The need and demand for the highest-quality management of all health care delivery activities requires a participative management approach. The purpose with this article is to explore the process of participative management, to generate and describe a model for such management, focusing mainly on the process of participative management, and to formulate guidelines for operationalization of the ...

a ttitude among urmia medical university health workers about patient safety     khalilzadeh h [1] , hemmati maslakpak m [2] *, mohaddesi h [3] , zare fazlollahi z [4]     received: 17 jun , 2013 accepted: 14 aug , 2013     abstract   background & aims : today, patient safety is a critical factor in the quality of health care. the main problem of health care providers in improving their quality...

OBJECTIVE To issue a statement for health care professionals on type 2 diabetes mellitus in Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS The Diabetes Division was established under the auspices of the Hong Kong Society for Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Reproduction. The Division consists of medical and paediatric specialists, as well as health educators, including nurses, podiatrists, and dietitians who have a p...

It is therefore very important to optimise the care of diabetic patients at primary, secondary and tertiary care level. Numerous clinical practice guidelines for management of diabetes have been compiled and circulated to health care workers, but despite this the level of diabetes care is still not ideal because of suboptimal implementation strategies. Guideline implementation problems are a si...

Medication nonadherence is an important public health consideration, affecting health outcomes and overall health care costs. This review considers the most recent developments in adherence research with a focus on the impact of medication adherence on health care costs in the US health system. We describe the magnitude of the nonadherence problem and related costs, with an extensive discussion...

This report of the management of a 28-year-old patient over 2 and a half years illustrates how interaction between psychosocial issues and physical symptoms complicates diagnosis and management. The case also highlights the challenges inherent in a large health care system with multiple health care professionals, clinics, and available resources. A "team model" approach is outlined as a useful ...

assessing quality of family health services in view points of service users in urmia health posts   nabilou b[1],farokh eslamlou hr[2]*   received: 1 may , 2013 accepted: 2 jul , 2013   abstract background & aims:  community health largely depend on the primary health care sector of each country and primary healthcare including family health, as first contact services have basic role in health ...

Recent articles in the Wall Street Journal and Business Week summarize the state of business practice in American hospitals by shedding light on the state of management practices and foci in today’s health care supply chains. In health care, the single largest cost after labor is materials, and it has been documented that health care facilities can reduce the environmental impacts of the produc...