BACKGROUND The overlapping epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections prompted the World Health Organisation in 2004 to recommend collaboration between national TB and HIV programmes. The goal of this collaboration is to decrease the burden of both infections in the population. This policy was subsequently adopted by the national TB and HIV programmes in...

Introduction Background. To obtain information on the manageQuality of vascular access determines patients’ wellment of vascular access in Italy. being as well as costs and efficacy of dialysis treatment. Method. Questionnaire sent to all dialysis centres. The Creation of vascular access for dialysis requires intermain questions were: (i) who is in charge of establishing action between differen...

Objectives: To determine the impact of establishing walk-in centres alongside emergency departments on attendance rates, visit duration, process, costs and outcome of care. Methods: Eight hospitals with co-located emergency departments and walk-in centres were compared with eight matched emergency departments without walk-in centres. Site visits were conducted. Routine data about attendance num...

Since the last WHO-FIC meeting, where the functional specifications of the planned maintenance and publication tool were discussed, the technical specification of the tool was finalized and the programming has begun. As described in the functional specifications the toolset will be a standalone tool which will hopefully run under the most common operating systems. The database containing the cl...

BACKGROUND Nurses in Palestine (occupied Palestinian territory) work in a significantly challenging environment. The mental health care system is underdeveloped and under-resourced. For example, the total number of nurses who work in community mental health centres in the West Bank is seventeen, clearly insufficient in a total population of approximately three million. This research explored da...

OBJECTIVE To identify and prioritize innovative strategies to address the health concerns of vulnerable migrant populations. DESIGN Modified Delphi consensus process. SETTING Canada. PARTICIPANTS Forty-one primary care practitioners, including family physicians and nurse practitioners, who provided care for migrant populations. METHODS We used a modified Delphi consensus process to iden...

This study aims to evaluate the effect of the intensity of interprofessional collaboration on hospitalized cancer patients. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 312 patients to examine the effects of intensity of interprofessional collaboration (low vs high intensity collaboration) on patient satisfaction, uncertainty, pain management, and length of stay. Data on the intensity of interprofes...

Research has shown that although e-collaboration technologies can improve productivity, users will abandon these technologies if they feel dissatisfied after using them. Successful implementation of e-collaboration technologies can be especially challenging with cross-cultural teams, which often bring different values and expectations to their collaboration experiences. We seek to further under...

S ince primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the mainstay of reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and because AMI represents the most urgent situation for PCI, recommendations based on scientific evidence and expert experience would be useful for centres practising primary PCI or those looking to set up a primary PCI programme. With this in mind, a group of eight Euro...

There is growing use of management assessment centres within parts of New South Wales Health. The present study examined outcome benefits from managers who participated in the Australasian Management Competencies Assessment Centre, some 123 staff from one rural and one metropolitan area health service. Results confirmed greater use of personal development plans and increased attendance at conti...