Category: Health

Table of Contents The Journal Assessment #1 Assessment #2 Assessment #3 Reference The Journal Descriptive epidemiology deals with the spread and occurrence of diseases in a population. For such epidemiologists, it is essential to find out which social strata get sick, when, and where. The underlying causes of diseases are clarified by analytical epidemiology, but…

Community Engagement in Policy Development In the modern world it is an established fact that the person’s health is determined by their surroundings, quality of life and the society they belong to (Haflon 2009). The factors that define people’s state of health, life expectancy and the number of diseases this person is potentially exposed to…

Introduction According to (Roemoeer, 1986), Health insurance pays for part or all bills of health care of a person. There are various types of health insurance which include individual plans, health plans for the government, health plans for groups and worker’s compensation. Health insurance is also classified into managed care and traditional insurance where in…

Introduction Over 100 Americans are killed by gunshots every day, and almost 200 are seriously wounded. These fatalities are avoidable. A holistic strategy is required to combat the gun violence pandemic (Rajan et al., 2018). The public health approach involves decreasing and avoiding damage, sickness, and mortality, in an attempt to improve the population’s healthcare…

A reflection on strategies for evaluating health information systems Health information systems play crucial roles in patient care outcomes within healthcare organizations. To ensure continued efficiency and effectiveness, a health information system should be evaluated routinely (Nahm, Vaydia, Ho, Scharf & Seagull, 2007). An evaluation of a health information system aims to improve healthcare outcomes.…

It is important to note that an effective treatment and care delivery process is highly dependent on a health professional’s ability to communicate critical and essential information to a patient. Implementing any form of change meant to improve an organization cannot be done without ensuring that the shift will be welcomed and can be integrated.…

Introduction Health Care management is a very essential tool in the overall successful running of the institutions which offer health care services to patients. The Health Care administrators have a major role in the operation of the hospital facilities as they participate in coordinating and organizing the financing and delivery of care services and assisting…

Organization heads play a major role in determining the success of an entity. Such heads include business leaders and managers serving at different levels of the organization. The world often confuses the two positions; a business leader and a manager. Often, people with the role of leading businesses adopt the manager’s mentality or way of…

Introduction The Te Kahui Whai Ora (TKW) initiative was a health promotion program initiated by an indigenous health care organization, the Te Orenganui Iwi health authority (Gifford, 2010, p. 7). Its main aim was to promote healthy lifestyle changes through improved nutrition and increased physical activity in order to reduce obesity among the Maori children,…

Upon reading Chin and Sakuda’s (2012) article, various aspects of electronic health records (EHRs) critical in improving health care have become clear. The study elucidates current and potential interventions in EHRs that can help enhance Hawaii’s healthcare. The authors feel that meaningful use of data may take three forms: e-prescribing, health data exchange, and clinical…