SPH Health Law, Policy & Management Papers
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Predicting Healthcare Employees' Participation in an Office Redesign Program: Attitudes, Norms and Behavioral Control
(BioMed Central, 2008-11-2)BACKGROUND. The study examined the extent to which components based on a modified version of the theory of planned behavior explained employee participation in a new clinical office program designed to reduce patient waiting ... -
Measuring Perceived Effects of Drinking an Extract of Basidiomycetes Agaricus Blazei Murill: A Survey of Japanese Consumers with Cancer
(BioMed Central, 2007-10-29)BACKGROUND. To survey cancer patients who consume an extract of the Basidiomycetes Agaricus blazei Murill mushroom (Sen-Sei-Ro) to measure their self-assessment of its effects and to develop an instrument for use in future ... -
Institutionalizing Evidence-Based Practice: An Organizational Case Study Using a Model of Strategic Change
(BioMed Central, 2009-11-30)BACKGROUND. There is a general expectation within healthcare that organizations should use evidence-based practice (EBP) as an approach to improving the quality of care. However, challenges exist regarding how to make EBP ... -
Use of angiotensin receptor blockers and risk of dementia in a predominantly male population: prospective cohort analysis
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2010-1-12)Objective: To investigate whether angiotensin receptor blockers protect against Alzheimer's disease and dementia or reduce the progression of both diseases. Design Prospective cohort analysis. Setting Administrative database ... -
The Challenges of Multimorbidity from the Patient Perspective
(Springer-Verlag, 2007-11-16)BACKGROUND Although multiple co-occurring chronic illnesses within the same individual are increasingly common, few studies have examined the challenges of multimorbidity from the patient perspective. OBJECTIVE The aim ... -
A Critical Synthesis of Literature on the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS) Framework
(BioMed Central, 2010-10-25)BACKGROUND. The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services framework, or PARIHS, is a conceptual framework that posits key, interacting elements that influence successful implementation of evidence-based ... -
Can We Transplant Conceptual Frameworks of Healthcare Quality Evaluation from Developed Countries into Developing Countries?
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Measurement of treatment adherence with antipsychotic agents in patients with schizophrenia
(Dove Medical Press, 2009-10-12)The importance of medication adherence in sustaining control of schizophrenic symptoms has generated a great deal of interest in comparing levels of treatment adherence with different antipsychotic agents. However, the ... -
Assessing an organizational culture instrument based on the competing values framework: exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses
(BioMed Central, 2007-4-25)BACKGROUND. The Competing Values Framework (CVF) has been widely used in health services research to assess organizational culture as a predictor of quality improvement implementation, employee and patient satisfaction, ... -
Can Health Care Databases Be Used to Identify Incident Cases of Osteonecrosis?
(BioMed Central, 2009-6-17)INTRODUCTION. Osteonecrosis (ON) is a rare disease associated with alcohol and glucocorticoid use. Identifying additional risk factors is difficult as the number of cases at any single center is small. We investigated ...
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