BACKGROUND The health workforce has a crucial position in healthcare, and effective distribution of the workforce is one of the critical areas for healthcare improvement. This requires a proper understanding of the allocation of healthcare providers including staffing levels and staffing variability within a healthcare system. High variability may imply significant differences in outcomes and g...

BACKGROUND After enforcing the Labour Ordinance, hospital doctors must have 1 day off-work every week. In this study, we aimed to evaluate its impact on the discharge pattern from an acute medical hospital. METHODS We undertook a hospital-based ecologic study with before-after design using the clinical management database of patient discharge records of all acute medical wards in a hospital f...

In 2007, Kangan Institute commenced inclusion of Allied Health Assistant Certificate 4 Podiatry Units delivered by a podiatrist. Different models have been delivered including external placement with private podiatrists, service specific units on site and external work based programs. Since then, a number of TAFE based AHA courses have been commenced including those at Swinburne and Gippsland. ...

OBJECTIVE Analyze the profile of women, in health services, who carry out treatment for smoking cessation. METHODS Systematic review that used the following sources of information: Cummulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PubMed, Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), Scopus and Web of Science. We included quantitative studies that addressed the characterization of women,...

introduction: the rapid increase in health costs across the world has forced governments to use insurance programs. uncontrolled costs would reduce the financial ability of insurance organizations in providing services. abuse of health insurance wastes 3-15% of the health budget annually. this study was conducted to determine cases of violating the rules and regulations of medical services insu...

The wide-ranging and significant disciplines representing allied health constitute the largest and one of the most rapidly growing health care workforces in North Carolina. With anticipated increases in patients' access to care, allied health professionals will need to call on their full scope of practice as part of a comprehensive health care team.

BACKGROUND To develop evidence-based approaches for reducing sedentary behavior, there is a need to identify the specific settings where prolonged sitting occurs, associated factors, and variations. PURPOSE To examine the sociodemographic and health factors associated with mid-aged adults' sitting time in three contexts and variations between weekdays and weekend days. METHODS A mail survey...

The handover of large numbers of medical patients, during on call periods when staffing levels are reduced, is a challenge for all acute medical services. At the Royal Cornwall Hospital, a large district general hospital, we identified that foundation doctors were reviewing medical inpatients during weekend on call periods with limited written handover information. We chose to address this prob...

The College of Health Professions was established in 1970. Programs of study are off e red in dental hygiene, health services management and community development, medical technology, nursing, physical therapy, physician assistant, and public health. The primary emphasis of the college’s health p rofessions programs is the preparation of entrylevel health professionals. A d d i t i o n a l l y,...