Category Archives: Antibiotic Resistance

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”

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”

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”

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”