States Must Be Held Accountable For New Health Plans For Children
...take immediatesteps to ensure that states are held accountable for meeting the goals of thenew programs, according to two new reports from a committee of the Institute ofMedicine. Congress must devote adequate funding to track the effectiveness ofthe state programs, and federal and state officials must develop ...Parenting CD-ROM Helps Reduce Children's Behavioral Problems
... courts and legislative bodies are holding parents accountable for theillegal actions of their children. Cities in Ohio, Michigan and Oregon are amongmany that have passed or are considering parental responsibility acts. "Parents have the greatest amount of influence over these children andif we can do s...Managed Care Symposium Sponsored By Society Of Actuaries Examines HEDIS, Stakeholders' Views
...ted Love in the session, "As a public servant, I'm accountable for themoney that I spend on (HEDIS), and early on in the HEDIS data collection processI went to the scientists on my staff said, "We have a lot of data, and I'm goingto have to sit in front of a legislative committee and say this is a good plan,this...Management Academy To Boost Training For Local, State Public Health Departments
...atsincluding bioterrorism, and pressure to be more accountable and efficient.Roper pointed to the following hypothetical examples to show how trainingprovided by the academy could help public health managers: In North Carolina, an uninsured child from a rural area might receive regularaccess to medical care fo......ildren. We can'tblame the schools or hold teachers accountable for teaching dyslexic childrenunless both teachers and the schools are given specialized training to deal withthese children." To capture the brain activity of the subjects, the UW research team usedPEPSI, which is about 32 times faster than ...Examining the effects of managed care on alcohol and other drug treatment
...heir jobs. Treatment programs should also be held accountable not only for the number of patients they admit, but also for the number that stay long enough to get some real therapeutic benefit. A third study (Shepard, et al.) provided an analysis of the introduction of managed care among the Massachusetts Medic...The case for a global development organisation
...se for a new Global Development Organisation to be accountable for human development. Richard Horton comments: Th...ch as WHO and the IMF, and hold those institutions accountable for the impact of their work on development."...Hospitals that don't follow heart attack care guidelines have significantly higher death rates
...the study. "Some physicians may balk at being held accountable to guidelines-based medicine, but this study demonstrates that adhering to guidelines saves lives." In their review of more than 250,000 patients who suffered a heart attack in the U.S. in the past two years, Peterson and his colleagues found that th...Death rates lower in hospitals that follow heart attack guidelines
... Durham, N.C. "Some physicians balk at being held accountable to guidelines-based medicine, but this study demonstrates that adhering to guidelines saves lives." Quality measures recommended jointly by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology for emergency heart attack treatment inc...Who will take responsibility for corporate killing?
...e a step towards making companies more financially accountable for their actions, but until chief executives are made directly responsible for decisions that lead to injury, it is unlikely that the huge toll of work-related injuries will fall.'...WHO leader backs call to action for child survival programmes
...he broader public health and development community accountable for reducing child and maternal mortality."...Concerns over national policy on infertility treatment
... have reliable information and decision makers are accountable for the reasonableness of their decisions, why should there be national policy?...Healthcare watchdog calls for government rethink on public role in NHS decision-making
...approaches to making health services more publicly accountable should also be considered. Initiatives such as the Expert Patient Programme are tentative but have proved promising and popular, say the authors....Policy-makers should enhance selection process for Presidential S&T appointments
...cies and procedures. Staff members should be held accountable for its implementation; furthermore, they should be well-trained, senior employees who are familiar with the importance and nuances of the advisory committee system. They must have a clear understanding of what questions are appropriate and inapprop...'Fatally flawed' legal analysis will not stand
...ing up to contravene NIH's efforts to serve and be accountable to the public." Johnson cited the NIH mission as well as its commitment to public access to underscore the true purpose and legitimate scope of the NIH Enhanced Public Access directive, as shown below: NIH Mission The mission of the National Insti...Public interest advocates question NIH Enhanced Access policy
...or Taxpayer Access emphasized the need to hold NIH accountable for achieving the stated goals of sharing taxpayer-funded research with the American people and fulfilling the intentions behind the original Congressional mandate. They called on HHS to report to Congress and the public in the near term on progress ...