Abstract Abundance of information characterises decision-making about forest use. This challenges owners. Digitalisation and diverse e-services may enhance the delivery resource decision support. However, little is known on how engage study explores Finnish state-funded Metsaan.fi e-service portal as a service innovation. We use web-based survey data owners' views aforementioned (N = 5170) regi...

BACKGROUND Policy makers and funding agencies require relevant information on current practices of the use of telemedicine infrastructure and services. Several metrics have been used to describe average use of telemedicine services. None are adequate. OBJECTIVE To identify and assess a new metric-consultations per site per week (C/S/W). METHODS To determine existing usage, all papers and ab...

OBJECTIVE To review what is currently known about service use by youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and discuss research and policy implications. METHODS Literature review. RESULTS The primary care, mental health, and educational service system sectors all play an essential role in caring for youth with ADHD. Recent studies also suggest increasing use of stimulants a...

This paper presents a conceptual framework for understanding how Japanese family caregivers make decisions about the use of formal services such as adult day care, short term hospital stays, and long-term institutionalization. Using grounded theory methodology, 26 Japanese daughters or daughters-in-law who were caring for an elderly demented parent or parent-in-law were interviewed. From these ...

Department of Psychology, University of Michigan Ann Arbor; Institute for Social Research University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Correspondence and reprint requests to: Eric S. Kim, Department of Psychology, 530 Church Street, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043, USA; Phone: 734-647-3872; Email: [email protected]

A s the role of information technology continues to grow, firms are frequently turning to information systems outsourcing to achieve operational and strategic goals. When outsourcing succeeds, firms can enjoy significant operations savings, access to new technologies, and flexibility in strategic decisions. This success, however, is by no means guaranteed—the Gartner Group estimates that half t...

E-services are services that can be invoked over the Internet. One likely use of e-services would be to build business applications that can employ e-services from different service providers. This potential use of composite services in business settings highlights the issues of payment mechanisms, reliability, trust, inter-operability and service guarantees between different service providers....