2020 Associate Editor Excellence Awards and Editor's Citations For Excellence In Review

Awards spur excellence in research.

Background: Many patients experience difficulties in following treatment recommendations. This study's objective is to identify nonadherence risk profiles regarding medication (antidepressants, antihypertensives, and oral hypoglycemics) from a combination of patients' socio-demographic characteristics, morbidity presented within general practice and medication characteristics. An additional obj...

Outstanding Employees Honored With Awards for Excellence

Gisela Telis was recognized for making her mark ? online, on the radio and on television ? as a content producer for Arizona Public Media [4]. Telis has received Emmy Awards for her work bringing attention to mental health issues. In her nomination letter, Jack Gibson, director and general manager of Arizona Public Media, wrote that Telis' work "exemplifies the best and most meaningful aspects ...

Excellence in healthcare is celebrated in The BMJ Awards 2015.

Designing two models for comprehensive center of excellence and center of excellence in the field of medical sciences in Iran

Background: Despite exist several centers of excellence in the various medical field in the country, most of them lack a single procedure and organizational structures in their functioning, organizing, targeting, etc. So the study aimed to design an organizational model that meets the goals and mission of them in the field of medical sciences. Methods: This qualitative and applied research was...

Ensuring excellence in centers of excellence programs.

Studies have found associations between better outcomes and a variety of structural and process criteria that help explain the wide outcome variations that occur across hospitals. In response, Centers of Excellence programs have been developed by multiple third parties. Despite this, programs have yielded disappointing results and can have unintended consequences. To outweigh potential harms, o...