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Several international health bodies advocate measuring patient safety culture within an organisation as an effective strategy for sustainably improving safety. This study aims to assess and compare patient saf...
Social healthcare expenditure is a crucial component of global healthcare expenditure. Assessing the relative efficiency, dynamic changes, and influencing factors of province-level social investment in China w...
The World Health Organization recommends improving the quality of care in rural areas of developing countries by enhancing teamwork. Effective teamwork is especially essential for rural hospital care delivered...
In Australia, access to primary health care (PHC) services is limited in comparison to major cities. Allied health professionals play a pivotal role in providing necessary PHC in rural and remote areas. Howeve...
This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of an interactive avatar application in enhancing self-care behaviors and improving recognition and response to heart attack symptoms among patients with Acute Coro...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic hematologic disease associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The study aims to investigate the suggested socio-economic and clinical factors and their contribut...
The absence of a link between cancer registries and governmental mortality databases in Saudi Arabia (SA) poses a significant challenge. This disconnect results in incomplete and inaccurate cancer registry sur...
Epilepsy and other seizure disorders are medical conditions that impose a substantial health economic burden on society given their considerable costs of illness and use of healthcare resources. The ALVEEG tri...
The integration of digital therapeutics (DTx) into the German statutory healthcare system marks a significant shift in medical practice through the introduction of innovative, reimbursable digital intervention...
The shortage of general practitioners (GPs) in Germany, particularly in rural areas, is a pressing issue that requires innovative and sustainable solutions. One promising approach is the integration of trained...
Healthcare professionals often face substantial work-related burdens. A large body of evidence has shown that poor working conditions can lead to low levels of job satisfaction, increased emotional stress and ...
This paper promotes reflexive consideration of health research practices using a decolonisation lens. We propose both incremental and more radical action in five domains: knowledge production, funding and prog...
Given the rising cancer burden, the capacity of Mexico’s healthcare system to effectively address cancer care through its current available infrastructure becomes increasingly critical. Limited availability of...
This study aims to assess the performance of medical services offered by tertiary general hospitals in Sichuan Province, China, by applying two comprehensive evaluation models. The findings may provide insight...
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are common and can negatively affect the physical, mental, emotional, and developmental health of a child acutely and for a lifetime. Trauma-informed care (TIC) in the pedi...
Laboratory science rears a special pattern in medicine, which helps promote different biological phenomena, which will aid in the management of disease through analysis of samples and laboratory tests. Laborat...
Leadership behavior among staff nurses is a critical aspect of healthcare management. Work engagement, characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption, is a strong predictor of job performance and is believ...
In sub-Saharan Africa, the regional or intermediary level should play an important role within the health system. It is generally responsible for providing technical support to the health districts, ensuring t...
Quality Improvement (QI) and Implementation Science (IS) are both frequently utilised in health research. Little is known about how they are integrated within studies, and whether combined they add value. This...
Transfers within operating rooms present significant risks to patient safety, with falls potentially leading to serious consequences for both patients and staff. The aim of this study is to explore the factors...
As mental health disorders continue to surge, exceeding the capacity of available therapeutic resources, the emergence of technologies enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) offers promising solutions for sup...
In connection with a hospital stay, patients have to make important health-related decisions. Adequately responding to the needs of patients requires good communication skills of healthcare professionals withi...
Health profession regulatory colleges in Canada are comprised of public and professional members working collaboratively to regulate a profession and protect the public. Though this general structure has inher...
The detrimental impacts of COVID-19 on the mental well-being of frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) have been well studied. However, the long-term trajectory of their mental well-being remains relatively unexp...
Mental health literacy (MHL) is particularly essential for primary healthcare providers for the early recognition and management of mental disorders. In Nepal, mid-level healthcare workers and Female Community...
Many rural residents face barriers to eye care access. Government workforce data show a maldistribution of eye care providers in Western Australia however, no detailed information is available on regional cove...
There are significant health and psychological consequences associated with threatened abortion (TA). Women who lose desired pregnancies due to abortion are at risk of experiencing grief, anxiety, guilt, and s...
The ‘Everyone In’ national policy initiative launched in England during the COVID- 19 pandemic provided accommodation and health and care support to people who were (or at risk of) sleeping rough. This study a...
Experts suggest that Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) care is best delivered at the primary level, including in humanitarian crisis settings. In many crisis-affected countries, NCD care is predominantly delivere...
Primary healthcare in many Western countries faces increased patient care needs due to shorter hospital stays and an ageing population suffering from complex conditions. A shortage of qualified professionals j...
Despite the high prevalence of mental health disorders in children and young people with long-term health conditions, access to timely and effective treatment is often difficult. This study aimed to evaluate t...
Few interpersonal violence survivors receive psychosocial services, and those who are multiply marginalized are among the least likely to receive needed care. Trauma recovery centers (TRCs) aim to reduce healt...
The objective of this study was to explore the barriers to follow-up – as well as potential ways to reduce these – of women with cervical lesions suspicious for cancer who were ineligible for primary-level tre...
The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:156
The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:2
Identifying barriers and facilitators of tele-oncology adoption is essential in enhancing healthcare stakeholders’ decision-making on its leverage. This study aims to review the existing literature on barriers...
The COVID- 19 pandemic prompted rapid development of scarce resource allocation policies (SRAP) in case demand for critical health services eclipsed capacity. We sought to test whether a brief, educational vid...
Nurses constitute the majority of the healthcare workforce, and it is imperative to develop a comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence their job satisfaction. While considerable knowledge exis...
Safety-II is a new approach to patient safety that is characterised by learning from work that goes well, including learning from success and work-as-done. Practical tools to facilitate this learning are start...
Smart healthcare systems are expected to have a positive impact on addressing challenges in healthcare. However, the real-world adoption and widespread integration of Smart healthcare systems still face many b...
A patient care plan can be one way to ensure the coordination and continuity of care, as well as the allocation of limited healthcare resources appropriately to an aging population. This study aimed to analyze...
Digital technologies are increasingly being integrated into healthcare settings, including the ambulatory sector of general practitioners, with potential improvement in everyday work life. Although the changes...
The Saudi health transformation program entails a comprehensive reform of all health system functions. One of the pill...
Globally, ambulance services face overwhelming primary and urgent care presentations that they are not structurally or culturally designed to manage efficiently or effectively. One mechanism to meet this consu...
Scant research has systematically examined the hospitalization costs of oral cancer patients in China. Therefore, this study aims to systematically analyze the hospitalization costs and identify the factors in...
Telehealth holds the potential to expand healthcare access for people who use drugs (PWUD). However, limited data exist on their digital infrastructure access, a prerequisite for telehealth participation. We s...
Person-centred care (PCC) has been shown to improve health outcomes. The inclusion and incorporation of person-centredness in care has been a growing priority for healthcare organizations across Canada.
The Netherlands has reformed its long-term care (LTC) system to improve its financial sustainability by reducing access to in-kind nursing-home care and stimulating care within the home setting. This reform le...
The post-pandemic expansion of virtual care in Nova Scotia aimed to improve access for patients without primary care providers. Virtual Care Nova Scotia, launched in 2021, and increased access, but equitable r...
To estimate the socioeconomic burden of people with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (pwSPMS), considering direct health care, direct non-health care, and indirect costs, and to evaluate the relationsh...
