BACKGROUND Few studies report on the effect of organizational factors facilitating transfer between primary and tertiary care hospitals either within an integrated health care system or outside it. In this paper, we report on the relationship between degree of clinical integration of cardiology services and transfer rates of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients from primary to tertiary hospit...

* The Bidens study group: Berit Schei (principal investigator), Department of Public Health and General Practice/Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NTNU/St. Olav’s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway; Elsa Lena Ryding (co-principal investigator), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Mirjam Lukasse (coordinator), NTNU/Department of Health, Nutrition and Management, Oslo and Akershu...

OBJECTIVE This study sought to define a scalable architecture to support the National Health Information Network (NHIN). This architecture must concurrently support a wide range of public health, research, and clinical care activities. STUDY DESIGN The architecture fulfils five desiderata: (1) adopt a distributed approach to data storage to protect privacy, (2) enable strong institutional aut...

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is expected to oversee creation of a Health Information Technology (HIT) Safety Center. While its functions are still being defined, the center is envisioned as a public-private entity focusing on promotion of HIT related patient safety. We propose that the HIT Safety Center leverages its unique position to work with key a...

Cite this article: Dimitrios S (2017) Eccentric Training of Wrist Extensors is Not Enough in the Management of Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy. An Expert Opinion. Ann Orthop Rheumatol 5(2): 1084. *Corresponding author Stasinopoulos Dimitrios, Chairperson /Assiociate Professor, Physiotherapy, Coordinator of MSc in Sports Physiotherapy, Coordinator of Physiotherapy Program, Director of Cyprus Musculos...

The International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) will hold its thirteenth annual conference in Philadelphia on December 10th and 11th, 2014. The society’s mission is to improve population health by advancing the science and practice of disease surveillance, and the annual conference advances this mission by bringing together practitioners and researchers from multiple fields involved i...

This article discusses the ongoing development of a health informatics capstone program in a Midwest university from the hiring of a program coordinator to the development of a capstone course, through initial student results. University health informatics programs require a strong academic program to be successful but also require a spirited program coordinator to manage resources and organize...

introduction: many studies have focused on the need of health systems to educated physicians in the clinical prevention, research methodology, epidemiology and health care management and emphasize the important role of this training in the public health promotion. on this basis, shiraz university of medical sciences (sums) has established md/mph dual degree program since the year 2012. methods:...