Health Equity in Hospital Medicine : Foundations, Populations, and Action / by Sujatha Sankaran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sankaran, Sujatha.

Series:

Medicine Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Internal medicine.

Medicine--Practice.

Hospitals--Administration.

Hospitals.

Cardiology.

Endocrinology.

Clinical Medicine.

Internal Medicine.

Practice and Hospital Management.

Local Subjects:

Clinical Medicine.

Internal Medicine.

Practice and Hospital Management.

Cardiology.

Endocrinology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.

Summary:

This timely and thought-provoking book addresses the full range of health equity issues that impact the practice of hospital medicine, offering a fresh and comprehensive examination of the topic. Drawing from vast clinical experience, as well as from the latest evidence-based literature, the well-published hospitalist author encourages readers to reevaluate established practices and embrace that equitable hospital care must be applied with a systematic framework to ensure that social factors are deeply incorporated into the care provided -- so that it is truly equitable. Indeed, health equity is defined by the World Health Organization as “the absence of avoidable, unfair, or remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically, or by other means of stratification.” Health equity has not traditionally been incorporated into inpatient care in an intentional manner, says the author;yet, it is impossible to take care of patients who are acutely ill without taking into consideration the social milieu to which they will return. In fact, although hospital-based physicians are privy to some of the most meaningful moments of people’s lives, including life-changing diagnoses, pivotal medical procedures, complex medical decisions, and critical end-of-life decisions, they still have no framework for how to incorporate into clinical decision-making the varied social factors that impact care such as race, gender identity, cultural background, immigration status, sexual orientation, primary language, housing status, and poverty. The goal, emphasizes the author, should be to provide culturally humble healthcare that not only goes beyond speaking in the patient’s primary language but that also includes active listening and truly takes into consideration the life experiences and culture that have made patients who they are. Organized in three parts, thebook covers 1) the foundations of health equity 2) specific populations and various issues and 3) a framework and action plan for moving hospital medicine closer to offering consistent, systematic, equitable care. Health Equity in Hospital Medicine: Foundations, Populations, and Action is a call to action and an invaluable addition to the clinical literature. The title will be of great interest to hospital medicine physicians, to allied health personnel working in a hospital setting, and to trainees.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Part I: Foundations of Health Equity

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Introduction

1.2 What Is Health Equity?

Chapter 2: History of Social Medicine

2.1 The History of Social Medicine

Chapter 3: Social Determinants of Health and Social Needs Screening

3.1 A Case

3.2 Social Determinants of Health and Social Needs Screening

Chapter 4: Current State of Health Disparities in the United States

4.1 A Case

4.2 Current State of Health Disparities in the United States

4.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 5: Social Medicine and Hospital Medicine

5.1 A Case

5.2 Social Medicine and Hospital Medicine

5.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 6: Patient Safety, Quality Improvement and Health Equity

6.1 A Case

6.2 Patient Safety, Quality Improvement and Health Equity

6.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 7: Care of Patients in Each Phase of Care

7.1 A Case

7.2 Care of Patients in each Phase of Care

7.3 Clinical Pearls

Part II: Specific Populations

Chapter 8: Race in Hospital Medicine

8.1 A Case

8.2 Race in Hospital Medicine

8.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 9: Limited English Proficiency and Immigration

9.1 A Case

9.2 Limited English Proficiency and Immigration

9.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 10: The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Hospitalized Patients

10.1 A Case

10.2 The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Hospitalized Patients

10.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 11: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Hospital Care

11.1 A Case

11.2 Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Hospital Care

11.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 12: Substance Use and Hospital Care

12.1 A Case

12.2 Substance Use and Hospital Care

12.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 13: Pain Management and End of Life Care and Equity

13.1 A Case.

13.2 Pain Management and End of Life Care and Equity

13.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 14: The Rural-Urban Divide

14.1 A Clinical Case

14.2 The Rural-Urban Divide

14.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 15: Incarcerated Patients in the Hospital

15.1 A Case

15.2 Incarcerated Patients in the Hospital

15.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 16: Geriatric Patients and Inpatient Health Equity

16.1 A Case

16.2 Geriatric Patients and Inpatient Health Equity

16.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 17: Environmental Health and Its Effects on Health Equity

17.1 A Case

17.2 Environmental Health and Its Effects on Inpatient Health Equity

17.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 18: Disparities in Technology Use for Hospitalized Patients

18.1 A Case

18.2 Disparities in Technology Use for Hospitalized Patients

18.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 19: Interpersonal Violence and Its Effect on Hospitalized Patients

19.1 A Case

19.2 Interpersonal Violence and Its Effect on Hospitalized Patients

19.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 20: The Loneliness Epidemic and How It Affects Hospitalized Patients

20.1 A Case

20.2 The Loneliness Epidemic and How It Affects Hospitalized Patients

20.3 Clinical Pearls

Part III: Framework and Action

Chapter 21: Financial Argument for Providing Hospital-Based Screening and Interventions for Health-Related Social Needs

21.1 A Case

21.2 Financial Argument for Providing Hospital-Based Screening and Interventions for Health-Related Social Needs

21.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 22: The Impact of Hospital Security Measures on the Provision of Equitable Care

22.1 A Case

22.2 The Impact of Hospital Security Measures on the Provision of Equitable Care

22.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 23: Patient Centered Care and Community Involvement in Hospital Care

23.1 A Case.

23.2 Patient Centered Care and Community Involvement in Hospital Care

23.3 Clinical Pearls

Chapter 24: Framework for the Future

24.1 Information Technology

24.2 Education

24.3 Facilitation

24.4 Patient Activation

24.5 Re-Imagining Care for Iysha and Bernard

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Sankaran, Sujatha Health Equity in Hospital Medicine

ISBN:

3-031-44999-1

OCLC:

1410820995