Targeting Care

Targeting care in Barrett's oesophagus.

Barretts oesophagus represents the most significant risk factor for the development of oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC), although the majority of patients will not develop cancer. However, early detection of OAC and its precursors significantly improves outcome and underlines the importance of endoscopic surveillance programmes. Clearly there is a discrepancy between the small number of people ...

Targeting zero health care-associated infections.

In January of 2006, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology published APIC Vision 2012, a strategic approach to the future of the practice and profession. Goal 1 of the plan stated that APIC will ‘‘promote prevention and zero tolerance for healthcareassociated infections (HAIs).’’ Since that time, APIC’s approach has evolved and focused instead on promoting a cul...

Physical activity promotion in primary care targeting the older adult.

PURPOSE This integrative review identifies and examines research literature focused on physical activity promotion provided in primary care settings to older adult patients in order to evaluate the effectiveness of provider-delivered interventions on elders short- and long-term activity levels. DATA RESOURCES A comprehensive review of original research published in English from all countries ...

Solving Uncompensated Hospital Care : Targeting the Indigent and The

Targeting health care improvement for persons with disabilities.

Histories of persons with disabilities only started being widely told in the last few decades, and often they are not happy. Discrimination, disenfranchisement, and even outright hostility reach back to Biblical times. The forced isolation of many persons with disabilities over the centuries has obliterated their traces. Leaping forward two millennia, enormous strides have certainly been taken,...