprises, health-care provision and ethical capital

Social Enterprise Journal ◽

10.1108/sej-05-2013-0018 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 105-120 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lucy Frith

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Delivery ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Social Enterprises ◽

Ethical Perspective ◽

Content Type ◽

Care Services ◽

The Relationship

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to advance a conceptual understanding of the role of social enterprises in health care by developing the concept of ethical capital. Social enterprises have been an important part of both the coalition and the previous government’s vision for improving health-care delivery. One of the central arguments for increasing the role of social enterprises in health care is they can provide the benefits of a public service ethos with the efficiencies and innovatory strategies of a business. Social enterprises are well placed to promote the type of values that should underpin health care delivery. Design/methodology/approach – This paper explores the conceptual issues raised by using social enterprises to provide health-care services that were previously provided by the National Health Service (NHS) from an ethical perspective. Findings – It will be argued that conceptualising social enterprises as organisations that can and should produce ethical capital could be a useful way of developing the debate over social enterprises in health care. Practical implications – The paper provides suggestions on how ethical capital might be produced and monitored in social enterprises. Originality/value – This paper advances the debate over the use of the concept of ethical capital in social enterprises and explores the relationship between ethical and social capital – both under researched areas. It also contributes to the emerging discussions of social enterprises in current health policy and their role in the radically reformed English NHS.

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A Context-Aware Machine-to-Machine-Enabled Pervasive Cardiac Telemetry for Personalizing Health Care Delivery

10.31219/osf.io/m75xz ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Thierry Oscar Dr. Edoh ◽

Aude-Elvis ODELOUI

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Heart Diseases ◽

Remote Communication ◽

Machine To Machine ◽

Personalized Care ◽

Care Services ◽

Services Delivery ◽

Access To Health

Personalized health care in coming and shows promise to improve the health care services delivery.Internet of Things (IoT) enabled personalized care enables patient-centric care delivery wheremedical doctors provide care based on data emanated from the patient and on the patientmedical/health record.Cardiovascular diseases, known as non-communicable diseases, are a leading death causeworldwide. Developing countries are bearing the heaviest heart diseases burden. Additionally,these countries are facing numerous challenges such as poor access to health care services delivery,lack of adequate medicine, lack of health insurance that aggravate the poor care accessibility issues.Several outpatients living in rural are severely facing the accessibility issues due to the remoteresidence. They are living very far from specialized hospitals or clinics.This paper aims at presenting a novel cardiac telemetry approach combining the paradigm ofcontext awareness and the IoT Technology to provide personalized care to remote outpatient and,thus, improve on one hand the patient monitoring and on other increase access to health careservices as well as provide personalized care, which shows promise to improve the quality of thecare.Regarding the telecommunication issues facing most developing, especially the rural regions, storeand forward approach is adopted for data exchanges and machine-to-machine (M2M)communication is selected to support communication in the entire system since M2Mcommunication is technology independent, interoperable, and enable remote communication.

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