ENGINEERyourHEALTH: Sleep Smartly
ENGINEERyourHEALTH: Sleep Smartly
ENGINEERyourHEALTH is an awareness initiative dedicated to instilling the perception of health and wellness as a significance and a priority, primarily focused around "condition management" and evolving into a universal understanding that health is critical to the success and future of our ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: The Millennium Global Village-Network: Helping to achieve the UN Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) by improving quality, access, and efficiency. Instructor: Andrew Kanter, Millenium Villages Project
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Correcting healthcare inequities in the developing world, through translational research and advocacy for HIV, TB, and maternal health. Instructor: Joia Mukherjee, Medical Director of Parters in Health
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Goals, design and impact of health information systems in developing countries. Instructor: Hamish Fraser, Harvard Medical School and Partners in Health
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Overview of quality improvement: the nature and extent of medical errors, and how healthcare organizations should respond when adverse events occur. Instructor: Leo Anthony Celi, founder and executive director of Sana
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Principles of innovation and new practices adoption which can guide successful quality improvement projects. Instructor: Jonathan Jackson, founder and CEO of Dimagi
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Health systems research: Case studies in East Africa. Instructor: Martin Were, Indiana University
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Evaluating process and outcome metrics in the context of quality; or, what is quality and why should we bother to measure it? Instructor: Lisa Hirschhorn, Harvard Medical School and clinical advisor for JSI Research and Training Institute
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: A perspective on monitoring and evaluation, focusing on healthcare use. Instructor: Chaitali Sinha, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Design and lead systems changes using "positive deviance." This approach identifies and promotes the positive outliers in a community, rather than directly focusing on fixing "what's wrong" in the community. Instructor: Jessica Haberer, Harvard Initiative for ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Evaluating and improving patient safety in resource-poor settings. Instructor: Pedro Delgado, Executive Director of Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: This lecture on process improvement theory and application introduces the PDSA (plan—do—study—act) model and describes its application in healthcare settings. Instructor: Brandon Bennett
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: The World Health Organization Safe Surgery and Safe Childbirth Programs. Instructors: Alvin Kwok, Priya Agrawal (Harvard School of Public Health, WHO)
MIT Sloan Experts | Health care cost cuts and patient ...
MIT Sloan Experts | Health care cost cuts and patient outcomes
A brief presentation by Joseph Doyle, associate professor of applied economics.
Treating Diseases by Using RNAi Technology
Treating Diseases by Using RNAi Technology
RNA interference (RNAi) is a process in which small pieces of silencing RNA (siRNA) bind to cellular RNA, thereby shutting down the production of the encoded protein.
Targeting Ulcer-Causing H. Pylori Bacteria
Targeting Ulcer-Causing H. Pylori Bacteria
Dr. Sarah Bowman studies a protein from a pathogenic bacterium that is found in the stomach and is known to cause ulcers. She explains how the bacterium survives in the low pH environment of the stomach by using a nickel-dependent protein to buffer the acidity of its ...