OBJECTIVE to explore the attitudes of first-time mothers towards antenatal education from the perspective of attenders and non-attenders. DESIGN a qualitative approach was utilised using focus group interviews to collect the data. SETTING the study was conducted in one local health office area of the Health Service Executive-South East, Ireland. PARTICIPANTS a purposive sample of first-ti...

adiologists are required to idenify the referring physicians when hey submit claims to the Medicare rogram for services that require reerrals. Centers for Medicare and edicaid Services (CMS) has anounced a program to verify that all eferring providers are eligible to reer within the program. Initially, MS indicated that effective Janury 1, 2011, all referring physicians ust be enrolled in the M...

− With the advance of Internet technology and network bandwidth, Application Service Provider (ASP) mode of computing is becoming a very attractive target of the next wave of Internet revolution. However, the ASP model and its implementation technologies have not been thoroughly investigated. In this paper we highlight the essence, benefits, and importance of the ASP model as the first form of ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the chlamydia audit was to determine the rate of positive diagnosis of chlamydia trachomatis in young people aged 12 to 25 years of age who were tested at the Warehouse Youth Health Centre, Sydney, Australia, in 2001 and to review current practice relating to chlamydia testing. DESIGN A retrospective study was conducted on the medical records of clients identified through...

BACKGROUND Internationally, there has been increasing focus on creating health research systems. This article aims to investigate the challenges of implementing apparently simple strategies to support the development of a health research system. We focus on a case study of an English National Health Service Hospital Trust that sought to implement the national recommendation that health organisa...

The characteristics of pregnant women in prenatal consultation are described in this article in a quantitative approach. The aim of this study is to identify this group by sketching its epidemiological profile. 118 attendance reports dated from January to June 2003 were investigated in the obstetrics service in a city of Rio de Janeiro public hospital. The analysis showed that the highest perce...

This report is made pursuant to Contract No. 240-83-0112 with the Health Resources and Services Administration. The amount charged to the Department of Health and Human Services for the work resulting in this report (inclusive of the amount submitted under the contract) is $8,081.90. The names of the persons employed or retained by the contractor, with managerial or professional responsibility ...