416. Comparing Bacteria Isolated from Patients with Spinal Cord Injury vs All Patients Charlesnika Evans, PhD MPH; Swetha Ramanathan, MPH; Stacey Spadoni; Rabeeya Sabzwari, MD; Ursula C. Patel, PharmD, BCPS AQ-ID; Kathi Krankoski; Katie J. Suda, PharmD; Preventive Medicine and Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Center of Innovation f...

With rapid progress in wireless sensor networks (WSN) and pervasive computing technology, development of WSN-based pervasive healthcare systems, which provide patients and healthcare professionals with a convenient and efficient e-health environment, have become one of important and popular research topics in Health Information Systems (HIS). This paper proposes a Sensor-based Pervasive Healthc...

since its establishment in 1948, the history of the national health service (nhs) has been characterized by organisational turbulence and system reform. at the same time, progress in science, medicine and technology throughout the western world have revolutionized the delivery of healthcare. the nhs has become a much loved, if much critiqued, national treasure. it is against this backdrop that ...

conclusions with regard to the current challenges in iran’s health system, using risk-adjusted capitation as a primary healthcare payment system can lead to useful changes in the health system’s features. however, future research should focus on the development of the risk-adjusted capitation model. background when a country’s health system is faced with fundamental flaws that require the redes...

Introduction: Suitable communication skills in pre-delivery cares are important due to the effect on the extent of anxiety and to better understand the training given. Objective: This study was conducted with the aim of determining the communication skills of health personnel during delivery of pre prenatal care. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study with analytical type was perfo...

The strategy of introducing specialty healthcare services into the global marketplace is timely, as improved techniques and technology enhance existing treatment interventions and populations are demanding increased access and high quality. In dualistic healthcare markets, countries with a national health service and a private sector, opportunities are either available or can be created to intr...

BACKGROUND Migration in Europe is increasing at an unprecedented rate. There is an urgent need to develop 'migrant-sensitive healthcare systems'. However, there are many barriers to healthcare for migrants. Despite Greece's recent, significant experiences of inward migration during a period of economic austerity, little is known about Greek primary care service providers' experiences of deliver...

In this paper we present an adaptive architecture for designing an effective healthcare system. A development of this architecture has adopted the Requirement-Driven Adaptive Architecture (RDAA) and incorporated the service-oriented features. It has been applied in and validated by the project of Interoperable Regional Healthcare Service for the Chinese PLA General Hospital.

OBJECTIVE Although obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is not a life-threatening disease, very few studies have compared differences in healthcare service utilization between patients with and those without OSA in an Asian population according to different age groups. This study attempted to investigate differences in healthcare service utilization between patients with and those without OSA in diffe...

This study explores the characteristics of Medicare-only beneficiaries and Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles in comparison, assess what factors determine the dual eligibility status, and examine the association between dual eligibility status and home healthcare service use. Using retrospective observational study of the U.S. 1996-2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, we find that dual eligible...