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System of Care Approaches in Residential Treatment Facilities Serving Children With Serious Behavioral Health Needs (PDF - 163 KB) Allen, Pires, & Brown (2010) Center for Health Care Strategies, March 2010 Presents findings from a national survey designed to determine whether system of care principles are reflected in residential treatment centers» policies and practices and whether they provide home - and community - based services and supports in addition to traditional offerings.

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Caring for your health and family gives you the stamina and motivation to develop a sound business strategy that delivers real value.

«The collapse of the Senate's healthcare strategy is a near - term negative for the GOP's broader legislative agenda, but we contend that failing to pass health care legislation dramatically increases the sense of urgency surrounding the tax reform conversation,» Boltansky wrote.

«Companies that have healthy employees may see increases, and those with sicker employees may see decreases,» says Alan Cohen, chief strategy officer for Liazon, a private health care benefit exchange in New York City.

Another strategy companies are using to avoid both the provision of employee health care coverage and the penalty for failing to provide it is by keeping their workforce below the level that triggers the employer mandate.

Driving Down Health Care Costs (Panel Publishers, New York City, 1991, $ 89), a collection of 44 articles, is a simple way to tap into savvy strategies currently recommended by insurance and benefits practitioners to reduce insurance fraud, audit for cost savings, redesign retiree benefits, and more.

Jamie Shepard, senior vice president for health care and strategy at Lumenate, a Dallas - based solution provider and Dell partner, told CRN via text message that difficult decisions like layoffs are inevitable when two significant companies join forces.

Deborah Brooks, Co-founder and Executive Vice Chairman, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Elli Kaplan, Co-founder and CEO, Neurotrack Dr. David A. Kessler, Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Bill Maris, Venture Capitalist Dr. Olivier Oullier, Neuroscientist & Former Head, Global Strategy in Health and Health Care, World Economic Forum Mary Varghese Presti, Executive Director, Emerging Services, athenahealth Moderator: Dr. David Agus, USC Introduction: Dr. Doug Nemecek, Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health, Cigna

But «The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget» shows that it's not only possible, but can actually be a sound financial strategy for lots of folks, especially considering the lower health care costs that can be found abroad.»

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(A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Long - term Care, Laura Gallant, said an enhanced inspection strategy was rolled out in fall 2016, and 100 inspectors were added around late 2013.)

«The overall strategy of being in the local community, helping people in their homes stay healthy and out of the health care system and achieve their overall ambitions for health is still the same,» he said in an Aetna video posted on the company website.

Rupp said interested female founders whose companies make sustainably - sourced consumer products or are in the health care sector should start by perusing the firm's website to see if the startup might be a fit for their strategy.

In the context of public health care funding, the Party promises to eliminate health care premiums and ambulance charges; increase funding for home care and other out - of - hospital care services; restore funding for chiropractic and physiotherapy services; fully fund and implement a mental health strategy; and to hold a referendum to prioritize health care spending.

Whichever is the case, consider your strategy for Social Security, health care, and cash flow.

A better strategy for combating the number of abortions that happen in America is to address the root causes of abortion — like poverty and lack of health care — which I will more effectively address as president than John McCain.»

This talk takes a detailed look at hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, postpartum thyroiditis and thyroid cancer and the unique challenges each present for lactation, and then discusses treatment strategies and interfacing with the health care team.

Current research and the clinical experience of many health care professionals (including me) point to the fact that there are effective strategies for fighting Plagiocephaly and other forms of head flattening without using a helmet.

Anesthesia staffing in many centers here is suboptimal for OB (no dedicated coverage, even in very busy centers)... that is a care rationing - cost saving strategy on the part of the health authorities and provincial insurers.

Biancuzzo, Marie BREASTFEEDING THE NEWBORN: Clinical Strategies for Nurses Mosby, 2003 This book is intended for the health care provider who works with postpartum couples and who can benefit from proper breastfeeding management techniques.

Athletic Trainers work closely with physicians and other health professionals and are responsible for being current in several areas, including: an evidence based practice (EBP), prevention and health promotion (PHP), clinical examination and diagnosis (CE), acute care of injuries and illnesses (AC), therapeutic interventions (TI), psychosocial strategies and referral (PS), healthcare administration (HA), and professional development and responsibility (PD).

There is limited evidence for the effectiveness of primary care involvement with the Baby Friendly Initiative through the community health care facility award, 43 and a formal evaluation of this strategy in the UK is required.

BFHI has been shown to be very effective in increasing breastfeeding initiation, exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration in many countries, as well as improving mother's health care experiences and reducing rates of infant abandonment.12 Given the short and long - term benefits of breastfeeding to the infant, mother and society, implementing BFHI — alongside with the other objectives stated in the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding - continues to have an important role to play in health services worldwide.

HIV Medicine DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2011.00918.x IBFAN - Asia Position Statement on HIV and Infant Feeding, 13 October 2008 South African Tshwane Declaration on breastfeeding, S Afr J Clin Nutr 2011; 24 (4) UNAIDS 2010, Strategy Getting to Zero, UNAIDS Strategy 2011 — 2015 UNAIDS 2010, Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, 2010 - 2014 UNAIDS 2011, Countdown to Zero: Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive, 2011 - 2015 UNAIDS 2011 Press Release, 9 June, World leaders launch plan to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015 UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child UNICEF 2010, Facts for Life UNICEF 2011, Programming Guide, Infant and Young Child Feeding, 26 May 2011 WHO / UNICEF 2003, Global strategy for infant and young child feeding WHO 2007, Evidence on the long - term effects of breastfeeding: systematic reviews and meta - analysis WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009, Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV / AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2009 WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant Strategy Getting to Zero, UNAIDS Strategy 2011 — 2015 UNAIDS 2010, Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, 2010 - 2014 UNAIDS 2011, Countdown to Zero: Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive, 2011 - 2015 UNAIDS 2011 Press Release, 9 June, World leaders launch plan to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015 UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child UNICEF 2010, Facts for Life UNICEF 2011, Programming Guide, Infant and Young Child Feeding, 26 May 2011 WHO / UNICEF 2003, Global strategy for infant and young child feeding WHO 2007, Evidence on the long - term effects of breastfeeding: systematic reviews and meta - analysis WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009, Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV / AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2009 WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant Strategy 2011 — 2015 UNAIDS 2010, Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, 2010 - 2014 UNAIDS 2011, Countdown to Zero: Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive, 2011 - 2015 UNAIDS 2011 Press Release, 9 June, World leaders launch plan to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015 UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child UNICEF 2010, Facts for Life UNICEF 2011, Programming Guide, Infant and Young Child Feeding, 26 May 2011 WHO / UNICEF 2003, Global strategy for infant and young child feeding WHO 2007, Evidence on the long - term effects of breastfeeding: systematic reviews and meta - analysis WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009, Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV / AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2009 WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant strategy for infant and young child feeding WHO 2007, Evidence on the long - term effects of breastfeeding: systematic reviews and meta - analysis WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009, Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV / AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2009 WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding.

Because of limited financial resources, households that are food insecure also may use coping strategies to stretch budgets that are harmful for health, such as engaging in cost - related medication underuse, postponing or forgoing preventive or needed medical care, or forgoing the foods needed for special medical diets (e.g., diabetic diets).

Aims Ireland were invited to sit on the National Maternity Strategy Steering Group, the National Advisory Group for Better Safer Maternity Care and most recently were invited to orally address the Oireachtas Joint Health Committee on the implementation of the National Maternity Strategy.

Learn more about how health - care providers implemented the Ten Steps as they share their strategies for success on the pathway to improvement.

Lack of breast feeding is significantly associated with higher use and cost of health care.28 Improved short and long term health of breastfed children, improved wellbeing of mothers who have breast fed, and the cost of goods consumed are major factors leading to economic benefits from the promotion of breast feeding.6 29 30 31 Future research should compare the specific cost effectiveness of such strategies for improvement of breastfeeding practice.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

In 1992, in response to epidemiologic reports from Europe and Australia, the AAP recommended that infants be placed for sleep in a nonprone position as a strategy for reducing the risk of SIDS.9 The «Back to Sleep» campaign was initiated in 1994 under the leadership of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development as a joint effort of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, the AAP, the SIDS Alliance (now First Candle), and the Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs.10 The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development began conducting national surveys of infant care practices to evaluate the implementation of the AAP recommendation.

This strategy requires responsive health systems that are equipped with lifesaving commodities and staffed with health workers who can deliver high - quality and timely skilled care, including emergency obstetric care and interventions for small and ill newborn babies.

Spitzer took issue with Cuomo's strategy of putting health care players with a vested interest in the Medicaid debate — namely GNYHA and SEIU 1199 — onto the redesign team that hashed out a reform and cost - cutting strategy that included sweeteners for the industry (the indemnity fund, living wage) in exchange for accepting spending cuts.

Boston Road is one of the first projects to use the New York State Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) capital funding to employ housing as a strategy for reducing health care costs.

The Living Well for Longer strategy, released today by the Government, sets out plans for urgently needed improvements in the care that people with mental illness receive for their physical health.

If you want to know what happened to it, take a look at the Department of Health's first annual report on the «End of life care strategy» (62 full colour pages) which asserts that the initiative is off to a great start: it is establishing a National Implementation Advisory Board and a National Coalition to raise public awareness, has published a set of Quality Markers and core competencies, built monitoring into Operation Finance Guidance, tendered for a pilot of a national survey and begun the process to set up an Intelligence Network.

The apparent success of a strategy to marshal congressional support for the deal, linked to a carefully orchestrated rollout of endorsements (although Democratic Senate Whip Dick Durbin and other officials disputed the suggestion of coordination [445]-RRB- was attributed to lessons learned by the White House and congressional Democrats during struggles in previous summers with Republicans, in particular, over Obama's health care legislation.

Horner and others noted that teachers unions and health care workers have used similar strategies for years.

Occupational health care and employers could develop operational strategies that could prepare employees for retirement and the changes it can cause.

In particular, researchers in the Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology are developing sex - specific treatment and prevention strategies in clinical medicine for the advancement of health care aHealth and Gender Biology are developing sex - specific treatment and prevention strategies in clinical medicine for the advancement of health care ahealth care at BWH.

More must be done to improve health - care training, particularly to address biases about patients with obesity, and to improve care - delivery strategies, specifically for children with obesity for whom there are currently few treatment options.

Through projects at Duke Health, DCRI and the Duke Center for Childhood Obesity Research, Armstrong and other Duke scientists are assessing the most effective strategies to reduce obesity in children, including programs that offer at - risk children access to free medical care, partnerships with municipal recreation programs across North Carolina, and even studying children's gut bacteria to determine how the gut microbiome is related to weight.

Based at UNC, the National Institutes of Health - funded Collaboratory of AIDS Researchers for Eradication (CARE) seeks to validate and implement their «kick and kill» strategy to cure HIV infection.

«It is the first to use neuromuscular electrical stimulation as a diagnostic tool, and offers an effective treatment strategy that can drive down health care costs for chronic pain.»

Develop strategies to improve systems of care within hospital settings, including setting national accreditation standards related to cardiac arrest for hospitals and health care systems.

For this survey of global health, Science has joined forces with Science Translational Medicine, which examines vaccine development, strategies against emerging infections, progress in point - of - care diagnostics, and ways to promote mental health and neonatal health.

The findings will help inform preventive screening strategies and guide health care resource planning,» said Maryann Redford, D.D.S., M.P.H., a program director for Collaborative Clinical Research at NIH's National Eye Institute (NEI).

An analysis of survey data from participants in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)- based Disparities Leadership Program — a yearlong executive education initiative designed to help health care leaders address racial and ethnic disparities in health care services — has identified five important strategies that helped participants implement successful projects for their institutions.

«Report outlines strategies to address ethnic health care disparities: Disparities Leadership Program participants report challenges to, strategies for successfully addressing disparities at their organizations.»

Strategies that could safely identify a large proportion of patients suitable for discharge after a single sample of blood is taken on arrival in the ED would have major benefits to health care systems.