BACKGROUND There is a significant potential for e-health to deliver cost-effective, quality health care, and spending on e-health systems by governments and healthcare systems is increasing worldwide. However, there remains a tension between the use of e-health in this way and implementation. Furthermore, the large body of reviews in the e-health implementation field, often based on one particu...

BACKGROUND Diabetic retinopathy is a serious complication of diabetes which, if left untreated, can result in blindness. Population screening among people with diabetes has been shown to be clinically effective; however, suboptimal attendance with wide demographic disparities has been reported. To develop quality improvement interventions to maximise attendance, it is important to understand th...

Abstract Background Hospitalizations for severe injection drug use-related infections (SIRIs) are characterized by high costs, frequent patient-directed discharge, and readmission rates. Beyond the health system impacts, these admissions can be traumatizing to people who inject drugs (PWID), often receive inadequate treatment their substance use disorders (SUD). The Jackson SIRI team was develo...

Abstract Background Countries around the world have committed in policy to transforming their mental health services towards a recovery orientation. How has been implemented into for adults, and what factors influence implementation of recovery-oriented services? Methods This systematic mixed studies review followed convergent qualitative synthesis design used best-fit framework method. Librari...

Background National vaccine policies across the world have successfully improved infant coverage, but birth-dose (BD) coverage remains low. Countries such as Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) aim to include hepatitis B (HepB-BD) in their national immunization schedule. HepB-BD’s short window for administration – within 24 hours delivery prevent mother-to-child transmission adds complexity stre...

BACKGROUND High-quality data are critical to inform, monitor and manage health programs. Over the seven-year African Health Initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, three of the five Population Health Implementation and Training (PHIT) partnership projects in Mozambique, Rwanda, and Zambia introduced strategies to improve the quality and evaluation of routinely-collected data at the ...

BACKGROUND Text messaging is an affordable, ubiquitous, and expanding mobile communication technology. However, safety net health systems in the United States that provide more care to uninsured and low-income patients may face additional financial and infrastructural challenges in utilizing this technology. Formative evaluations of texting implementation experiences are limited. We interviewed...

BACKGROUND Medication reconciliation can reduce adverse events associated with prescribing errors at transitions between sites of care. Though a U.S. Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal since 2006, at present organizations continue to have difficulty implementing it. The objective of this study was to examine medication reconciliation implementation from the perspective of individuals...

BACKGROUND Despite a body of evidence on racial/ethnic minority enrollment and retention in research, literature specifically focused on recruiting racially/ethnically diverse older adults for social science studies is limited. There is a need for more rigorous research on methodological issues and the efficacy of recruitment methods. Cultural obstacles to recruitment of racial/ethnic minority ...