reproductive behavior of 1525 pregnant woman were studied in the time of termination of pregnancy in relation to maternal age, education, prenatal care and the number of previous pregnancies. the results show that the frequency of maternal attendance at the centers of prenatal care is significantly related to maternal education. and the total pregnancies per woman are inversely correlated with ...

abstract background: workplace violence is a serious and problematic phenomenon in health care settings. research shows that health care workers are at the highest risk of such violence. the aim of this study was to address the frequency of physical violence against iranian health personnel, their response to such violence, as well as the contributing factors to physical violence. materials and...

BACKGROUND Specialist physicians require clinical information for patient visits in ambulatory encounters, some of which they may access via digital health solutions. OBJECTIVE This study explored the completeness of information for patient care and the consequences of gaps for ambulatory specialist services provided in ambulatory settings in Canada. METHODS A sample of specialist physician...

conclusions using the simulation as a decision making tool helps us to decide how we can reduce outpatient's waiting time. comparison of outputs of this scenario and the based- case scenario in simulation model shows that combining physician's work time changing with patient's admission time changing (scenario 9) would reduce patient waiting time about 73.09%. due to dynamic and complex nature ...

Increasing health care costs mandate a shift in our thinking about health and disease from treatment to prevention. Effective prevention requires that we improve our abilities to predict and personalize health and disease risks. The article proposes that systems biology will play an essential role in personalized health assessments.

Many pundits, including me, proclaimed the advent of an era of digital health where health information systems would transform the delivery of health care and the promotion of public health.1-3 Digital health prophets described how health information systems would provide consumers and providers with relevant, timely, and influential health information to address challenging health issues and e...

Recent changes in the organisation of primary health care have increased the range of professionals that patients may encounter, leading to renewed interest in the importance of continuity of care. To assess whether organisational changes have had an impact on continuity, it is necessary to define and measure the term. Researchers seeking to assess continuity face many conceptual and practical ...

For the purposes of funding and policy development, the Victorian Department of Human Services expects Victorian health care institutions to capture patient data at all levels. These data can be extracted from hospital information systems and potentially offer a business role within a health service organisation. However, there are many issues to be addressed at the organisational level in orde...