BACKGROUND Most Ministries of Health across Africa invest substantial resources in some form of health management information system (HMIS) to coordinate the routine acquisition and compilation of monthly treatment and attendance records from health facilities nationwide. Despite the expense of these systems, poor data coverage means they are rarely, if ever, used to generate reliable evidence ...

in recent years a variety of system models for providing community based health care services for the elderly has been envisioned and implemented in the developed countries which meet the special care needs of different groups of elders. in iran as a developing country, a considerable percentage of old people live in the society need to receive specialized care and health services. in order to ...

introduction: supplementary health care services are provided to offer health care services beyond existing medical services at a reasonable cost to all members. these supplementary health care services contribute to the health and quality of life of the members and therefore membership provides peace of mind and a sense of security. this study aimed at investigating supplementary health care s...

Background and Aim: Primary health care is a holistic approach that aims to maximize people's health and well-being as quickly as possible in their immediate living environment. The primary health care system is the first point of contact of the people with the health system. Therefore, increasing its resilience will play a significant role in controlling and managing pandemics. This research a...

nowadays, medical tourism reports impressive growth in terms of number of persons, income and number of countries involved in cross-border flows. so this study was undertaken to clarify entrepreneurship opportunities and bio-ethics boundaries in medical tourism. for tourism entrepreneurs, these outgoing flows related to medical procedures and tourism become an opportunity that cannot be ignored...

background: deep vein thrombosis (dvt) can be an ethnicity related disease and an important health issue for health-care systems. thus, domestic recognition of risk factors and disease characteristics seem to be inevitable. this study was designed to evaluate the epidemiology, basic characteristics, and risk factors in patients with dvt. materials and methods: in this descriptive cross-sectiona...

background clinical decision support systems (cdss or cds) are interactive computer programs, which are designed to assist physicians and other health professionals with decision making tasks. the main purpose of modern cdss is to assist clinicians at the point of care. this means that a clinician would interact with a cdss to help determine diagnosis, analysis, etc. of patient data. material a...