introduction: health care industry consists of an unexpected and confusing environment in which quality events play the important role. in such conditions, the necessary changes should be made. excellence models are general oriented frameworks that are able to achieve the above intention. materials & methods: this study is a descriptive cross-sectional study. data gathered by a standard checkli...

Health sector reform is defined as sustained, purposeful change to improve the efficiency, equity and effectiveness of the health sector. Any change is not reform. Changes that affect at least two of the elements namely; health financing, expenditure, organization regulation and consumer behavior justify to be called as health sector reforms. Suggested reforms before introduction must undergo a...

This position paper advocates a change of mindset regarding how we perceive of and support those who develop and maintain software systems. We contend that a lack of explicit specialization is impeding our ability to deal effectively with the challenges that arise in the creation and evolution of software systems. Observations from the health sector lead us to reconsider the roles of the profes...

continuing professional development in health sector

This paper analyses the growth and spatial evolution of the Danish IT sector during the upswing in the 1990s. The IT sector employment and the number of firms have more than doubled during a decade, but the evolution indicate a ‘non random’ clustering of the industry around the larger urban areas. The paper focuses on dominant forces in shaping the growth and spatial evolution of the industry a...

Patient-centred digital services are increasingly gaining impact in the healthcare sector. The premise is that patients will be better equipped for taking care of their own health through instant access to relevant information and by enhanced electronic communication with healthcare providers. One initiative to provide such services to patients is the Danish national e-health portal, sundhed.dk...

Mortality among men employed in the health sector was examined using data surrounding the 1971 (1970-2) and 1981 (1979-83) censuses to assess the differences between social classes in the health service and to study changes over a decade. Relative to men in England and Wales, mortality in the 1980s was significantly lower among dentists (standardised mortality ratio 66), doctors (69), opticians...