The Changing Health Information Service (HIS) Work Environment

The Changing Information Environment

The changing face of health information and health information work: a conceptual framework.

The purpose of this paper is to examine the changes in health information and health information work using a conceptual framework and to consider the implication of these changes for health sciences librarians. The notion of what constitutes information depends heavily on the perspective of those defining the term. In the health care domain, numerous established concepts of information exist, ...

Changing work, changing health: can real work-time flexibility promote health behaviors and well-being?

This article investigates a change in the structuring of work time, using a natural experiment to test whether participation in a corporate initiative (Results Only Work Environment; ROWE) predicts corresponding changes in health-related outcomes. Drawing on job strain and stress process models, we theorize greater schedule control and reduced work-family conflict as key mechanisms linking this...

Health Information Systems (HIS): Concept and Technology

A health information system (HIS) is the intersection of between healthcare’s business process, and information systems to deliver better healthcare services. The nature of healthcare industry, which is highly influenced by economic, social, politic, and technological factors, has changed over time. This paper will address some important concepts of healthcare and related terminologies to provi...

The Doctor and His Work

n + ~ U T)^ ~ T By Charles J. Whitby, M.D. Cantab. Pp. 235. London : Stephen Swift & Co. Ltd. 1912. Price, 3s. 6d. net. Dr. Whitby gives us, in this readable little book, what may be styled his thoughts on the medical profession. He discusses the positions of physicians, surgeons, specialists, lady doctors, pharmacists, etc., in the ranks of medicine, and inclines to honour the general practiti...