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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Healthcare service delivery"”.
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Journeys to health : middle-class Mozambican women assess healthcare service delivery in Mozambique and South Africa
… middle-class women perceive official local healthcare services in both their public and private dimensions, within their country, and why they sometimes travel abroad to South Africa in search of healthcare across a range of gynaecological services, ranging from basic procedures to more …
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Performance and sustainability indicators for Clinical Engineering Services
… and sustainability of Clinical Engineering Services², as an integral part of cost-effective healthcare service delivery. The study itself develops a working framework for achieving the objectives ofthe project. The general function of a Clinical Engineering Service is to provide a supportive …
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‘We've come from the gutter, we're going back to the gutter': an exploratory study of healthcare conditions in Pollsmoor prison
… years, public discourse on South African prison healthcare has highlighted a significant gap in contemporary research. While existing literature have laid a foundational understanding, there remains a lack of empirical studies addressing the changing healthcare dynamics within these institutions. …
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An investigation of the use and sustainability of GRID3 infrastructure for social and sustainable development in Nigeria
… and it is prominently used by government for healthcare service delivery. As GRID3 accelerates the adoption of its expanding geospatial datasets, there is a need to assess the use and sustainability of its infrastructure within the geospatial ecosystem in delivering sectoral development …
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A holistic investigation into healthcare service quality using a multi-stakeholder approach: The case of Parirenyatwa Hospital
Service quality is a matter of concern for everyone. As such, understanding the differences in perceptions about service quality provision becomes pertinent, especially under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the questions at stake is whether patients' perceptions should be given …
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Maintaining client mental well-being within a physical health setting through therapeutic mechanisms: A scoping review for occupational therapy
… therapy outcomes and experiences while accessing healthcare services. Occupational therapy is said to be a holistic practice; however, due to the mental health and physical health gap, clinicians who work within a physical health focused setting often find themselves faced with barriers when …
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Local trade union responses in the context of public healthcare service privatisation
… decentralisation have been an integral part of healthcare reforms, aiming to improve efficiency and cut costs (Bach and Bordogna, 2011). In response, some trade unions have looked to influence the implementation of these reforms by politicising healthcare service delivery in an attempt to stop …
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nalysing Change Resistance to an Information Systems-Supported Process in a South African Public Hospital
… and the precedents of technology rejection in healthcare. Therefore, this study seeks to fill the gap of understanding South African hospital staffs’ perceptions towards change, caused by introducing an information system into one of the hospital’s daily processes. Where resistance towards …
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Beliefs on Heredity in Welkom, Free State
… towards beliefs can improve communication in healthcare service delivery. An understanding of what genetics means to members of the public should also be documented. Objectives 1. To explore the understanding of genetics in the study community. 2. To investigate the beliefs about heredity. 3. …
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Strategies to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of village health workers in service delivery in a seleceted district of Zimbabwe
… community health programs to strengthen primary healthcare systems. The goal is to address inequities, respond to community health needs, and realise universal health coverage. Village Health Workers are vital for health systems to achieve universal health coverage by bringing primary healthcare …
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Leadership Competencies, Sustainable Strategies, and Energy Efficiency Initiatives for Driving Organizational Changes in the Healthcare Sector
… in driving organizational change within the healthcare sector. The study provides a multidimensional perspective on how healthcare leaders navigate crises, implement sustainable strategies, and optimize energy consumption to enhance healthcare service delivery. Using a mixed-methods approach, …
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Decentralization and health performance in Italy: theoretical and empirical issues
… looking at the managerial autonomy of local healthcare structures. The emphasis is here on the role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations in enhancing accountability and improving the performance of healthcare system, in general, and the quality of hospital care, in particular. Though the …
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An exploration of advanced nursing in a hospital context: people, processes, frameworks.
… contributions to patient care and health service delivery is presented. Whilst contextual, this work also adds to international understanding of advanced nursing and its practice. The most signficant contribution to knowledge, is a model of advanced nursing, created from synergy of the PD …
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The development of a framework to guide and support the implementation of ICT solutions for community health workers in resource-constrained settings within the South African context
… role to bridge underserved communities with the healthcare system. While they are conceptually instrumentalised through policy and political intentions, they remain systemically marginalised from the healthcare system, revealing the paradoxical nature of their role and the complex landscape they …
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TheraReach: An innovative telemedicine approach to deliver musculoskeletal service
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01