background and aims: quality of visit services is a decisive aspect of patient-physician communication that its inadequacy can negatively influence the diagnosis efficiency. the aim of this study was to survey visit quality at provincial level during plan of health sector evolution in tabriz. methods: a sample of 540 patients who referred to the outpatient clinics (sheikh al raeis of tabriz pro...

BACKGROUND During the 2008-2010 economic recession, Kentucky local health department (LHD) leaders utilized innovative strategies to maintain their programs. A characteristic of innovative strategy is leader openness to change. Leader demographical research in for-profit organizations has yielded valuable insight into leader openness to change. For LHD leaders, the nature of the association bet...

BACKGROUND With health care costs continuing to rise, a variety of process improvement methodologies have been proposed to address the reported inefficiencies in health care delivery. Lean production is one such method. The management philosophy and tools of lean production come from the manufacturing industry, where they were pioneered by Toyota Motor Corporation, which is viewed as the leader...

There is general understanding that mining operations may cause significant damages to the natural environment, pose threats to the livelihoods of local communities and public health, violate human rights, and undermine democracy. For a long time, these concerns were ignored. The mining industry has nonetheless become a leader in social and environmental reporting. Yet, reporting practice in th...

The goal of universal health coverage is to "ensure that all people obtain the health services they need without suffering financial hardship when paying for them." There are many connections between this goal and the state's legal obligation to realize the human right to health. In the context of this goal, it is important to assess private actors' involvement in the health sector. For example...

Canada on the Move (COTM) developed initially as an opportunistic attempt to provide researchers with unique and useful information on a private sector healthrelated sales marketing initiative. The articles within this supplement describe how the timing, context and willing engagement of key research, policy and practice leaders allowed the project to expand into a research data collection mech...

That quality scientific and technical health information is essential for health policy makers, healthcare providers and health researchers to develop, improve, and implement efficient and effective healthcare systems and services. That inequitable access to quality health information could result in poor health planning and healthcare delivery which adversely affect the health conditions of th...

PURPOSE The past few years have been the most threatening period for the Telecom sector of Pakistan in retaining their employees. This research has been conducted to study the impact of career development opportunities, supervisor support, working environment, rewards and work-life policies on employee retention in Telecom sector of Pakistan.