BACKGROUND Engaged employees are an asset to any organization. They are instrumental in ensuring good commercial outcomes through continuous innovation and incremental improvement. A health care facility is similar to a regular work setting in many ways. A health care provider and a patient have roles akin to a team leader and a team member/stakeholder, respectively. Hence it can be argued that...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine eye gaze patterns between patients and physicians while electronic health records were used to support patient care. BACKGROUND Eye gaze provides an indication of physician attention to patient, patient/physician interaction, and physician behaviors such as searching for information and documenting information. METHODS A field study was conduct...

+*Ahmad, T; *Bergström, J (A-Karolinska Institute, Swedish Medical Research Council); *Spetea, M; *Ahmed, M (A-Karolinska Institute, Swedish Medical Research Council, Swedish Association Against Rheumatic Diseases, Uggla's Foundation, Lundbergs Foundation) +*Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Orthopedic Laboratory, Research Center M3:02, Karolinska Hospital, S171 76 Stockholm, SWEDEN, +4...

OBJECTIVE To assess self-perceived mental health in women treated with in vitro fertilisation (IVF) 20-23 years previously, while comparing them to a reference group, and to determine any differences in mental health between those who had given birth, those who had adopted a child, those who had given birth and adopted a child and those who remained childless. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Internet-based technologies such as personal health records and patient portals are increasingly viewed as essential for enhancing patient-provider communication and patient-centered care. We examined how primary care patients use the Internet, particularly patient characteristics associated with Internet use. METHODS We surveyed patients in five primary care clinic ...

BACKGROUND The World Health Organization (WHO) recently developed growth standards to overcome the limitations of previous references. AIM The aim of this study was to compare the growth patterns of a cohort of children using the National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS), the Centre for Disease Control (CDC), and WHO 2006 references/standards, and to evaluate the implications of adopting W...

BACKGROUND Underinsured children are covered by private health insurance that does not cover the cost of vaccines, are not entitled to receive publicly purchased vaccines at no cost through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program unless they receive doses at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or a Rural Health Center (RHC), may be referred by their primary care providers to health depar...