Many health systems across the world face the challenge of increasing demand and diminishing resources, which Hovenga, Coiera and Lovis (2007) contend are ultimately unsustainable. Over the next 20 years national health systems will have to treat proportionally more people, with more illnesses, higher expectations and more expensive technologies, but with the investment of relatively less money...

The Rhode Island HEALTH Web Data Query System (RI HEALTH WDQS) allows health professionals, community agenccies, Rhode Island Health Department personnel, and the general public to access Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and Death Certificate Data online. This resource can provide health professionals and community organizations with valuable...

ii Preface VA's Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D) works to improve the cost, quality, and outcomes of health care for our nation's veterans. Collaborating with VA leaders, managers, and policy makers, HSR&D focuses on important health care topics that are likely to have significant impact on quality improvement efforts. One significant collaborative effort is HSR&D's Evid...

background and purpose: although nutrition has a very important role in individual and society’s health and disease, it has not yet received proper attention in the medical curricula. the objective of this study is to assess the opinions of general physician who worked at private offices in khorramabad city about nutrition course in iranian medical schools. methods: in this cross-sectional stud...

background: despite the enhancement in health outcomes worldwide, health inequity and inequality is one of the most relevant topics both for health policy and public health. this research was designed to decompose the health inequality of people living in shiraz, south-west iran. methods: data were obtained from a multistage-sample survey conducted in shiraz from april to may 2012, to find dete...

An algorithm estimating vocabulary complexity of a consumer health text can help improve readability of consumer health materials. We had previously developed and validated an algorithm predicting lay familiarity with health terms on the basis of the terms’ frequency in consumer health texts and experimental data. Present study is part of the program studying the influence of reader factors on ...

Systematic health IT evaluation studies are needed to ensure system quality and safety and to provide the basis for evidence-based health informatics. Well-trained health informatics specialists are required to guarantee that health IT evaluation studies are conducted in accordance with robust standards. Also, policy makers and managers need to appreciate how good evidence is obtained by scient...

The purpose of this investigation was to assess the extent which health literacy and social determinants exist together in medical school curricula, attitudes beliefs educators toward relevance these topics taught curriculum. research used a descriptive cross-sectional survey design institutions that comprised Accelerating Change Medical Education (ACE) Consortium American Association. study po...