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Public Health in India

Technology, governance and service delivery

Edited by Diatha Krishna Sundar, Shashank Garg, Isha Garg ...

Despite rapid advances in modern medicine and state-of-the-art health care services in the private sector, primary health care in India remains inaccessible to a majority of the population. Besides, even policymakers often do not have access to real-time data to fine-tune their policies or design appropriate research and intervention programmes.Drawing on field experiences, this volume brings ... Read more

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Despite rapid advances in modern medicine and state-of-the-art health care services in the private sector, primary health care in India remains inaccessible to a majority of the population. Besides, even policymakers often do not have access to real-time data to fine-tune their policies or design appropriate research and intervention programmes.Drawing on field experiences, this volume brings
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Ending Medical Reversal

Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives

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Why medicine adopts ineffective or harmful medical practices only to abandon them—sometimes too late.Medications such as Vioxx and procedures such as vertebroplasty for back pain are among the medical "advances" that turned out to be dangerous or useless. What Dr. Vinayak K. Prasad and Dr. Adam S. Cifu call medical reversal happens when doctors start using a medication, procedure, or diagnostic ... Read more

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Why medicine adopts ineffective or harmful medical practices only to abandon them—sometimes too late.Medications such as Vioxx and procedures such as vertebroplasty for back pain are among the medical "advances" that turned out to be dangerous or useless. What Dr. Vinayak K. Prasad and Dr. Adam S. Cifu call medical reversal happens when doctors start using a medication, procedure, or diagnostic
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The Hospital Revolution

Doctor's Reveal the Crisis Engulfing Britain's Health Service

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There is no doubt that the NHS is very sick, possibly terminally ill. The cause of this illness is that it has a huge cancerous growth inside, sapping it of all its strength. This malignant mass is the management system.Just as a patient with cancer does not know for a long time that a disease is present, the vast majority of the British public is unaware of the true cause and extent of the ... Read more

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There is no doubt that the NHS is very sick, possibly terminally ill. The cause of this illness is that it has a huge cancerous growth inside, sapping it of all its strength. This malignant mass is the management system.Just as a patient with cancer does not know for a long time that a disease is present, the vast majority of the British public is unaware of the true cause and extent of the
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2030 - The Future of Medicine

Avoiding a Medical Meltdown

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It is 2030. What are the new technologies that have advanced healthcare? What are the new or strengthened demands placed on the healthcare systems of the world? Is the future affordable, or do we see drastic rationing of care or the collapse of healthcare insurance? This book tackles these questions, and provides some answers. It does not shrink from the uncomfortable challenges that lie ahead, as ... Read more

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It is 2030. What are the new technologies that have advanced healthcare? What are the new or strengthened demands placed on the healthcare systems of the world? Is the future affordable, or do we see drastic rationing of care or the collapse of healthcare insurance? This book tackles these questions, and provides some answers. It does not shrink from the uncomfortable challenges that lie ahead, as
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Medical Billing Horror Stories

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Anecdotes and real case studies ripped from the headlines about what doctors did which got them into trouble either with Medicare, HIPAA, The Office of Inspector General (OIG) or worse the FBI.The case studies are true stories of medical professionals: Some are about providers just like you trying to navigate the complex maze of the medical billing process.This guide will help you recognize the ... Read more

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Anecdotes and real case studies ripped from the headlines about what doctors did which got them into trouble either with Medicare, HIPAA, The Office of Inspector General (OIG) or worse the FBI.The case studies are true stories of medical professionals: Some are about providers just like you trying to navigate the complex maze of the medical billing process.This guide will help you recognize the
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Fixing Medical Prices

How Physicians Are Paid

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Medical care prices in the United States are not only the most expensive in the world, but there are wide variations in what physicians are paid. Doctors at the frontlines of medical care who manage complex conditions argue that they receive disproportionately lower fees than physicians performing services such as minor surgeries and endoscopies. Fixing Medical Prices goes to the heart of the U.S. ... Read more

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Medical care prices in the United States are not only the most expensive in the world, but there are wide variations in what physicians are paid. Doctors at the frontlines of medical care who manage complex conditions argue that they receive disproportionately lower fees than physicians performing services such as minor surgeries and endoscopies. Fixing Medical Prices goes to the heart of the U.S.
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Patient Engagement

Catalyzing Improvement and Innovation in Healthcare

by G. Ross Baker, Maria Judd, Christine Maika, Alain Biron, Jim Conway, Jocelyn Cornwell, Jean-Louis Denis, Vincent Dumez0, Carol Fancott1, Elina Farmanova2, Caryl Harper3, Malori Keller4, Annie Laverty5, Brenda MacGibbon6, Anu MacIntosh-Murray7, Peter Margolis8, Patricia O’Connor9, Louise Restrick0, Eleanor Rivoire1, Michael Seid and Justin Vandergrift2 ...

CFHI's first book on patient engagement. Case studies from healthcare delivery organizations in three countries, catalyzing improvement and innovation in healthcare illustrates patient engagement strategies and their impacts. ... Read more

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With “Big Pharma” garnering an increasing number of negative headlines due to reports of adverse drug reactions and a surge in prescription drug addiction and overdose deaths, many people are increasingly skeptical about the safety of modern pharmaceutics and the moral integrity of the pharmaceutical industry. This book was written to provide a balanced perspective on drug safety risks. No ... Read more

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Proof that high health care spending is linked directly to poverty.In Poverty and the Myths of Health Care Reform, Dr. Richard (Buz) Cooper argues that US poverty and high health care spending are inextricably entwined. Our nation's health care system bears a financial burden that is greater than in any other developed country in large part because impoverished patients use more health care,
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A complete introductory review of global health--updated to reflect the latest issues and challengesThe first edition of Understanding Global Health set a new information standard for this rapidly emerging subject. Written by a remarkable group of authors and contributors, this comprehensive, engagingly written text offers unmatched coverage of every important topic--from infectious disease to ... Read more

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