1 HIV and STI Department. Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, UK; 2 Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, UK; 3 Sigma Research, University of Portsmouth, UK; 4 Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, University College London, London, UK; 5 Statistics and Modelling and Bioinformatics Department, Health Protection Agency Centr...

application of ict in health (ehealth) has become an integral part of modern healthcare systems. elec­tronic health information management has proven useful in improving quality of health care, reducing costs and facilitating health research. however, the increasing complexity of healthcare and the growing demand for high quality healthcare delivery has created a need for ehealth systems with t...

the accountability for reasonableness (afr) concept has been developed and discussed for over two decades. its interpretation has been studied in several ways partly guided by the specific settings and the researchers involved. this has again influenced the development of the concept, but not led to universal application. the potential use in health technology assessments (htas) has recently be...

hospital information system (his) should ideally allow different forms of data to be stored and used for decision making by clinicians and managers alike. this system has been developed since the early 1980's, and many hospitals gradually converted from an unrelated system into an integrated one. in successful implementation of his plans, the role of human factors, either individually or as a g...

introduction: employee empowerment is a process that requires appropriate conditions in the organization. the application of information systems in the health sector as a pragmatic approach and critical element in empowering employees provides the possibility of enhancement of the capacities and development capabilities of human resources. the purpose of this study was to investigate the relati...

introduction: the use of new technologies has created much concern about privacy and security of health information. as regards health care workers are the main users of hospital information system aiming to improve the quality of care, this study as aimed to evaluate employee's perspective towards electronic health information security.   methods: this descriptive study was performed on 400 wo...

J Jones ([email protected])1, J Lawrence1, L Payne Hallström2, J Mantero2, H Kirkbride3, A Walsh3, D Jermacane4, H Simons5, K M Hansford6, E Bennett6, M Catchpole7, on behalf of the international team8 1. Travel and Migrant Health Section, Health Protection Services, Colindale, Health Protection Agency (now Public Health England), London, United Kingdom 2. Surveillance and Response Support ...

Abstract: The largest nation in South America, Brazil, is now the world's second-largest market for pharmaceuticals thanks to country's economic growth. Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, also known as National Agency (Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria - ANVISA), was founded 1999 with primary objective of protecting and strengthening public health surveillance over products services. ...

The limited success to date, by the public health community, to address the dramatic rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has prompted growing attention to the commercial determinants of health. This has led to a much needed shift in attention, from metabolic and behavioural risk factors, to the production and consumption of health-harming products by the commercial...

cholera epidemics have a recorded history in eastern congo dating to 1971. a study was conducted to find out the linkage between climate variability/change and cholera outbreak and to assess the related economic cost in the management of cholera in congo.this study integrates historical data (20 years) on temperature and rainfall with the burden of disease from cholera in south-kivu province, e...