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DeFrancesco, Jennifer A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Healthcare organizations strive to adapt to the continuous change in what has become a fast-paced, high technology environment. Many organizations are charged to find efficiencies to better manage medical device assets. Increasingly, healthcare leaders opt to adopt a standardized medical device nomenclature under the purview of a set of national…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Health Services, Vocabulary, Equipment
Boone, Christopher P. D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Background: The U.S. health care system has been under immense scrutiny for ever-increasing costs and poor health outcomes for its patients. Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) has emerged as a generally accepted practice by providers, policy makers, and scientists as an approach to identify the most clinical- and cost-effective interventions…
Descriptors: Public Health, Cost Effectiveness, Health Services, Access to Health Care
Jamalallail, Faisal Mohammed – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Jeddah public health resources are struggling to meet the demand of the large populations. The city is suffering from insufficient public health resources along with other health problem, like high rates of some disease, which resulted in an amount of dissatisfaction among some of the health facilities visitors. The absence of a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Health, Health Services, Diseases
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Michalos, Alex C.; Ramsey, Douglas; Eberts, Derrek; Kahlke, P. Maurine – Social Indicators Research, 2012
The aim of this investigation was to obtain some baseline self-reported data on the health status and overall quality of life of a sample of residents of the city of Brandon, Manitoba aged 18 years or older, and to measure the impact of a set of designated health determinants, comparison standards and satisfaction with diverse domains of life on…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Health, Public Health, Quality of Life
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Kessler, Seth A.; Horton, Karissa D.; Gottlieb, Nell H.; Atwood, Robin – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe preceptors' implementation experiences after implementing a workplace learning program in Texas WIC (women, infant, and children) agencies and identify implementation best practices. Design/methodology/approach: This research used qualitative description methodology. Data collection consisted of 11…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Curriculum Implementation, Public Agencies, Federal Programs
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Gersons-Wolfensberger, D. C. M.; Ruijssenaars, Wied A. J. J. M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
This report by a Dutch national committee addresses the definition of dyslexia; characteristic symptoms; consequences of the proposed definition for identification and treatment; appropriate methods of treatment; involvement of various professionals (e.g., neuropsychologist, remedial teacher, speech and language therapist, and neurologist); and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Definitions, Disability Identification, Dyslexia