Aims: To know the Psychological impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Hospital staff. Methods: The survey was conducted during first wave COVID-19 between 4thJune 2020 to 5th July at St. Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Permission obtained from Audit Information Governance Department Survey done through Monkey web site and used staff hospital e mail addressess communicate with Resul...

OBJECTIVE To learn whether front-line personnel in primary care practices can increase delivery of clinical tobacco interventions and also help smokers address physical inactivity, at-risk alcohol use, and depression. DESIGN Uncontrolled before-and-after design. SETTING Vancouver, BC, area (4 practices); northern British Columbia (2 practices). PARTICIPANTS Six practices, with 1 staff per...

PROBLEM The Commission on Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health of the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that national health outcome data were often of questionable quality and "not timely enough for practical use by health planners and administrators". Delayed reporting of poor-quality data limits the ability of front-line staff to identify problems rapidly a...

INTRODUCTION Interprofessional health and social service partnerships (IHSSP) are internationally acknowledged as integral for comprehensive chronic illness care. However, the evidence-base for partnership effectiveness is lacking. This paper aims to clarify partnership measurement issues, conceptualize IHSSP at the front-line staff level, and identify tools valid for group process measurement....

National policies to improve health care quality have largely focused on clinical provider outcomes and, more recently, payment reform. Yet the association between hospital leadership and quality, although crucial to driving quality improvement, has not been explored in depth. We collected data from surveys of nationally representative groups of hospitals in the United States and England to exa...