Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Practice Parameters Update
Author: Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics, Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264805907
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improving quality of care. Crucially, it summarizes available evidence on different quality strategies and provides recommendations for their implementation. This book is intended to help policy-makers to understand concepts of quality and to support them to evaluate single strategies and combinations of strategies.
Practice Parameters Update
Author: American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines
Author: American Psychiatric AssociationPublisher: American Psychiatric Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The aim of the American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline series is to improve patient care. Guidelines provide a comprehensive synthesis of all available information relevant to the clinical topic. Practice guidelines can be vehicles for educating psychiatrists, other medical and mental health professionals, and the general public about appropriate and inappropriate treatments. The series also will identify those areas in which critical information is lacking and in which research could be expected to improve clinical decisions. The Practice Guidelines are also designed to help those charged with overseeing the utilization and reimbursement of psychiatric services to develop more scientifically based and clinically sensitive criteria.
Guidelines Manual
Author: United States Sentencing CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Guidelines for Clinical Practice
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309045894
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Guidelines for the clinical practice of medicine have been proposed as the solution to the whole range of current health care problems. This new book presents the first balanced and highly practical view of guidelinesâ€"their strengths, their limitations, and how they can be used most effectively to benefit health care. The volume offers: Recommendations and a proposed framework for strengthening development and use of guidelines. Numerous examples of guidelines. A ready-to-use instrument for assessing the soundness of guidelines. Six case studies exploring issues involved when practitioners use guidelines on a daily basis. With a real-world outlook, the volume reviews efforts by agencies and organizations to disseminate guidelines and examines how well guidelines are functioningâ€"exploring issues such as patient information, liability, costs, computerization, and the adaptation of national guidelines to local needs.
Women with Epilepsy
Author: Esther BuiPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107659884
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
This is a succinct, portable, essential guide to the practical management of women with epilepsy for busy clinicians.
Air Quality Guidelines
Author: World Health OrganizationPublisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9289021926
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
This book presents revised guideline values for the four most common air pollutants - particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide - based on a recent review of the accumulated scientific evidence. The rationale for selection of each guideline value is supported by a synthesis of information emerging from research on the health effects of each pollutant. As a result, these guidelines now also apply globally. They can be read in conjunction with Air quality guidelines for Europe, 2nd edition, which is still the authority on guideline values for all other air pollutants. As well as revised guideline values, this book makes a brief yet comprehensive review of the issues affecting the application of the guidelines in risk assessment and policy development. Further, it summarizes information on: . pollution sources and levels in various parts of the world, . population exposure and characteristics affecting sensitivity to pollution, . methods for quantifying the health burden of air pollution, and . the use of guidelines in developing air quality standards and other policy tools. Finally, the special case of indoor air pollution is explored. Prepared by a large team of renowned international experts who considered conditions in various parts of the globe, these guidelines are applicable throughout the world. They provide reliable guidance for policy-makers everywhere when considering the various options for air quality management.
Allergy Diagnostic Testing
Author: Clinical Practice Guidelines
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309043468
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
The Alberta clinical practice guidelines program is supporting appropriate, effective and quality medical care in Alberta through promotion, development and implementation of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.