Healthcare professionals and patients realize that healthcare is forever changing. Yet 1 thing remains constant: Nursing leaders are driven to perform effectively, economically, and efficiently while being highly invested in human caring. Doing the right intervention at the right time for the patient, their families, and communities continues to inspire us. No wonder the annual Gallup survey on...

We evaluated the factors influencing healthcare utilization among children aged < 5 years with pneumonia symptoms in Muntinlupa City, the Philippines. We interviewed 1,330 caregivers from 190 households per district in seven districts from March to April, 2009 using a standardized questionnaire to obtain information about demographic characteristics, access to healthcare facilities, and potenti...

the aim of this study was to explore the relationship between diabetes and depression and investigate the effects of comorbid diabetes and depression on healthcare utilization.the study sample included 10,179 korean adults aged ≥ 45 years. the presence of diabetes was assessed by asking participants if the participants had ever been diagnosed with diabetes. depression was measured using the 10-...

387. The Use of Aerosolized Tobramycin in Children Residing in Pediatric Long Term Care Facilities MeghanMurray, MPH; Marianne Pavia; Olivia Jackson, RN; Mary Keenan, RN, MS, CNS; Bevin Cohen, MPH, MPhil; Natalie Neu, MD; Lisa Saiman, MD MPH; School of Nursing, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children, Bayside, NY; Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Cen...

1Division of Hematology/Oncology/BMT, BC’s Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 2Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; 3Children’s Oncology Group, Arcadia, CA; 4Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; 5Department of Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus; 6Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, IWK Health Center, Halifax, ...

The methods for healthcare reform are strikingly underdeveloped, with much reliance on political power. A methodology that combined methods from sources such as clinical trials, experience-based wisdom, and improvement science could be among the aims of the upcoming work in the USA on comparative effectiveness and on the agenda of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation in the Centers f...

background: increasing hospital costs and its social and cultural problems has led to the idea of providing healthcare services at home. because of infrastructural and implementation problems, providing healthcare at home in iran has not been initiated yet. therefore, this study set out to elaborate the need for a comprehensive system in order to provide this service in iran. methods: all artic...

a s the U.S. healthcare system anticipates the requirements of legislated healthcare reform, front and center is the challenge of improving the U.S. healthcare value equation—the need to improve the value received for the health dollar spent. As is often the case, the psychology of change is at play here, whereby humans turn to what they know best as a response. As many health system leaders fa...

A. J. Madhuranthakam, H. Yu, A. Shimakawa, M. P. Smith, S. B. Reeder, N. M. Rofsky, C. A. McKenzie, and J. H. Brittain MR Applied Science Lab, GE Healthcare, Boston, MA, United States, MR Applied Science Lab, GE Healthcare, Menlo Park, CA, United States, Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States, Radiology, Medi...

Healthcare-associated infections (HCIs) continue to affect patient morbidity and mortality and contribute to the rising cost of health care. Factors associated with the rise of HCIs in patients with cancer may include an increase in antimicrobial resistance and treatment effects of radiation and chemotherapeutic agents. Infection control and prevention practices can decrease infection rates amo...