A5045683626- Cuban History and Society
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Global trade and economics
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- World Trade Organization Law
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Cooperative Studies and Economics
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Global Trade and Competitiveness
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Agricultural and Rural Development Research
- Regional Development and Innovation
- Agricultural Economics and Practices
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
2016-2024
University of Florida
1969-2020
Culture Resource
2019
University of Miami
2016
Virginia Cooperative Extension
1969
Mezcal is an alcoholic beverage produced only in selected regions of Mexico under appellation origin status from the Word Intellectual Property Organization. While it has been for many centuries, mezcal’s was granted 1995. Therefore efforts to produce and market as a premium product have relatively short history. This case study examines developments production marketing this unique product, activities cooperative El Tecuan Guerrero State process.
Proactive integrated virtual healthcare resource (VHR) use can improve efficiency, maximize capacity for delivering optimal coordinated care and patient outcomes. VHR is vital high quality care. Our objectives were to identify proactive among primary teams, best practices targeted implementation strategies promote use.This a mixed-method descriptive study. We employed community-based participatory approach collect data the Consolidated Framework Implementation Research analyze contextualize...
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for rapid uptake of virtual care through the use health resources (VHR). In Department Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System, critical to maintaining healthcare access patients during COVID-19. current study we describe primary patient aligned team (PACT) VHR patterns within one VA medical center (i.e., hospital facility and five community-based outpatient clinics) pre- post-COVID-19 onset.VHR provider data from 106 individual PACTs were extracted...
High hospital readmission rates contribute to the problem of escalating costs and fragmented quality in US health care system. This article describes implementation a home telehealth (HT) performance improvement project with subsequent cost-avoidance savings. The HT was designed potentiate communication between among patients, clinicians, administrative staff, addition reducing readmissions for patients congestive heart failure at James A. Haley Veterans Hospital Tampa, Florida. Pre- post-HT...
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is making system-wide efforts to increase integrated use of health information technology (HIT), including My HealtheVet (MHV), the Affairs (VA) electronic patient portal, Vet Link kiosks, telehealth, and mobile apps. Integrated HIT can individual system efficiency, maximize resources, enhance outcomes. Prior research indicates that provider endorsement reinforcement are key determinants adoption HIT. implementation strategies need reflect providers'...
To mitigate the movement of non-native organisms with trade, phytosanitary systems have been implemented within and between countries. In some countries such as Cuba, little is known about within-state plant health system. facilitate development future trade partnership Cuba United States, agencies need to understand organizational structure diagnostic capacity Cuban Plant Protection System, identify potential synergies States systems, steps towards cooperation. This paper fills this...
Colonoscopy is a first-line method for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. However, cost-effective noninvasive tests, such as high-sensitivity guaiac-based fecal occult blood test (gFOBT) and immunochemical (FIT), are also used. The COVID-19 pandemic had substantial negative impact on CRC screening rates. James A. Haley Veterans Affairs Hospital (JAHVAH) continued socially distant using FITs, but encountered inefficiencies due to high rates of incorrectly collected FIT samples. A quality...
Conflicts between U.S. domestic and foreign policy objectives are becoming more common apparent. This article compares of the sugar program with those Caribbean Basin Initiative. Welfare effects several proposals ameliorating these conflicts estimated, implications for discussed.
Abstract Background A proactive approach to delivering care using virtual resources, while reducing in-person contact, is needed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective In current study we describe pre- post- pandemic onset related changes in electronic delivery of primary care. Methods longitudinal, pre-post within-subjects design was used. Patient-aligned team providers from one VA medical center, a annex, and four affiliated community-based outpatient clinics completed both baseline...
FE822, an 8-page illustrated fact sheet by Lisa House, Allen F. Wysocki, William A. Messina, Jr., and Kathryn Olson, presents a brief summary of information on consumer perceptions seafood obtained from 2008 survey to identify the attitudes consumption behavior consumers aged 55 older for fish, shellfish, aquaculture products. Published UF Department Food Resource Economics, April 2010. FE822/FE822: Attitudes Preferences People Aged Above Seafood: Summary Telephone Survey Results (ufl.edu)
Reports and information from Cuba on the damage Hurricane Charley have been limited. However, in an effort to be responsive inquiries about storm Cuba, this report attempts compile limited amount of that is available press through personal communication with colleagues knowledge Cuba's economy agricultural sector, developed over past 10 years researchon conducted by University Florida's Institute Food Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Resource Economics Department, offer our assessment...