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Healthcare in South Africa is in a crisis. Problems with infrastructure, management, human resources and the supply of essential medicines are at a critical level. This is compounded by a high burden of disease and disparity in levels of service delivery, particularly between public and private healthcare. The government has put ambitious plans in place, which are part of the National Development Plan to ward 2030. In the midst of this we find the individual person and their family and community staggering under the suffering caused by disease, poverty, crime and violence. There is a more than 70% chance that this person and their family and community are trying to make sense of this within a spiritual framework and that they belong to a faith-based community. This article explores the valuable contribution of spirituality, spiritual and pastoral work, the faith-based community (FBC) and faith-based organisations (FBOs) to holistic people-centred healthcare in South Africa. ; Dr André de la Porte is participating in the research project, 'Spirituality and Health', directed by Dr Stephan de Beer, Centre for Contextual Ministry and Department of Practical Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria. ; http://www.hts.org.za ; am2016 ; Practical Theology

Major advances and breakthroughs in Medicine and Healthcare are transforming our world. How will we manage to tackle our disease burden to improve our day-to-day well-being especially if in developed countries the global population of people over 80 will more than triple by 2050 and in the less developed ones the youth profile will escalate? Will Europeans as an example, find ways to balance budgets and restrain spending and come up with a sustainable survival strategy for Europe's healthcare systems? This work addresses a number of challenging questions and offers "smart" solutions and a framework on how to develop and sustain new models of care and improve the public services profile with the vision to become globally leading healthcare institutions mainly in Europe and particularly in Greece. The nature of programs in biomedical and healthcare sciences, the kind of educators and healthcare professionals and how to technologically and practically support such programs is considered. How to connect Biomedical programs with Medical Centers and what kind of student internships can be developed is discussed. What it means to have patient-centered medical centers which abide by strict European and international guidelines and certifications and how to provide top quality medical services is also examined. Keywords: Education, Healthcare, Medicine, Biomedical Programs, Smart Solutions, Internships, International Certifications

Federal and state governments, as well as third party payees, have created incentives for cost containment policies within healthcare settings. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent healthcare financial managers (HCFMs) believe various healthcare reform measures and cost containment strategies are effective and to descriptively compare the perception of effectiveness by type of organization (for profit, not for profit, and outside CPA/consulting firm). Eighty-four HCFMs, from 36 states, agree that the majority of healthcare reform measures are moderately or very effective. In general, accounting practices that HCFMs have direct decision making authority over were deemed effective (i.e. accounting systems that reduce administrative costs) regardless of type of agency employed. Surprisingly, accounting systems that provide more accurate allocation of indirect-overhead costs were not considered effective by not-for profit organizations. On the other hand, analyzing variances between expectations and actual cost/revenue, closely monitoring supply and equipment costs, and reducing administrative costs were rated effective by all three groups.

BACKGROUND: Changes to the method of payment for healthcare providers, including pay‐for‐performance schemes, are increasingly being used by governments, health insurers, and employers to help align financial incentives with health system goals. In this review we focused on changes to the method and level of payment for all types of healthcare providers in outpatient healthcare settings. Outpatient healthcare settings, broadly defined as 'out of hospital' care including primary care, are important for health systems in reducing the use of more expensive hospital services. OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of different payment methods for healthcare providers working in outpatient healthcare settings on the quantity and quality of health service provision, patient outcomes, healthcare provider outcomes, cost of service provision, and adverse effects. SEARCH METHODS: We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase (searched 5 March 2019), and several other databases. In addition, we searched clinical trials platforms, grey literature, screened reference lists of included studies, did a cited reference search for included studies, and contacted study authors to identify additional studies. We screened records from an updated search in August 2020, with any potentially relevant studies categorised as awaiting classification. SELECTION CRITERIA: Randomised trials, non‐randomised trials, controlled before‐after studies, interrupted time series, and repeated measures studies that compared different payment methods for healthcare providers working in outpatient care settings. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: We used standard methodological procedures expected by Cochrane. We conducted a structured synthesis. We first categorised the payment methods comparisons and outcomes, and then described the effects of different types of payment methods on different outcome categories. Where feasible, we used meta‐analysis to synthesise the effects of payment interventions under the same category. Where it was not possible to perform ...

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The Leadership Challenge -- 1 - Leadership Clarity: Bedrock for Legacy Thinking -- Part II: Building Blocks for a Career of Impact -- 2 - Self-Reflection and Awareness -- 3 - Integrity and Character -- 4 - Visioning: The Long View -- 5 - Mentoring and Leadership Development -- 6 - Managing Diversity -- 7 - Leading Innovation -- 8 - Celebration Matters -- Part III: Your Career Life Cycle -- 9 - Encore Performance -- 10 - Conclusion: Map your Journey -- Appendixes -- A - American College of Healthcare Executives Code of Ethics -- B - American College of Healthcare Executives Policy Statement: "Increasing and Sustaining Racial/Ethnic Diversity in Healthcare Management" -- C - American College of Healthcare Executives Ethical Policy Statement: "Creating an Ethical Culture within the Healthcare Organization" -- D - American College of Healthcare Executives Ethical Policy Statement: "Ethical Decision Making for Healthcare Executives" -- E - American College of Healthcare Executives Ethical Policy Statement: "Ethical Issues Related to a Reduction in Force" -- F - American College of Healthcare Executives Ethical Policy Statement: "Impaired Healthcare Executives" -- G - American College of Healthcare Executives Policy Statement: "Responsibility for Mentoring" -- H - American College of Healthcare Executives Policy Statement: "Preventing and Addressing Workplace Abuse: Inappropriate and Disruptive Behavior" -- I - American College of Healthcare Executives "Ethics Self-Assessment" -- References -- Interviewed Leaders -- Index -- About the Authors -- Back Cover.

RFID is a new technology that is quickly gaining ground in healthcare industry. RFID is being used in many areas of healthcare from asset tracking to patient care to access control. The objective of this article is to provide an extensive survey of existing literature to identify various applications of RFID in healthcare and ascertain how healthcare industry can gain long-term benefits of RFID technology. Findings indicate that RFID is being used in variety of healthcare applications. Findings indicate that effective use of RFID in healthcare requires various enablers, most important of which is the government support to use of RFID in healthcare. There also exist ethical/cultural issues related to RFID implementation that require close collaboration among RFID products manufactures and healthcare providers. This article also provides several recommendations for healthcare industry in order gain competitive advantage from the use of RFID technology.

Part I: Advances in biomedical and health informatics. Recent Development in Methodology for Gene Network Problems and Inferences / Sung W. Han and Hua Zhong -- Biomedical analytics and morphoproteomics: an integrative approach for medical decision making for recurrent or refractory cancers / Mary F. McGuire and Robert E. Brown -- Characterization and monitoring of nonlinear dynamics and chaos in complex physiological systems / Hui Yang, Yun Chen and Fabio Leonelli -- Statistical modeling of electrocardiography signal for subject monitoring and diagnosis / Lili Chen, Changyue Song and Xi Zhang -- Modeling and simulation of measurement uncertainty in clinical laboratories / Varun Ramamohan, James T. Abbott and Yuehwern Yih -- Predictive analytics: classification in medicine and biology / Eva K. Lee -- Predictive modeling in radiation oncology / Hao Zhang, Robert Meyer, Leyuan Shi, Wei Lu and Warren D'Souza -- Mathematical modeling of innate immunity responses of sepsis: modeling and computational studies / Chih-Hang J. Wu, Zhenshen Shi, David Ben-Arieh and Steven Q. Simpson -- Part II: Analytics for healthcare delivery. Systems Analytics: Modeling and optimizing clinic workflow and patient care / Eva K. Lee, Hany Y. Atallah, Michael D. Wright, Calvin Thomas, Eleanor T. Post, Daniel T. Wu and Leon L. Haley Jr -- A multiobjective simulation optimization of the macrolevel patient flow distribution / Yunzhe Qiu and Jie Song -- Analysis of resource intensive activity volumes in US hospitals / Shivon Boodhoo and Sanchoy Das -- Discrete-event simulation for primary care redesign: review and a case study / Xiang Zhong, Molly Williams, Jingshan Li, Sally A. Kraft and Jeffrey S. Sleeth -- Temporal and spatiotemporal models for ambulance demand / Zhengyi Zhou and David S. Matteson -- Mathematical optimization and simulation analyses for optimal liver allocation boundaries / Naoru Koizumi [and others] -- Predictive analytics in 30-day hospital readmissions for heart failure patients / Si-Chi Chin, Rui Liu and Senjuti B. Roy -- Heterogeneous sensing and predictive modeling of postoperative outcomes / Yun Chen, Fabio Leonelli and Hui Yang -- Analyzing patient--physician interaction in consultation for shared decision making / Thembi Mdluli, Joyatee Sarker, Carolina Vivas-Valencia, Nan Kong and Cleveland G. Shields -- The history and modern applications of insurance claims data in healthcare research / Margrâet V. Bjarndâottir, David Czerwinski and Yihan Guan -- Understanding the role of social media in healthcare via analytics: a health plan perspective / Sinjini Mitra and Rema Padman -- Understanding the role of social media in healthcare via analytics: a health plan perspective / Sinjini Mitra and Rema Padman

Digital innovation in healthcare
There is currently over £1 billion a year devoted to digital transformation in the NHS. Digital innovation and digitsation of healthcare offer immense opportunities: to improve risk assessment; to speed up diagnoses; and to personalise therapy decisions. Ultimately this will provide better outcomes at reduced costs. Here Professor Ceire Costelloe at the Institute of Cancer Research argues that healthcare is ready to adopt digital transformation and that now is the perfect time for digital innovation.

Looking at the current turmoil facing contemporary healthcare systems worldwide, resulting from relentless imposition of financially-based performance indicators, the author argues that a return to a values-based approach to healthcare will create positive transformation. Writing from the fresh perspective of social anthropology, the author takes a highly pragmatic approach to practice, emphasizing the importance of values such as compassion, solidarity and social justice. He suggests that without being able clearly to identify the values and goals that unite their members, healthcare organiza

Maintenance management of healthcare facilities is a complex subject which has gradually matured to become an established research and development topic. Use this Briefing to find out about strategies for action, how to manage risks and also the central themes in the development of a healthcare facilities management model