2013 Archives - WISH

Global Diffusion of Healthcare Innovation (GDHI)

wish admin — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:19:10 +0000

This report profiles eight countries around the world from: Australia, Brazil, England, India, Qatar, South Africa, Spain and the US and examines their varying environmental/ cultural climates to understand and compare specific health enablers that support positive change.

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Road Traffic Injury and Trauma Care: Innovations for Policy (Road Trip)

wish admin — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:17:42 +0000

Road traffic injuries pose a series of threats to an individual’s psyche from accidents as a result of DUI, above average speed and cell phone use. Therefore, there is a need to develop more efficient pre-emptive interventions. This report along with the help of WISH Forum for Road Traffic Injury and Traffic Care examine the acute factors leading up to road injuries and propose innovative solutions.

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Partnering with Patients, Families, and Communities for Health: A Global Imperative

wish admin — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:15:53 +0000

This report argues that the most pressing issues today won’t come from top-down approaches but from ordinary people themselves. It explores how the prospect of “good education” and “better healthcare” are positively correlated dynamics.

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Strategic Action to Combat the Obesity Epidemic

wish admin — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:13:37 +0000

The report focuses on the underlying complexity of the obesity epidemic by relying on the “whole population” approach that has been brought forth by the Global Action Plan. This framework focuses on both policies and environmental changes that can improve an individual’s ability to sustain a healthy dietary and physical lifestyle. Undertaking thorough qualitative research this report has successful put forth innovations that support these goals.

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Transforming Lives, Enhancing Communities: Innovations in Mental Health

wish admin — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:12:32 +0000

To treat mental health challenges as a global human concern and to prioritize mental health access by undertaking policy decisions that are proven to be humanly and economically cost-effective.

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Dying Healed: Transforming End-Of-Life Care through Innovation

wish admin — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:10:55 +0000

Health systems need to develop new pathways to combat end-of-lifecare. All sectors of society are to play a role in this be it the families, health institutions and thinktanks. The challenges we are facing today is a lack of medical health professionals in this field, without which no progress can be made. This reports highlights the strides various countries have taken towards this direction and recommends that policy makers take essential steps to ensure quality specialized care is afforded at a better value.

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Revolutionizing Medicine and Public Health

wish admin — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:09:20 +0000

The new wave of technical evolution has emerged into what is known as “Big Data.” These technologies have enabled us to detect diseases across the board revolutionizing the field of medical treatment.

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Antimicrobial Resistance: In Search of a Collaborative Solution

wish admin — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:08:18 +0000

This report focuses on how bacterial bodies become resistant to the agents meant to kill them and how this poses an emergent threat across species and national borders.

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Focusing Accountability on the Outcomes that Matter

wish admin — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:06:59 +0000

HealthCare should be directed away from centralized institutions like hospitals and instead prioritize the patient experience itself. Traditionally individualized models should work together in innovative ways to ensure customized modes of care can be delivered. This is relevant now more than ever as healthcare should treat people ailing from one or more chronic illnesses.

Accountable care is a new proposed model for healthcare that addresses this central health policy challenge. It aims to boost quality and reduce cost by reallocating resources in the areas where need be.

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