F or years, efforts to reform primary healthcare in Canada have focused on fixing bits and pieces, rather than on a wholesale transformation of how care is delivered. Exciting, effective changes flourish in pockets but rarely manage to spread. " So much innovation, so little change, " laments Dr. Brian Hutchison, co-chair of Picking up the Pace – How to Accelerate Change in Primary Healthcare, ...

background and objectives: in continuous medical learning programs, selection of appropriate learning methods is important for streaming individuals by learning process. the goal of this study is to compare in-presence learning method with distance learning method and explore their effect on the knowledge of health workers (practical nurses) in terms of reduced expenses.   methods: the study is...

A grand challenge impeding optimal treatment outcomes for patients with cancer arises from the complex nature of the disease: the cellular heterogeneity, the myriad of dysfunctional molecular and genetic networks as results of genetic (somatic) and environmental perturbations. Systems biology, with its holistic approach to understanding fundamental principles in biology, and the empowering tech...

The 21 century promises to usher in an era of online healthcare services, i.e. Tele-Healthcare, inspired by the emergence of sophisticated, ‘intelligent’ information systems/agents working in tandem with the Internet/WWW. Currently, world-wide healthcare delivery is undergoing a paradigm shift—patient centred services as opposed to provider centred services and wellness maintenance as opposed t...

Significant sociopolitical changes in recent decades have not only influenced the nursing profession, but also the entire Iranian healthcare system. This study describes the historical evolution of the nursing profession within a sociopolitical context. This historical review of unpublished and published literature endorsed personal accounts of historic events by 14 of the oldest nurses in Iran...

Nowadays, the role of technology innovations in precaution, early diagnosis, and treatment is not deniable due to the increase in various types of electronics. Additionally, increasing costs of medical services and lack of medical expertise and specialists in remote regions double the necessity of using technology in this field. Wearable technology comprising a large group of worn gadgets, incl...