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- Electronic Document and Records Management in the Health Service: Managing the Transition From Paper to Electronic Healthcare Records
- The market for healthcare and social care IT in the UK is poised to grow rapidly. In England the National Programme for IT NpfIT is focused on the construction of three new national information systems?the integrated care records service ICRS, the appointments booking service and the prescriptions transfer service ETP....
- White papers 2004-05-06
- Health Services Advisory Group
- This study describes about Health Services Advisory Group HSAG regarding health care improvement. HSAG has established itself as an industry leader in providing information for health care improvement. Founded in 1979 by medical professionals, HSAG has grown to be one of the nation's most experienced quality improvement organizations. They realized...
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- Trans-Atlantic Experiences in Health Reform: The United Kingdom's National Health Service and the United States Veterans Health Administration
- This report includes a comparative study of the NHS and VHA reforms, and examines how two large public systems responded to the challenge of health reform. The study evaluates the reform impacts on health service delivery in each setting, explores how implementation was managed, and describes the effects on organization,...
- White papers 2000-05-01
- From Theory to Practice: Improving the Impact of Health Services Research
- The purpose of this white paper is to provide an overview of how the utility of health services research can be improved through the use of theory. Integrating theory into health services research can improve research methodology and encourage stronger collaboration with decision-makers. These include: the formation of interdisciplinary research...
- White papers 2005-01-07
- Patient Attitudes Toward Using Computers to Improve Health Services Delivery
- The aim of this white paper study is to examine the acceptability of point of care computerized prompts to improve health services delivery among a sample of primary care patients. The paper suggest method to carry out this study and provides results that yield support for using computers to generate...
- White papers 2002-09-11
- Family Out-of-Pocket Spending for Health Services: A Continuing Source of Financial Insecurity
- This report uses data from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey MEPS household component and several additional data sources to examine trends in OOP spending, the components of that spending, and the characteristics of families with high OOP costs. Throughout, family is defined to include single individuals as well as...
- White papers 2002-06-01
- A Comparison of Alternative Methods to Model Endogeneity in Count Models: An Application to the Demand for Health Care and Health Insurance Choice
- The insurance premium varies by region of residence but is independent of income and risk. The insured face's a minimal annual deductible. Annually, they are given a choice of higher deductibles to reduce their insurance premium by a regulated percentage. The choice of a higher deductible sets incentives for a...
- White papers 2004-02-01
- Tracking Changes in Behavioral Health Services How Has Managed Care Changed Care?
- The system for providing treatment for mental health and substance abuse has changed so quickly and dramatically that research about its effects has not been able to keep up. There are few empirical studies about how managed care affects access, quality, outcomes, and costs of mental health and substance abuse...
- White papers
- Human Resource Indicators and Health Service Performance
- Public expectations and increasing financial pressures are requiring health services to adopt new approaches to the management of their resources, particularly human resources. This paper examines the use of human resource indicators HRI to support management-led initiatives to improve health service efficiency and effectiveness. The paper continues with an identification...
- White papers 2004-07-06
- Wheelchairs, Durable Medical Equipment, and Supplies: Billing Instructions
- This document is centrally focused on the Medical Assistance Administration's MAA Wheelchair Durable Medical Equipment DME Program that makes accessible to eligible MAA clients the purchase and/or rental of medically necessary DME equipment and supplies when they are not included in other reimbursement methodologies. The federal government deems DME and...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- Human Resource Indicators To Monitor Health Service Performance
- This report describes the purpose and processes for developing and using a system of Human Resources for Health HRH performance Indicators to monitor the activities of a public sector health service. It is particularly aimed at supporting the management process in developing countries and draws on experiences of pilot work...
- White papers 2000-12-09
- Occupational Medicine in Time of Crisis
- Corporations and other large institutions have become deeply concerned with continuity of operations and the security of their personnel. The new urgency placed on these functions since "9/11" has drawn attention to a substantial resource already in place in such organizations: their occupational health services. The imperatives of corporate security...
- White papers 2004-06-15
- Scheduling: A Strategy for Transforming Health Service Delivery
- Consumers have steadily escalated their demand for health services that are comprehensive, efficient and accessible. Because the appointment is the portal through which providers and health care organizations deliver services, strategic scheduling represents a key agent for transformation of service delivery. This paper describes how scheduling offers unique potential in...
- White papers 2002-12-01
- Indian Health Service: Health Care Services Are Not Always Available to Native Americans
- The Indian Health Service IHS, located within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for arranging health care services for Native Americans American Indians and Alaska Natives. IHS services include primary care (medical, dental, and vision); ancillary services, such as laboratory and pharmacy; and specialty care, including services...
- White papers 2005-08-01
- Emerging Technology Trends Enable "Online Health Services"
- This article explores new and emerging technologies and their likely impact on organizations. The paper depicts that researchers at Accenture Technology Labs are developing a vision of next-generation healthcare built around the premise of patients receiving continuous healthcare from any location - their home, their office, even their holiday villa....
- White papers
- Access and Quality in Child Health Services: Voltage Drops
- Children require a health care system that promotes healthy development for all children while reaching out to the neediest. Barriers to care have been described as "voltage drops" resistance points at which patients drop from the system like voltage from an electrical current. This paper examines the size and nature...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Patient and Health Service Delay in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Attending a Referral Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study
- Delays in diagnosis and initiation of effective treatment increase morbidity and mortality from TuBerculosis TB as well as the risk of transmission in the community. The aim of this study was to determine the time taken for patients later confirmed as having TB to present with symptoms to the first...
- White papers 2005-11-24
- Coordinated Agency Versus Autonomous Consumers in Health Services Markets
- Despite widespread acceptance of the competitive market model in the U.S. health care system, debate continues regarding the optimal form of competition and the patient-professional relationship. The managed care model envisions organizations that act as the consumer's agent, addressing the challenges that consumers face in the market for health care...
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Consumer Involvement in Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) Projects - Lessons From Australia
- It is essential that knowledge gained through health services research is collated and made available for evaluation, for policy purposes and to enable collaboration between people working in similar areas. The Australian Quality Use of Medicine QUM on-line, web-based project database, known as the QUMmap, was designed to meet these...
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Trade in Health Services
- The objective of the study presented in this paper is to provide an overview of the nature of international trade in health services and the lessons that can be learnt from the national, regional, and multilateral experience in this context. This study discusses the various ways in which health services...
- White papers 2001-06-01
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