Developing an IT Governance Framework at Hospital Sao Sebastiao

This paper describes the introduction of an IT Governance Framework 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. Both ITIL and COBIT are introduced as a best practice for supporting Hospital Information Systems (HIS) management. IT […]
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Assisting consumers in self-medication: reflections on the role of support staff in community pharmacy

Authors: Colebunders R, Colebunders R, Barbara McPake, Colaco Lourenco Viegas CA

Community pharmacies are often the first port of call for consumers with minor illness. In Portugal assisting self-medication in this setting—by supplying non-prescription medicines (NPM) or assessing symptoms—involves pharmacists and support staff (technicians and assistants). There is a paucity of research on support staff roles. This paper, which is part of a larger study, reports the perceived roles of pharmacy staff in assisting consumers in self-medication.
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How can a country learn from the experience of another? Expanding nurses’ scope of practice in Portugal: Lessons from England

Authors: Alves-Pires C, Bruce Russell
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25533548

Authors: Almeida AP, Arevalo J
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25418735

Several fungal diseases have become serious threats to human health and life, especially upon the advent of human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS epidemics and of other typical immunosuppressive conditions of modern life. Accordingly, the burden posed by these diseases and, concurrently, by intensive therapeutic regimens against these diseases has increased worldwide.
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Re-Thinking Pharmaceutical Production in Africa; Insights from the Analysis of the Local Manufacturing Dynamics in Mozambique and Zimbabwe

Authors: Clotet B, Almeida LM
Link: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12116-015-9186-2

Until recently, consensus existed in certain circles that the African industry was not suitable for cost-effective production of quality, safe drugs. Yet, public and private pharmaceutical enterprises have cropped up on the continent, with some venturing into production of sophisticated and complex drugs, such as antiretrovirals (ARVs).
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Developing an IT Governance Framework at Hospital Sao Sebastiao

Assisting consumers in self-medication: reflections on the role of support staff in community pharmacy

How can a country learn from the experience of another? Expanding nurses’ scope of practice in Portugal: Lessons from England

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Re-Thinking Pharmaceutical Production in Africa; Insights from the Analysis of the Local Manufacturing Dynamics in Mozambique and Zimbabwe

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