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The future of IT in healthcare
Informatics for Health and Social Care, 2008There is a very clear need for the expanded application of information technology (IT) in healthcare. Clinical workflow still depends largely on manual, paper-based medical record systems in an activity that is economically inefficient and produces significant variances in medical outcomes.
Gordon Blackwell, Gordon Blackwell
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Healthcare Managers in the Complex World of Healthcare
Frontiers of Health Services Management, 2001SOME YEARS AGO Peter Drucker observed that healthcare organizations are among the most difficult organizations to manage. The increasing complexity of the healthcare industry poses even greater challenges to those who assume management roles today.
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Greening healthcare at Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare
Healthcare Management Forum, 2017Waste diversion is fundamental to reducing the ecological footprint. Until 2012, waste generated by Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) was not incorporated into any formal waste diversion efforts. In 2012, the Reduce, Recycle, Waste Diversion Program was initiated.
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The American Journal of Bioethics, 2009
Some years ago, a colleague of mine lamented the degree to which money pollutes our profession. “Money and medicine don't mix,” I recall him saying over dinner.
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Some years ago, a colleague of mine lamented the degree to which money pollutes our profession. “Money and medicine don't mix,” I recall him saying over dinner.
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Journal of Medical Systems, 2010
Patient queues are prevalent in healthcare and wait time is one measure of access to care. We illustrate Queueing Theory-an analytical tool that has provided many insights to service providers when designing new service systems and managing existing ones.
R. Kannapiran Palvannan, Kiok Liang Teow
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Patient queues are prevalent in healthcare and wait time is one measure of access to care. We illustrate Queueing Theory-an analytical tool that has provided many insights to service providers when designing new service systems and managing existing ones.
R. Kannapiran Palvannan, Kiok Liang Teow
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Primary Healthcare as a Global Healthcare Concept
2015Primary healthcare (PHC) has been in ascendance on the global healthcare agenda, and with good reason (Haggerty et al, 2013; Starfield et al., 2005; WHO, 2008). Yet the journey towards building PHC-focused health systems and policies has not been straightforward and there is considerable diversity across countries.
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British Journal of Nursing, 1992
Finland has nearly the highest suicide rate and mortality from cardiovascular disease in the world. Healthcare needs are varied and create challenges for nursing practice.
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Finland has nearly the highest suicide rate and mortality from cardiovascular disease in the world. Healthcare needs are varied and create challenges for nursing practice.
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BMJ, 2016
New services allowing people to summon a doctor from their smartphone could see the return of home visits.
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New services allowing people to summon a doctor from their smartphone could see the return of home visits.
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Entrepreneurship in healthcare
2018Entrepreneurship in the Healthcare sector has received increased attention over the last two decades, both in terms of scholarly research and number of innovative enterprises. Entrepreneurial activities and innovations have emerged from and will continue to be driven by several actors along the healthcare value chain but especially from non-traditional
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