Abstract Municipal health secretaries are strategic actors in the construction of Brazilian national system - SUS, actively participating system’s governance. The comparative analysis profile municipal over three decades (1996, 2006, and 2017) was carried out using database cross-sectional surveys at level with structured questionnaires aimed all country. increase female participation, greater ...

Securing the environment of care is a challenging and continuous effort for most healthcare security managers, who face unique challenges in balancing the open campus environment with the protection needs of the hospital's patients, employees, and other assets. By conducting a comprehensive risk assessment, hospital security managers can prioritize identified risks, develop an effective hospita...

Social exchange theory is used in this paper to explore how the quality of leader–member exchange (LMX) and perceived organizational support (POS) affect Brazilian nursing professionals’ perceptions of bullying and harassment and, in turn, their wellbeing. Data was obtained from 868 nursing professionals in four public hospitals in Brazil. Statistically significant linkages were found between L...

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have a unique opportunity to promote health and generate value in the healthcare system. Today, PBMs are largely evaluated on their ability to control costs rather than improve health. Pharmacy benefit managers should be evaluated along 3 dimensions in which they can increase value: (1) use of cost-effective medications, (2) timely initiation of appropriate medi...

AIM This study explored clinical nurse managers' perceptions of the factors affecting role performance. METHOD Interviews were carried out with 15 clinical nurse managers in four trusts. RESULTS Results highlight the main influences on the role, the barriers to successful role fulfillment, and the stressors that cause some of the postholders to consider leaving the NHS. CONCLUSION The fin...

diseases management offers the benefits of lower disease occurrence, improved patient care, and lower healthcare costs. the key mechanism used to identify individuals at risk, stratify patients by risk level and track patients’ progress through the disease management is the data warehouse (dw). this review article describes operational systems, dw features and component and role of it in diseas...

Responding to Ruth McDonald’s editorial on the rise of leadership and leadership development programmes in healthcare, this paper offers three arguments. Firstly, care is needed in evaluating impact of leadership development, since achievement of organisational goals is not necessarily an appropriate measure of good leadership. Secondly, the proliferation of styles of leadership might be unders...