The hype that big data will improve healthcare delivery is extraordinary. However, the reality of actually translating big data insights into meaningful healthcare improvements is far more limited. Substantial challenges exist. Variability in data standards and interoperatability prevent efficient linkage of health data. Regulatory and privacy concerns regarding the widespread dissemination and...

The healthcare trends described in this article will eventually lead to transformation of healthcare delivery and nursing practice. The nursing profession needs to be proactive in creating new models of care delivery and in redefining the work of nursing. The authors describe 2 examples of emerging models and principles for the creation of future models, related leadership challenges for nurse ...

Critical care delivery is a complex, expensive, error prone, medical specialty and remains the focal point of major improvement efforts in healthcare delivery. Various modeling and simulation techniques offer unique opportunities to better understand the interactions between clinical physiology and care delivery. The novel insights gained from the systems perspective can then be used to develop...

background: maternal health care utilization continues to focus on the agenda of health care planners around the world, with high attention being paid to the developing countries. the devastating effect of maternal death at birth on the affected families is untold. this study examines the utilization of obstetric care in the democratic republic of congo. we have used the nationally representati...

INTRODUCTION Patient-centred healthcare is becoming a more significant success factor in the design of integrated healthcare systems. The objective of this study is to structure a patient-relevant hierarchy of needs and expectations for the design of organised healthcare delivery systems. METHODS A questionnaire with 84 items was conducted with N = 254 healthcare experts and N = 670 patients....

As an innovative form of healthcare delivery, telemedicine involves technology and process changes that will profoundly affect the organizations into which it is introduced. However, few comprehensive studies have been conducted to determine the impact on organizations that implement such a healthcare delivery process. This paper examines some of the issues that will be studied during Project A...

introduction: the risk of morbidity and mortality increases in neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care units (nicus). various factors contribute to the prognosis of these newborns. in the current study, we aimed to investigate the role of mode of delivery on short-term neonatal outcomes. methods: this retrospective study was conducted on 215 neonates admitted to the nicu of shohada-e-t...

Following your last hospital visit, you may have been asked to fill out a survey about your satisfaction. Patient satisfaction surveys have become a familiar fixture in healthcare delivery, providing an avenue for patients to shape the delivery of healthcare.1 They tend to be low-cost and easy to implement— likely a reason for their widespread use2 —and the rationale behind them is sound and si...

Background The Concurrent Engineering Research Center (CERC) at West Virginia University is developing and deploying applications for secure collaborative telemedicine in rural hospitals, clinics, and homes in West Virginia to evaluate its impact on the delivery of healthcare. These applications illustrate the utility of collaborative telemedicine technologies to improve the delivery of healthc...

Despite the growing number of e-health websites that are dedicated to health education and information therapy, healthcare provider organizations have been slow in embarking on significant e-commerce ventures to improve the delivery of healthcare services to patients and consumers in geographically dispersed communities. More specifically, hospitals and health provider organizations tend to use...