A literature review of various reports sponsored by federal governmental agencies and proceedings of conferences of Asian Americans' and Pacific Islanders' health organizations provides data of health disparities among and between these diverse ethnic groups. Specifically, demographic and socio-economic data, as well as health care issues, are reported. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders exc...

The seven stages in the development and growth of the consciousness of an organisation are summarized in the following table, and described in detail in the following paragraphs. The model applies to all types of organisations—corporations, government departments, municipal agencies, institutions, non‐governmental organisations (NGO), and educational establishments. The focus of this table is o...

The Afya Bora Consortium is a partnership of 8 academic health institutions, 4 in Africa and 4 in the United States. The Consortium is developing a Global Health Leadership Fellowship for medical, nursing, and public health professionals, largely drawn from the 4 African partner countries. The fellowship provides trainees with practical skills to prepare them for future positions leading the de...

Military, governmental, and civilian agencies routinely respond to disasters around the world, including large-scale mass casualty events such as the earthquake in Pakistan in 2005, Hurricane Katrina in the United States in 2005, and the earthquake in Haiti in 2010. Potential exists for improved coordination of medical response between civilian and military sectors and for the creation of a pla...

Citizens have various service channels at their disposal to interact with governmental agencies. In this paper we explore citizens’ motives to choose a certain channel in a certain situation. We conducted a qualitative study to accumulate the most important behavioral determinants. Six groups of determinants were found; habit, channel characteristics, task characteristics, situational constrain...

In acute heart failure syndrome (AHFS), dyspnea is one of the most common but least understood presenting symptoms for hospitalization. For this reason, dyspnea relief is increasingly becoming a focus in the development of therapies for the treatment of AHFS, and currently stands as an acceptable primary end point for regulatory approval by governmental agencies. This raises the question of how...

The Academy of Surgical Research (ASR) is an international organization that promotes the advancement of professional and academic standards, education, and research in the arts and sciences of experimental surgery. The Academy interfaces with medical and scientific organizations and governmental agencies in establishing and reviewing ethics, theories, practices, and research pertaining to surg...

Neurologists are commonly asked to make decisions concerning the use of physical restraints on hospitalized patients. These decisions are determined within the context of medical risk to the patient, including falls and the disruption of medical therapies (eg, self-extubation, removal of nasogastric tubes), risk to the caregivers, and the wishes of patients and their families. Familiarity with ...

Considered by leaders in health care technology to be a necessary step towards the enhancement of patient care, a 5-year, nationwide license for SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) was purchased by agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services for perpetual use by any governmental or eligible public, forprofit and non-profit organization located, incorporated and operating in the U.S....

This paper summarizes an empirical investigation that explored biased project reporting by Information Systems (IS) professionals. The study is based on a survey of 91 professionals who were involved with system implementations in various governmental agencies. Our investigation assessed the impact of project importance, control, structure, and size on biasing behaviors. To formulate the resear...