Access to Multidisciplinary Care for Pediatric Weight Management: Exploring Perspectives of the Health Care Team within Canada and the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 363-370
Author(s):  
Kristy Wittmeier ◽  
Gwenyth H. Brockman ◽  
Arnaldo Perez Garcia ◽  
Roberta L. Woodgate ◽  
Geoff D.C. Ball ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Weight Management ◽  
Multidisciplinary Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Pediatric Weight Management

scholarly journals Advanced Practitioners as Allies and Advocates

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Faiman, PhD, MSN, APRN-BC, AOCN®, FAAN
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Physician Assistants ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Clinical Nurse ◽  
Clinical Nurse Specialists

Advanced practitioners (APs) are a growing proportion of the health-care team. As of 2019, there were approximately 325,000 nurse practitioners, 7,000 clinical nurse specialists, and nearly 140,000 physician assistants in the United States (American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2021; National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, 2020; National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, 2019). Although this totals up to 500,000, it is hard to say how many of these APs focus their practice on hematology/oncology, as certification is not required, which is a major method to track these data. Pharmacists are also integral members of the health-care team. As of April 2021, there were 3,600 board-certified oncology pharmacists (BCOP), although this underestimates the number of pharmacists who practice in hematology and oncology who are not BCOP certified (Board of Pharmacy Specialties, 2021).

scholarly journals DENTAL HYGIENISTS AS ESSENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH CARE TEAM

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Juhl
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Oral Disease ◽  
Dental Hygienists

Despite the advances in dental sciences, innovative oral health programs, and efforts dedicated by oral health professionals,globally, unmet oral disease, and the economic loss it causes, is growing. In the present, oral health care delivery systemsurgently need improvement. The introduction of dental hygienists as essential members of the health care team can contributeto improved and cost-effective health care outcomes. This paper provides definitions of dental hygienists from both, aninternational and the United States (U.S.) and describes their education, functions, and contributions to the health care team.

In the Business of Dying: Questioning the Commercialization of Hospice

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua E. Perry ◽  
Robert C. Stone
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Terminal Illness ◽  
Multidisciplinary Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Corporate Boards ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Hospice Movement ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
The Gift

In our society, some aspects of life are off-limits to commerce. We prohibit the selling of children and the buying of wives, juries, and kidneys. Tainted blood is an inevitable consequence of paying blood donors; even sophisticated laboratory tests cannot supplant the gift-giving relationship as a safeguard of the purity of blood. Like blood, health care is too precious, intimate, and corruptible to entrust to the market.The hospice movement in the United States is approximately 40 years old. During these past four decades, the concept of holistic, multidisciplinary care for patients (and their families) who are suffering from a terminal illness has evolved from a modest, grassroots constellation of primarily volunteer-run and community-governed endeavors to a multimillion dollar industry where the surviving nonprofits compete with for-profit providers, often publicly traded, managed by M.B.A.-trained executives, and governed by corporate boards. The relatively recent emergence of for-profit hospice reflects an increasing commercialization of health care in the United States, the potentially adverse impact of which has been well documented.

Social networks in health care teams: evidence from the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 1119-1139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lusine Poghosyan ◽  
Robert J. Lucero ◽  
Ashley R. Knutson ◽  
Mark W. Friedberg ◽  
Hermine Poghosyan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Team Member ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Health Care Teams ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Relational Structures

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to synthesize existing evidence regarding health care team networks, including their formation and association with outcomes in various health care settings. Design/methodology/approach Network theory informed this review. A literature search was conducted in major databases for studies that used social network analysis methods to study health care teams in the USA between 2000 and 2014. Retrieved studies were reviewed against inclusion and exclusion criteria. Findings Overall, 25 studies were included in this review. Results demonstrated that health care team members form professional (e.g. consultation) and personal (e.g. friendship) networks. Network formation can be influenced by team member characteristics (i.e. demographics and professional affiliations) as well as by contextual factors (i.e. providers sharing patient populations and physical proximity to colleagues). These networks can affect team member practice such as adoption of a new medication. Network structures can also impact patient and organizational outcomes, including occurrence of adverse events and deficiencies in health care delivery. Practical implications Administrators and policy makers can use knowledge of health care networks to leverage relational structures in teams and tailor interventions that facilitate information exchange, promote collaboration, increase diffusion of evidence-based practices, and potentially improve individual and team performance as well as patient care and outcomes. Originality/value Most health services research studies have investigated health care team composition and functioning using traditional social science methodologies, which fail to capture relational structures within teams. Thus, this review is original in terms of focusing on dynamic relationships among team members.

Mothers’ Support Preferences With Their Chronically Ill Child’s Health Care Team

2021 ◽  
pp. 019394592110303
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Rafferty ◽  
Stephanie Nemmers-Bello ◽  
Sydney Tietz ◽  
Melissa Lipovac
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Pediatric Health Care ◽  
Effective Use

Children living with medical complexities are a growing population in the United States. Supportive pediatric health care team members are arguably the single most important factor in helping mothers manage their child’s multifaceted condition. To better understand what constitutes helpful support from health care team members, we interviewed 17 mothers affiliated with a pediatric palliative care program at a large Midwestern U.S. hospital. Using Charmaz’s approach to grounded theory analysis, we found that mothers desired a collaborative partnership with their child’s health care team. However, the development of this partnership was contingent upon team members’ effective use of informational, emotional, and network support. We identified two specific strategies that qualified each of these three different types of helpful supportive communication. These strategies may be implemented into training and educational programs for health care professionals to improve their communication skills.

scholarly journals Applying the Adaptive Leadership Framework for Chronic Illness to understand how American and British men navigate the infertility process

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 205510291987164
Author(s):  
Eleanor L Stevenson ◽  
Kevin R McEleny ◽  
Eilis Moody ◽  
Donald E Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Fertility Treatment ◽  
Male Factor Infertility ◽  
Male Factor ◽  
Affective Symptoms ◽  
Adaptive Challenges ◽  
Adaptive Work

In this article, we sought to understand the adaptive challenges and work faced by men with male factor infertility. Using a prospective qualitative study in private (the United States) and academic (the United Kingdom) urology clinics, we recruited seven American and five British men with primary infertility after their urology consultation for male factor infertility between December 2015 and April 2017. Individual in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted shortly after male factor infertility urology consultation and then two additional interviews at about 3 and 6 months. We found three themes related to adaptive challenges faced during fertility treatment: avoidance (not disclosing, avoided social network), uncertainty (about ability to have a child, fertility-related information, and male factor infertility status), and affective symptoms (sadness, shock, disbelief, denial, about not achieving fatherhood, and poor outcomes). Four themes about adaptive work included focusing on goal (having clear, actionable steps; knowledge received from urologist; exhausted all options; focus on parenthood), support from partner (relationship and communication), support from health care team (provision of emotional support, increased comfort with staff over time, disclosure of knowing others with same condition), and acquired information (understanding issue, support from urologist, seeking information). We concluded that men with male factor infertility face adaptive challenges including avoidance, uncertainty, and affective symptoms. To manage during the treatment process, they use adaptive work including focusing on the goal, receiving support from their partner and health care team, and acquiring information. Although qualitative results cannot be generalized to larger populations, they might be applicable to men with male factor infertility during infertility treatment.

scholarly journals DENTAL HYGIENISTS AS ESSENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH CARE TEAM

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-80
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Juhl
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Oral Disease ◽  
Dental Hygienists

Despite the advances in dental sciences, innovative oral health programs, and efforts dedicated by oral health professionals,globally, unmet oral disease, and the economic loss it causes, is growing. In the present, oral health care delivery systemsurgently need improvement. The introduction of dental hygienists as essential members of the health care team can contributeto improved and cost-effective health care outcomes. This paper provides definitions of dental hygienists from both, aninternational and the United States (U.S.) and describes their education, functions, and contributions to the health care team.

scholarly journals Disputes in the Declaration of Brain Death: A Case Illustration

2017 ◽  
Vol 06 (04) ◽  
pp. 248-250
Author(s):  
Eleanor Peterson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Death ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
The Public ◽  
Death By Neurologic Criteria

AbstractDeath by neurologic criteria is a legal definition upheld in all 50 states in the United States. Confusion among the public may cause the declaration of death to be disputed and the removal of physiologic support delayed. In this report, a case is described of an infant who died from traumatic brain injury, but whose removal from respiratory and cardiovascular support was delayed due to a legal injunction brought forth from his family against the hospital. In addition, ethical issues faced by the health care team are discussed surrounding continuing medical therapies for a patient after the declaration of death.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document