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Crony Capitalism in US Health Care - Anatomy of a Dysfunctional System (Paperback): Naresh Khatri Crony Capitalism in US Health Care - Anatomy of a Dysfunctional System (Paperback)
Naresh Khatri
R624 Discovery Miles 6 240 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The US political system has come to depend upon money too much. The US health care industry spends the most on political lobbying among all the 13 industrial sectors in the US economy. The government regulatory agencies at both federal and state levels have been "captured" by the health industry interest groups meaning that the regulatory agencies respond to the interests of the industry but not those of citizens. This book employs a broad theoretical framework of crony capitalism to understand US health care system dysfunction. This framework has not been applied before in any serious manner to understand the shortcomings in the US health care system. Specifically, the book examines the role of seven key players using this framework - politicians/interest groups, pharmaceutical companies, private health insurers, hospitals/hospital networks, physicians, medical device manufacturers, and the American public. Crony capitalism is a destructive force and is rampant in US health care system, causing much waste, inefficiencies, and malaise in the system. Current efforts and initiatives, such as patient-centered medical homes and precision medicine, for improving/reforming the system are of mere academic interest and tantamount to taking aspirin to treat cancer. They do not even pretend to address the root cause of the problem, namely, crony capitalism. Offering prescriptions to fix the U.S. health care system based on a comprehensive diagnosis of the dysfunction, this book will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students in the fields of health care management, public and non-profit management, health policy, administration, and economics, and political science.

The Value of Systems and Complexity Sciences for Healthcare (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Joachim P. Sturmberg The Value of Systems and Complexity Sciences for Healthcare (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Joachim P. Sturmberg
R4,207 R3,406 Discovery Miles 34 060 Save R801 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This visionary reframing of health and healthcare uses a complexity science approach to building healthcare systems that are accessible, effective, and prepared for change and challenges. Its holistic map for understanding the human organism emphasizes the interconnectedness of the individual's physical, psychological, cognitive, and sociocultural functioning. Applications of this approach are described in primary, specialist, and emergency care and at the organizational and policy levels, from translating findings to practice, to problem solving and evaluation. In this model, the differences between disease and illness and treating illness and restoring health are not mere wordplay, but instead are robust concepts reflecting real-world issues and their solutions. Based on the Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Systems and Complexity for Healthcare, topics covered include: * Coping with complexity and uncertainty: insights from studying epidemiology in family medicine * Anticipation in complex systems: potential implications for improving safety and quality in healthcare * Monitoring variability and complexity at the bedside * Viewing mental health through the lens of complexity science * Ethical complexities in systems healthcare: what care and for whom? * The value of systems and complexity thinking to enable change in adaptive healthcare organizations supported by informatics * If the facts don't fit the theory, change the theory: implications for health system reform The Value of Systems and Complexity Sciences for Healthcare will interest and inspire health and disease researchers, health professionals, health care planners, health system financiers, health system administrators, health services administrators, health professional educators, and, last but not least, current and future patients.

Women's Health in Clinical Practice - A Handbook for Primary Care (Hardcover, 2008 ed.): Amy Lynn Clouse, Katherine Sherif Women's Health in Clinical Practice - A Handbook for Primary Care (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)
Amy Lynn Clouse, Katherine Sherif
R4,312 Discovery Miles 43 120 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Clearly elucidating many of the key issues found in the disparate literature on sex-based differences in health and illness, Women's Health in Clinical Practice provides primary care clinicians with a practical, up-to-date source of information that can lead to optimal, targeted care for women. This volume concisely addresses those issues that, through different risk factors, disease presentations, or gender differences, can distinctly affect female patients. Among the topics examined in this volume are contraception, menopause, osteoporosis, coronary heart disease, diabetes, cervical cancer, thyroid disorders, eating disorders, psychiatric disorders, and intimate partner violence. Comprehensive and thorough, Women unk]s Health in Clinical Practice will become an indispensable resource for all clinicians treating women of any age.

The Culture of Health - Asian Communities in the United States (Hardcover): Grace Xueqin Ma The Culture of Health - Asian Communities in the United States (Hardcover)
Grace Xueqin Ma
R2,553 Discovery Miles 25 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book examines a range of current health care issues affecting Asian Americans and explores ways to improve the quality of their health care. The author covers a variety of topics, including sociocultural approaches to health, illness, and health care; clients' experiences in accessing health care services; the important role of alternative practices in primary health care; and limitations on the professional development and practice of Asian health care providers. The book concludes with a look at challenges, implications, and research directions for Asian American health care improvements in the 21st century.

Health and illness always have multiple cultural and social dimensions that affect medical practices. Because we face rapidly evolving health care choices, it is important to understand the influence of sociocultural factors on health, illness, and health care.

The author emphasizes the cultural and socioeconomic factors that are shaping health-seeking behaviors of Asian Americans and the interrelationships among health service providers within the Asian American community. The book criticizes U.S. health care policy for discouraging the immigration of foreign medical-school graduates and limiting the number of language-competent physicians who have dual training in Western and traditional healing techniques. The book provides insights into the important role of traditional medicine in primary health care and also offers a critical analysis of managed care and its implications for Asian American health care in the 21st century.

Research in the Sociology of Health Care - Necessary Changes for Providers of Care, Consumers and Patients (Hardcover): Jennie... Research in the Sociology of Health Care - Necessary Changes for Providers of Care, Consumers and Patients (Hardcover)
Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld
R3,249 Discovery Miles 32 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Research in the Sociology of Health Care covers health, health care services, and sociological concerns. Each volume addresses an issue of importance in both the US health care system and health care systems across the world. Previously covered topics include: Research on social inequalities Social disparities Chronic diseases Population health Research on access, quality and utilization of health care services Theoretical, qualitative and quantitative papers deal with complex understandings of macro system issues in the following areas: The impact of the patient and individual factors on health and health care The impact of the provider and interaction between providers and patients Gender, race and poverty as sources of inequality in modern societies Articles vary greatly in their coverage, with some focusing on the US as a whole, and others on specific sections of the US or subgroups within the population such as African American women or the elderly. Other articles focus on issues from an international or comparative perspective. Each volume includes information that is essential reading for medical sociologists and people working in other social science disciplines studying health-related issues. The volume also provides vital information for health services researchers, policy analysts and public health researchers.

The New Sociology of the Health Service (Hardcover): Jonathan Gabe, Michael Calnan The New Sociology of the Health Service (Hardcover)
Jonathan Gabe, Michael Calnan
R4,220 Discovery Miles 42 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Health service policy and health policy have changed considerably over the past fifteen years and there is a pressing need for an up-to-date sociological analysis of health policy. Not only have policies themselves changed but new policy themes ? such as evidence-based policy and practice, an increasing focus on a primary care led health service, a growing recognition of the need to address inequalities through public health policies and a focus on the views and the voice of the user and the public? have emerged alongside some of the old.

Following up the very successful The Sociology of the Health Service, this all-new volume covers a broad range of key contemporary health services issues. It includes chapters on consumerism, technology, evidence-based practice, public health, managerialism and social care among others, and incorporates references to new developments, such as regulation and incentivization, throughout.

The New Sociology of the Health Service provides a vital new sociological framework for analyzing health policy and healthcare. It is an important read for all students and researchers of medical sociology and health policy.

Health, Illness and Use of Care - The Impact of Social Factors (Hardcover, New): Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld Health, Illness and Use of Care - The Impact of Social Factors (Hardcover, New)
Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld
R4,297 Discovery Miles 42 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Hardbound. Volume 18 in this series explores the impact of social factors on health, illness and the use of care. Contributors examine a number of social factors including sex, gender and socio-economic status on the healthcare experience and focus on both patients within the care process and the providers of care.Health, Illness and Use of Care also presents papers employing a variety of methodological approaches. In the range of illnesses discussed, the social factors under consideration, and the variety of methodological approaches, this volume represents the current diversity within the field of Medical Sociology.

Quality, Planning of Services, and Access Concerns - Impacts on Providers of Care, Health Care Institutions, and Patients... Quality, Planning of Services, and Access Concerns - Impacts on Providers of Care, Health Care Institutions, and Patients (Hardcover)
Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld
R3,711 Discovery Miles 37 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume explores issues connected with quality, planning of services and access concerns especially as linked with providers of care, health care institutions, and patients. Changes have continued to occur within the field but have been led by overall marketplace trends. Papers in this volume are presented in four parts covering changing models of health care. In Part I topics come from a broad perspective to include: development of newer models of care, more traditional areas such as the medical profession and the patient or the hospital and the patient, the changes that alternative medicine brings to issues of quality of care and access and planning, and of citizen participation in health planning. Part II deals with federal programs such as Medicare and Medicaid and access and quality issues within those programs. Part III covers the challenges of planning for long-term care needs and services. And Part IV explores other aspects of the changing health care delivery system: changes in nursing, midwifery, and rural health care and provides linkages to quality, access, and planning issues. This excellent work helps the reader to think more carefully and more creatively about issues of quality of care, access to care, and planning for services.

Improving Healthcare Team Communication - Building on Lessons from Aviation and Aerospace (Hardcover, New Ed): Christopher P... Improving Healthcare Team Communication - Building on Lessons from Aviation and Aerospace (Hardcover, New Ed)
Christopher P Nemeth
R4,362 Discovery Miles 43 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Communications research in aviation is widely regarded by many in the healthcare community as the 'gold standard' to emulate. Yet healthcare and aviation differ in many ways, as do the vital communications shared among members of clinical teams. Aviation team communication should, then, be understood in terms of what lessons will benefit those who work in healthcare. In Improving Healthcare Team Communication, renowned experts provide insights from 'sharp end' operator research in high-hazard sectors that shed light on the performance of cognitive tasks including resource availability assessment, allocation, anticipation, prediction, trade-off decisions, speculation and negotiation. The book reports on recent field research to address what is known, and what needs to be learned, about team communication among operators. Students, clinicians and healthcare managers can find answers in it to the questions they face daily. How can healthcare information be better shared? What can we expect from its improvement, and how do we get there? Lessons learned from team communication research and experience in aviation and healthcare will point the way to improved patient safety.

Clinical Decision Support and Beyond - Progress and Opportunities in Knowledge-Enhanced Health and Healthcare (Paperback, 3rd... Clinical Decision Support and Beyond - Progress and Opportunities in Knowledge-Enhanced Health and Healthcare (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Robert Greenes, Guilherme Del Fiol
R3,007 Discovery Miles 30 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Clinical Decision Support and Beyond: Progress and Opportunities in Knowledge-Enhanced Health and Healthcare, now in its third edition, discusses the underpinnings of effective, reliable, and easy-to-use clinical decision support systems at the point of care as a productive way of managing the flood of data, knowledge, and misinformation when providing patient care. Incorporating CDS into electronic health record systems has been underway for decades; however its complexities, costs, and user resistance have lagged its potential. Thus it is of utmost importance to understand the process in detail, to take full advantage of its capabilities. The book expands and updates the content of the previous edition, and discusses topics such as integration of CDS into workflow, context-driven anticipation of needs for CDS, new forms of CDS derived from data analytics, precision medicine, population health, integration of personal monitoring, and patient-facing CDS. In addition, it discusses population health management, public health CDS and CDS to help reduce health disparities. It is a valuable resource for clinicians, practitioners, students and members of medical and biomedical fields who are interested to learn more about the potential of clinical decision support to improve health and wellness and the quality of health care.

Social Assumptions, Medical Categories (Hardcover): Barbara Hansen Social Assumptions, Medical Categories (Hardcover)
Barbara Hansen
R3,238 Discovery Miles 32 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A study of social assumptions, specific events, medical categories, distinct groups and ideas of control in health research. This book examines presumptions about gender, race and age with particular reference to the "biological clock" and notions of "civilized countries" and "primitive races." The volume is divided into three sections. The first section spells out the author's new theory of medicalism - a co-emergent process of health care which puts health-care consumers on an equal causal footing with health-care providers. The second section takes up each of the issues of age, sex and race in turn and looks at the particular consequences of these assumptions for specific health events. With age, fertility is the focus. With sex and race, the focus is on cancer. The third section deals with action both in terms of doing better research and making informed choices about health care.

Stress and Resilience - The Social Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem (Hardcover, 2001 ed.): Leith Mullings, Alaka Wali Stress and Resilience - The Social Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
Leith Mullings, Alaka Wali
R1,530 Discovery Miles 15 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Documenting the daily efforts of African Americans to protect their community against highly oppressive conditions, this ground-breaking volume chronicles the unique experiences of black women that place them at higher risk for morbidity and mortality - especially during pregnancy. Stress and Resilience: The Social Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem examines the processes through which economic circumstances, environmental issues, and social conditions create situations that expose African American women to stress and chronic strain. Detailing the individual and community assets and strategies used to address these conditions, this volume provides a model methodology for translating research into public health and social action. Based on interactive community partnered research, Stress and Resilience: The Social Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem Facilitates more exact hypotheses about the relationship between risk factors, protective factors and reproductive health; Furnishes a better understanding of chronic disease patterns and suggests more effective interventions to reduce rates of infant mortality; Incorporates the voices of the community and of women themselves through their own words and actions; Sheds light on epidemiologic research and intervention protocols; Examines the social context in which reproductive behaviors are practiced; Provides a holistic framework in which to understand infant mortality; And more. Filling a large gap in the literature on the social context of reproduction this important monograph offers indispensable information for public health researchers, program planners, anthropologists, sociologists, urban planners, medical providers, policy makers, and private funders.

Biobanks - Governance in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover): Herbert Gottweis, Alan Petersen Biobanks - Governance in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)
Herbert Gottweis, Alan Petersen
R3,936 Discovery Miles 39 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Taking a different approach to biobanks - genetic databases that combine genetic information derived from blood samples with personal data about environment, medical history, lifestyle or genealogy, this book draws attention to their political and governance implications. It argues that for biobanks to be created, shaped, maintained, and to operate properly, a number of interrelated conditions need to exist, from legal environment to funding mechanisms and social acceptance.

The book takes a comparative focus, with chapters on biobanks in Iceland, Estonia, Scandinavia, France, US, Japan, UK, Germany, Australia and Israel, and is divided into three parts which:

  • introduce the conceptual framework that underpins the volume
  • focus on biobanks as a challenge for governance
  • emphasize biobanks as a tool and site for governance.

This groundbreaking book makes clear that biobanks are a phenomenon that cannot be disconnected from considerations of power, politics, and the reshaping of current practices in governance. It will be a valuable read for scholars and students of genetics, bioethics, risk, public health and the sociology of health and illness.

Health Communication Research - A Guide to Developments and Directions (Hardcover, New): Bernard K. Duffy, Lorraine D. Jackson Health Communication Research - A Guide to Developments and Directions (Hardcover, New)
Bernard K. Duffy, Lorraine D. Jackson
R1,949 Discovery Miles 19 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Health communication research examines the role of communication in health professional/client relationships and in promoting patient adherence, the flow of information within and between health organizations, the design and effectiveness of health information for various audiences and the planning and evaluation of health care policy. Other important areas treated in this book are cultural and social factors influencing health communication, ethical issues effecting communication, and education in communication within medical schools. Medical students, physicians, policy makers, students and faculty in communications and sociology, as well as social services professionals should find this reference an important tool.

Deluxe Jim Crow - Civil Rights and American Health Policy, 1935-1954 (Hardcover, New): Karen Kruse Thomas Deluxe Jim Crow - Civil Rights and American Health Policy, 1935-1954 (Hardcover, New)
Karen Kruse Thomas
R2,603 Discovery Miles 26 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Plagued by geographic isolation, poverty, and acute shortages of health professionals and hospital beds, the South was dubbed by Surgeon General Thomas Parran "the nation's number one health problem." The improvement of southern, rural, and black health would become a top priority of the U.S. Public Health Service during the Roosevelt and Truman administrations.

Karen Kruse Thomas details how NAACP lawsuits pushed southern states to equalize public services and facilities for blacks just as wartime shortages of health personnel and high rates of draft rejections generated broad support for health reform. Southern Democrats leveraged their power in Congress and used the war effort to call for federal aid to uplift the South. The language of regional uplift, Thomas contends, allowed southern liberals to aid blacks while remaining silent on race. Reformers embraced, at least initially, the notion of "deluxe Jim Crow"--support for health care that maintained segregation. Thomas argues that this strategy was, in certain respects, a success, building much-needed hospitals and training more black doctors.

By the 1950s, deluxe Jim Crow policy had helped to weaken the legal basis for segregation. Thomas traces this transformation at the national level and in North Carolina, where "deluxe Jim Crow reached its fullest potential." This dual focus allows her to examine the shifting alliances--between blacks and liberal whites, southerners and northerners, activists and doctors--that drove policy. "Deluxe Jim Crow" provides insight into a variety of historical debates, including the racial dimensions of state building, the nature of white southern liberalism, and the role of black professionals during the long civil rights movement.

Elementary Bayesian Biostatistics (Hardcover): Lemuel A. Moye Elementary Bayesian Biostatistics (Hardcover)
Lemuel A. Moye
R3,237 Discovery Miles 32 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Bayesian analyses have made important inroads in modern clinical research due, in part, to the incorporation of the traditional tools of noninformative priors as well as the modern innovations of adaptive randomization and predictive power. Presenting an introductory perspective to modern Bayesian procedures, Elementary Bayesian Biostatistics explores Bayesian principles and illustrates their application to healthcare research. Building on the basics of classic biostatistics and algebra, this easy-to-read book provides a clear overview of the subject. It focuses on the history and mathematical foundation of Bayesian procedures, before discussing their implementation in healthcare research from first principles. The author also elaborates on the current controversies between Bayesian and frequentist biostatisticians. The book concludes with recommendations for Bayesians to improve their standing in the clinical trials community. Calculus derivations are relegated to the appendices so as not to overly complicate the main text. As Bayesian methods gain more acceptance in healthcare, it is necessary for clinical scientists to understand Bayesian principles. Applying Bayesian analyses to modern healthcare research issues, this lucid introduction helps readers make the correct choices in the development of clinical research programs.

New Technologies in Health Care - Challenge, Change and Innovation (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): A. Webster New Technologies in Health Care - Challenge, Change and Innovation (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
A. Webster
R2,660 Discovery Miles 26 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A unique, pathbreaking collection that provides the first, detailed and comprehensive analysis of the implications of new health technologies for society, the delivery of health care, and the very meaning of health itself. It is based on new, critical social science research integrated according to core themes, making it accessible and engaging. It will be of especial value to students and researchers in Social Science, Health Studies and medical schools.

Charting a Course for High Quality Care Transitions (Paperback): Erica Coleman Charting a Course for High Quality Care Transitions (Paperback)
Erica Coleman
R1,653 Discovery Miles 16 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Learn how to ensure quality and safety for vulnerable older adults Transitional care is crucial to older adults with complex care needs who are moving between different locations or different levels of care. Charting a Course for High Quality Care Transitions addresses this problem by providing leading experts and leaders in the field discussing practical strategies that ensure care quality and safety for transitioning vulnerable older adults. This helpful resource comprehensively discusses current research, quality improvement, risk targeting, risk identification, patterns of care, care coordination, and performance assessment. Lowering the inherent risks for adverse events when moving patients can be challenging. Numerous unforeseen variables such as possible mismanagement of medication or staff shortages can often jeopardize patient safety. Charting a Course for High Quality Care Transitions offers practical approaches to address several of the main challenges encountered by health professionals. This book focuses on various ways to provide the highest quality patient-centered care through advancements in research, practice, and data measurement. This informative text is extensively referenced and contains numerous tables to clarify and illustrate important data. Topics in Charting a Course for High Quality Care Transitions include: a semantic framework for overcoming quality improvement issues stemming from inconsistent use of terms a tool for home health agencies to identify home health care patients at risk for hospital readmission medical and social factors that contribute to poor quality care transitions a successful Advanced Practice Nurse transitional care model that can improve outcomes to cognitively impaired older adults unrecognized needs of older adults living in residential care facilities patient-centered performance measurement early results of the Reducing Acute Care Hospitalization National Demonstration Collaborative gaps in research that need to be addressed in the future Charting a Course for High Quality Care Transitions is an important resource for home care professionals, hospital discharge planners, public health nurses, geriatric health services researchers, and health care professionals of all types.

Globalization, Women, and Health in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): I. Kickbusch, K. Hartwig, Jlist Globalization, Women, and Health in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
I. Kickbusch, K. Hartwig, Jlist
R1,417 Discovery Miles 14 170 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

We are still only beginning to understand the increasingly complex set of interdependencies among gender, health, and globalization. "Globalization, Women, and Health in the 21st Century" brings together a diverse group of distinguished scholars and activists to explore the new risks and freedoms for men and women in a global society and their health determinants. They map the gendered impact of these processes and present a health landscape that goes beyond nation states into trans-border flows of capital, people, goods, and services. Each chapter begins with a global analysis of specific trends followed by "in perspective" pieces by authors from contrasting disciplines and geographies. Given rapid changes in global society through globalization, this book serves as an important resource to reiterate the place of health and gender at the forefront of discussion.

Intersex (Hardcover, English ed): Catherine Harper Intersex (Hardcover, English ed)
Catherine Harper
R4,214 Discovery Miles 42 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Intersex" is the condition whereby an individual is born with biological features that are simultaneously perceived as male and female. Ranging from the ambiguous genitalia of the true 'hermaphrodite' to the 'mildly or internally intersexed', the condition may be as common as cleft palate. Like cleft palate, it is hidden and surgically altered, but for very different reasons. This important book draws heavily on the personal testimony of intersexed individuals, their loved ones, and medical careers. The impact of early sex-assignment surgery on an individual's later life is examined within the context of ethical and clinical questions. Harper challenges the conventional and radical 'treatment' of intersexuality through non-consensual infant sex-assignment surgery. In doing so she exposes powerful myths, taboos, and constructions of gender - the perfect phallus, a bi-polar model of gender and the infallibility of medical decisions. Handling sensitive material with care, this book deepens our understanding of a condition that has itself only been medically understood in recent years.

Families, Physicians, and Children with Special Health Needs - Collaborative Medical Education Models (Hardcover): Rosalyn B.... Families, Physicians, and Children with Special Health Needs - Collaborative Medical Education Models (Hardcover)
Rosalyn B. Darling, Margo Peter
R2,560 Discovery Miles 25 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Families of children with special health needs frequently cite difficulties in their communications with physicians and other medical professionals. Indeed, parents of high-risk, chronically ill, and disabled infants often regard interactions with health care providers as one of the most stressful parts of their early experiences with their children.

This volume was designed to present a variety of medical education approaches used to overcome this problem. After providing an overview of some of the difficulties faced by physicians and families of children with special health needs in their interactions with one another, the volume examines a number of useful medical education models. The models and viewpoints presented include those of physicians, early intervention professionals, professionals with backgrounds in education, psychology, and sociology, and parents. This volume is invaluable to those involved in designing and evaluating medical education approaches, and those developing public policy for children and the family.

Prospects of Blockchain Technology for Accelerating Scientific Advancement in Healthcare (Hardcover): Malaya Dutta Borah, Peng... Prospects of Blockchain Technology for Accelerating Scientific Advancement in Healthcare (Hardcover)
Malaya Dutta Borah, Peng Zhang, Ganesh Chandra Deka
R7,723 Discovery Miles 77 230 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Health information about patients is critical; currently, health records are saved in databases controlled by individual users, organizations, or large groups of organizations. As there are many malicious users, this information is not shared with other organizations due to security issues and the chance of the data being modified or tampered with. Blockchain can be used to securely exchange healthcare data, which can be accessed by organizations sharing the same network, allowing doctors/practitioners to provide better care for patients. The key properties of decentralization, such as immutability and transparency, improve healthcare interoperability. This book brings forth the prospects and research trends of Blockchain in healthcare, so that Researchers, Database professionals, Academia, and Healthcare professionals across the world can know/use the concept of Blockchain in healthcare. The book provides the fundamental and technical details of Blockchain, the applications of Blockchain in healthcare, hands-on chapters for graduate/postgraduate/doctoral students/healthcare professionals to secure healthcare data of patients, and research challenges and future work directions for researchers in healthcare.

The Healing Remedies - Over 1000 Natural Remedies to Prevent and Cure Common Ailments (Hardcover): Thomas Watson The Healing Remedies - Over 1000 Natural Remedies to Prevent and Cure Common Ailments (Hardcover)
Thomas Watson
R1,168 Discovery Miles 11 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
AI-Enabled Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approaches for Healthcare Management (Hardcover): Sandeep Kautish, Gaurav Dhiman AI-Enabled Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approaches for Healthcare Management (Hardcover)
Sandeep Kautish, Gaurav Dhiman
R10,253 Discovery Miles 102 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The success of healthcare decision-making lies in whether healthcare staff, patients, and healthcare organization managers can comprehensively understand the choices and consider future implications to make the best decision possible. Multiple-criteria decision making (MCDM), including multiple rule-based decision making (MRDM), multiple-objective decision making (MODM), and multiple-attribute decision making (MADM), is used by clinical decision-makers to analyze healthcare issues from various perspectives. In practical health care cases, semi-structured and unstructured decision-making issues involve multiple criteria (or goals) that may conflict with each other. Thus, the use of MCDM is a promising source of practical solutions for such problems. MCDM methods mainly include the three parts: data process, evaluation and selection, and planning and design. Data process focuses on analyzing and identifying healthcare management issues and data features for solving practical cases. Evaluation and selection focus on evaluating the performance of each solution for healthcare management, and these methods can be used to support decision-making and help organizations choose the best solution for practical healthcare management cases. Finally, planning and design focus on analyzing and designing the goals of healthcare management applications, which can be modelled as a minimizing or maximizing problem for finding the optimal solutions. Furthermore, these methods can explore the relationship structure construction among criteria between various related issues arising from healthcare.

International Social Health Care Policy, Program, and Studies (Paperback): Gary Rosenburg, Andrew Weissman International Social Health Care Policy, Program, and Studies (Paperback)
Gary Rosenburg, Andrew Weissman
R1,665 Discovery Miles 16 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Noted experts provide practical, effective strategies to meet global health challenges International Social Health Care Policy, Program, and Studies presents a collection of papers drawn from the Ninth Doris Siegel Memorial Fund Colloquium that focuses on social work and international health issues, emphasizing an international exchange and cooperation as a crucial facet of meeting global health challenges. Honoring the memory and spirit of social work pioneer Doris Siegel for her accomplishments and advocacy on behalf of social-health issues, this fine selection of scholarly papers explores ideas and strategies from around the world which offer greater opportunity for success for diverse social work and health care problems. Internationally recognized practitioners and academics offer research and case studies illustrating approaches, programs, and policies that any practitioner or policymaker may find helpful. International Social Health Care Policy, Program, and Studies closely examines the common ground in social health care problems shared by various countries worldwide. Issues such as the effects of terrorism, academic-practice partnerships in practice research, and the international exchange program are explored, with insightful discussions that explain in which directions to best channel social and health care energies and resources. Helpful figures and tables further explain concepts and research. Topics in International Social Health Care Policy, Program, and Studies include: Strength-focused and Meaning-oriented Approach to Resilience and Transformation (SMART) as a model of crisis intervention that uses a holistic view of health outpatient commitment as a delivery system assisted conception and social work needs in the United Kingdom a study on the psychological distress between elderly Israeli residents and immigrant family caregivers impact of prolonged terrorist attacks on children and adolescents in Israel stress experienced by social workers working with terror victims integration of social workers into hospital disaster response teams in Australia academic practice research partnerships for health social workers evaluation of the outcomes from the Mount Sinai Social Work Leadership Enhancement Program discussion of the lessons learned from the 75-year history of health social work in Melbourne, Australia and more! International Social Health Care Policy, Program, and Studies is horizon-expanding reading that is perfect for social workers dealing with a global community, social work libraries, educators, students, and libraries of all types.

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