Professional Standards Review Organizations (PSRO's) came into being because of the need for our health care delivery system to provide high-quality care at reasonable cost to our country's citizens. All those involved in the system must bear a part of the responsibility for the failures of that system in the past. And, there is no doubt that while our health care system has had many successes,...

INTRODUCTION Planning human resources for health (HRH) is a complex process for policy-makers and, as a result, many countries worldwide swing from surplus to shortage. In-depth case studies can help appraising the challenges encountered and the solutions implemented. This paper has two objectives: to identify the key challenges in HRH planning in Belgium and to formulate recommendations for an...

The shortage of nurses in Delaware continues to have a negative impact on the health care delivery system. Nurses play a unique and central role and are the largest group of health care professionals in the country. This threatening crisis in nurse staffing has the potential to impact all aspects of health care in a negative manner. In October 2005, Wesley College, the Delaware Board of Nursing...

Due to increasing solid waste generation and their significant impacts on human health, environmental assessment of the management and disposal methods become more and more important. There are various disposal methods which are the combinations that originate from a wide range of solid waste management systems. In this study, municipal waste of Tehran (which totals to 7507.5 tons/day) is asses...

stress is a physiological reaction to the ever-increasing demands of life. after each stressful event, the body should be returned to a normal relaxed state. however, continuous stress of modern life sometimes put the subjects at risk of developing a range of diseases; from psychosomatic to anxiety disorders. stress management program gives a range of tools to reduce the impact of stress and pr...

the increase in water demand and its services due to population growth and the raising of the standards of living, health, and hygiene along with the limitation of water resources, droughts, and climate change has attracted water specialists and planners to explore the use of unconventional water resources, such as sewage and saline waters. moreover, industrial and rural wastewater disposal and...

background and objectives:job burnout is a major source of healthcare human resources inefficiency with severe negative impact on patient care, physical-psychological health of staff, and healthcare costs. psychological empowerment is a relatively new concept showing promise in boosting different aspect of human resources management. in this study, we pursued the question of whether psychologic...