The latest edition of Health Policy Developments examines how information technologies are radically changing health care and how health care systems are altering their structures and policies to keep pace. The book also takes a closeup look at two other long-term health policy challenges, continuity and evaluation. Key issues addressed include multimorbidity (patients suffering concurrently from several chronic diseases), disease management program development, and patient empowerment or self-management. The ways in which countries acknowledge a culture of evaluation as integral to their health care systems and policies are also analyzed. Special attention is given to the conditions under which care providers use modern documentation, coaching, and feedback systems to improve quality, patient safety, and job satisfaction.
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Examines how information technologies are radically changing health care and how health care systems are altering their structures and policies to keep pace. The book also takes a closeup look at two other long-term health policy challenges - continuity and evaluation. Key issues addressed include multimorbidity, disease management programme development, and patient empowerment.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9783892049012
Publisert
2006-11-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Bertelsmann Foundation
Vekt
333 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
140

Om bidragsyterne

Reinhard Busse is professor and department head for health care management at Technische Universitat Berlin. Annette Zentner is a research fellow at the Department of Health Care Management at the Berlin University of Technology. Sophia Schlette is project manager of the Health Division at the Bertelsmann Foundation.