An introductory undergraduate database management course is quite common in the undergraduate IS/IT (Information Systems/Information Technology) curriculum. This paper describes the restructuring of such a course from a dominantly technical focus to having a much broader and more integrated approach within the Bachelor of Business (IT Major-Information Technology Major) degree programme at the ...

OBJECTIVE Care management approaches have been proven to improve outcomes for patients with dementia and their family caregivers (dyads). However, acceptance of services in these programs is incomplete, impacting effectiveness. Acceptance may be related to dyad as well as healthcare system characteristics, but knowledge about factors associated with program acceptance is lacking. This study inv...

s health reform expands the Medicaid population by 16-20 million individuals over the next decade, efforts to strengthen the primary care delivery system are increasingly critical, particularly for lowincome populations. Small primary care practices, which serve high volumes of Medicaid beneficiaries and racially and ethnically diverse populations, often lack infrastructure and staff needed to ...

Background: Medication management is a complex process with multiple stages that involves different health care teams. Based on the evidence, an electronic medication management system offers significant benefits, such as reduced medication errors, improved conformity, enhanced time and cost efficiency, and increased patient safety. This study aimed to design and implement an electronic medicat...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began paying for chronic care management (CCM) services on Jan. 1 of this year. While many physicians have embraced the opportunity to finally be paid for the non-face-to-face services associated with managing patients’ chronic conditions, meeting Medicare’s billing requirements is challenging. An article in FPM ’s January/February issue (http:...

Background: Unnecessary patient admission to a hospital refers to the hospitalization of a patient without clinical indications and criteria. Various factors related to the patient (e.g., age, disease severity, payment method, and admission route and time), the physician and the hospital and its facilities and diagnostic technologies affect a patient unnecessary admission in a hospital. Unneces...

Background and Objectives: The religious needs of hospitalized patients are reportedly not appropriately met. The purpose of this study was to explain the experiences of nurses about the barriers to providing religious care for hospitalized patients. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted on 21 nurses working in a hospital affiliated with Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran, i...

Chronic disease is the most prevalent problem in health care today. It is the most common cause of disability and consumes 78% of health expenditures.1 Caring for patients with chronic disease is very different from caring for acutely ill patients, yet it is not a prominent part of undergraduate medical education.2 Current medical education in chronic illness care does not adequately emphasize ...