Discussion Paper

Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout

by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 17, 2018 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  Introduction Team-based health care has been linked to improved patient outcomes and may also be a means to improve clinician well-being [1]. The increasingly fragmented and complex health care landscape adds urgency to the need to foster effective team-based...

Clinical Perspectives on Obesity Treatment: Challenges, Gaps, and Promising Opportunities

by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 10, 2018 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  Introduction In April 2017, the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop titled The Challenge of Treating Obesity and Overweight with the objective of exploring what is known about current...

Stat! An Action Plan for Replacing the Broken System of Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Minorities in Medicine

by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 10, 2018 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

Above: Dr. Kristel Carrington and Dr. Forrester Lee are pictured in the catheterization laboratory at Yale New Haven Hospital. Photo by Brooke Jones. Used by permission of Crystal Emery.   Introduction The famous quote by African American feminist Audre...

Access to Medical Devices in Low-Income Countries: Addressing Sustainability Challenges in Medical Device Donations

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jul 16, 2018 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  Introduction In eastern Uganda, a regional hospital receives a much-needed donation: an x-ray machine that appears to be in good working condition upon arrival. The hospital staff quickly puts the machine to use, only to have it fail during a procedure. With no...

Nursing, Trauma, and Reflective Writing

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jun 25, 2018 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  The young nurse returned to room seven. Finishing up her charting just a moment earlier, she glanced at her watch and knew she couldn’t postpone going into his room any longer, despite the disconcerting vibe she got each time she went in there. Room seven was...

Core Competencies in One Health Education: What Are We Missing?

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jun 4, 2018 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  Introduction Today’s public health challenges are complex and crosscutting. Antimicrobial resistance, pollution, food security, biosafety, biosecurity, and emerging and reemerging infectious diseases are associated with changes in land use, population growth,...

Redesigning Provider Payments to Reduce Long-Term Costs by Promoting Healthy Development

by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 20, 2018 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  ABSTRACT | Cognitive, affective, and behavioral health (CAB) conditions are among the costliest and fastest growing in the United States. An array of interventions is demonstrated to be effective in preventing or mitigating these conditions and offers the...

The Interdependence of Families, Communities, and Children’s Health: Public Investments That Strengthen Families and Communities, and Promote Children’s Healthy Development and Societal Prosperity

by Laura DeStefano | Apr 9, 2018 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  ABSTRACT | Children’s development of cognitive, affective, and behavioral capacities is best promoted when the contexts that surround them are strong and healthy. Children are embedded in families, who are, in turn, embedded in communities. Policies or programs...

Accelerating Precision Health by Applying the Lessons Learned from Direct-to-Consumer Genomics to Digital Health Technologies

by Laura DeStefano | Mar 19, 2018 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  Emerging Opportunities for Digital Health Digital health technologies have emerged in recent years, providing opportunities for engaging with consumers and integrating with the health care system to realize precision medicine, defined as “an evidence-based...

Care-Centered Clinical Documentation in the Digital Environment: Solutions to Alleviate Burnout

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jan 29, 2018 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  If you are suicidal and need emergency help, call 911 immediately or 1-800-273-8255 if in the United States. If you are in another country, find a 24/7 hotline at www.iasp.info/resources/Crises_Centres.   Introduction A range of factors drives clinician...