20 Common Problems in Preventive Health Care

20 Common Problems in Preventive Health Care
Author: Douglas Campos-Outcalt
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2000
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780070120440

The author approaches preventive medicine from a primary care and evidence-based perspective. Topics addressed include children's issues such as immunizations, vision and hearing problems, and dental decay; prenatal care and sexually transmitted diseases among young adults; and key issues such as substance abuse, cancer, and infectious disease in preventive health care for adults.

Health Professions Education

Health Professions Education
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2003-07-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 030913319X

The Institute of Medicine study Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) recommended that an interdisciplinary summit be held to further reform of health professions education in order to enhance quality and patient safety. Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality is the follow up to that summit, held in June 2002, where 150 participants across disciplines and occupations developed ideas about how to integrate a core set of competencies into health professions education. These core competencies include patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teams, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. This book recommends a mix of approaches to health education improvement, including those related to oversight processes, the training environment, research, public reporting, and leadership. Educators, administrators, and health professionals can use this book to help achieve an approach to education that better prepares clinicians to meet both the needs of patients and the requirements of a changing health care system.

20 Common Problems in Urology

20 Common Problems in Urology
Author: Joel M. H. Teichman
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2001
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780070634138

This book presents focused guidelines on diagnosing and managing the 2 0 most common urologic conditions seen in the primary care setting. Th e user-friendly format features lists of key actions, approach to the patient, clinical pearls, differential diagnosis, treatment algorithms and patient instructions. The coverage included in this book enables the primary care practitioner to manage these conditions successfully and confidently.

20 Common Problems in Geriatrics

20 Common Problems in Geriatrics
Author: Alan M. Adelman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2001
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Offers practical guidance on how to manage the most common conditions seen in ambulatory geriatrics--required reading for students, residents, and practitioners who care for the elderly. Addresses controversies and uncertainties in the diagnosis and management of each problem, patient education, emerging therapeutic approaches (and cost analyses), and behavioral/family/holistic approaches.

20 Common Problems in Pediatrics

20 Common Problems in Pediatrics
Author: Abraham Bergman
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2000-09-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780071349017

Presents authoritative, scientifically based guidance on how to diagnose and treat the 20 most common disorders seen in pediatrics practice today. Explores such issues as managing the child with fever, developmental delay, behavior problems, school failure, disorders of the ears, nose and throat, sleeping problems, viral illnesses, eating disturbances, sports medicine, and pediatric trauma.

The Future of Public Health

The Future of Public Health
Author: Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1988-01-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309581907

"The Nation has lost sight of its public health goals and has allowed the system of public health to fall into 'disarray'," from The Future of Public Health. This startling book contains proposals for ensuring that public health service programs are efficient and effective enough to deal not only with the topics of today, but also with those of tomorrow. In addition, the authors make recommendations for core functions in public health assessment, policy development, and service assurances, and identify the level of government--federal, state, and local--at which these functions would best be handled.

20 Common Problems in Women's Health Care

20 Common Problems in Women's Health Care
Author: Mindy A. Smith
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 718
Release: 2000
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780070697676

This is one in a series of books looking at the most common reasons that lead patients to seek care. Focusing on women's health, this book covers pathophysiology, patient evaluation, diagnosis and treatment. Topics include family planning, prenatal care, menopause and miscarriage.

Field Trials of Health Interventions

Field Trials of Health Interventions
Author: Peter G. Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2015
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0198732864

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Before new interventions are released into disease control programmes, it is essential that they are carefully evaluated in field trials'. These may be complex and expensive undertakings, requiring the follow-up of hundreds, or thousands, of individuals, often for long periods. Descriptions of the detailed procedures and methods used in the trials that have been conducted have rarely been published. A consequence of this, individuals planning such trials have few guidelines available and little access to knowledge accumulated previously, other than their own. In this manual, practical issues in trial design and conduct are discussed fully and in sufficient detail, that Field Trials of Health Interventions may be used as a toolbox' by field investigators. It has been compiled by an international group of over 30 authors with direct experience in the design, conduct, and analysis of field trials in low and middle income countries and is based on their accumulated knowledge and experience. Available as an open access book via Oxford Medicine Online, this new edition is a comprehensive revision, incorporating the new developments that have taken place in recent years with respect to trials, including seven new chapters on subjects ranging from trial governance, and preliminary studies to pilot testing.

Evidence-Based Medicine and the Changing Nature of Health Care

Evidence-Based Medicine and the Changing Nature of Health Care
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2008-09-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309113695

Drawing on the work of the Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine, the 2007 IOM Annual Meeting assessed some of the rapidly occurring changes in health care related to new diagnostic and treatment tools, emerging genetic insights, the developments in information technology, and healthcare costs, and discussed the need for a stronger focus on evidence to ensure that the promise of scientific discovery and technological innovation is efficiently captured to provide the right care for the right patient at the right time. As new discoveries continue to expand the universe of medical interventions, treatments, and methods of care, the need for a more systematic approach to evidence development and application becomes increasingly critical. Without better information about the effectiveness of different treatment options, the resulting uncertainty can lead to the delivery of services that may be unnecessary, unproven, or even harmful. Improving the evidence-base for medicine holds great potential to increase the quality and efficiency of medical care. The Annual Meeting, held on October 8, 2007, brought together many of the nation's leading authorities on various aspects of the issues - both challenges and opportunities - to present their perspectives and engage in discussion with the IOM membership.

Care Without Coverage

Care Without Coverage
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2002-06-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309083435

Many Americans believe that people who lack health insurance somehow get the care they really need. Care Without Coverage examines the real consequences for adults who lack health insurance. The study presents findings in the areas of prevention and screening, cancer, chronic illness, hospital-based care, and general health status. The committee looked at the consequences of being uninsured for people suffering from cancer, diabetes, HIV infection and AIDS, heart and kidney disease, mental illness, traumatic injuries, and heart attacks. It focused on the roughly 30 million-one in seven-working-age Americans without health insurance. This group does not include the population over 65 that is covered by Medicare or the nearly 10 million children who are uninsured in this country. The main findings of the report are that working-age Americans without health insurance are more likely to receive too little medical care and receive it too late; be sicker and die sooner; and receive poorer care when they are in the hospital, even for acute situations like a motor vehicle crash.