Background Community Health Workers (CHWs) are proven to be highly effective in low- and middle-income countries with many examples of successful large-scale programs. There is growing interest in deploying CHW programs in high-income countries to address inequity in healthcare access and outcomes amongst population groups facing disadvantage. This study is the first that examines the scope and...

The relationship between equity in access to healthcare and poverty is of major concern. Health Equity Funds mechanism used by countries ensure for the poor, with overarching intention ensuring among rich poor. Perhaps best country on earth committed its use Cambodia. Despite several studies conducted country, there a dearth research two concepts policies overcome challenges health system achie...

The Syrian population influx has dislocated a significant number of people (6.7 million outside the borders, 6.5 among different provinces Syria). biggest group this moving between borders integrated into Turkish society, and economy. From macro micro perspectives, health system integration is significantly graded by population. We will focus on early age group, refugees, as their vulnerabiliti...

The article by Cheri Wilson, “Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality: The Case for Language Access”, highlights 
the challenges of providing Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) to patients with 
Limited English Proficiency (LEP). As the US pursues high-value, high-performance healthcare, our ability 
to meet the needs of our most vulnerable will determine whether we succeed...

Thanks to the rapid development in the field of information technology, healthcare providers rely more and more on information systems to deliver professional and administrative services. There are high demands for those information systems that provide timely and accurate patient medical information. High-quality healthcare services depend on the ability of the healthcare provider to readily a...

Background There is a growing body of literature on evidence-informed priority setting. However, the literature on the use of evidence when setting healthcare priorities in low-income countries (LICs), tends to treat the healthcare system (HCS) as a single unit, despite the existence of multiple programs within the HCS, some of whic...