BACKGROUND The rapid global adoption of mobile health (mHealth) smartphone apps by healthcare providers presents challenges and opportunities in medicine. Challenges include ensuring the delivery of high-quality, up-to-date and optimised information. Opportunities include the ability to study global practice patterns, access to medical and surgical care and continuing medical education needs. ...

Health workforce shortages in Sub-Saharan Africa are widely recognized, particularly of physicians, leading the training and deployment of Non-physician clinicians (NPCs). The paper by Eyal et al provides interesting and legitimate viewpoints on evolving role of physicians in context of decisive increase of NPCss in Sub-Saharan Africa. Certainly, in short or mid-term, NPCs will continue to be a...

The Internet has ridden a rollercoaster of popularity since it became accessible to the general public in the early 1990s, from being viewed as a short-lived fad to being considered the ultimate solution to information and communication management. The Internet is clearly here to stay, and it now provides tangible support to healthcare providers in a number of roles. However, all of us, whether...

Background: There are different street substance users' communities (SSUCs). Typology of SSUCs in Tehran, Iran was approached in this qualitative study.Methods: Using content analysis and saturation principles, 22 street-outreach workers were recruited and interviewed. Data were analyzed using open, axial, and selective coding.Findings: Three types of SSUCs were identified. SSUCs were different...

Interprofessional care is joint working between health care professionals by pooling their skills, knowledge and expertise, to make joint decisions and learn from each other for the benefits of service users and healthcare professionals. Service users involvement is considered as one of the important aspects of planning, management and decision making process in the delivery of health care to s...

ion and independence of implementation enables the modeler to focus on the essence of the task from the perspective of the user without complicating the picture by jumping ahead into details of the visual and interaction design. In this example, the abstract essence of my task as a user is just to tell the system who I am, make a choice, and get my cash. Essential models challenge the designer ...

The ability to successfully navigate in healthcare facilities is an important goal for patients, visitors, and staff. Despite the fundamental nature of such behavior, it is not infrequent for planners to consider wayfinding only after the fact, once the building or building complex is complete. This review argues that more recognition is needed for the pivotal role of wayfinding in healthcare f...