Mary Wakefield
Biographic Data
| ID | 3654067 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Wakefield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Wakefield |
| SIGNATURE | WAKEFIELD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Dakota |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0087-8302 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Pertussis Vaccination Among Childcare Center Staff, Administrators, and Parents
Implementing Patient Safety Initiatives in Rural Hospitals
Implementation of patient safety initiatives can be costly in time and energy. Because of small volumes and limited resources, rural hospitals often are not included in nationally driven patient safety initiatives. This article describes the Tennessee Rural Hospital Patient Safety Demonstration project, whose goal was to strengthen capacity for patient safety initiatives in 8 small Tennessee rural hospitals using a multi‐organizational collaborat…
Understanding the Impacts of the Medicare Modernization Act
Sweeping changes to the Medicare program embodied in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), including a new prescription drug benefit, changes in payment policies, and reform of the Medicare managed-care program, have major implications for rural health care. The most efficient mechanism for research to affect policy is to provide policy makers with information on issues about which they have voiced conc…
The Importance of Safety and Quality in Rural America
Assuring Rural Hospital Patient Safety
Context: Since reports on patient safety were issued by the Institute of Medicine, a number of interventions have been recommended and standards designed to improve hospital patient safety, including the Leapfrog, evidence‐based safety standards. These standards are based on research conducted largely in urban hospitals, and it may not be possible to generalize them to rural hospitals. Purpose: The absence of rural‐relevant patient safety standar…
A Framework and Action Agenda for Quality Improvement in Rural Health Care
Purpose : The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the federal Office of Rural Health Policy collaborated to convene an expert group to address issues of quality improvement in the rural health care environment Outcomes : The group identified issues, barriers, and opportunities related to bringing rural health care into the mainstream of the national quality “revolution.” A framework for rural quality and specific action steps was propo…
Rural America
A general deterioration is occurring in the quality of life of rural Americans, and it is affecting the quality of health and mental health service delivery. About 24% of the U.S. population lives in nonmetropolitan areas where the citizens are older, less well educated, have lower incomes, and are more homogeneous in terms of race and ethnicity. Medicare and private insurance discriminate against rural services in their reimbursement policies, a…
Rural America
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Rural America
A general deterioration is occurring in the quality of life of rural Americans, and it is affecting the quality of health and mental health service delivery. About 24% of the U.S. population lives in nonmetropolitan areas where the citizens are older, less well educated, have lower incomes, and are more homogeneous in terms of race and ethnicity. Medicare and private insurance discriminate against rural services in their reimbursement policies, a…
Rural America
A Framework and Action Agenda for Quality Improvement in Rural Health Care
Purpose : The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the federal Office of Rural Health Policy collaborated to convene an expert group to address issues of quality improvement in the rural health care environment Outcomes : The group identified issues, barriers, and opportunities related to bringing rural health care into the mainstream of the national quality “revolution.” A framework for rural quality and specific action steps was propo…
The Importance of Safety and Quality in Rural America
Assuring Rural Hospital Patient Safety
Context: Since reports on patient safety were issued by the Institute of Medicine, a number of interventions have been recommended and standards designed to improve hospital patient safety, including the Leapfrog, evidence‐based safety standards. These standards are based on research conducted largely in urban hospitals, and it may not be possible to generalize them to rural hospitals. Purpose: The absence of rural‐relevant patient safety standar…
Understanding the Impacts of the Medicare Modernization Act
Sweeping changes to the Medicare program embodied in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), including a new prescription drug benefit, changes in payment policies, and reform of the Medicare managed-care program, have major implications for rural health care. The most efficient mechanism for research to affect policy is to provide policy makers with information on issues about which they have voiced conc…
Implementing Patient Safety Initiatives in Rural Hospitals
Implementation of patient safety initiatives can be costly in time and energy. Because of small volumes and limited resources, rural hospitals often are not included in nationally driven patient safety initiatives. This article describes the Tennessee Rural Hospital Patient Safety Demonstration project, whose goal was to strengthen capacity for patient safety initiatives in 8 small Tennessee rural hospitals using a multi‐organizational collaborat…
Pertussis Vaccination Among Childcare Center Staff, Administrators, and Parents
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