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Provider perceptions of electronic medical records and e-prescribing and their integration into safety net clinics

Hotchkiss, Renee Brent; Mason, Mondi A.; John R. … - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 1/2/3, pp. 79-91

This paper reports the findings of a formative study that examined knowledge, readiness, and perceptions of healthcare providers in safety-net clinics about electronic medical records (EMR) and e-prescribing. It was conducted in six safety net clinics in southeast Georgia that serve a...

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Development of Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs): knowledge networks and collaboration

Ghosh, Tip; Marquard, Jenna - In: International Journal of Public Policy 2 (2007) 3/4, pp. 298-315

in the USA. These development efforts have focused primarily on data exchange. In this paper, we propose the use of a …

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Organisational factors associated with adoption of comprehensive and basic electronic-record systems in US hospitals

Shen, Jay J.; Moseley, Charles B. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 1/2/3, pp. 92-105

This study examined the association between organisational factors and three levels of adoption of electronic health … record (EHR) systems among 3,331 non-federal hospitals in the USA. The results indicated that hospital's overall resource … effect on the adoption of EHR. …

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Cancer, disability and public health service providers: better education through informatics and the Supercourse

Linkov, Faina; LaPorte, Ronald; Seelman, Katherine D. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 6 (2010) 3/4, pp. 247-259

Improving the performance of service organisations and enhancing the well-being of communities are critical challenges in the field of public health. In this paper, we will discuss issues relating to the issues of cancer disability in the context of information transfer and delivery to public...

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Evidence based medicine as a strategy for quality improvement

Harrison, Jeffrey P.; Radcliffe, Kim - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 2/3, pp. 133-142

Evidence based medicine is a strategy to transfer knowledge about disease specific care among patients and healthcare …

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The Muslim veil in the USA and France: a comparative analysis of law and policy

Salton, Herman T. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 10 (2014) 6, pp. 333-367

The USA and France are often perceived as having different, if not antipodal, legal and political systems. At first … sight the treatment of the Muslim veil at school confirms this impression, for this piece of clothing is seen in the USA as … angle. By adopting a comparative perspective, it looks at the treatment of the Muslim veil in France and the USA before 2004 …

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Admissions of African Americans to state psychiatric hospitals

Lewis, Allen N.; <suffix>Jr.<; suffix>; Davis, King E. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 6 (2010) 3/4, pp. 219-236

This investigation examines the admissions of African-Americans to state psychiatric hospitals in Virginia. It compares admissions of African-Americans primarily with European-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities. Data spanning the 20-year period from 1970 to 1990 from nine state...

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A cost-benefit analysis of the individual mandate in the health coverage system of the USA

Yesilbas, Mehmet; Ustun, Yusuf - In: International Journal of Public Policy 11 (2015) 1/2/3, pp. 33-46

One of the challenging issues in the USA is health coverage system. The issue generally constitutes the major … purposes of the study is to focus on policy alternatives regarding the health coverage system of the USA. The paper will study …

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Evaluating public sector intramural research programmes: the case of the US Advanced Technology Program's Intramural Research Initiative

Link, Albert N.; Scott, John T. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 4 (2009) 6, pp. 516-532

Within a public environment in which accountability is at the forefront, an important evaluation question is how to document the economic value of innovation-related outputs and outcomes from intramural research relative to the cost of funding an intramural research programme. In this paper, we...

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Employment relations in German multinational companies in the UK and the future of the German model: empirical evidence on country-of-origin effects and industry internationalisati...

Tuselmann, Heinz-Josef; Heise, Arne; McDonald, Frank; … - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 4, pp. 390-408

Interest has grown in the significance of the country-of-origin impact on the Employment Relations (ER) approaches in the international subsidiaries of Multinational Companies (MNCs). In this article, a comparative cross-sectional analysis of German subsidiaries with indigenous UK firms will be...

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