introduction: over the past few decades, two revolutionary approaches have emerged as a new form of medical education: electronic medical education and web-based medical education. a number of well-known medical institutions, such as harvard and johns hopkins used a wide range of cyberspace capabilities to increase their competitiveness. researchers have expressed that cyberspace will change he...

This study examines the use of, and results from, the National Public Health Performance Standards Program Local Governance Instrument. It includes a compilation and analysis of 173 local governance instruments completed by local boards of health from 2003 to 2006. Only 24 of the 173 scored instruments are used because of exclusion of data from New Jersey. The study compares results from the in...

Private sector governance, i.e. governance in major listed companies, has caught much public attention in recent years due to the collapses of major corporations around the world. The result has been a plethora of standards for corporate governance in public and private companies. In comparison, public sector governance has avoided much of the controversies while developing along a parallel, if...

A fundamental tension between accessibility and governance exists in the design of healthcare information systems. In order to be useful in practice health information must be distributed, but as the information moves between systems — and different information governance policies — the risk of privacy and security violations increases. The lack of a persistent policy enforcement mechanism thus...

In this paper we emphasize the importance of questioning the global validity of significant concepts underpinning global health policy. This implies questioning the concept of global health as such and accepting that there is no global definition of the global. Further, we draw attention to ‘quality’ and ‘empowerment’ as examples of world-forming concepts. These concepts are exemplary for the g...

BACKGROUND Systems of governance play a key role in the operation and performance of health systems. In the past six decades, China has made great advances in strengthening its health system, most notably in establishing a health insurance system that enables residents of rural areas to achieve access to essential services. Although there have been several studies of rural health insurance sche...

As stated in the Foreword to this worthy book, many of the qualities of clinical governance are difficult to assess and, although attitudes towards it are positive, its implementation requires much skill and commitment. The challenge for the editors of this book was to assemble a volume that engages, informs and is above all else practical and usable. The approach taken is appropriate and strai...

As stated in the Foreword to this worthy book, many of the qualities of clinical governance are difficult to assess and, although attitudes towards it are positive, its implementation requires much skill and commitment. The challenge for the editors of this book was to assemble a volume that engages, informs and is above all else practical and usable. The approach taken is appropriate and strai...