The effective health services depend upon number of factors including the capabilities in terms of updated knowledge and skill of human resource pertaining to current needs of the system. Focusing on primary health care, Auxiliary Nurse and Midwives Training School/Centre (ANMTC) facilitates the Auxiliary Nurse and Midwives (ANM) production which ensures public health services. ANM is the techn...

Alameda County Social Services Agency's Economic Benefits Department (EBD) is exploring ways to use its current technology, finances, and human resources to improve its caseload management and work efficiency. As a result of caseload increases and a limited availability of staff, EBD is experiencing difficulty with caseload management. This case study aims to explore if Sonoma County's Economic...

conclusions geographic accessibility of pharmacies at night and on holidays has to be addressed by provincial health policymakers. materials and methods the analysis was based on straight-line distance measurements. we considered 150, 300, 450, 600, and 750 m for pedestrians, and 1, 2, and 3 km for driving accessibility as the acceptable distances. we calculated the number and percentage of hou...

OBJECTIVE To assess primary health care and emergency medical services performance for tuberculosis diagnosis. METHODS Cross-sectional study were conducted with 90 health professionals from primary health care and 68 from emergency medical services, in Ribeirao Preto, SP, Southeastern Brazil, in 2009. A structured questionnaire based on an instrument of tuberculosis care assessment was used. ...

Certificate of Need (CON) programs represent a patchwork of state regulatory programs across the United States that regulate the availability of selected health care services. Thirty-six states maintain laws designed to ensure access to health care services, maintain or improve quality, and control capital expenditures on health care services and facilities by limiting unnecessary health facili...