groups (Robinson, Esquivel, & Vlahov, 2012). With medical advances, life expectancy is on the rise, which means older people will have more comorbidities and consequently be required to take more medications for symptom management. Generally when a person takes anywhere from two-nineteen medications, the term "polypharmacy" is introduced (Pasina et al., 2014). In hospital settings polypharmacy is not an issue because there are nurses and medical providers to address questions and concerns, administer
Efficacy of Self-Management Education in Heart Failure Outcomes Heart failure (HF) has been singled out as an epidemic and is a staggering clinical and public health problem, associated with significant mortality, morbidity, and healthcare expenditures, particularly among those aged 65 and older (Roger et al., 2013). HF is a major health care issue with a current prevalence of over 5.8 million in the USA and over 23 million worldwide, and rising. The lifetime risk of developing HF is one in five
Other conditions that can exacerbate heart failure include pulmonary hypertension, heart arrhythmias, and sleep apnea. Heart failure affects people of all ages but it is more common in people age 65 or older6. Adults are living longer now and with aging the heart muscle weakens so people are more likely to develop heart failure. Children with congenital heart disease can also develop heart failure given the defects make the heart work harder, which can lead to heart failure. Blacks are more likely
Health Disparities Amongst Minorities Minority health disparities continue to be a pervasive problem within the United States.The Institute of Medicine defines disparity as, “differences in treatment provided to members of different racial or ethnic groups that are not justified by underlying health conditions or preferences” (Snowden 526). Despite adjustments made to access-related factors, insurance and income, minorities still tend receive lower-quality health care than whites (Flores, Olsen and
Research studies have indicated that the elderly Hispanic-American population residing along the Texas-Mexico border has minimal access to healthcare as well as inadequate use of preventive and screening services. The elderly population in El Paso, Texas is speculated to increase by 21.8% between 2014 to 2019 for the age group between 70 to 74 and 11.7% for the age group between 75 to 79. Unfortunately, many oral healthcare professionals are avoiding geriatric certification as a result of the low
I 111TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3962 To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 29, 2009 Mr. DINGELL (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. STARK, Mr. PALLONE, and Mr. ANDREWS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education
note that in Figure 1—1 most of the fastest-growing occupations percentagewise are related to information technology or health care. The increase in the technology jobs is due to the rapid increase in the use of information technology, such as databases, system design and analysis, and desktop publishing. The health care jobs are growing as a result of the aging of the U.S. population and workforce, a factor discussed later. Chapter 1 Changing Nature of Human Resource Management 5 FIGURE 1—1
relationship between job insecurity and work Page 5 STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Section One effort. Nontraditional investment approaches will also be examined. These include investments in disabled employees, investments in employee health, and countercyclical hiring. HUMAN RESOURCE INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS Several factors will be considered in the discussion of strategic human resource investment decisions. As noted earlier, these will include management’s values, views of risk
medicine and health care were very often offset by the degradation of the global environment and massive spurts in excessive mortality brought on by warfare, famine, periodic genocidal onslaughts, and worldwide epidemics. In no previous epoch of history was war so vilified and peace so consciously pursued through the establishment of international organizations and diplomatic exchanges. Despite these endeavors, the levels of domestic and international violence within human populations and the ravages
in terms of categorize 17. The field that deals with behavioral issues as well as technical issues surrounding the development, use, and impact of information systems used by managers and employees in the firm is called: a. information systems literacy. b. information systems architecture. c. management information systems. d. information technology infrastructure. Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Reference: p. 11 18. In a hierarchical organization, the upper levels consist of: a. managerial