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During Healthcare Quality Week, we reflect on the alarming global statistics around healthcare quality. According to the World Health Organization between 5.7 and 8.4 million people die annually due to poor quality care in low- and middle-income countries, accounting for up to 15% of overall deaths. Furthermore, lost productivity from poor quality care is estimated to cost these countries $1.4 to $1.6 trillion each year. 🌍 At Adventure Doc, we know that improving healthcare quality is a critical step toward saving lives, especially in remote and austere environments. Our mission is to bridge healthcare gaps in low-resource settings, ensuring that communities receive high-quality care that improves health outcomes and fosters resilience. Join us this Healthcare Quality Week in raising awareness about the importance of healthcare quality and its impact on global health. Learn more about our actions: https://bit.ly/3LN6ZJU . #HealthcareQualityWeek #QualityMattersEverywhere #GlobalHealth #AdventureDoc

📢#ICIC24 Session 11.A Learning from the hard reality of trying to create integrated care is available on YouTube! Chaired by Dr. Arturo Alvarez-Rosete, International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC). Politicians and leaders across the world have committed to ambitious drives for integration. But achieving this has often been remarkably challenging, raising questions about commitment, changing course, whether aspirations were realistic, and which policy levers are genuinely helpful. What can we learn from integration initiatives across the world, both from research and from those who have led change? What are the sometimes-difficult lessons we can take from this as many policymakers and managers begin new and deeper cycles of change? This unique session brings together learning derived from research from the Nuffield Trust and the practical learning from system leaders in Catalonia, the Basque Country and Wales to provide attendees with an opportunity to reflect on what works when seeking to integrate care. Learning from the hard reality of trying to create integrated care: reflections from research and implementation presented by Shelley Davies, Welsh Government, Wales. With panellists: Camille Oung, Fellow, Nuffield Trust Joseba Igor Zabala Rementeria, Osakidetza Juan Carlos Contel Segura, Department of Health Catalonia 🔗https://ow.ly/9KQP50SIXCp

To achieve the needed reform and transformation of health and care services requires - as set out as a priority in the Darzi review - a new way to engage with staff, patients and public. To meaningfully engage, at scale, at pace. Thiscovery is the kind of innovative solution that can help achieve this. Spun out of the University of Cambridge, and proudly supported by The Health Foundation and THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute), the team showcased their work at their first annual event last week. If you are looking for a new way to ask the right questions, and to find the right people to answer them - for digital products, service changes, or clinical standards - then look them up!

Janus’ Chief Medical Officer Dr. Paul Ciechanowski recently presented at the AHRQ Learning Collaborative, facilitated by Emilia De Marchis, MD, MAS, and Lyndsey Miller, PhD, RN. This series covering Person-Centered Care Planning for Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions is such important work. Here are a few takeaways for those who were not able to attend this amazing event: 1.     The most compelling way that we can address the needs of persons with multiple chronic conditions is through a team-based, whole-person approach, considering bio-psycho-social factors. 2.     We know from years of research how much behavioral health factors into the overall outcomes and total cost of care in this highly vulnerable population. 3.     Collaborative Care addresses these psychosocial issues in patients with chronic conditions. Under Collaborative Care, “a team with a shared mission uses improved clinical systems to deliver improved care to a patient population supported by operational and financial systems. Such care is continuously evaluated through improvement processes and effectiveness measurement.” Thanks to the facilitators for giving Paul the opportunity to present, and a shout-out to Paul’s “colleague” Nate Flacker at ChenMed, who is also a member of the AHRQ Learning Collaborative, as our work together over the last year has been so rewarding. #personcenteredplannning, #multiplechronicconditions, #collaborativecare, #frombenchtopractice www.ahrq.gov

The hospital-at-home concept is rather interesting. I am not quite ready to share my thoughts on it. But it's important to think about the current hospital model before trying to take the inpatient to the patient. How necessary are most hospitalizations? How impactful is the average inpatient stay? How much of it is financially driven? What is the impact on caregivers? Who will be sent to the patient's home? What conditions will be covered? How will the patient's health literacy impact their outcomes? How will quality metrics be measured? What will the risk be to clinicians?

While health is a human right, billions still lack access to essential services.  On this World Health Day, with the theme "My Health, My Right," the Clinical Best Practice Council (CBPC) at Elsevier is committed to advancing equitable, quality care for all. Ensuring this fundamental right, regardless of geography or circumstance, is imperative.  To help advance this mission, we’ve identified themes which all can play a role in building a future where health knows no boundaries. - Providing empathetic care to improve patient experiences and outcomes. - Addressing and eliminating health inequities for more equitable systems. - How health professionals can drive patient health literacy forward. - Combating burnout to protect the wellbeing of our healthcare professionals and caregivers. - Enabling patients to have access to the right information, at the right time in their health journey. In the coming months, our Clinical Best Practice Council will be exploring each of the themes in more detail with insights, interactive content, and more. To learn more about the work we do at the Clinical Best Practice Council, visit: https://lnkd.in/e2Txuca8 #WorldHealthDay #MyHealthMyRight #HealthForAll

🎞️ 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨: How do we implement the #ESCNH for “Ethical decision-making & palliative care”? In our second 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨, Professor Jos Latour and Dr. Marina Cuttini outline essential strategies for implementing the ESCNH in “Ethical decision-making & palliative care”. Key takeaways include: 💡 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Strengthening partnerships between healthcare professionals and families to advance care practices. 💡𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Continuous learning initiatives and guidelines to equip professionals for ethically challenging situations. 💡 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: Promoting open dialogues within healthcare teams to ensure holistic care while safeguarding everyone’s well-being. 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 to understand the comprehensive approach required for effective implementation of these standards and 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 in highlighting the critical topic of “Ethical decision-making & palliative care” this July. 👉 Find out more at: https://lnkd.in/dumswadn #ForTheBestStartInLife #NewbornHealth #BetterStandardsBetterOutcomes #act4babies

In Boston for the Society for Medical Decision Making 46th Annual Meeting? Join DPHS' Semra Ozdemir and her fellow panelists tomorrow, Oct. 29, at 2:35 p.m. for "The Power of Preferences: Shaping health decisions across diverse contexts." This session will introduce attendees to how preferences are defined, measured, and used to inform health and medical decision-making across diverse contexts, including shared decision-making, medical product development, health system design, policy, and health technology assessment. The session will also provide a novel framework for holistically considering preference information across diverse medical decision contexts. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ex_c_c_z #PopulationHealth #medicaldecisionmaking #patientpreference

🚑 Paramedic and Health Friends 💊 Can you please help my research colleague by filling in a quick survey for data collection? https://lnkd.in/gJKH9_hd... Title: Identifying areas of unmet need within Paramedicine, relevant to GWS and regional NSW, for future innovation studies. Aim: This survey is an opportunity for you to provide perspectives on unmet patient needs in your practice, related innovations or interventions, and current barriers to these innovations. As a local, expert healthcare professional, your responses will help provide a clearer understanding of how unmet patient needs can be addressed in our community.

This issue seeks to uncover and elevate the practices happening in non-hospital settings and highlight research and evidence showing how efforts in these spaces are truly transforming the human experience in healthcare. Published in association with The Beryl Institute, Volume 11, Issue 2 includes 14 articles representing personal narratives, research studies and case studies and covers a selection of topics. Read PX Journal https://ow.ly/5y4O50SWes1