This chapter gives an overview about: the role of the hospitalist; the hospitalist and antimicrobial stewardship; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention perspective. In summary, antimicrobial stewardship is critical to every institution. In an era where hospitals and health care systems are ...

This chapter presents and discusses a case study to identify the lessons that can be learned from military deployments to ensure a timely response and resilience to health emergencies. It examines the strategy of the military for preparing, maintaining and recovering its forces in response to an...

This chapter briefly describes cancer incidence and mortality in low- and middle-income countries and outlines key global players involved in agenda setting for the control, treatment and overall management of cancers globally. The prevalence, morbidity, mortality and causes (infections, tobacco...

This chapter addresses the rising burden of neurodegenerative diseases among aging populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It focuses on dementia and Parkinson's disease and presents current evidence on prevalence, morbidity, mortality and determinants. Lastly, it considers the key ...

This chapter provides an overview of maternal and perinatal health in developing countries and presents a synopsis of the subsequent chapters in this book. Maternal deaths represent only a fraction of the burden of ill health and disability faced by millions of women and newborns as a consequence...

This chapter gives an overview about: resistant organisms in the intensive care units (ICUs); Clostridium difficile in the ICU; strategies of antimicrobial stewardship programmes in ICUs; antibiotic care bundles (ACBs); ASP-driven drug level monitoring of vancomycin and aminoglycosides; antibiotic...

This book is a joint effort led by five editors, Kerry L. LaPlante, Cheston B. Cunha, Haley J. Morrill, Louis B. Rice, and Eleftherios Mylonakis, with a team of section editors and the authors, who have brought together 38 chapters that describe the principles and practice of antimicrobial...

This chapter gives an overview about: metrics of antibiotic use for benchmarking; risk adjustment for antibiotic usage; quality-based benchmarking. It is suggested that benchmarking their antibiotic use against that of other hospitals can help hospitals to identify areas where antibiotic use can be ...

This chapter presents a case study with the intention of making the reader consider how research can change the landscape of healthcare provision, and discuss how researchers can promote constructive collaboration with routine healthcare staff and local communities. The chapter includes an...

Organizations in the developing world face various challenges and barriers in the adoption of big data (BD). This chapter examines the context dependence in BD models and compares the relative effectiveness of various data sources in different contexts. Some key barriers to utilization of BD are...