Like other employers, healthcare providers can be held liable for sexual harassment in the workplace. However, by implementing an effective sexual harassment policy, healthcare providers can avoid corporate liability for sexual harassment and create a more productive working environment as well.

BACKGROUND Awareness of ovarian cancer among women and healthcare providers is understudied. An early awareness of ovarian cancer may lead to early detection and treatment of ovarian cancer. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the level of that awareness among a sample of women and providers. METHODS Written surveys were developed by the authors based on available literatu...

BACKGROUND Bangladesh is facing serious shortage of trained health professionals. In the pluralistic healthcare system of Bangladesh, formal health care providers constitute only 5 % of the total workforce; the rest are informal health care providers. Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) are increasingly seen as a powerful tool for linking the community with formal healthcare providers...

There have been heated debates on the controversial role of healthcare Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) which negotiate contracts with vendor on the behalf of healthcare providers. These GPOs cover their costs by charging manufacturers ‘‘Contract Admi nistrative Fees,’’ instead of being reimbursed by the providers. This causes conflicts of interests. Therefore, purchasing through GPOs migh...

the article by brenna and spandonaro on interregional mobility for acute hospital care in italy raises important issues concerning social and territorial equity in a healthcare system. based on regions and private providers’ strategic behavior, the hypothesis adopted to explain patient cross-border mobility (cbm), demonstrated by statistical analysis, may be further explored using qualitative m...

Cloud infrastructure is deployed in healthcare to access various healthcare services over the Internet. Healthcare cloud is used as a tool for patients to query the best medical departments, organizations and other healthcare related hubs. There may exist various service providers corresponding to a specific healthcare service. The major goal is to find the providers that meet with patients’ (u...

BACKGROUND There are limited data to inform the choice between parental presence at clinical bedside rounds (PPCBR) and non-PPCBR in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). METHODS We performed a single-centre, survey-based, crossed-over randomised trial involving parents of all infants who were admitted to NICU and anticipated to stay >11 days. Parents were randomly assigned using a computer-...

Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with service providers regarding the current healthcare provision and education services for children with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and their families in mainland China. 10 service providers described the current policy and identified unmet needs within current practice. Providers perceived that children with ASC were an important bu...

The pervasiveness of social media in modern communication has created increased liability for healthcare providers when trying to safeguard patients' protected health information (PHI). This article addresses a few of the most basic but pervasive ways, including "friending," "tagging," and "blogging," that PHI is unthinkingly shared on social media platforms and the precautions that providers c...