Perception of stress, control, and satisfaction was measured by office managers in medical practices. Office managers spend enormous amounts of time each day handling difficult interpersonal issues among staff physicians, and patients. As a group, physician disruptions were the most prevalent per day. Other staff members were considered the most stressful by rank order. Significant differences ...

background: musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are one of the most common causes of occupational injuries that appear mainly in back, neck and upper limb. this study was conducted with the objectives of determination of prevalence rate of msds among workers of a generator manufacturing company and ergonomics assessment of working conditions. methods: in this study, 319 workers randomly selected p...

OBJECTIVE This report assesses the impact of a series of education sessions delivered to office staff on the delivery of smoking cessation services among patients seeking care at a community-based women's health center. METHODS A quasi-experimental design was used to examine the delivery of smoking cessation services to patients in a medical office before and after office staff attended a ser...

OBJECTIVES To explore HIV-infected patients' attitudes about buprenorphine treatment in office-based and opioid treatment program (OTP) settings. METHODS We conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with 29 patients with co-existing HIV infection and opioid dependence seeking buprenorphine maintenance therapy in office-based and OTP settings. We used thematic analysis of transcribed audioreco...

BACKGROUND Health services research of Latinos with limited English proficiency (LEP) have largely focused on studying disparities related to patient-provider communication. Less is known about their non-provider interactions such as those with patient registration systems and clinic front office staff; these interactions precede the encounter with providers and may shape how comfortable patien...

BACKGROUND Transtheoretical model is identified as a comprehensive model for behavior exercise. The aim of this study was to check the situation of stage of change in exercise behavior of office personnel of Yazd city using transtheoretical model. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 220 office personnel selected from administrative offices of Yazd through two-stage cluster-sampling method. Th...

A family medicine practice in a large multi-specialty clinic undertook a quality improvement initiative focusing on blood pressure control. Current rooming procedures were reviewed, including obtaining accurate and reliable blood pressures. All rooming staff were instructed how to take an accurate blood pressure and were observed at random over a 3-month period to ensure continued accuracy. Roo...