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Implications of healthcare financing and Strategies for sustaining innovation on Antibiotic Stewardship

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2018) recommends all nursing homes to promote Antibiotic Stewardship which is a set of responsibilities and pursuits intended to “optimize the treatment of infections while reducing the adverse events associated with antibiotic use.” Antibiotic Stewardship protect the residents by means of the seven core elements which areContinue reading “Implications of healthcare financing and Strategies for sustaining innovation on Antibiotic Stewardship”

Impacts of Technology Innovations on Antibiotic Stewardship

Healthcare providers have been adjusting to the delivery of care brought by the digital age. Not to mention, providers end up practicing in an intricate setting using advanced healthcare interventions to encourage patient safety, care quality and budget costs. To control this growing matter, the U. S. government advocated the use of Health information technologyContinue reading “Impacts of Technology Innovations on Antibiotic Stewardship”

Private Sector innovation policy advancements on Antibiotic Stewardship

Caring for the public is a mutual pathway to policy leadership as it focuses on population health, health care disparities, and identifying systemic solutions to population problems (Patton, Zalon & Ludwick, 2014). Public health is one of the main priorities of both public and private sectors. In this blog, we are going to discuss aboutContinue reading “Private Sector innovation policy advancements on Antibiotic Stewardship”

PUBLIC SECTOR INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES

What is a Public Sector? The public sector is a part of the economy comprised of all levels of government and government-controlled enterprises like public goods and governmental services such as the military, law enforcement, infrastructure (public roads, bridges, tunnels, water supply, sewers, electrical grids, telecommunications, etc.), public transit, public education, along with health careContinue reading “PUBLIC SECTOR INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES”

HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS RELATED TO ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP

Legislation is a solution to promote a certain policy but may occur over time due to its complex process. As soon as the policy agenda is set judicially and the problem may be clearly identified, a sequence of well-documented stages in which a bill can become a law in both state and federal legislation. ThenContinue reading “HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS RELATED TO ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP”

Ethical impact of healthcare policy

Ethics play an important role in healthcare policymaking. It guides the legislator in developing or improving policies based on four philosophical principles: Respect for autonomy, justice, beneficence and nonmaleficence (Longest, 2010). Since Antibiotic Resistance have been a growing worldwide issue, the need for policymakers to include ethical considerations is imperative for them to create aContinue reading “Ethical impact of healthcare policy”

My First Blog Post

Working as a nurse, I have seen how providers have ordered antibiotics unnecessarily. I have worked in a country where pharmacies do not require consumers to have a prescription for antibiotics, do if someone gets sick, people will automatically go to the pharmacy and self-medicate themselves with these medications. I have worked with doctors whereContinue reading “My First Blog Post”

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”