in modern decentralised health systems, district and local managers are increasingly responsible for financing, managing, and delivering healthcare. however, their lack of adequate skills and competencies are a critical barrier to improved performance of health systems. given the financial and human resource, constraints of relying on traditional face-to-face training to upskill a large and dis...

While the importance of information technology in reducing soaring healthcare costs and enhancing service quality is increasingly being recognized, significant challenges remain in how it is implemented. Although there are a few studies investigating key IT issues in healthcare in advanced countries, there are virtually none in developing countries. We bridge this gap by investigating the criti...

BACKGROUND Policy-makers, managers, scientists, patients and the general public are confronted daily with figures on health and healthcare through public reporting in newspapers, webpages and press releases. However, information on the key characteristics of these figures necessary for their correct interpretation is often not adequately communicated, which can lead to misinterpretation and mis...

Kıt ekonomik kaynakların varlığında amaca yönelik olarak verimli ve etkili kullanılması oldukça önem arz etmektedir. Kaynakların kullanımı ise ancak bilgiye dayalı gerçekleşmektedir. Bu durum finansal okuryazarlık kavramını ön plana çıkarmaktadır. Sağlık harcamalarının önemli bir paya sahip olduğu ülkemiz ekonomisinde sağlık hizmeti sunumunun sürekliliğinin sağlanması noktasında rol oynamaktadı...

Healthcare reform requires that hospitals take more accountability for providing the highest quality, most cost-effective care. It's accepted that nurses are critical in determining the quality of care in hospitals and nurse managers have the responsibility of ensuring that their staff members are capable of providing quality care. Although many factors can influence nurses' productivity and ab...

To date, healthcare organizations need well-established knowledge to support care quality. Managers invest in motivating medical staff and associated healthcare stakeholders to share their respective knowledge. Additionally, they invest in advanced technology to facilitate sharing process. However, these efforts essentially raise classification and privacy concerns. Technology configuration tha...