Women's Healthcare: Initiatives and Challenges

Challenges to womens reproductive health: maternal mortality

Healthcare Challenges and Trends

Quality healthcare is one of the most important factors in how individuals perceive their quality of life. In most countries, alongside the economy, it is the major political issue. In some countries, the healthcare delivery organization is a part of the national identity. CGI believes it is time for a new enlightenment in every aspect of the healthcare ecosystem, where every player, from gover...

National Initiatives to Build Healthcare Information Infrastructures

Significant sums of money are invested in information systems (IS) initiatives in the healthcare sector all over the world. Most countries have implemented Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems, which are clinical IS that support documentation of examination, treatment, and care of patients. EPR systems are expected to raise the quality of care, reduce medical errors, cut waiting time and ren...

National telemedicine initiatives: essential to healthcare reform.

Contributing authors: Elizabeth A. Krupinski, Ph.D.,3 Jim Grigsby, Ph.D.,4 Joseph C. Kvedar, M.D.,5 Ronald S. Weinstein, M.D.,3 Jay H. Sanders, M.D.,6 Karen S. Rheuban, M.D.,7 Thomas S. Nesbitt, M.D.,8 Dale C. Alverson, M.D.,9 Ronald C. Merrell, M.D.,10 Jonathan D. Linkous,11 A. Stewart Ferguson, Ph.D.,12 Robert J. Waters, J.D.,13 Max E. Stachura, M.D.,14 David G. Ellis, M.D.,15 Nina M. Antonio...

Opportunities abound: stay connected to healthcare initiatives.

I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a pleasant and safe summer! In this issue of the journal, I’d like to give you an update on recent activities of the Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses, as well as other organizations supporting nursing leadership development. So often, nurses remain unaware of important national-level initiatives, for a variety of reasons. There are many websi...