INTRODUCTION Information and communication technologies (ICT) are seen as potentially powerful tools that may promote integration of care across organisational boundaries. Here, we present findings from a study of a Norwegian project where an electronic interdisciplinary discharge summary was implemented to improve communication and information exchange between the municipal care service and th...

Three new direct-service staff participated in a program that used a video model to train target skills needed to conduct a discrete-trial session. Percentage accuracy in completing a discrete-trial teaching session was evaluated using a multiple baseline design across participants. During baseline, performances ranged from a mean of 12% to 63% accuracy. During video modeling, there was an imme...

The aim was to explore the implementation of individual care plans in municipal elderly care in relation to characteristics of staff. Data regarding characteristics of staff were derived through a questionnaire distributed to all staff working in the care for older people, (N = 908, n = 245) in four municipalities in Sweden. The number of care plans established during a one-year period was coll...

BACKGROUND The paper aims to present how nursing leaders in the municipal health care perceive the interaction with and support from their superiors and peers. The paper further aims to identify the leaders' vulnerability and strength at work in the current situation of shortage of manpower and other resources in the health care sector. This is seen through the lens of self-determination theory...

The Influence of Competition on some Structural Features Persian Oak (Quercus brantii Lindl var.persica) Trees in Zagros Forest (Case study:Hashtad- Pahlu,Lorestan)

Today, participating in the organization's staff is one of the most basic ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of administrative and managerial countries, organizations and companies. According to increasing importance of human resources in organizations, this study was to investigate the relationship between human resource strategies with the participation of employees in the Natio...

Mohammad Hasan Imani Nasab, Hesam Seyedin, Reza Majdzadeh, Bahareh Yazdizadeh, Masoud Salehi. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran; Health Management and Economics Research Center, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Knowledge Utilization Research Center, Sch...