BACKGROUND Co-operation among staff of local government agencies is essential for good local health services system, especially in small communities. This study aims to explore possible informal relationship patterns among staff of local health and non-health organizations in the context of health decentralization in Thailand. METHODS Tambon Health Promoting Hospital (THPH) and Sub-district A...

This presentation will address issues related to the design, development and maintenance of executive information systems (EIS). I will define the concept of an EIS, and discuss why I believe it is critical for agencies like ours to invest in these types of information systems. I will also describe what is required to develop and maintain such systems, and what it costs, at least in some relati...

. The paper reports on the scientific and practical conference «Issues of Protecting Rights Citizens Using Digital Technologies in Criminal Proceedings», held December 20, 2022 a mixed format. was organized by office Commissioner for Human Russian Federation Scientific Educational Center Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL). devoted to topical issues related protection rights citizens mea...

Background Globally, flexible work arrangements - through the use of temporary nursing staff - are an important strategy for dealing with nursing shortages in hospitals. Objective The objective of the study was to determine the direct and indirect costs of agency nurses, as well as the advantages and the problems associated with agency nurse utilisation in two public sector hospitals in South A...

This article analyses the Norwegian government’s evaluation practice over 25-year period from 1994 to 2018. Evaluations are mandatory for government ministries and agencies in Norway, with conducting some 100 evaluations annually. utilises data a unique database describe development of industry, focusing on volume evaluations, most active commissioners providers types conducted. First, analysis...

Infrastructure systems, such as bridges, are perpetually vulnerable to natural hazards seismic events, flooding, and landslides. This study aims determine the relevant parameters required increase resilience of bridge infrastructure based on decisions experts prior research. To this end, crisp DEMATEL (decision-making trial evaluation laboratory) rough methods employed. Rough is a supplement th...

The threats to government computer systems and networks continue to evolve and grow due to steady advances in the sophistication of attack technology, the ease of obtaining such technology, and the increasing use of these techniques by state and nonstate actors to gain intelligence and/or disrupt operations. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) cites that from 2006 to 2012, the number ...

Vidhi Thakkar and Terrence Sullivan have done a careful and thought-provoking job in trying to establish comparable estimates of public spending on health services and policy research (HSPR) in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Their main recommendation is a call for an international collaboration to develop common terms and categories of HSPR. This paper raises two additional q...