Health Statistics

Summary: "The seventh biennial Harrison Survey, jointly sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME), documents an academic enterprise that displays three major characteristics, somewhat in opposition to its traditional image as an isolated, passive educational entity. First, continuing medical education/ continuing professional development (CME/CPD) is increasingly integrated into the functions and missions of academic medical centers, academic health systems, and medical schools of the United States and Canada. Second, it demonstrates numerous examples of innovation and scholarship in educational design and operation. Finally, possibly as a result of the first two elements, there is an increased focus on assessing the impact of CME/CPD activities on learner competence, performance, and health care outcomes. The purpose of the survey is to help identify and understand the placement and alignment of the CME/CPD unit within the academic medical center (AMC). Survey findings will benefit those in the CME/CPD field who can use the data to assess and enhance the shape and scope of CME/CPD and who will share the information with AMC leaders, including deans, CEOs, and others. The survey generates broad but important findings for discussion and analysis in three areas: CME/CPD's structure, its function relative to relationships and educational methods, and its scope, reach, and impact. Throughout this report, data from the last Harrison Survey in 2013 are used for comparative purposes"--Executive summary.

Contents:
Executive summary
Background and methods
Section 1: Survey response rate and responder characteristics
Section 2: Structural elements of CME/CPD in the academic medical center
Section 3: Function of academic CME/CPD in the health care system
Section 4: Reach, scope, and impact of CME/CPD programming
Section 5: Discussion: structure, function, impact, and direction of academic CME.

Summary: Emerging public health information suggests that to reach the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's goal to improve health and fitness, prevent disease and disability, and enhance quality of life for all Americans through physical activity, we must create a culture that integrates physical activity into our daily lives. The ACSM American Fitness Index[tm] (AFI) program developed a valid and reliable measure of health and community fitness at a metropolitan level to: Provide community leaders with information to understand the personal, community, societal and environmental influences on physical activity and healthy eating; Develop strategies to promote physical activity at multiple levels of influence; and Take action through local community mobilization with the AFI Community Action Guide, health promotion partners and other best practices.

Summary: AHA data: includes data collected by the American Hospital Association that represents the single best source for credible, consistent information about the nation's hospitals. AHA Data provides easy, streamlined access to multiple data sets that cover demographic, operational, fnancial and IT characteristics of the nation's hospitals. AHA annual survey database: offers a wealth of data from more than 6,000 hospitals. Can be used to extract valuable demographic, operational, staffng, employment model, insurance and utilization characteristics for hospitals, providing an essential foundation to valuable health care research. Can expand analysis by matching ASDB data to public data sets using the Medicare Provider Number. Supports longitudinal healthcare research with a full decade or more of ASDB data. AHA annual survey database with financial data: sourced from the Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS) managed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). Can be used to gain a broader fnancial view of MedicareCertifed hospitals including income statement, balance sheet, and key calculated metrics. The AHA Annual Survey IT database: contains current information on healthcare technology adoption and indicators in response to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. Can be used to analyze healthcare IT indicators, illustrate the depth and level of technology integration within over 3,500 hospitals, assess hospital readiness for achieving meaningful use and their intent to apply for incentive payments, evaluate EHR interoperability capabilities, and to identify primary inpatient and outpatient vendors used for the EHR/EMR systems.

Contents:
AHA annual survey database (ASDBs)
AHA annual survey database with financial data (ASDB)
AHA annual survey IT database.

Summary: Annual statistics for the fiscal year, Sept. 1st through Aug. 31st, collected for Stanford University Libraries and other reports.

Summary: This report examines, for the first time, the current status of surveillance and information on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at country level worldwide, with particularly attention to antibacterial resistance.

Summary: Contains statistical information about birth weight, birth rate, morbidity, AIDS, and HIV in Arizona.