In developing countries, especially where a large proportion of the population still resides in rural areas, healthcare access and delivery is often poor, and can benefit from innovative service models and supporting technologies. In these rural areas, the challenges of healthcare quality are many, ranging from poor infrastructure, low literacy, poverty, to inadequate monitoring of patients wit...

One truth holds for the healthcare industry nothing should interfere with the delivery of care. Given this fact, the access control mechanisms used in healthcare to regulate and restrict the disclosure of data are often bypassed. This “break the glass” phenomenon is an established pattern in healthcare organizations and, though quite useful and mandatory in emergency situations, it represents a...

A fundamental requirement for the healthcare industry is that the delivery of care comes first and nothing should interfere with it. As a consequence, the access control mechanisms used in healthcare to regulate and restrict the disclosure of data are often bypassed in case of emergencies. This phenomenon, called “break the glass”, is a common pattern in healthcare organizations and, though qui...

private healthcare services in vietnam are seen as a major part of the solution to the rapid increase in need and demand for healthcare services. formally recognized over 20 years ago, the private health services coexist with public services and are available all over the country. however, the scale and size of private sector is still small compared to the public sector and public acceptance an...

results this study showed that the existence of unused drugs and the number of unused drugs in household have significant difference in four zones (p = 0.01, p < 0.001). also, health insurance coverage was statistically different in various health centers (p = 0.002). also, there is a significant association between unused medication in the household and family size, father’s occupation, and a ...

Healthcare disparities are a growing concern for the U.S. healthcare system. These disparities are found at all levels of quality, access, and cost and greatly affect those segments of the population that most need affordable, quality, and accessible healthcare. The populations most in need are rural, ethnic, racial, and minority populations, who do not usually receive the highest quality of ca...

Background and Objectives: Justice is one of the basic principles of medical ethics which indicates rightful, fair, impartial, and equitable care. The present study aimed to introduce patient favoritism, a phenomenon that undermines justice. Methods: The present qualitative study was conducted based on some data derived from another qualitative study titled “Investigating the process of achiev...

Home healthcare is part of the most critical research and development healthcare areas. The objective is to decentralize healthcare, leading to a shift from in-hospital care to more advanced home healthcare, while improving efficiency, individualisation, equity and quality of healthcare delivery and limiting financial resources. In this paper, we adopt a process approach to tackle the home heal...

Health information technology (HIT) offers great potential for supporting healthcare delivery, particularly collaborative care delivery that is provided across multiple settings and providers. To date much of HIT design has focused on digitizing data or processes on a departmental or healthcare provider basis. However, this bounded approach has not scaled well for supporting community based car...