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The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is an operating agency of the U.S. Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services that focuses on preventing, preparing for, and responding to the adverse health effects of public health emergencies and disasters. Its functions include preparedness ...
Iconographic Collections. Keywords: E. Walker; Florence Nightingale; W.J. Simpson. Health administration, healthcare administration, healthcare management or hospital management is the field relating to leadership, management, and administration of public health systems, health care systems, hospitals, and hospital networks in all the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors.
Strategic health authorities (SHA) were part of the structure of the National Health Service in England between 2002 and 2013. [1] [2] Each SHA was responsible for managing performance, enacting directives and implementing health policy as required by the Department of Health at a regional level. Initially 28 in number, they were reduced to 10 ...
The Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness was created in 2002, which in 2022 became the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health was created by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 .
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma [14] March 14, 2017 (Confirmed March 14, 2017, 55–43) [15] Administration for Native Americans; Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans Jeannie Hovland [16] July 10, 2018 (Confirmed June 21, 2018, voice vote) Indian Health Service
In the United States, management of a single institution (e.g. a hospital) is also referred to as "medical and health services management", "healthcare management" or "health administration". Health systems management ensures that specific outcomes are attained, that departments within a health facility are running smoothly, that the right ...
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is a joint, integrated combat support agency that enables the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force medical services to provide a medically ready force and ready medical force to Combatant Commands in both peacetime and wartime. The DHA is in charge of integrating clinical and business operations across the ...
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) office responsible for the procurement and development of medical countermeasures, principally against bioterrorism, including chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats, as well as pandemic influenza and emerging diseases.