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Today EACH joins the world in supporting the International Day of Care and Support 🌍🤝   We would like to celebrate this day by highlighting work planned by the European Parliament Subcommittee on Public Health (SANT). SANT is preparing an upcoming INI (own-initiative procedure) report, which will focus on the sustainability of healthcare systems and an EU health workforce crisis plan.   Additionally, the European Commission funded a survey that was recently launched by WHO/Europe. The survey deals with the mental health and well-being of healthcare professionals across EU Member States, Iceland and Norway. The main goal is to gather data to better understand the challenges doctors and nurses face in their work environments. Find out more about it here: https://lnkd.in/eGY464sV   The resilience of the health workforce is crucial in providing #cardiovascular care. We believe every person affected by #CVD deserves compassionate and comprehensive care that addresses their unique needs. 💖   EACH reaffirms its commitments to ensuring that health systems across Europe are equipped and supported to deliver quality care to every patient, now and in the future. We therefore welcome Commissioner-Designate Várhelyi's commitments to more resilient health systems in his answers to written questions by Committees. 🩺 👇 https://lnkd.in/eYjhmDww   #CVHealthForAll

The Value of Partnering with the Public to Improve Health Services Join us to learn how public contributors and researchers partnered to improve health services and discuss ways to build on their work https://lnkd.in/eZv6W3BS

Allied Health professionals are also key to improving population health by increasing the years spent in good health. In turn, combining data, innovation, education, and transdisciplinary practice to make Healthcare better.

The NEJM recently published a glum Perspective, “The Failing U.S. Health System.” A synopsis of a recent Commonwealth Fund report, Mirror Mirror 2024, it compares U.S. Health System performance to that of nine other developed nations. Unfortunately, these two papers by Blumenthal et al are at once both a sad refrain and understandably short on actionable guidance. A few thoughts:   First, as Donabedian noted last century, “good structure increases the likelihood of good process, and good process increases the likelihood of a good outcome.” To put it bluntly, the fragmented evolution of social and financial structures in the United States has led to (among other things) disastrous and corrupted government nutrition policy; dysfunctional pharmaceutical industry incentives and polypharmacy; limited science to support many medical interventions; pervasive poverty, homelessness, and addiction; and intentional confusion around financing and payment responsibility. The structures are sick, and they have birthed ills that the “U.S. Health System” cannot cure. Second, the magnitude of these problems and the prodigious amount of money spent on individual health and societal well-being have encouraged the view that legacy health care organizations can develop novel paradigms and implement adjacent strategies better than others. Aside from a few rare exceptions, they cannot. Third, the authors praise “the strong performance of the United States on measures of care process.” Ironically, these very processes contribute enormously to the financial and administrative burden in U.S. health care and are a source of considerable burnout and frustration among physicians and nurses. Moreover, processes are only useful insofar as they lead to meaningful and sustained improvement in relevant outcomes – which the report correctly asserts is clearly lacking in the U.S. Health System. Something is missing here. So, absent comprehensive structural reform, what should the U.S. hospitals and health care organizations responsible for treating patients in this country do? · Relentlessly develop a culture that prioritizes people, operational excellence, and truly meaningful clinical and financial outcomes; · Retain and selectively recruit for excellent Medical Staff and bedside personnel; · Execute in those areas unique to the acute care environment, such as trauma, transplant, acute respiratory/hepatic/renal/cardiac conditions, oncology, and capital-intensive surgical and procedural disciplines; · Develop a payer and purchaser strategy that reaps the value from this execution; · Avoid malinvestment or distraction with trends peripheral to the core business; · Apply continuous process improvement to eliminate friction, refine operations and lower expense; · Apply AI and other new technologies judiciously and pragmatically without hype or delusions of grandeur; and · Hedge against eventual insolvency of the industry’s primary payer. In other words, start knitting.

I'm excited to announce the publication of my latest paper as second co-author (#3 paper this year): "Conflict among experts in health recommendations and corresponding public trust in health experts." In this study, we delve into how conflicting health recommendations from experts impact public trust. Addressing this issue through consistent, clear, and transparent communication and emphasizing the physician-patient relationship is essential for maintaining public trust in health experts and ensuring the effective dissemination of health recommendations. A big thanks to the lead author “Dr Arch G Mainous” and co-authors for their invaluable contributions to this research. Together, we aim to enhance the effectiveness of health communication. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e6nN3zwk #Publictrust #HealthCommunication #PatientPhysicianRelationship #Primarycare #preventivecare #PublicHealthResearch

Perhaps the most practical and carefully considered guide to managing conflicts of interest in the development of health guidelines. https://lnkd.in/ears2pXG

WHO CC for VBD and NTDs at James Cook University announced as a Commission on Lancet Commission on People Centred Care - a group of 34 multidisciplinary experts, competitively chosen from a global call, from around the world representing people with lived experiences, health care providers, policymakers, academic researchers, civil society organizers, and private sector leaders. Embarking on this important work to advance people-centered care globally, ensuring that health systems are designed and delivered for and with people, as we strive to achieve sustainable universal health coverage and health equity. https://lnkd.in/epv2UWNE

Celebrating International Allied Health Professions Day! 🎉 As James Maskell, author of The Community Cure, highlighted at the recent HCANZA conference, community-driven collaboration is the future of healthcare. By working together, we can empower individuals, promote self-care, and achieve better health outcomes for all.   HCANZA Chair Linda Funnell-Milner has penned an article about the power of collaboration in chronic disease management. Here’s an excerpt: “𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯? 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭.   𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘏𝘊𝘈𝘕𝘡𝘈 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 . 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺.”   Read the article 👉 https://lnkd.in/gS6-pEcy   #AlliedHealthDay #ChronicDisease #Collaboration #SelfCare #CommunityHealth #PatientEmpowerment Australian Self-Care Alliance  

In this 15 minute read, the HIMSS Social Determinants of Health Committee focuses on Digital Determinants of Health (DDoH) as a subset of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) and offers a framework to evaluate the impact of digital products and services intended to support equitable and inclusive access to healthcare. The committee stresses the utilization of existing SDoH foundations, the necessity for industry-wide adoption of standards, and the pivotal, but less explored, role DDoH plays in revamping public health infrastructure. Learn more! Many thanks to our co-authors Dr. Keisuke Nakagawa, David Bucciferro, Lonnie Buchanan, Matt Bishop, Sudheer Chekka, Ned Chini, Evelyn Gallego, MBA, MPH, CPHIMS, Kevin Gormley, Elise Kohl-Grant, Andrew Hamilton, Jan E. Larsson, Janée T., Sarah Bell, and Robert Havasy! Special thanks to our reviewers Margo Edmunds, PhD, FAMIA, Abdul R Shaikh, PhD, MHSc, David Ahern, Ben Bartolome JD, Michael Gibbons MD MPH, Karen Onyeije, Brayden Parker JD), Jerriene Cordova, Stefany Goradia, Gravity Project, MITRE, Mike Benol, Valerie Rogers, Evan Dunne, HIMSS, and everyone who provided valuable feedback throughout the course of this work. #DigitalHealthEquity #DDOH #SDOH #Techequity #HealthEquity #DigitalHealth #Healthcare Measuring Digital Health Equity for Impact | HIMSS

International Health is an Open Access journal that aims to stimulate scientific and policy debate and provide a forum for analysis and opinion sharing for individuals and organisations engaged in all areas of global heath. The Editor’s Choice article in the latest issue on ‘Global knowledge and attitudes towards Mpox (monkeypox) among healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis’, from Abdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi et al. I In this article, they explore the knowledge and attitudes towards mpox (monkeypox) among healthcare workers in light of the 2022 outbreak of Mpox. This epidemic of Clade 2 Mpox spread rapidly world-wide from the initial cluster of cases identified in the UK. This systematic review highlighted the low level of health care workers (HCW) knowledge on Mpox and, surprisingly, little difference between the general public’s knowledge and that of HCWs. Read this article, as well as the rest of the issue, here: https://lnkd.in/erYM7FyT #globalhealth #internationalhealth #mpox #INTHEA