Is There a Role for Community Health Workers in Tobacco Cessation Programs? Perceptions of Administrators and Health Care Professionals

Consumer health informatics: is there a role for HIM professionals?

There has been a vast increase in information available to the public through advancing medical research and the growth of the World Wide Web. There has also been a growing sense of professionalism evident among practitioners within the HIM field. Is a convergence of these two trends likely to lead to the reconceptualization of the work roles of at least some HIM professionals, so that they bec...

Paranormal phenomena: is there a role for mental health professionals?

Health care professionals' perceptions of the role of pharmacogenomic data.

OBJECTIVE To explore the perceptions of health care professionals in examining the uses of pharmacogenomic data. METHODS A mailed questionnaire elicited respondent perceptions of how the use of pharmacogenomic information would impact the provision of health-related services (7-point scale: 7=strongly increase to 1=strongly decrease). Respondents were also asked to describe their level of agr...

Innovation in Rehabilitation Services and Clinical Programs for Health Care

Rehabilitation program is a critical piece of clinical care strategy in order to accelerate healing and improve quality of life to the fullest extent possible. An innovated program should have 3 inspiring concepts: Seek inspire and Advance. Seeking and evaluating is a breakthrough technology, innovative methodology and emerging trend in the healthcare industry. The program should inspire clinic...

Tobacco cessation in India: how can oral health professionals contribute?

Tobacco use is described as the single most preventable cause of morbidity and mortality globally, with the World Bank predicting over 450 million tobacco-related deaths in the next fifty years. In India, the proportion of all deaths that can be attributed to tobacco use is expected to rise from 1.4% in 1990 to 13.3% in 2020 of which smoking alone will cause about 930,000 adult deaths by 2010. ...