Policy and politics for nurses and other health professionals : advocacy and action

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = xiii
• Contributors = xvi
• Section 1 Introduction = 1
• Chapter 1 Nursing's History of Advocacy and Action / Sandra B. Lewenson ; Donna M. Nickitas = 3
• Nurses as Advocates = 4
• Advocacy and Public Health Nursing = 6
• History and Political Advocacy = 9
• Nursing Strong = 10
• Chapter 2 Policy and Politics Explained / Nancy Aries = 15
• Introduction = 16
• Policy Defined = 17
• Markets versus Government = 17
• Framework for Governmental Action = 18
• The Policy-Making Process = 23
• The Politics of Decision Making : Interest Group Power and Influence = 27
• What Is at Stake for Nurses and Other Health Professionals? = 33
• Chapter 3 A Policy Toolkit for Healthcare Providers and Activists / Roby Robertson ; Donna Middaugh = 39
• Stakeholder Power = 43
• Expertise = 46
• Toolkit Case Studies = 48
• Conclusion = 62
• Chapter 4 The Affordable Care Act : The Current Driver of Healthcare Reform / Elyse Berkman ; Nancy Aries ; Barbara Caress = 65
• Introduction = 66
• History of National Health Insurance Initiatives = 66
• The Affordable Care Act : What Is Included = 73
• The Affordable Care Act : What Will Be Achieved? = 76
• Politics of the Transition = 81
• Conclusion : Change the American Way, an Incremental Step = 81
• Section 2 The Health Labor Force : Understanding the Distribution of Power and Influence = 85
• Chapter 5 Nurses : Leading Change to Improve Health and Health Care / Donna M. Nickitas = 87
• Origins of the Nursing Profession = 88
• Nursing Definitions : Past and Present = 90
• Nursing Regulation = 91
• Nursing's Professional Status = 92
• Pathways to Nursing as a Career Choice = 95
• Specialization and the Evolution of Nursing Roles = 97
• Current State of the Profession = 98
• Policy as a Tool to Influence Nursing Professionalism and Nursing = 101
• Advocacy as a Tool to Influence Nursing Policy and Programs = 105
• Conclusion = 105
• Chapter 6 Physicians : From Solo Practitioners to Team Leaders / Nancy Aries ; Barbara Caress = 113
• Medical Professionalism = 114
• Who Are the Doctors? Physician Supply = 116
• What Do Physicians Do? Physician Practice Patterns = 119
• Where Do Physicians Practice? = 120
• How Are Physicians Paid? = 123
• The Impact of Financial Arrangements on Physician Practice and Physician Income = 124
• Physician Accountability = 125
• Medical Errors = 126
• Overcoming the Barriers to Quality Care = 129
• Conclusion : Choices and Interests = 131
• Chapter 7 Healthcare Quality / Donna Middaugh = 137
• Quality Care and Public Policy = 138
• Human Error = 139
• Patient-Centered Care = 145
• Error Measurement Tools = 146
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality = 147
• Patient Safety Indicators = 148
• National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators = 148
• National Error Reduction Efforts = 148
• Public Quality Reporting Systems = 153
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services = 154
• The Joint Commission Quality Check = 155
• Hospital Rating Systems = 155
• Conclusion = 156
• Section 3 Global Health : Past Progress, Future Directions = 163
• Chapter 8 Global Health : Policy, Politics, and Partners / Franklin Shaffer ; Carol Tuttas ; Janice Phillips = 165
• Longevity and Leading Causes of Death Worldwide = 166
• Millennium Development Goals = 167
• Partners for Continued Progress = 170
• Professionals across Borders = 170
• Global Competence of Healthcare Professionals = 171
• Global Mobility of Healthcare Professionals = 172
• Diversity among Global Healthcare Professionals = 172
• Ethical Recruitment of Global Healthcare Professionals = 173
• Interprofessional Education of Global Healthcare Professionals = 174
• The Policy and Politics of Global Nursing = 174
• Impact of Economic Factors = 174
• Impact of Educational Factors = 175
• Competitive Sustainability = 175
• Legislation and Regulation = 175
• Impact of Trade Agreements = 176
• Global Health Technology = 177
• Conclusion = 177
• Chapter 9 Population Health : Vulnerable Populations' Access to Care / Marie Truglio-Londrigan ; Sandra B. Lewenson = 183
• Lessons from Nursing History on Political Advocacy = 184
• Vulnerability Today : A Continuum from History = 187
• Contemporary Political Advocacy toward Health Equity = 192
• Conclusion = 196
• Section 4 Healthcare Providers : Understanding How Power, Markets, and Government Impact Organization and Delivery of Care = 201
• Chapter 10 Hospitals : Consolidation and Compression / Nancy Aries ; Barbara Caress = 203
• The Role of Hospitals within the Delivery System = 204
• Hospitals in a Historic Context = 204
• Baseline Information = 206
• Challenges Facing Community Hospitals = 211
• Hospital Strategies in a Competitive Market = 215
• The ACA and the Rationalization of Hospital Care = 216
• Healthcare Policy, Health Reform, and the Role of Hospitals = 218
• Chapter 11 Medical Homes and Accountable Care Organizations : Innovation for the Delivery System of the Future / Brenda Helen Sheingold ; Joyce A. Hahn = 223
• Rationale for New Models = 225
• The Evolution of ACOs and PCMHs = 225
• The Innovation Center : Promoting ACO and PCMH Care Delivery Models = 227
• Military Health Service and Veterans Health Administration PCMH Activity = 228
• Development of the National Committee for Quality Assurance Recognition = 229
• Nursing's Role in ACOs = 230
• Barriers to Independent NP Practice = 231
• Conclusion = 234
• Section 5 Healthcare Finance : Understanding the Role of Markets in Government = 239
• Chapter 12 Healthcare Costs : Follow the Money / Jonathan Engel = 241
• National Health Spending = 242
• Physicians = 244
• Hospitals = 247
• Risk and Insurance = 250
• Managed Care = 252
• Medicaid = 256
• Medicare = 257
• Conclusion = 258
• Chapter 13 Private Health Insurance Market / Joyce A. Hahn ; Brenda Helen Sheingold = 261
• History of U.S. Health Insurance Reform = 262
• Health Insurance Plans = 264
• Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance = 267
• Private Plans = 268
• Laws and Regulations Impacting the Provision of Health Insurance = 268
• Health Reform Changes That Impact Private Insurers = 269
• Private Insurance Industry Response to ACA = 271
• Opportunities for Nursing = 272
• Quality Patient Care and Care Coordination Strategies = 273
• Conclusion = 274
• Chapter 14 Medicare : From Protector to Innovator / Lucas Pauls = 279
• Structure of Medicare Today = 281
• National Health Insurance = 282
• Passage of Medicare = 283
• Implementation = 285
• A Changed Landscape = 286
• Spiraling Costs = 286
• Cost Controls = 287
• Medicare Catastrophic Care Act of 1988 = 289
• Medicare＋Choice = 290
• Prescription Drugs and Medicare = 291
• ACA and Accountable Care Organizations = 293
• Conclusion = 295
• Chapter 15 Medicaid and the Financing of Care for Vulnerable Populations : A Story of Misconceptions / Barbara Caress ; Nancy Aries = 299
• Introduction = 300
• Health Outcomes in the United States in Relation to 10 Developed Nations = 302
• Populations Served by Medicaid = 303
• Medicaid Is 50 Different State Programs = 305
• Medicaid Costs and Variation by State = 308
• Medicaid Is 50 Different Programs with 50 Different Outcomes = 310
• Care Options for the Uninsured = 311
• The Impact of the ACA = 313
• State Alternatives to Medicaid Expansion = 314
• How Does the United States Cover Its Most Vulnerable Residents? = 315
• Index = 319