Health professionals in Pennsylvania.

A Review on Interprofessional Education in Health Professionals’ Training

Introduction: Interprofessional education (IPE) as one of the educational methods has been emphasized in many literature. It is believed that it can increase Interprofessional collaborations and improve the quality of patient care. The purpose of this study was to investigate the concept, teaching- learning process and effectiveness of IPE in health professionals’ training. Methods: This was ...

Privacy and security in Pennsylvania: ensuring privacy and security of health information exchange in Pennsylvania.

Though HIPAA addresses privacy and security on a nationwide basis, state laws and regulations vary. This paper describes the landscape for privacy and security in Pennsylvania and its key elements. It addresses common myths and misunderstandings and provides an overview of what is actually required to provide needed protections privacy policies from government and the stakeholders; risk analysi...

Health professionals and migration.

Migrant health workers are faced with a set of options that are a combination of economic, social and psychological factors and family choices (1). They trade decisions related to their career opportunities — and to financial security for their families — against the psychological and social costs of leaving their country, family and friends. The comments of health workers themselves reflect th...

Cautioning Health-Care Professionals

Science and practice seem deeply stuck in the so-called stage theory of grief. Health-care professionals continue to "prescribe" stages. Basically, this perspective endorses the idea that bereaved people go through a set pattern of specific reactions over time following the death of a loved one. It has frequently been interpreted prescriptively, as a progression that bereaved persons must follo...

Health Care Costs Associated with Violence in Pennsylvania