Organizational Challenges and Barriers to Implementing IT Governance in a Hospital.

Authors: Barbara McPake
Link: http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/65267819/organizational-challenges-barriers-implementing-governance-hospital

This paper describes the challenges and barriers to the introduction of “IT Governance” into a Hospital environment. It further addresses the relationship between corporate governance (hospital strategy and organization) and the role of IT Governance in managing new services deployment.
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PACES: a National leadership program in support of Primary-Care Reform in Portugal.

Authors: Alves-Pires C, Barbara McPake
Link: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/17511871111172349

Purpose
– This paper aims to describe the training strategy developed to provide the leadership of a new coordination structure of health centers in Portugal, with managerial competencies adapted to the requirements of their function, in support of primary care reform.
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Do nurses have a different physical health profile? A systematic review of experimental and observational studies on nurses’ physical health.

AIM:
To review the evidence on nurses’ health systematically.
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Realities and professional expectations of medical students attending Guinea Bissau’s medical school in 2007 school year.

In Guinea Bissau, the majority of university level professionals are still being trained abroad and most of them do not return to their country. This was a major incentive for creating Guinea Bissau’s Medical School.
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Good practice in health care for migrants: views and experiences of care professionals in 16 European countries.

Authors: Nilsson C, Alam MZ, J. Couto, J. Couto, J. de la Fuente, Schönian G, J. Ferrolho, Ndong-Mabale N, Jaenson T, Rodrigues F, Itoe MA, Nebreda P, Nery SV, Jackson Y, Jackson Y, Jacob JM, Jacob JM
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Good+practice+in+health+care+for+migrants%3A+views+and+experiences+of+care+professionals+in+16+European+countries

BACKGROUND:
Health services across Europe provide health care for migrant patients every day. However, little systematic research has explored the views and experiences of health care professionals in different European countries.
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Organizational Challenges and Barriers to Implementing IT Governance in a Hospital.

PACES: a National leadership program in support of Primary-Care Reform in Portugal.

Do nurses have a different physical health profile? A systematic review of experimental and observational studies on nurses’ physical health.

Realities and professional expectations of medical students attending Guinea Bissau’s medical school in 2007 school year.

Good practice in health care for migrants: views and experiences of care professionals in 16 European countries.

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