Digital Government and Public Health

Re-Conceptualising Public Health Interventions in Government: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Presenting an Optimization Model for Performing Health Care Tasks by the Iranian Government

Background: Optimal performance of health care tasks by the government in a way that promotes public health and development of the country is one of the most important pillars of governance. Objective: This study aims to present an optimization model for performing health care tasks by the Iranian government. In this model, the optimal interaction of governmental actors at the three action lev...

The Impact of Digital Government on Whistleblowing and Whistle-blower Protection: Explanatory Study

This paper focuses on the contribution of digital government (DGOV) to Whistleblowing (WB). While considerable efforts have been devoted to DGOV and WB separately, research work at the intersection of these two domains is very scarce; hence and a systematic DGOV for WB (DGOV4WB) research framework has yet to emerge. This paper aims to identify the potential issues in whistleblowing and explore ...

Investigating the status of hospitals in Kashan, Aran and Bidgol cities in achieving health promotion standards in 2020

Background: From the perspective of health promotion, the most critical mission of hospitals is to change the treatment-oriented mindset to a health-oriented one. Health promoting hospitals seek to institutionalize the concept of prevention and health promotion. Therefore, the current research aims to study Kashan, Aran and Bidgol hospitals in achieving health promotion standards in 2020. Me...

Public Private Partnership in Healthcare Industry in Sri Lanka as an Alternative to Privatization

The study is focused on the public-private partnership in health sector in Sri Lanka. As a developing country, Sri Lanka faces a challenging task in order to improve the infrastructure facilities of the country after ending the thirty years of war. There is a requirement to develop the country as a whole along with all the industries such as education, health, transport, agriculture, etc. to me...