Pancreatitis in Northern Newfoundland and Labrador: A 20-year review of the Grenfell Regional Health Services experience

1990 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-44
Author(s):  
G. William N. Fitzgerald ◽  
Gordon W. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Regional Health

Preparing for New Health Privacy Legislation in Rural Australia

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-17
Author(s):  
Diane Draper
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Practice Item ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Distance Communication ◽  
Privacy Legislation ◽  
Rural Australia

This Rural Professional Practice item describes the benefits of a collaborative, regional approach to implementing new health privacy legislation. Videoconferencing has been adopted to surmount the problems of long-distance communication between the Privacy Officers of 11 regional health services spread throughout a large region of south-eastern Australia.

Revisiting Health Regionalization in Canada

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Barker ◽  
John Church
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Health Care Expenditures ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Physician Care ◽  
Regional Health Authorities ◽  
Regional Authorities

Twenty years ago, many of Canada’s provinces began to introduce regional health authorities to address problems with their health care systems. With this action, the provinces sought to achieve advances in community decision-making, the integration of health services, and the provision of care in the home and community. The authorities were also to help restrict health care costs. An assessment of the authorities indicates, however, that over the past two decades they have been unable to meet their objectives. Community representatives continue to play little role in determining the appropriate health services for their regions. Gains have been made towards integrating health services, but the plan for a near seamless set of health services has not been realized. Funding for health services remains focused on hospital and physician care, and health care expenditures have until very recently been little affected by regional authorities. This disappointing performance has caused some provinces to abandon their regional authorities, but this article argues that the provision of greater autonomy and a better public appreciation of their role and potential may lead to more successful regional authorities. Accordingly, the objective of this article is to reveal the shortcomings of regional health authorities in Canada while at the same time arguing that changes can be made to increase the chances of more workable authorities.

scholarly journals Development of Mental Health Services

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 180-181
Author(s):  
Ian B. Cookson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Health Authority ◽  
Regional Health Authority ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Voluntary Organisations

In the Mersey Regional Health Authority it has been decided that closure of at least one large mental illness hospital will take place within some 10 years and may be complete by 1992. To facilitate this the region has provided funding for every long-stay patient who might be discharged to the care of voluntary organisations or Social Services Departments and joint assessments of patients have been undertaken by the Health Service and Social Services staff.

scholarly journals Escasa presencia de la mujer enfermera en puestos de poder

2019 ◽  
pp. 15-23
Author(s):  
Alicia Méndez-Salguero ◽  
José Eloy García-Garcí
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Professional Association ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Gender Distribution ◽  
Female Nurse ◽  
Glass Escalator

Introduction: It's a fact that nursing is a profession where most of their components are women, nevertheless, responsibility and decision-making positions aremainly occupied bymale nurses, and this is like this in spite of that they only represent 16 % of the professional contingent. The tokenism explains well this reality. Objectives: To value if the female nurse suffers discrimination inside the own profession, in the nurses' union and in the professional association. To verify if in the responsibility positions inside the Regional Health Services, the nurse is still relegated to other health professionals or not. Methodology: Bibliography researches weremadein various databases using the keywords and selecting with the ten years filter articles in Spanish and English, and official databases were revised (INE, EPA, CGE, SATSE and websites of the Regional Health Services). Results: The 84 % of the professionals nurses are females, although in the 15 Regional Nurses Councils consulted, there are only 5 chairwomen. In the SATSE, 58 %of secretariats are occupied bywomen, percentage that is not appropriate with the gender distribution in this collective. It is also alleged that nurses are not present as managers of Health Services. Discussion: It has been shown that nursing, despite being a feminized profession, has to deal with the phenomenon of the token in their ownworld somen dominate positions of power as evidenced by the data. Conclusions:The female nurse is still in an inferior position both inside and outside the profession. Keywords: nurse, tokenism, glass escalator, feminization.

scholarly journals Structural factors for public dental health services in Regional Health Care Network 13: an analysis of the Brazilian National Program for Improving Access and Quality of Primary Care

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucila Brandão HIROOKA ◽  
Guilherme Vinícius CATANANTE ◽  
Hélio Souza PORTO ◽  
Maria do Carmo Gullaci Guimarães CACCIA-BAVA
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Regional Health Care ◽  
Quality Of Primary Care ◽  
Access And Quality

Abstract Introduction The Brazilian National Program for Improving Access and Quality of Primary Care aims to induce the institution of processes that expand the capacity of federal, state and municipal administrations and Primary Care teams to offer services that ensure greater access and quality. Objective To identify the characteristics of infrastructure for the dental health care of the health units from the Regional Health Care Network 13, from the perspective of a health evaluation. Material and method This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study in which is used the Module V database of the External Evaluation instrument of 156 health units of this region that participated of the 2nd cycle of the referred program, which discuss the modality of the health teams, structure and environment of the dental office, the hours of operation, equipment, instruments and dental supplies. Result In general, the oral health units of this study have dental offices with good structural conditions and sufficient equipment and supplies to carry out clinical activities, except those for dental prostheses, possibly due to the permanence of this service in secondary care. However, they point out that advances in access and coverage by oral health services are still necessary. Conclusion Although the theme includes other studies and reflections, the present work may contribute to discussions about the present condition, and it is recommended the active participation of all the actors involved in the care, in the search for the qualification of oral health services in this region.

scholarly journals Implementation of a guideline for local health policy making by regional health services: exploring determinants of use by a web survey

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Theo J.M. Kuunders ◽  
Monique A.M. Jacobs ◽  
Ien A.M. van de Goor ◽  
Marja J.H. van Bon-Martens ◽  
Hans A.M. van Oers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Web Survey ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Local Health Policy
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