in this research we investigate the effects of information technology on quality management processes in the central insurance organization of iran. the research is an applied one, using correlation method. the population of the research includes the personnel of the organization of central insurance of iran which are more involved by using information technology. these personnel are mostly fro...

BACKGROUND Dental benefit plans have grown since they were introduced in the 1960s. More than one-half of the American population is covered by a private dental benefit plan today. In general, these plans have been designed to mirror medical insurance plans, despite the fact that dental care is significantly different from medical care. The author discusses the differences and how they should i...

introduction: a career development consists of jobs that a person passes in order to reach a professional goal. career development management results in job satisfaction, professional commitment and higher effectiveness. the purpose of this study was to determine different dimensions of career development among the staff of shiraz university of medical sciences.   methods: this study was a cros...

Japan was the first Asian country to introduce social insurance measures and it has expanded them during the last few decades. The first social insurance law was passed in 1922, dealing with worker’s health insurance, and it was followed by the National Health Insurance in 1938, Seamen’s Insurance in 1939, and Employees’ Pension Insurance in 1921. However, these were seldom widely available in ...

Six University of Wisconsin-Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI) Regional Outreach Specialists, based in 5 regions across the state, provide training and technical assistance on evidence-based tobacco cessation interventions to clinics, hospitals, health systems, insurers, community organizations and worksites through academic detailing methods. The core of this approach invol...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to investigate demonstrable impacts of the Mental Health Services Program for Youth (MHSPY), a highly coordinated, intentionally integrated "system of care," on patterns of health service utilization for youth with multiple needs. METHODS The MHSPY intervention is available to a target population of urban youth who face barriers to health care and are at ris...

PRIVATE CONSUMER expenditures for medical care amounted to an estimated $23.7 billion in 1963 or 7.3 percent more than in 1962. Thus, total consumer expenditures for health purposes are continuing to expand at about the same pace as in recent years. In 1962 the increase from the preceding year was 7.6 percent; in 1961, it was 5.4 percent, ; and in 1960, 6.7 percent. Private consumer expenditure...

The spectacular contributions of science to medicine and the popularization of the results have greatly stimulated the demand on the part of the public for making modern medical benefits more readily accessible to a larger portion of the population. But the very advances which have stimulated this demand and which have focused attention on the preventive aspects of disease have also contributed...