The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by 2050, non-Hispanic whites will be in the numerical minority. This rapid diversification requires healthcare organizations to pay closer attention to cross-cultural issues if they are to meet the healthcare needs of the nation and continue to maintain a high standard of care. Although scorecards and benchmarking are widely used to gauge healthcare organiza...

Information sharing among different healthcare organizations is critical for efficient and cost effective healthcare service delivery. Healthcare organisations with information systems need to be interconnected to ensure information exchange. Interconnectivity increases exposure to risk of damage, loss and fraud. Security and privacy of patients’ information are concerns of all healthcare organ...

PURPOSE This article explores the participation of healthcare managers in professional development (PD) activities, the reasons for seeking PD and the perceived support of their organizations in terms of reward and recognition. METHODOLOGY An exploratory survey was emailed to current and past members of three professional associations who share similar missions "to provide educational and net...

P andemic influenza, by its nature, is a healthcare disaster. Healthcare organizations are the unique reservoirs of the essential knowledge and tools for handling such a pandemic; they have infection-control procedures, universal precautions, and personal protective equipment for virus protection. Because of this, healthcare organizations run the risk of being the scapegoat if this pandemic is ...

As healthcare organizations continue to be asked to do more with less, access to information is essential for sound evidence-based decision making. Business intelligence (BI) systems are designed to deliver decision-support information and have been repeatedly shown to provide value to organizations. Many healthcare organizations have yet to implement BI systems and no existing research provide...

This study examines how a healthcare organization’s security practices (including IT controls, policies, education, and hiring practices) influence their perceived regulatory compliance and security performance. We utilized qualitative and quantitative survey data provided by senior IT managers from 250 healthcare organizations. The data provides a snapshot of patient information security in th...

BACKGROUND Healthcare personnel influenza immunization rates remain sub-optimal. Following multiple studies and expert consultations, the "Successful Influenza Immunization Programs for Healthcare Personnel: A Guide for Program Planners" was produced. This trial assessed the impact of the Guide with facilitation in improving healthcare personnel influenza immunization rates in Canadian healthca...

introduction: various types of software are used in health care organizations to manage information and care processes. the quality of software has been an important concern for both health authorities and designers of health information technology. thus, assessing the effect of software quality on the performance quality of healthcare institutions is essential. method: the most important healt...

How to instill compassion in a healthcare organization? In this article, I respond to Marianna Fotaki’s proposals in her piece, ‘Why and how is compassion necessary to provide good quality healthcare?’ by drawing on insights from organization studies. Following Fotaki, I argue that to instill targets and formal measures for assessing compassion would be problematic. I conclude by drawing on psy...

Superior access, quality, and value of healthcare services has become a national priority for healthcare to combat the exponentially increasing costs of healthcare expenditure. E-Health in its many forms and possibilities appears to offer a panacea for facilitating the necessary transformation for healthcare. While a plethora of e-health initiatives keep mushrooming both nationally and globally...