Health Care

Written by Thomas Lee, Chief Medical Officer at Press Ganey, Social Capital in Healthcare describes a new and powerful framework for improving healthcare, arguing that managers should approach the work of building trust, teamwork, and high reliability with the same intensity and discipline as CFOs use when managing the finances of their organizations.

The Emerging Healthcare Leader: A Field Guide is an essential resource for those in the early stages of becoming a healthcare leader. Packed with tactics, tips, and illuminating straightforward examples, this book is an indispensable guide to building your career in healthcare leadership.

Despite advances in health care, infectious microbes continue to be a formidable adversary to scientists and doctors. Vaccines and antibiotics, the mainstays of modern medicine, have not been able to conquer infectious microbes because of their amazing ability to adapt, evolve, and spread to new places. Terrorism aside, one of the greatest dangers from infectious disease we face today is from a massive outbreak of drug-resistant microbes.

**Discover the Secret to Helping Your Child Thrive Emotionally!** Unlock the ultimate guide to nurturing your child's emotional well-being with "Emotional Regulation for Kids." This invaluable eBook is packed with practical strategies and actionable advice designed to support your child's journey toward emotional intelligence and resilience. **Why is Emotional Regulation Important?** Emotional regulation is fundamental for children’s development—it's what allows them to manage their emotions, build strong social relationships, and face life’s challenges with confidence. This eBook ...

Praise for the Author: “I convinced my husband that we needed to raise cows on our little piece of land. Now he’s hooked!” – FaithfulCowGirl Blog “This book is very much for someone who has little experience with raising cattle. I have only been on a cattle ranch once and fell in love with these gentle beasts. Start with this book!” – Mason P., Jacksonville, FL Beginner’s Handbook to Raising Beef Cattle Your Guide to Keeping & Breeding Cows for Organic Milk, Meat, & Profit! Have you ever dreamed of raising your cattle, producing high-quality organic beef and milk, or even ...

Dr. Marty Makary is co-developer of the life-saving checklist outlined in Atul Gawande's best-selling The Checklist Manifesto. As a busy surgeon who has worked in many of the best hospitals in the nation, he can testify to the amazing power of modern medicine to cure. But he's also been a witness to a medical culture that routinely leaves surgical sponges inside patients, amputates the wrong limbs, and overdoses children because of sloppy handwriting. Over the last 10 years, neither error rates nor costs have come down, despite scientific progress.

Step into Serenity: Your Journey Awaits Discover a sanctuary within your mind. Written by psychologist Anne E. Beall, this book takes you on a series of serene adventures, from secluded forests to calm beaches, immersing you in vivid, tranquil scenes that foster relaxation and peace. You'll become engrossed in these meditation journeys, each guiding you deeper into its unique setting. As the main character of every story, you embark on a richly detailed adventure, with vivid imagery that transforms you into an active participant. Whether you're wandering along pristine beaches, paddling to ...

Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis reveals hard truths—powerful findings on the role of racism, coercion, inadequate prenatal care, the pressures undermining breastfeeding, and the lack of access to alternatives to a broken maternal health-care system as key threads of black women's birth experiences.

In Communication the Cleveland Clinic Way, Dr. Adrienne Boissy and her team tell the story of how Cleveland Clinic created and applied the R.E.D.E. to Communicate: Foundations of Healthcare program, making the world-renowned hospital system a leader in relationship-centered care. They provide a step-by-step guide for health-care leaders and decision-makers to design, develop, and implement communication skills training in their own institutions.

Stop Walking on Eggshells has already helped more than a million people with friends and family members suffering from BPD understand this difficult disorder, set boundaries, and help their loved ones stop relying on dangerous BPD behaviors. This fully revised third edition has been updated with the very latest BPD research on comorbidity, extensive new information about narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), the effectiveness of schema therapy, and coping and communication skills you can use to stabilize your relationship with the BPD or NPD sufferer in your life.

Non-profit organizations are beautiful pillars of society. They provide community togetherness and attend to the needs of people that may not have the means to do so themselves. Starting a non-profit organization is a praiseworthy venture. Over the years and in many communities and industries, non-profit organizations have assisted members of societies and provided amenities and services. Your non-profit idea won’t do you or anyone any good if you don’t know the proper steps to establish it. Starting up a non-profit organization can be a complicated and daunting process. Therefore, we ...

Healthcare is complex, and occupies a critically important space in American political, social, and financial conversations. There is no other sector poised to be of more consequence and significance than healthcare, especially in light of the recent viral pandemic and the political center-stage accorded to healthcare delivery and access. As a physician and informatician, having worked in healthcare for more than two decades and served as Vice President and Chief Analytics Officer in health insurance and health information technology firms, I have been astounded by the lack of understanding...

The 5 Stages of Alzheimer’s: Navigate the Complexities of Caregiving, Foster Genuine Connections with Physical and Emotional Support Amidst Memory and Behavioral ChallengesAre you or someone you love facing the challenges of Alzheimer's disease? Do you feel overwhelmed and unsure how to navigate the difficult journey ahead? Look no further - The 5 Stages of Alzheimer’s is here to guide you every step of the way. This comprehensive and compassionate guide delves into the five stages of Alzheimer's, providing a deep understanding of what to expect as the disease progresses. From the ...

Judy Faulkner is an American entrepreneur, computer scientist, and the founder and CEO of Epic Systems, one of the world’s leading healthcare software companies. Born in 1943, she revolutionized electronic medical records (EMR) by developing a digital system that enables hospitals and healthcare providers to manage patient data efficiently and securely. Since founding Epic in 1979, she has built it into a privately held billion-dollar company that serves over 300 million patients worldwide. Known for her long-term vision and ethical leadership, she has kept Epic private, prioritizing ...

In Being Mortal, best-selling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit.

Our health-care system is in critical condition. The Affordable Care Act has insured more Americans than ever, yet deductibles keep rising and costs continue to climb. Now more than ever, the industry needs a shot in the arm. It needs The Innovator's Prescription, the now-classic approach to efficient, affordable health care.

Oxford Case Histories in Infection and Microbiology contains over 45 well structured cases, providing comprehensive coverage of the diagnostic and management dilemmas in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. Each case comprises of a brief patient history with relevant clinical examination findings, thus insuring the listener is aware of how to confirm a diagnosis rapidly, with reference throughout to laboratory techniques, advice on therapy, epidemiological features, and areas which can be controversial.

Our brains do their best to help us out, but every so often they can be real assholes - having meltdowns, getting addicted to things, or shutting down completely at the worst possible moments. Your brain knows it's not good to do these things, but it can't help it sometimes - especially if it's obsessing about trauma it can't overcome. That's where this life-changing book comes in. With humor, patience, science, and lots of good-ole swearing, Dr. Faith explains what's going on in your skull, and talks you through the process of retraining your brain to respond appropriately....

Are you tired of being sick and tired? Do you feel like you've been fighting your own body to get healthy? When it comes to your health, do you feel lost and caught up in the pattern of the world? Just looking for the next best thing to help get you healthy, to feel let down by the lack of long-term results? Maybe it's time you anchor to God's Healthcare. We get too entrenched in our daily lives with whichever way the world is pulling us, and we forget about our health, and how vital our health is. We end up allowing our health to fail, only to look for some outside-in approach to aid us. ...

As a social worker, jail chaplain, and justice advocate, Bethany Dearborn Hiser pushed herself to the brink of burnout - and then kept going. Stress, despair, and compassion fatigue overwhelmed her ability to function. She was called to serve the abused, addicted, and homeless people in her community. Yet she was emotionally and spiritually exhausted. Something needed to change. Searching for answers, Hiser learned that trauma affects everyone who is exposed to it - not only those experiencing firsthand violence, homelessness, and addiction, but also those who are trying to help.