Evolution of the Cancer Registrar in the Era of Informatics

2021 ◽  
pp. 272-278
Author(s):  
Kelly W. Merriman ◽  
Ronda G. Broome ◽  
Giordana De Las Pozas ◽  
Lisa D. Landvogt ◽  
Ying Qi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Accurate Data ◽  
Cancer Data ◽  
Data Points ◽  
Care Outcomes ◽  
Improving Patient Care

The cancer registrar reports accurate, complete, and timely abstracted cancer data to various healthcare agencies. The data are used for understanding the incidence of cancer, evaluating the effectiveness of public health efforts in the prevention of new cases and improving patient care outcomes and survival. There are increasing demands placed on registrars for additional data points with real-time submission to reporting agencies. To that end, registrars are increasing the use of informatics to meet the demand. The purpose of this article is the role of the registrar in the collection and reporting of critical cancer data and how registrars are currently using informatics to enhance their work. This article describes how informatics can be leveraged in the future and how registrars play a vital role in meeting the increasing demands placed on them to provide timely, meaningful, and accurate data for the cancer community.

The Role of Humanities in Medical Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 148-155
Author(s):  
Arthur L. Frank
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Physician Communication ◽  
Ethical Behaviors ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Improving Patient Care

This chapter considers the role and value of the study of the humanities in medical education. Most authors on this subject believe the study of the humanities results in a better physician. However, few papers document this almost universally accepted idea. This chapter cites the available literature on the subject and also considers how the study of the humanities has become more common in countries beyond the United States. The study of the humanities is thought to improve physician communication and to influence ethical behaviors, ultimately improving patient care.

Introduction to Public Health in Pharmacy

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Health Care Outcomes ◽  
Disease States ◽  
Care Outcomes ◽  
The Impact

The need for texts that blend the areas of pharmacy and public health has continued to expand. Introduction to Public Health in Pharmacy (second edition), builds upon the Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) Educational Outcomes report, which emphasizes public health in the domains of Foundational Knowledge and Essentials of Pharmacy Practice and Care, focusing on both patient and population health care outcomes. This second edition has (a) a strong pharmacy-relevant emphasis on the foundations of public health in pharmacy and (b) an increased emphasis on the impact of pharmacy on disease states important in public health and pharmacy in the United States and internationally. This text can be adopted for pharmacy and public health courses but would also be a valuable resource to those teaching therapeutics, patient care, disease prevention, and community engagement. In addition, it is an invaluable resource and handbook for practitioners. The focus is on the role of pharmacy in population health.

scholarly journals Pharmacists as Immunizers: The Role of Pharmacies in Promoting Immunization Campaigns and Counteracting Vaccine Hesitancy

Pharmacy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
Immunization Services ◽  
Coverage Rates ◽  
Vaccination Campaigns ◽  
Productivity Gains

Vaccines represent fundamental public health interventions aimed to counteract or, at least, partially mitigate the severe epidemiological and economic burden generated by communicable disorders, in terms of (i) outcome-related, (ii) behavior-related productivity gains, and (iii) community externalities in developed settings as well as in developing countries. Despite their importance, several parents choose not to immunize their children due to the rising phenomenon of anti-vaccination movements that divulge vaccine-related “fake news” and “post-modern, post-factual truths”. Vaccine hesitancy represents a threat that can seriously jeopardize the implementation and success of vaccination campaigns. Within this framework, from a public health perspective, community pharmacies can play a vital role in that pharmacists can: (i) act as immunizers (vaccine distributors, educators, facilitators and administrators), (ii) improve vaccine-related health literacy and vaccination coverage rates as well as (iii) remove barriers and obstacles to the access to healthcare settings offering immunization services and (iv) counteract vaccine hesitancy.

Role of clinical nurse leadership in improving patient care

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 26-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Murphy ◽  
Bernie Quillinan ◽  
Mary Carolan
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Clinical Nurse ◽  
Nurse Leadership ◽  
Improving Patient Care
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