September 7, 2010
Evaluation of an implementation process and its fidelity can give insight into the ‘black box’ of interventions. However, a lack of standardized methods for studying fidelity and implementation process have been reported, which might be one reason for the fact that few prior studies in the field of health service research have systematically evaluated interventions’ implementation processes.
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September 3, 2010
A 2009 nationwide survey of health care workers in Greece (HCWs) investigated the intentions of HCWs to receive vaccinations for influenza A H1N1. The study found low acceptance rates among HCWs for vaccinations. This article recommends that public heath bodies make vacinations mandatory for HCW and that new strategies to change the perception of risk should be investigated.
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September 2, 2010
Despite having the most costly health system in the world, the United States consistently underperforms on most dimensions of performance, relative to other countries. This report—an update to three earlier editions—includes data from seven countries and incorporates patients’ and physicians’ survey results on care experiences and ratings on dimensions of care. Compared with six other nations—Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom—the U.S. health care system ranks last or next-to-last on five dimensions of a high performance health system: quality, access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives. Newly enacted health reform legislation in the U.S. will start to address these problems by extending coverage to those without and helping to close gaps in coverage—leading to improved disease management, care coordination, and better outcomes over time (Davis, Schoen, and Stremikis, 2010).
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September 2, 2010
This article discusses the findings published in The Commonwealth Fund report Mirror, Mirror on the wall: How the performance of the U.S. health care system compares internationally, update 2010. The report compares the health care systems of seven Western countries: Australia, Britain, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United States. .
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September 1, 2010
The health care industry is on the verge of an efficiency revolution
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