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Cancer Care Ontario is now part of Ontario Health, an agency created by the Government of Ontario with a mandate to connect and coordinate [the] province's health care system to help ensure that Ontarians receive the best possible care.  1, record 1, English, - Cancer%20Care%20Ontario

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Action Cancer Ontario fait maintenant partie de Santé Ontario, un organisme créé par le gouvernement de l'Ontario chargé de coordonner le système de soins de santé de [la] province et de mettre en relation ses diverses composantes afin de permettre à la population ontarienne de recevoir les meilleurs soins possibles.  1, record 1, French, - Action%20Cancer%20Ontario

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... UNRWA is the only United Nations agency mandated to provide basic services and humanitarian assistance to over five million Palestine refugees in the West Bank and Gaza, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon registered with the Agency. UNRWA delivers education, primary health care, relief and social services, infrastructure and camp improvement, and emergency and other assistance to Palestine refugees in its areas of operation.  3, record 2, English, - United%20Nations%20Relief%20and%20Works%20Agency%20for%20Palestine%20Refugees%20in%20the%20Near%20East

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[...] l'UNRWA est le seul organisme des Nations Unies mandaté à fournir des services et de l'aide humanitaire de base à plus de cinq millions de réfugiés de Palestine en Cisjordanie et dans la bande de Gaza, en Syrie, en Jordanie et au Liban et inscrits auprès de l'agence. L'UNRWA offre des services sociaux, d'éducation, de soins de santé de base, d'aide humanitaire, d'amélioration des infrastructures et des camps ainsi que des services d'urgence aux réfugiés de Palestine se trouvant dans ses zones de fonctionnement.  3, record 2, French, - Office%20de%20secours%20et%20de%20travaux%20des%20Nations%20Unies%20pour%20les%20r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9s%20de%20Palestine%20dans%20le%20Proche%2DOrient

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Record 3,  Textual support,  English

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[The federal health insurances] outline a set of requirements that a long-term care facility, home health agency, or hospice agency must meet to be considered certified. [These insurances] will only cover the costs of care if an establishment is certified.  2, record 3, English, - certified

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certified establishment  3, record 3, English, - certified

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Être agréé (par une autorité, une administration, etc.), être reconnu comme ayant les qualités exigées pour [...] être considéré comme conforme à certaines règles : La clinique est agréée par la Sécurité sociale.  2, record 3, French, - agr%C3%A9%C3%A9

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établissement agréé  3, record 3, French, - agr%C3%A9%C3%A9

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When a patient is transferred to another health care agency or to a different unit within a hospital or is discharged, the health care provider reviews the medications, reconciles the list, and write new orders as indicated.  2, record 4, English, - health%20care%20agency

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Bien que chaque hôpital ou organisme de soins de santé exerce ses propres activités d'amélioration de la sécurité, ils peuvent compter sur des organismes de réglementation, des bailleurs de fonds et des organismes provinciaux de qualité des soins.  2, record 4, French, - organisme%20de%20soins%20de%20sant%C3%A9

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Record 5,  Textual support,  English

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The National Population Health Study of Neurological Conditions... was jointly planned and initiated in 2009 through a unique partnership between Neurological Health Charities Canada(NHCC), the Public Health Agency of Canada..., Health Canada, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research(CIHR). This study was designed to enhance understanding of the scope of targeted neurological conditions in Canada and their impacts on affected individuals, families, and the health care system; support the development of effective programs and services; and reduce the burden of neurological conditions in Canada.  2, record 5, English, - National%20Population%20Health%20Study%20of%20Neurological%20Conditions

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

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L'Étude nationale de la santé des populations relative aux maladies neurologiques [...] est le résultat d'un effort concerté. Elle a été planifiée et amorcée en 2009 par le biais d'un partenariat unique entre les Organismes caritatifs neurologiques du Canada (OCNC), l'Agence de la santé publique du Canada [...], Santé Canada et les Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC). Cette étude avait pour objet de mieux comprendre l'ampleur, au Canada, des affections neurologiques sélectionnées et leurs répercussions sur les personnes atteintes, leur famille et le système de santé; d'appuyer l'élaboration de programmes et de services efficaces; et de réduire le fardeau des affections neurologiques au Canada.  1, record 5, French, - %C3%89tude%20nationale%20de%20la%20sant%C3%A9%20des%20populations%20relative%20aux%20maladies%20neurologiques

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Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada. The Science Program Coordination Section provides policy makers, regulators and the scientific community with research on the impact of policy and other interventions on public health care and the best scientific evidence to ensure that the most effective interventions are implemented for the control of foodborne zoonoses and enteric disease.  1, record 6, English, - Science%20Program%20Coordination%20Section

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

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Laboratoire de lutte contre les zoonoses d'origine alimentaire, Agence de santé publique du Canada. La Section de la coordination des programmes scientifiques fournit aux décideurs, aux autorités de réglementation et à la communauté scientifique, de la recherche sur les répercussions des politiques et d'autres interventions relatives à la santé publique et aux soins de santé, et les meilleures données scientifiques probantes afin d'assurer la mise en œuvre des meilleures interventions pour lutter contre les zoonoses d'origine alimentaire et les maladies entériques.  1, record 6, French, - Section%20de%20la%20coordination%20des%20programmes%20scientifiques

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Record 7,  Textual support,  English

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The Long Term Care Facilities Survey is a new [survey], similar [to the Residential Care Facility Survey, conducted by Statistics Canada]... it is financed by Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Unlike the [Residential Care Facility Survey], it surveys only facilities that provide their residents with a minimum of professional nursing care or medical supervision.  3, record 7, English, - Long%20Term%20Care%20Facilities%20Survey

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

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L'Enquête sur les établissements de soins de longue durée est une nouvelle enquête, [similaire à l'Enquête sur les établissements de soins pour bénéficiaires internes, menée par Statistique Canada. Elle est] financée par Santé Canada, l'Agence de la santé publique du Canada et l'Institut canadien d'information sur la santé. Toutefois, au contraire de l'ancienne enquête, l'Enquête sur les établissements de soins de longue durée sonde seulement les établissements qui fournissent à leurs résidents au minimum des services de soins infirmiers professionnels ou de supervision médicale.  3, record 7, French, - Enqu%C3%AAte%20sur%20les%20%C3%A9tablissements%20de%20soins%20de%20longue%20dur%C3%A9e

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Public Health Agency of Canada. Through surveillance, risk assessment and targeted research, the Blood Safety Surveillance and Health Care Acquired Infections Division communicates, recommends, stimulates and manages the development and promotion of a national management/policy structure to reduce the risk of bloodborne pathogens(including community acquired bloodborne infections) and biological injuries due to blood transfusion and tissue and organ transplantation including xenotransplantation.  1, record 8, English, - Blood%20Safety%20Surveillance%20and%20Health%20Care%20Acquired%20Infections%20Division

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

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Agence de santé publique du Canada. Par le biais d'activités de surveillance, d'évaluation du risque et de recherche ciblée, la Division de l'hémovigilance et des infections acquises en milieu de soins de santé commente, recommande, encourage et dirige l'élaboration et la promotion d'une structure de gestion et d'orientation stratégique nationale pour réduire les risques d'infections transmissibles par le sang (y compris les infections contractées dans la collectivité) et d'incidents biologiques dus aux transfusions sanguines et à la transplantation de tissus et d'organes, y compris les xénotransplantations.  1, record 8, French, - Division%20de%20l%27h%C3%A9movigilance%20et%20des%20infections%20acquises%20en%20milieu%20de%20soins%20de%20sant%C3%A9

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The role of the International Health Policy and Communications Division is : to facilitate excellence, creativity and effectiveness in the international exchange of information on health policies and practices by : helping external clients to connect quickly to information about Canada's health care system and Canada's international health initiatives; helping Canadian health decision makers to learn about innovative health policies and practices in other countries; contributing international perspectives to Health Canada and other Canadian health agencies as they analyze, evaluate, develop and apply new health policies and practices; and sharing Canada's best policies and practices with other countries. The division manages the department's extensive international visits program as a key element of the information strategy. The division also : facilitates the international affairs communications and business planning processes; and manages international business and development projects with the Canadian International Development Agency(CIDA) where the department is the main contractor or service provider.  1, record 9, English, - International%20Health%20Policy%20and%20Communications%20Division

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

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Le rôle de la Division des politiques de santé internationale et des communications consiste à : faciliter l'excellence, la créativité et l'efficacité au niveau de l'échange international d'information sur les politiques et les pratiques de santé en : aidant les clients externes à obtenir rapidement de l'information sur le système de santé et les initiatives de santé internationale du Canada; aidant les décideurs canadiens en santé à s'informer au sujet des politiques et des pratiques de santé innovatrices de d'autres pays; faisant connaître les perspectives d'autres pays à Santé Canada et à d'autres organismes de santé canadiens tandis qu'ils analysent, évaluent, élaborent et appliquent de nouvelles politiques et pratiques de santé; et partageant les meilleures politiques et pratiques du Canada avec d'autres pays. Un des éléments clés de la stratégie d'information du Ministère est le programme élargi de visites internationales qui relève de cette division, qui se charge aussi de : faciliter les communications des affaires internationales et les processus de planification des activités; et gérer des projets internationaux de commerce et de développement avec l'Agence canadienne de développement international (ACDI), pour lesquels le Ministère est le principal entrepreneur ou fournisseur de services.  1, record 9, French, - Division%20des%20politiques%20de%20sant%C3%A9%20internationale%20et%20des%20communications

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Public Health Agency of Canada. National Studies on Acute Gastrointestinal Illness. In terms of contributing to the ’reporting pyramid’ for enteric illness, this would result in determining : the proportion of patients seeking primary care who are diagnosed with acute gastrointestinal illness; the proportion of patients diagnosed with acute gastrointestinal illness who are asked to submit a stool sample for laboratory testing.  1, record 10, English, - Physician%20Study

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Agence de santé publique du Canada, Étude nationale des maladies gastro-intestinales aiguës. Cette étude permettra de déterminer les choses suivantes, en terme de contribution à la «pyramide de notification» des maladies entériques : La proportion des patients demandant une consultation en soins primaires qui reçoivent un diagnostic de maladie gastro-intestinale aiguë; la proportion de patients qui reçoivent un diagnostic de maladie gastro-intestinale aiguë à qui l'on demande de soumettre un échantillon fécal destiné à être testé en laboratoire.  1, record 10, French, - %C3%89tude%20sur%20les%20m%C3%A9decins

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In the context of civil service reform in response to economic stringency, WHO [World Health Organization] held a consultation with the Danish International Development Agency to review health care functions and structures prior to strengthening ministries of health. A manual is being produced on health ministry reorganization for a group of countries in the Americas with similar problems.  3, record 11, English, - Danish%20International%20Development%20Agency

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

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Sur le sujet de la réforme de la fonction publique en période de restrictions économiques, l'OMS [Organisation mondiale de la Santé] a tenu une consultation avec l'Agence danoise pour le Développement international pour examiner les fonctions et les infrastructures des soins de santé avant de procéder à un renforcement des ministères de la santé. Un manuel sur la réorganisation des ministères de la santé va être publié à l'intention d'un groupe de pays des Amériques confrontés à ce type de problèmes.  3, record 11, French, - Agence%20danoise%20pour%20le%20D%C3%A9veloppement%20international

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Record 12,  Textual support,  English

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Project supported by the Canadian International Development Agency Partnership Program. The Canada-China Health Foundation is helping to restore rural health care in six provinces affected by floods in 1991. Both child health care and maternal health activities are being enhanced and efforts are being made to build local self-sufficiency at the clinics involved.  1, record 12, English, - Canada%2DChina%20Health%20Foundation

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Projet soutenu par le Programme du partenariat de l'Agence canadienne de développement international. La Fondation Canada/Chine pour la santé s'occupe de rétablir les soins de santé dans les régions rurales de six provinces touchées par les inondations de 1991. On améliore les soins de santé maternels et infantiles et on aide les cliniques locales à devenir autonomes.  1, record 12, French, - Fondation%20Canada%2FChine%20pour%20la%20sant%C3%A9

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The Toronto District Health Council is the local voice in health planning for the city of Toronto-an agency that advises the Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care on the local health system. Its mandate is to determine health needs and priorities and to plan for services that address these needs. It is governed by a volunteer council, and supported by the work of hundreds of volunteers on committees, task forces and panels.  1, record 13, English, - Toronto%20District%20Health%20Council

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A registered nurse, usually one who has not undergone training beyond the basic nursing program, who sees to the general nursing care of patients in a hospital or other health agency.  3, record 14, English, - general%20duty%20nurse

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Maison Fraternité is a non for profit community agency subsidized mainly by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care of Ontario to help the francophone population of the province who have a substance use problem. It also receives grants from the Ministry of Community and Social Services of Ontario, and by United Way of Ottawa. To achieve its humanitarian goals, it also relies on donations by generous individuals and companies.  2, record 15, English, - Maison%20Fraternit%C3%A9

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Maison Fraternité est un organisme à but non lucratif subventionné principalement par le Ministère de la santé et des soins de longue durée de l'Ontario. Il est aussi subventionné par le Ministère des services sociaux et communautaires de l'Ontario et le Ministère des Services à l'enfance et à la famille, ainsi que par Centraide Ottawa. Il compte également sur la générosité de particuliers et d'entreprises pour l'aider dans son action humanitaire.  2, record 15, French, - Maison%20Fraternit%C3%A9

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British Columbia Transplant Society(BCTS), established in 1986, directs, delivers or contracts for all organ transplant services across BC. It is funded principally through the BC Ministry of Health Services, and is an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority. The BC Transplant Society's Foundation is an officially recognized charitable organization. The BCTS contracts for impatient and outpatient transplant services from three transplant hospitals and operates seven regional clinics throughout BC for outpatient care.  1, record 16, English, - British%20Columbia%20Transplant%20Society

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Public Health Agency of Canada, Blood Safety Surveillance and Health Care Acquired Infections Division, Bloodborne Pathogens Section. The Blood Zoonotics Unit uniquely covers xenotransplantation related surveillance and policy development. It develops new methods to identify animal viruses capable of transmission to human hosts, relevant to xenotransplantation. Surveillance for exposure to these agents is conducted and potential intervention measures are assessed, culminated in policy recommendations.  1, record 17, English, - Blood%20Zoonotics%20Unit

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Agence de santé publique du Canada, Division de l'hémovigilance et des infections acquises en milieu de soins de santé, Section des pathogènes transmissibles par le sang. L'Unité des zoonoses hématogènes est responsable seulement de la surveillance et de l'élaboration de politiques liées à la xénotransplantation. On y développe de nouvelles méthodes d'identification des virus zoophiles transmissibles à des hôtes humains et pertinents pour la xénotransplantation. On surveille l'exposition à ces agents et on évalue les mesures recommandations en matière de politiques.  1, record 17, French, - Unit%C3%A9%20des%20zoonoses%20h%C3%A9matog%C3%A8nes

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Public Health Agency of Canada, Blood Safety Surveillance and Health Care Acquired Infections Division, Bloodborne Pathogens Section. The Special Initiatives Unit undertakes and supports the surveillance of bloodborne pathogens, including viral hepatitis, parasitic and emerging or re-emerging bloodborne pathogens.  1, record 18, English, - Special%20Initiatives%20Unit

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Agence de santé publique du Canada, Division de l'hémovigilance et des infections acquises en milieu de soins de santé, Section des pathogènes transmissibles par le sang. L'Unité des initiatives spéciales entreprend et soutient la surveillance des pathogènes hématogènes, y compris l'hépatite virale, ainsi que les pathogènes à diffusion hématogène parasitaires et nouveaux ou réémergents.  1, record 18, French, - Unit%C3%A9%20des%20initiatives%20sp%C3%A9ciales

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Public Health Agency of Canada, Blood Safety Surveillance and Health Care Acquired Infections Division.  1, record 19, English, - Bloodborne%20Pathogens%20Section

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Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Agence de santé publique du Canada, Division de l'hémovigilance et des infections acquises en milieu de soins de santé.  1, record 19, French, - Section%20des%20pathog%C3%A8nes%20transmissibles%20par%20le%20sang

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Public Health Agency of Canada. The mandate of the Section is to enhance infection prevention and control programs in health care facilities and other community settings by collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and disseminating epidemiological information on nosocomial and occupational infections in the Canadian population.  1, record 20, English, - Nosocomial%20and%20Occupational%20Infections%20Section

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Agence de santé publique du Canada. Le mandat de la Section est d'améliorer les programmes de prévention et de lutte contre les infections dans les établissements de soins de santé et les autres établissements au service de la collectivité par la cueillette, l'analyse, l'interprétation et la diffusion de renseignements épidémiologiques sur les infections nosocomiales et professionnelles dans la population canadienne.  1, record 20, French, - Section%20des%20infections%20nosocomiales%20et%20professionnelles

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Public Health Agency of Canada. The goals of the Transfusion Transmitted Injuries(TTI) Section of the Health Care Acquired Infections Division(HCAID) are to establish a national surveillance system for Transfusion Transmitted Injuries(i. e. infectious diseases and noninfectious adverse events) and to support targeted research in order to provide information for risk assessment to further reduce the risks associated with blood transfusion in Canada.  1, record 21, English, - Transfusion%20Transmitted%20Injuries%20Section

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Agence de santé publique du Canada. La Section des incidents transfusionnels (IT) de la Division des infections acquises en milieu de soins de santé (DIAMSS) a pour but d'établir un système national de surveillance des incidents néfastes liés à des transfusions (c.-à-d. les cas de transmission d'agents infectieux et les incidents non liés à des agents infectieux) et d'appuyer la réalisation de recherches ciblées de manière à ce que l'on dispose des données nécessaires à l'évaluation des risques, données qui permettront de réduire encore davantage les risques associés aux transfusions sanguines au Canada.  1, record 21, French, - Section%20des%20incidents%20transfusionnels

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Public Health Agency of Canada. The primary role of the Statistics and Risk Assessment Section is to support the activities of the Blood Safety Surveillance and Health Care Acquired Infections Division through the ongoing development and update of quantitative risk assessment models and methodologies for the analysis of blood borne diseases.  1, record 22, English, - Statistics%20and%20Risk%20Assessment%20Section

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Record number: 22, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Agence de santé publique du Canada. Le rôle premier de la Section des statistiques et de l'évaluation des risques (SSER) est de faciliter les activités de la Division des infections acquises en milieu de soins de santé, par l'élaboration et la mise à jour continues de modèles et de méthodes d'évaluation quantitative des risques pour l'analyse des maladies à diffusion hématogène, et par la recherche en économie de la santé.  1, record 22, French, - Section%20des%20statistiques%20et%20de%20l%27%C3%A9valuation%20des%20risques

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When health personnel are employed by an organized body, whether a social security agency or a public health authority, this has been defined as the "direct pattern" of providing medical care.  1, record 23, English, - direct%20pattern

Record number: 23, Textual support number: 1 OBS

HOHEA: Hogarth, J. Glossary of health care terminology. Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1978. (Public Health in Europe, No. 4).  2, record 23, English, - direct%20pattern

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When health personnel are employed by an organized body... this has been defined as the "direct pattern" of providing medical care. When the responsible agency contracts with private practitioners or autonomous local entities(such as hospitals)... this has been defined as the "indirect pattern".  1, record 24, English, - indirect%20pattern

Record number: 24, Textual support number: 1 OBS

HOHEA: Hogarth, J. Glossary of health care terminology. Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1978. (Public Health in Europe, No. 4).  2, record 24, English, - indirect%20pattern

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Preferred Provider Organizations(PPOs) offer purchasers of care several benefits, including expenditure reduction, utilization control, improved quality of care, and efficient management. Although Medicare could benefit from these outcomes, the program lags behind the private sector in PPO development. The Health Care Financing Administration(HCFA) must address several policy issues and constraints as it develops PPOs for Medicare beneficiaries. The agency must identify services and providers to include in the PPO, develop program sponsorship and administration methods, create viable provider and beneficiary incentives to participate, identify sources of PPO cost savings, and examine the role of medigap insurance policies in PPO development.  2, record 25, English, - preferred%20provider%20organization

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... PPOs - preferred provider organizations - will pay doctors a fixed amount per procedure done on a patient instead of a fixed salary.  3, record 25, English, - preferred%20provider%20organization

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Meditrust and Pharmex are preferred provider organizations.  4, record 25, English, - preferred%20provider%20organization

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Term, abbreviation and contexts extracted from PASCAL data base.  2, record 25, English, - preferred%20provider%20organization

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Nonsectarian, nonpolitical agency serving worldwide areas of health care shortage. Functions in matching health care and development personnel with domestic and overseas clinics, hospitals, and agencies where their service are needed  1, record 26, English, - AMDoc%2FOption

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Agency for upgrading human services careers "to an economic level of decency and dignity". Provides training and fieldwork in personal, professional, social, and skill development; provides medical screening and supervised follow-up remedial health care for trainees; acquaints trainees with varied community and cultural enrichment resources; offers educational seminars for employers and field work supervisors and postgraduate counseling for employees and employers.  1, record 27, English, - Personnel%20Resources

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Record 28,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 28, Textual support number: 1 OBS

An international humanitarian agency organized after the battle of Solferino(1859), concerned in peacetime with health and safety and in wartime with caring for wounded and the prevention and alleviation of human suffering generally. It has now a world-wide organization, based in Geneva, together with national societies. The first multilateral agreement on the Red Cross, the Geneva Convention of 1964, committed signatory governments to care for wounded, both friend and foe, and this was later revised and extended to warfare at sea(1907), prisoners of war(1929), and civilians in wartime(1949).  2, record 28, English, - International%20Red%20Cross

Record 28,  Textual support,  French

Record 28,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 29,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 29, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The act of providing an inventory of services through a broker or an agency.  2, record 29, English, - service%20brokerage

Record number: 29, Textual support number: 1 CONT

For example, IBM or General Motors may want to offer child care services to its employees. The company then hires a broker to develop a listing of day care centres or child-care providers. Another example is service brokerage for disabled persons. These people and their families require health facilities, educational support systems, transportation, in-home nursing care, etc. Social services will then call upon a brokerage agency to prepare an inventory of services available.  2, record 29, English, - service%20brokerage

Record number: 29, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Information given by Welfare Canada.  2, record 29, English, - service%20brokerage

Record 29,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 29, Textual support number: 1 OBS

courtage : Profession, activité de celui qui fait le courtier. Courtier : Agent servant d'intermédiaire, moyennant rétribution, pour des opérations commerciales. Courtage de tableaux. Courtier de pierres précieuses.  2, record 29, French, - courtage%20de%20services

Record 29,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 30,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 30, Textual support number: 1 OBS

referral : The practice of sending a patient to another health care provider, usually for specialized care, or to another organization or service agency, often for social services.  2, record 30, English, - referral%20to%20an%20adjustment%20service

Record 30,  Textual support,  French

Record 30,  Textual support,  Spanish