Health Care Systems/Services

Credit: rawpixel, Pixabay In a new research study published in the open access journal PLOS Medicine, Albert Hofman and colleagues at Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Harvard T.H. Chan School of…

Women who are experiencing domestic violence feel better supported, more confident and less depressed when they are counselled by trained family doctors, according to new research. The study by University of Melbourne researchers…

Women who are experiencing intimate partner violence feel better supported, more confident, and less depressed when trained family doctors counsel them, according to new research in the journal Family Practice. Globally, one in four…

Hospitals need to identify and develop interventions to help ICU patients return to workCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences In recent years, national attention has been drawn to the plight of patients who have experienced the…

Practice organization characteristics related to job satisfaction among general practitioners in 11 countries Organizational and functional features of general practitioner practices in 11 countries were studied in search of underlying…

The Ecology of Medical Care Before and After the Affordable Care Act: Trends From 2002-2016 At the same time the Affordable Care Act increased the number of insured Americans, analysis of health care industry data shows a continued…

National trends in primary care visit use and practice capabilities, 2008-2015 The number of primary care visits may be declining nationally, but analysis reveals that in-person visits have become more comprehensive and follow-up care…

'It's like riding out the chaos': Caring for socially complex patients in an ambulatory intensive care unit (A-ICU) High-need high-cost patients, many of whom are experiencing poverty, use a large portion of health care resources.…

With the rate of burnout as high as 63% among family physicians, it is important to identify risk factors for physician burnout. The relationship between burnout and personal environmental and organizational risk factors was examined in…

Poised to impact people and populationsCredit: Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Dentistry INDIANAPOLIS - With the goal of improving oral health for better overall physical and emotional health, Regenstrief…