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Thinking spatially, acting collaboratively : a GIS-based health decision support system for improving the collaborative health-planning practice
Gudes, Ori; Pathak, Virendra; Kendall, Elizabeth; … - 2011
The field of collaborative health planning faces significant challenges due to the lack of effective information, systems and the absence of a framework to make informed decisions. These challenges have been magnified by the rise of the healthy cities movement, consequently, there have been more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438091
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A taxonomy of e-health standards to assist system developers
Chavez, Emma; Krishnan, Padmanabhan; Finnie, Gavin - 2009
Building e-health systems requires a good understanding of the range and characteristics of many relevant standards. These standards play an important role in the promotion of coordination amongst the key players in the technical and administrative areas of the e-health arena. Many entities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441588
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A framework for assessing e-health preparedness
Wickramasinghe, N; Fadlalla, A; Geisler, E; Schaffer, J - 2005
Whilst healthcare is the biggest service industry on the globe it has yet to realise the full potential of the e-business revolution in the form of e-health. This is due to many reasons including the fact that the healthcare industry is faced with many complex challenges in trying to deliver...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481768
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A study of the differences in the relationship between HIV/AIDS prevalence and related costs in the mining and financial sectors in South Africa
Smit, Stefan - 2009
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: By understanding the costs of HIV/AIDS, businesses can understand the incentives for preventing and treating the disease better. This report primarily investigates whether there is a difference in the relationship between HIV/AIDS prevalence rates and related costs in different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442126
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Estimating the HIV prevalence among permanent employees of Old Mutual (SA) : a case study
Linderts, Gavin Sebastian - 2008
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Menslike immuungebrekvirus (MIV) en Verworwe immuniteitsgebrek sindroom (VIGS) is een van die grootste uitdagings waarvoor werkgewers vandag te staan kom, en behoort die stukrag te wees vir ’n deeglike ondersoek om die voorkoms van hierdie toestand in die werkplek so...
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A systems development lifecycle approach to Patient Journey Modeling projects
Curry, Joanne; McGregor, Carolyn; Tracy, Sally; Kuhn, … - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2007
Patient Journey Modeling, a relatively recent innovation in healthcare quality improvement, models the patient's movement through a Health Care Organisation (HCO) by viewing it from a patient centric perspective. A Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) provides a standard project management...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482061
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Implementing an emergency department patient admission predictive tool : insights from practice
Jessup, Melanie; Wallis, Marianne; Boyle, Justin; … - 2010
Purpose: This paper aims to show that identification of expectations and software functional requirements via consultation with potential users is an integral component of the development of an emergency department patient admissions prediction tool. ---------- Design/methodology/approach:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483426
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A Model for Structuring Efficient Consumer Response Measures
Aastrup, Jesper; Kotzab, Herbert; Grant, David B.; … - 2008
performance, behavioural, attitude and capability measures. Two extant studies from Austria and Denmark are examined in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465910
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Comparing hospital costs: What is gained by accounting for more than a case-mix index?
Hvenegaard, Anne; Street, Andrew; Sorensen, Torben Hojmark - 2009
patients are clustered within six Danish vascular departments. We compare a basic model including a DRG index only with models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448677
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Mit Sicherheit besser? : Aktivierung und Flexicurity in Dänemark
Bogedan, Claudia - 2005
Labour market policies in Denmark, especially measures for the unemployed, recently received much attention, because of …. Denmark offers a flexible labour market with minimal regulations combined with high social security. This ‘flexicurity’ has …. However, Denmark has been able to embed activation into the tradition of a generous and universal welfare state. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466406