The role that Information Communication Technologies (ICT) plays in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery has been well established. However, the effectiveness on current immunization systems, its political, social, economic and technology challenges have not been investigated fully. This paper investigates the potential role of ICTs in enhancing and improved underst...

This report is the next stage of the Forum’s examination of the dissemination and implementation of clinical practice guidelines for HIV disease. The report provides a summary of the methodology, scope, and principles of patient outcomes research; an area of scientific investigation that has much to offer researchers, clinicians, and policy analysts addressing HIV disease. Through this report, ...

Methods We conducted an open-label randomized controlled trial to investigate the impact of support intervention to the outcome of parents of asthmatic children. The constructed supporting program includes scheduled one-by-one and group asthma knowledge education, treatment adherence reinforcement, family support course, and telephone follow-up. The differences of parental knowledge of asthma, ...

BACKGROUND Integrated health care delivery is a goal of health care systems; to date there has been limited information on the integration of medical care in practice. PURPOSE To examine and compare perceptions of clinical integration and to identify associated strategic, cultural, technical and structural factors. DESIGN AND SETTING A NATIONAL SURVEY ADDRESSED TO: all county administrative...

UCSF Center for Health and Community [2] The Center for Health and Community at UCSF (CHC) was established to assess the challenges of the changing health care delivery environment and identify policies and interventions that will maximize the beneficial impact of the changing health care delivery system. Under the leadership of CHC, scientists, clinicians and policy analysts collaborate throug...

The objective of this study is to formulate a clearer picture of how a regional healthcare information system affects the completeness of patient health care and health care delivery. The purpose is to study how the implementation of regional health information systems has influenced outcomes in health care delivery in one hospital area in Finland. The essential concepts in this study are healt...

Background and Objectives: Health care workers are under constant exposure to the risk of ooccupational blood-borne infection, which most of the time can be avoided by observing standard precautions. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of health care workers of a sample tertiary care hospital towards occupational exposure to blood-borne pat...

INTRODUCTION Whether the focus of population-health improvement efforts, the measurement of health outcomes, risk factors, and interventions to improve them are central to achieving collective impact in the population health perspective. And because of the importance of a shared measurement system, appropriate measures can help to ensure the accountability of and ultimately integrate the effort...