Centers for Disease Control and Prevention transition briefing book

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is pleased to present the 2016-2017 Presidential Transition Owner's Manual. CDC is the nation's health protection agency. CDC works 24/7 to conduct critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against dangerous health threats, and responds when these arise. CDC promotes quality of life and prevents the leading causes of disease, injury, disability, and death. CDC is committed to maximizing the impact of every dollar entrusted to the agency and continuing critical work to increase public health capacity at local, state, national, and global levels.CDC's pledge to the American people is to:1. Be a diligent steward of the funds entrusted to the agency2. Provide an environment for intellectual and personal growth and integrity3. Base all public health decisions on the highest quality scientific data that is derived openly and objectively4. Place the benefits to society above the benefits to this institution5. Treat all persons with dignity, honesty, and respec

Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses

Compiles peer-reviewed research and literature reviews on issues regarding patient safety and quality of care, ranging from evidence-based practice, patient-centered care, and nurses' working conditions to critical opportunities and tools for improvement

Maine State Government Administrative Report 2010-2011

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Maine State Government Administrative Report 2009-2010

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Laboratory medicine : a national status report

Although the U.S. ranks highest in per capita health care spending, there is overwhelming evidence of gaps between well-founded standards of care and health care practice. The Institute of Medicine reports, To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System (1999) and Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century (2001), and other sentinel studies have focused national attention on improving the quality and safety of health care. Stakeholders agree that the quality of care delivered in the U.S. is inadequate and that the organization and delivery of health care must be improved.Given the shortfalls in quality and continued escalation in costs, health care must be assessed continually to inform decision-making, and redesign delivery and incentives as needed, to yield appropriate, high quality care. An integral component of care is laboratory medicine, which extends across research; screening, diagnosis, and treatment; and public health. Appropriate use of laboratory testing is essential for achieving safe, effective, and efficient care to patients.Health care must be informed by data derived from scientific assessment of efficacy and effectiveness of procedures, and must adapt to ongoing changes in science, technology, and practice. Laboratory medicine is not only responding to these changes, but is contributing to them in an environment of demographic, social, and economic change.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has commissioned this report to contribute to the groundwork for transforming laboratory medicine over the next decade. CDC charged The Lewin Group, under subcontract to Battelle Memorial Institute, with drafting this document, Laboratory Medicine: A National Status Report. The report examines in detail the key factors affecting the laboratory medicine sector, and is organized into chapters on the following main topics:Value of laboratory medicine\ue2\u20ac\ua2 Market profile of the laboratory medicine sector\ue2\u20ac\ua2 Laboratory medicine workforce\ue2\u20ac\ua2 Quality and the total testing process\ue2\u20ac\ua2 Quality systems and performance measurement\ue2\u20ac\ua2 Laboratory information systems\ue2\u20ac\ua2 Federal regulatory oversight of laboratory medicine\ue2\u20ac\ua2 Reimbursement for laboratory medicinePrepared for: Division of Laboratory Systems, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; prepared by: The Lewin Group under subcontract to Battelle Memorial Institute.Acknowledgments -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Methods and limitations -- I. The value of laboratory medicine to health care -- II. Market profile of the laboratory medicine sector -- III. Laboratory medicine workforce -- IV. Quality and the total testing process -- V. Quality systems and performance measurement -- VI. Laboratory information systems -- VII. Federal regulatory oversight of laboratory medicine -- VIII. Reimbursement for laboratory medicine -- Appendix A. Desirable characteristics for performance measures -- Appendix B. Summary of selected performance indicators used by stakeholders -- Appendix C. Development of the Medicare payment system

The Capacity of a Southern University to Promote and Support Health Literacy Among College Students: A Case Study Approach

The primary purpose of this case study was to determine if the university under study had adequate health-related programs, services, and supports in place to develop health-literate young adults. A secondary purpose was to identify strengths and gaps in these university health-related programs, services, and supports, which, if addressed, could increase the likelihood that college graduates would be health-literate. This research study served to answer three broad research questions: 1) What are the health-related needs and concerns among selected university undergraduates? 2) What is the level of awareness and utilization of health-related programs, services, and supports by university undergraduate students? 3) What are the strengths and gaps among health-related programs, services, and supports? As more and more young adults come to colleges and universities seeking an education, they bring with them high-risk health behaviors that can impede their academic success. Post-secondary institutions have programs, services, and supports in place specifically designed to ease the transition into college, provide academic assistance services, promote a safe learning and living environment as well as facilities and departments dedicated to raising awareness of and maintaining physical and mental health. The effectiveness with which these health-related programs, services, and supports are meeting their goals and reaching their target audience can be assessed by collecting student feedback regarding their attitudes, perceptions and usage. The first part of the study involved personal interviews with preselected representatives of Student Affairs, the President of the university, the Provost, Captain of Public Safety, and the Senior Athletic Director. Interview questions were designed to determine how, if any, of the programs, services, or supports under study supported the six dimensions of health and wellness, or the IOM skill set for health literacy. After all interviews were conducted, transcripts were reviewed and coding was conducted to determine the connection between the selected programs, services, and supports, and the IOM health literacy skill set and the six dimensions of health and wellness. Additionally, transcript review allowed for the identification of strengths and weakness among each of the programs, services, and supports. The second part of the study engaged students who volunteered to participate in focus groups in an open discussion about what they perceived health to be (as a concept) and to determine what, if any, personal health-related issues or concerns they felt at the present time, how health-related issues or concerns created barriers to their academic success, and their level of awareness about the programs, services, and supports available. In addition to conducting personal interviews and focus groups, I analyzed documents and material (i.e. web-pages, brochures, student handbook, under graduate bulletin) related to each department under study. This document analysis was also coded for connections to the six dimensions of health and wellness or the IOM\u27s health literacy skill set. Web-pages were further analyzed for strengths and gaps related to each program, service, or support. An embedded analysis was conducted and themes were interpreted. Discussion and recommendations were stated at the conclusion of the case study; increasing health-literacy among college students and raising awareness of and attempting to reduce high-risk, health-related behaviors are consistent with goals and characteristics of a graduate from the university under study. Not surprisingly, when asked, most students only identified the physical aspect of health and sometimes, as a mental aspect with regards to stress. Feedback from focus group discussions indicated that students could make a connection between all six dimensions of health and how they might impede academic performance. Unfortunately, however, they did not seem to possess the skills or the knowledge on to how correct negative health behaviors themselves, or how to seek out various health-related programs, services, and supports that are available. By in large, students seemed very interested in learning more about many of these programs, services, and supports and indicated that they wished they had been made aware of such opportunities at the beginning of their college careers. Students also communicated lack of knowledge and awareness about the available health-related programs, services, and supports. Focus group discussions indicated that students felt as though the campus under study had not really taken the time to discover which methods of communication were successful; further indicating that current delivery methods were outdated and ineffective

UTRGV Undergraduate Catalog 2015-2017

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2012, UMaine News Press Releases

This is a catalog of press releases put out by the University of Maine Division of Marketing and Communications between January 3, 2012 and December 26, 2012

Proceedings, MSVSCC 2011

Proceedings of the 5th Annual Modeling, Simulation & Visualization Student Capstone Conference held on April 14, 2011 at VMASC in Suffolk, Virginia. 186 pp