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Annotation: These documents provides a blueprint for health care delivery in Connecticut and a resource guide for health care facilities and services planning. Topics include the current health care environment; acute care facilities, use, and trends; at-risk and vulnerable populations and unmet needs; current initiatives to address unmet health care needs among vulnerable populations; and recommendations and next steps.

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Keywords: Connecticut, Health care delivery, Health facilities, Health services delivery, Public health, Resources for professionals, Statewide planning, Strategic plans

Annotation: This paper discusses federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and family planning clinics funded through Title X of the Public Health Service Act and how they stand to benefit from the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009. The paper describes both FQHCs and family planning clinics and who they serve and delineates the level of increased funding they can expect to receive. FQHCs' and family planning clinics' complementary strengths, the policy environment, and potential collaboration are discussed.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Family planning, Family planning clinics, Financing, Health facilities, Legislation, Low income groups, Public policy, Women's health

Annotation: This atlas lists existing measures of care coordination and presents a framework for understanding care coordination measurement. The atlas is designed to help evaluators identify appropriate measures for assessing care coordination interventions in research studies and demonstration projects, particularly those measures focusing on care coordination in ambulatory care. The atlas explains what care coordination is; provides various perspectives on it; and includes examples of care coordination scenarios. It also describes how to lay out information about care coordination using a measure mapping table developed to show the intersection of care coordination domains and measurement perspectives. Appendices include measure mapping procedures, examples of measure mapping, sources for identifying measures, and guidelines on measurement selection.

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Keywords: Ambulatory care facilities, Evaluation, Health care systems, Measures, Primary care, Service coordination

Annotation: This report describes the U.S. health center program history; the role in providing a health care home; the model of care used; and how connections are sustained between primary care associations, offices, and other partners. It also describes the unprecedented growth of the health center program from 2002 to 2007 and outlines future issues in work force, health information technology, emergency management, quality, and performance measurement. Program successes are also discussed.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Community health centers, National programs, Primary care facilities, Program descriptions, Program evaluation, Public health services

Annotation: This fact sheet presents definitions and principles associated with care coordination for children and youth with special health care needs and their families. The fact sheet offers a definition of care coordination; presents several principles of care coordination, including accessibility, individualization, and aligning with the family; discusses outcomes of care coordination; and presents the stages of the care coordination process and associated activities.

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Keywords: Accessible facilities, Adolescents with special health care needs, Children with special health care needs, Families, Guidelines, Program coordination, Service coordination

Annotation: This policy brief focuses on neighborhood characteristics that influence whether and how much adolescents engage in physical activity, based on data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey. The brief discusses (1) lower levels of physical activity among urban adolescents and low-income adolescents, and how access to parks helps, (2) adolescent physical activity related to type of housing and access to parks, and (3) relationship between adolescent physical activity and perceptions of neighborhood safety. Conclusions and policy recommendations are included. Statistical information is presented in figures and tables throughout the report.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Adolescents, California, Housing, Low income groups, Neighborhoods, Physical activity, Recreational facilities, Recreational safety, Urban population

Annotation: This report focuses on the 36 million Americans who lack a regular source of health care. The report describes who these people are and where they live, why having a regular source of health care is important, and how the national initiative to expand community health centers has helped meet this need.The report also describes the role of health centers in providing quality health care to vulnerable populations while producing significant cost savings for the health care system. Statistical information is presented in figures and tables throughout the report. Four appendices include additional statistical information. Endnotes are included.

Keywords: Access to health care, Community health centers, Health care delivery, Health care systems, Health facilities, Initiatives, Low income groups, National programs, Rural health, Rural population, Underserved communities

Annotation: This summary report assesses the state of America's health care safety net, a term that has come to refer broadly to public hospitals, community health centers, public health departments, faith-based clinics, and others who, either by mission or mandate, provide significant amounts of health care to people who are uninsured or underinsured and who cannot cover the costs of care from their own resources. Ten communities across the country were assessed: Memphis, TN; Detroit, MI; Phoenix, AZ; San Diego, CA; Lincoln, NE; Boston, MA; Queens, NY; Fairfax County, VA; San Antonio, TX; and Atlanta, GA. Chapter contents include descriptions of the following from the ten communities studied: structure and financing, availability of services for uninsured and underserved patients, results from focus group meetings with residents in the ten communities, care and use of emergency departments of hospitals in the areas studied, and key findings and strategies for strengthening the safety net. The report also contains an executive summary, end notes, and reports on the assessment including partners and contact information. Separate and detailed reports are provided for each of the ten communities. Statistical information is provided in charts, tables, and graphs throughout the summary and in each individual community report.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Arizona, California, Clinics, Georgia, Health agencies, Health care delivery, Health care systems, Health facilities, Health programs, Health services delivery, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Program evaluation, Public health programs, Public hospitals, Tennessee, Texas, Underserved communities, Uninsured persons, Virginia

Annotation: This book publishes state health care and demographic statistics from government and private sources. The 508 tables list states alphabetically and in rank order for each topic. Topics include births and reproductive health, abortions, deaths, facilities, finance, incidence of disease, providers, and physical fitness. The volume ends with a list of sources of information and an index.

Keywords: Abortion, Birth rates, Death, Demography, Disease, Health care, Health care financing, Health facilities, Personnel, Physical fitness, Reproductive health, State surveys, Statistics

Annotation: This document reports the progress of the "Starting Early Starting Smart" (SESS) programs, a child-centered, family-focused, and community-based initiative that is a collaboration between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Administration for Children and Families, the Department of Education, the National Institutes of Health, and the Casey Family Program. The program focuses on addressing the needs of young children (birth to age seven) who are at high risk for developing substance abuse or mental health-related problems due to adverse situations. It is an outgrowth of the Knowledge Development and Application (KDA) collaboration approach to improving community based health services. Contents of the report include a diagram of the KDA process; a description of the SESS program; comments of collaborating partners; a list of SESS study sites; a map of SESS study sites; a chart identifying intervention strategies; expected outcomes from the SESS programs; profiles of primary care and early childhood study sites; and a press release announcing the selection of the grant recipients/study sites.

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Keywords: Caregivers, Children, Community, Community based services, Community health services, Early intervention services, Families, Federal programs, Infants, Mental health services, Primary care facilities, Public private partnerships, Substance abuse prevention

Annotation: This manual provides a self-assessment tool for primary health care providers to determine if they and their facilities have a need to increase their information technology level so their organizations become more efficient. It covers all aspects of the organization, including scheduling, claims processing, records, and marketing. The tool is also designed to help health care providers create a request for proposal (RFP) to vendors so they more accurately determine a facility's need for increased technology. It is largely divided into 10 steps: 1) administrative site/satellites, 2) functional process map, 3) process dimension, 4) physical space, 5) projections of change, 6) the compelling salesperson, 7) the discovery RFP, 8) cost/benefit analysis, 9) the final RFP, and 10) results analysis. Appendices include sample RFP's, employee readiness surveys, sample status reports, and definitions of terms.

Keywords: Evaluation methods, Health facility administrators, Health facility planning, Information networks, Information services, Information systems, Needs assessment, Primary care facilities, Requests for proposals, Self evaluation, Technology

Annotation: This report presents the results of focus groups on community problems and needs in ten predominantly rural Alaska communities. The report describes selection of the communities, participants, topics, and the major findings; the nature and causes of major community health problems across Alaska; building healthy communities; and strategies for change. For each community it presents community concerns, strengths, and opportunities. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Alaska, Alaska natives, Child abuse, Child neglect, Community participation, Community surveys, Domestic violence, Focus groups, Interviews, Parenting, Recreational facilities, Recreational programs, Rural environment, Substance abuse

Annotation: This document provides guidance for grant applicants to a Healthy People 2000 program of the United States Public Health Service (PHS). The Starting Early Starting Smart program is a collaborative effort to test the effectiveness for children ages birth to seven and their families and caregivers of integrating mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services with primary health care service settings and/or with early childhood service settings. The first section of the document consists of programmatic guidance: a program description; eligibility criteria; availability of funds; period of support; special considerations and requirements; application procedures; the review process; review criteria; and terms and conditions of support. The second section encompasses specific instructions and samples for both the narrative and the forms of the application.

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Keywords: Caregivers, Children, Families, Federal grants, Foundations, Grants, Infants, Mental health services, Primary care facilities, Public Health Service, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Substance abuse prevention

Annotation: This manual, which is part of the workshop entitled "Office Preparedness for Pediatric Emergencies, " is intended to educate pediatric primary care providers so they are prepared to provide emergency medical services for children (EMSC) in their offices if the need arises. The first chapter explains how office staff including receptionists can identify an emergency. The second chapter discusses contacting regular EMSC services. The third chapter has some mock codes to run in the office. The fourth chapter is protocols for office emergencies. The fifth chapter discusses teaching families to handle emergencies at home until help arrives. The last sections of the manual have an office equipment list, an office medications list, a mock code log form, emergency drug doses, and a mock code evaluation form. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Codes, Drug dosages, Emergency medical services for children, Families, Life support care, Manuals, Medicine, North Carolina, Physicians' offices, Planning, Primary care facilities, Protocols

Annotation: This manual is intended for instructors who are teaching the workshop entitled "Office Preparedness for Pediatric Emergencies." The goal of the workshop is to improve integration of primary care providers into the North Carolina Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) system by enhancing provider pediatric emergency skills and familiarity with EMSC. The manual begins by describing instructor qualifications and the instructor role in individual office workshops or in multi-practice or conference workshops. It includes mock codes to demonstrate. Appendices contain ten forms or sample letters. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Codes, Emergency medical services for children, Manuals, North Carolina, Physicians' offices, Planning, Primary care facilities, Trainers

Annotation: This manual provides information on designing, implementing, and evaluating clinical information systems for small primary health care centers. It discusses manual and automated systems. The manual discusses determining information needs, basic patient information, monitoring health care center activity, identifying special patient characteristics, system components for tracking and recall, monitoring specific aspects of patient care, criteria for automating information systems, and information software. It provides examples of various cards and logs.

Keywords: Health care systems, Information systems, Patient care, Patient identification systems, Primary care facilities, Software

Annotation: This manual provides in-depth guidelines for designing and monitoring a facility to prepare and handle formula for infants with special needs. Developed by a group of clinical and technical experts, this manual includes detailed information on physical facilities layout, the equipment and supplies needed, the personnel and their training needs, procedures for preparation and handling of formula, as well as infection control, an overview of microbiological issues, and quality assurance indicators. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Group feeding, Health facilities, Hospitals, Infant formula, Infants with special health care needs, Planning

Annotation: This report of the U. S. Senate's Committee on Labor and Human Resources describes the findings and recommendations of hearings and field investigations in four communities: New York City, Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Sparta, Georgia. Issues addressed in the report include the uninsured and underinsured, long-term care, the rising cost of health care, the failing financial condition of health institutions, drugs and AIDS. Appendices describe proposed legislation to address these problems.

Keywords: Access to health care, Health facilities, Health insurance, Long term care, Older adults, Special health care needs

Annotation: The purpose of the project was to develop improved methods of providing needed health care services to adolescents in residence at the Salt Lake Detention Center. The primary goal of the project was to establish a health care delivery system for Detention Center residents which met their needs for preventive and episodic health care, and increased the availability and accessibility of coordinated, comprehensive, high quality health care services to these adolescents. Major objectives of the Health Project were to: (1) Ensure that all detainees remaining in residence for over 24 hours received a comprehensive health history and physical examination, performed by a qualified nurse practitioner on-site at the center; (2) ensure that all detention center residents who required physician evaluation had access to such physician services on-site at the center at least once weekly; (3) ensure that physician consultation and on-call services were available 24 hours per day; (4) ensure that all detainees with health complaints or symptoms of illness were provided daily access to nurse practitioner services; and (5) ensure that health education activities for detainees were conducted at least weekly, and that continuing education in health-related topics was presented to detention center staff at least quarterly. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescent health care, Adolescents, Correctional facilities, Incarcerated youth

Annotation: This volume contains two separate works on health care facilities for children. The first work, the Design Guidelines is by A. R. Olds, is a manual on the psychological and developmental factors that are significant in the design of health care facilities for children. It reviews factors such as general design issues, external design, public spaces, patient living spaces, and medical spaces. Each factor is broken down into further topics; the manual outlines the major design objectives, provides a discussion, and suggests various approaches for each topic. The second work, the Literature Outline by P. A. Daniel, is a topical review of the interdisciplinary literature which pertains to the design of children's health facilities. The methodology and organization is explained. The review covers the same factors and topics included in the companion work; and bibliographic references to the source literature are provided.

Keywords: Bibliographies, Child health, Facility design and construction, Health facilities, Manuals