BACKGROUND The Government of Malawi is seeking evidence to improve implementation of its flagship quality of care improvement initiative-the Standards Based Management-Recognition for Reproductive Health (SBM-R(RH)). OBJECTIVE This implementation study will assess the quality of maternal healthcare in facilities where the SBM-R(RH) initiative has been employed, identify factors that support o...

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Eastern Health, a large public Victorian Healthcare network, conducted a WIES optimisation audit across the casemix-funded sites for separations in the 2009/2010 financial year. The audit was conducted using existing staff resources and resulted in a significant increase in casemix funding at a minimal cost. The audit showcased the skill set of existing staff and resulted in enormous benefits t...

BACKGROUND Research in patient safety is an important area of health services research and is a national priority. It is challenging to investigate rare occurrences, explore potential causes, and account for the complex, dynamic context of healthcare - yet all are required in patient safety research. Simulation technologies have become widely accepted as education and clinical tools, but have y...

This paper deals with the subject of citizenship and people's participation in the health area through an analysis of ideas pertaining to a specific group: health care professionals working in Basic Health Care Clinics in the 3.1 Programmatic Area of the City of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The article analyzes their views on the subject and presents them in light of health-related legislation in t...

BACKGROUND Recently, there has been a surge of international interest in combining qualitative and quantitative methods in a single study--often called mixed methods research. It is timely to consider why and how mixed methods research is used in health services research (HSR). METHODS Documentary analysis of proposals and reports of 75 mixed methods studies funded by a research commissioner ...

insurance funds and other parties involved in the health care sector have realized the need to obtain specific data on health services provision. The task of health services research is to investigate the reality of health services provision under everyday conditions (German Medical Association 2005). Health services research has established itself as the third pillar of health research – along...

There appears to be no single universally accepted definition of health services research. However, in 1976 the XVIII Meeting of the WHO Advisory Committee on Medical Research accepted the definition of health services research as “the systematic investigation and evaluation of a country’s health services in terms of both their interrelationship with all health related factors and such measures...

Editor’s Note: The purpose of this Editor’s Choice article is translational in nature. It is intended to illustrate some of the most common examples of potential study bias to help policy makers, journalists, trainees, and the public understand the strengths and weaknesses of various types of health care research and the kinds of study designs that are most trustworthy. It is neither a comprehe...

The primary requirement for attaining the senior rank of Associate Professor or Professor is the demonstration of substantive, creative and independent scholarship in academic endeavors (teaching, research, health care, academically related professional development activities, and mentorship). The discovery, transmission and application of new facts, insights and relationships, and their integr...