Neurology and the new health care policies

Immunization of Health-Care Providers: Necessity and Public Health Policies

Health-care providers (HCPs) are at increased risk for exposure to vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) in the workplace. The rationale for immunization of HCPs relies on the need to protect them and, indirectly, their patients from health-care-associated VPDs. Published evidence indicates significant immunity gaps for VPDs of HCPs globally. Deficits in knowledge and false perceptions about VPDs...

Health care workers, mandatory influenza vaccination policies and the law.

Critical Care Neurology and Neuro Critical Care

President Obama’s Health Care Reform Policies

In comparison, most major developed nations spend only 8% to 10% of their GDP on health care—half the percentage of GDP spent in the U.S.3 Although it has been proposed that the U.S. population is unhealthy or that Americans use more medical services, studies have actually concluded that the price of care, not the amount of care delivered, is the primary difference between the U.S. and othercou...

Urgent neurology out-patient referrals from primary health care physicians.

We retrospectively analysed patients seen in a rapid referral clinic to identify those with abnormalities genuinely requiring urgent assessment, and to evaluate the impact of the clinic on routine services. After advertising the availability of the service, 25% of telephone referrals from primary-care physicians led to identification of patients considered suitable for urgent evaluation. We ass...