Role of clinical pathways in health care provision: Focus on cancer treatment

2013 ◽  
Vol 70 (12) ◽  
pp. 1081-1085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene D. Kreys ◽  
Jim M. Koeller
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cancer Treatment ◽  
Clinical Pathways ◽  
Health Care Provision ◽  
Care Provision

The role of accessibility policies and other determinants of health care provision in the initial prognosis of malignant melanoma: A cross-sectional study

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 507-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Moreno-Ramírez ◽  
Teresa Ojeda-Vila ◽  
Juan J. Ríos-Martín ◽  
Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde ◽  
Magdalena de-Troya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Malignant Melanoma ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Health Care Provision ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

Ambiguous and arbitrary: the role of telephone interactions in rural health service delivery

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaye Knight ◽  
Ruth Endacott ◽  
Amanda Kenny
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
Health Care Provision ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Unscheduled Care ◽  
Rural Context ◽  
Models Of Service Delivery

Anecdotal evidence and a limited body of research suggests that telephone interactions between health care consumers and health professionals form an important part of unscheduled health care provision. However, very little is known about these interactions, particularly in the rural context. In rural Australia, there is a need to explore a range of models of service delivery. Telephone-based unscheduled care is one area that demands consideration. By defining unscheduled health care and delineating telephone-based unscheduled health care from other telehealth services, the concepts of formal and informal telephone-based unscheduled health care provision are explored. This article raises previously unasked questions about the role of telephone-based unscheduled health care in the rural context. As a dimension of health care that is poorly understood, the need for further conceptualisation, research and policy development in this area is highlighted.

scholarly journals The Role of Physicians in Digitalizing Health Care Provision: Web-Based Survey Study (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Burmann ◽  
Max Tischler ◽  
Mira Faßbach ◽  
Sophie Schneitler ◽  
Sven Meister
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Health Care Sector ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Health Care Provision ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Willingness To Participate

BACKGROUND Digitalization affects all areas of society, including the health care sector. However, the digitalization of health care provision is progressing slowly compared to other sectors. In the professional and political literature, physicians are partially portrayed as digitalization sceptics. Thus, the role of physicians in this process requires further investigation. The theory of “digital natives” suggests a lower hurdle for younger generations to engage with digital technologies. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate the role of physicians in the process of digitalizing health care provision in Germany and to assess the age factor. METHODS We conducted a large-scale study to assess the role of this professional group in the progress of the digital transformation of the German health care sector. Therefore, in an anonymous online survey, we inquired about the current digital penetration of the personal working environment, expectations, attitude toward, and concerns regarding digitalization. Based on these data, we studied associations with the nominal variable age and variations across 2 age groups. RESULTS The 1274 participants included in the study generally showed a high affinity towards digitalization with a mean of 3.88 on a 5-point Likert scale; 723 respondents (56.75%) stated they personally use mobile apps in their everyday working life, with a weak tendency to be associated with the respondents’ age (η=0.26). Participants saw the most noticeable existing benefits through digitalization in data quality and readability (882/1274, 69.23%) and the least in patient engagement (213/1274, 16.72%). Medical practitioners preponderantly expect further improvements through increased digitalization across almost all queried areas but the most in access to medical knowledge (1136/1274, 89.17%), treatment of orphan diseases (1016/1274, 79.75%), and medical research (1023/1274, 80.30%). CONCLUSIONS Respondents defined their role in the digitalization of health care provision as ambivalent: “scrutinizing” on the one hand but “active” and “open” on the other. A gap between willingness to participate and digital sovereignty was indicated. Thus, education on digitalization as a means to support health care provision should not only be included in the course of study but also in the continuing process of further and advanced training.

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