Posts Tagged ‘policy’
Health Policy Research Roundup: Length Of Hospital Stays, Analyses Of Obama’s Reform Proposals
Archives Of Internal Medicine: Hospital Cost Of Care, Quality Of Care, And Readmission Rates – This study compares patients treated for pneumonia and congestive heart failure (CHF) and finds that high-cost hospitals don’t always deliver better care…
Flu Vaccination Rate At BJC HealthCare Rises Dramatically Due To Mandatory Policy
Making flu shots mandatory in 2008 dramatically increased the vaccination rate among St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare’s nearly 26,000 employees to more than 98 percent, according to a report now online in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. The study’s lead author, infectious disease specialist Hilary Babcock, M.D…
Mandatory Policy Boosts Influenza Vaccination Rate Among Health Care Workers
A mandatory influenza vaccination policy improves immunization rates among health care workers, according to a recent study of a large health care organization. The finding comes from a study, now available online, published in the February 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases…
Health Policy Research Roundup
UCLA Center For Health Policy Research: Health Disparities Among California’s Nearly Four Million Low-Income Nonelderly Adult Women – Using data from the 2007 California Health Interview Survey, the authors of this policy brief compare low-income women, ages 18-64, to others…
A review of undergraduate university tobacco control policy process in Canada
The college years occur during the stage of life when many people develop permanent smoking habits, and approximately one-third go on to become addicted smokers. The 18–24 year demographic that makes up the majority of undergraduate attendees represents the earliest years that the tobacco industry now can legally attempt to lure new customers into smoking. This research investigated the ways in which university tobacco control policies are developed, introduced to students, faculty and staff and how they are implemented and enforced. Findings show that tobacco control initiatives at Canadian undergraduate universities face a wide range of challenges including a lack of dedicated and consistent tobacco control personnel, ownership issues, funding, enforcement and monitoring dilemmas. Participants also reported that the layout and geographic location of the campus can result in difficulties in implementation. Consequently, it appears that there may be a growing, although inadvertent, tolerance for smoking on Canadian campuses.
Medicaid Policy Changes May Have Broad Impact On Mental Health Services
Because Medicaid is the nation’s primary payer for mental health services, changes in Medicaid policies-even those policies that are not specifically related to mental health services-can have significant effects on public mental health systems, according to research reported in the November issue of Psychiatric Services, a journal of the American Psychiatric Association. Some of these effects may not be intended or fully understood. Author Jeffrey A. Buck, Ph.D.
RACGP Disappointed By New Mental Health Training Policy, Australia
Around 20% of adult Australians, or one in five people, will experience a mental illness at some stage in their lives and 7.6% of GP consultations relate to a problem of a psychological character. Many more GP consultations indirectly involve mental health issues. General practitioners are highly skilled and provide a critical part of the mental health care system in Australia.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital And Stanford Hospital & Clinics Implement New Visiting Policy To Limit Presence, Spread Of H1N1 Flu To Patients
Due to the severity of the H1N1 flu and its potential to spread to patients, children and expectant mothers, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford Hospital & Clinics announced today that effective Monday, October 19, 2009, both hospitals will no longer allow non-patient visitors or family members under the age of 16 inside the hospitals.
Canada’s H1N1 Vaccine Plan Too Slow – Canadian Medical Association Journal Suggests Policy Change To Fast-track Vaccine
Canada must change its H1N1 vaccine policy to fast-track the vaccine to high-risk groups such as pregnant women, children and youth and people with chronic diseases, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) .
Most Appropriate Treatment Strategy: Extension Of Vaccination Policy Or Prescription Of Anti-Influenza For Healthy Adults?
The use of antiviral drugs for the treatment of people presenting with symptoms is unlikely to be the most suitable approach during a seasonal outbreak. This is the conclusion of a study published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The review is the work of Dr Jane Burch and Professor Lesley Stewart, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, UK, and collaborators.
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