Global Perspectives on Task Shifting and Task Sharing in Neurosurgery [PDF]
World Neurosurgery: X, 2020 Background: Neurosurgical task shifting and task sharing (TS/S), delegating clinical care to non-neurosurgeons, is ongoing in many hospital systems in which neurosurgeons are scarce.
Faith C. Robertson +252 more
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It’s not the task, it’s the shifting: Exploring physicians’ and leaders’ perspectives on task shifting in emergency departments in Norway [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground Task shifting is an approach where specific tasks are transferred, when convenient, from health workers with high qualifications to health workers with less training and lower qualifications.
Elin Saga +4 more
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Defining and characterizing task-shifting medical devices [PDF]
Globalization and Health, 2021 Background Task shifting could help address limited human resources available for the delivery of quality health care services in low-resource settings. However, the role of medical devices in supporting task shifting is not fully understood.
Amir Sabet Sarvestani +2 more
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“Not shifting, but sharing”: stakeholders' perspectives on mental health task-shifting in Indonesia
BMC Nursing, 2022 Background Task-shifting, the distribution of tasks among health workers to address health workforce shortage, has been widely used to tackle mental health treatment gaps. However, its implementation in Indonesia has still been rarely explored.
Ferry Efendi +3 more
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Task Shifting and Task Sharing in Surgical Care [PDF]
Annals of Surgery OpenParth K. Modi, MD, MS +3 more
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“Exploring vertical task shifting: perceptions and experiences of nurses and general practitioners in Norwegian general practice - a qualitative study” [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health CareObjective Task shifting between health care providers is seen as a strategy for combating increased demands in primary healthcare. This study explored the perceptions and experiences of general practitioners (GPs) and nurses regarding vertical task ...
Marie Lovise Meland +3 more
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Conceptual framework for task shifting and task sharing: an international Delphi study [PDF]
Human Resources for Health, 2021 Background Task shifting and sharing (TS/S) involves the redistribution of health tasks within workforces and communities. Conceptual frameworks lay out the key factors, constructs, and variables involved in a given phenomenon, as well as the ...
Aaron M. Orkin +9 more
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Task shifting from general practitioners to nurses and the association with patient flow and resource use in out-of-hours primary care clinics: a descriptive register-based study [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health CareBackground This study aims to describe patterns of patient flow and resource use in out-of-hours (OOH-PC) clinics with high versus low levels of task shifting from general practitioners (GPs) to nurses.Methods This descriptive register-based study used ...
Katrine Bjørnshave Bomholt +6 more
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Sustainability of task-shifting for antiretroviral treatment [PDF]
Lancet, The, 2012 Fairall and colleagues[1] provide additional evidence for task-shifting in HIV care. But, like previous reports[2,3], they describe sub-optimal retention and virologic suppression rates and a lack of evidence of long-term effectiveness and sustainability of task-shifting.
Vivek Naranbhai +2 more
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The professionalisation paradox: retaining the health advantages of community-based providers in task shifting and task sharing initiatives [PDF]
Human Resources for HealthTask shifting and task sharing involve the deliberate redistribution of healthcare responsibilities to non-specialist workers to maximise resources, expand access, and enhance health. Structured training, regulatory measures, and monitoring can transform
Shukanto Das, Liz Grant, Aaron Orkin
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