Health SystemsPub Date : 2023-11-16DOI: 10.1080/20476965.2023.2275799
O. Jlassi, Amira Omrane, M. Ben Massoud, Taoufik Khalfallah, Lamia Bouzgarrou, Habib Gamra
{"title":"Determinants of health-related quality of life among patients with Ischemic heart disease","authors":"O. Jlassi, Amira Omrane, M. Ben Massoud, Taoufik Khalfallah, Lamia Bouzgarrou, Habib Gamra","doi":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2275799","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20476965.2023.2275799","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44699,"journal":{"name":"Health Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139269463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health SystemsPub Date : 2023-10-30DOI: 10.1080/20476965.2023.2275794
Megan E. Call, Heather R. Walker, Michael L. Good, Joe Borgenicht, Gretchen A. Case, Amy B. Locke
{"title":"Taking a systems approach to promote posttraumatic growth: A position paper","authors":"Megan E. Call, Heather R. Walker, Michael L. Good, Joe Borgenicht, Gretchen A. Case, Amy B. Locke","doi":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2275794","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20476965.2023.2275794","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTAs health systems emerge from the pandemic, academic medical centres are motivated to have a healthy and resilient workforce. In the face of the collective traumas of the pandemic, we took a systems approach to infuse wellness into our culture by modelling collective recovery in a non-traditional town hall. Over a dozen senior leaders, faculty, staff, and students shared their personal experiences in a virtual forum, nearly 1000 attendees communally supported one another. Since the town hall, a recording of the experience has been broadly viewed, messaging from leaders proliferated, and smaller versions of the same exercise were implemented. At a time when academic medical centres faced multiple challenges, we chose to first value the well-being of our staff at a system-wide level. It is our hope that other academic medical centres leverage our story to hold space for the experiences of the people who make their work possible.KEYWORDS: COVID-19professional well-beingtrauma-informed Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. Members of this group developed the 3 R’s as a collaborative approach to system-level conversations and financial strategy. The 3 R’s influences the development and implementation of this project. More can be read about the 3 R’s here: https://uofuhealth.utah.edu/notes/postings/2021/05/town-hall-moving-forward.php#.YQCMuBNKi8U2. Because this town hall was intended as a community building and quality improvement event, the metrics we use to measure its success are rooted in attendance and participation. These primary goals reflect our hopes for broad institutional change marked by events such as these which – in theory – promise cultural shifts.","PeriodicalId":44699,"journal":{"name":"Health Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136067382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health SystemsPub Date : 2023-10-09DOI: 10.1080/20476965.2023.2264348
Matthew Howells, Paul Harper, Geraint Palmer, Daniel Gartner
{"title":"Fractured systems: a literature review of OR/MS methods applied to orthopaedic care settings and treatments","authors":"Matthew Howells, Paul Harper, Geraint Palmer, Daniel Gartner","doi":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2264348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20476965.2023.2264348","url":null,"abstract":"Orthopaedic systems are facing an impending wave of increased pressures as a result of global ageing populations. This is compounded by the current stresses these services face, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and increasing burden of musculoskeletal conditions. It is vital that measures are taken to alleviate the pressures on these systems, to ensure timely and quality access to care for patients. This literature review presents a taxonomic classification of the applications of Operational Research and Management Science (OR/MS) methodologies to orthopaedic care settings and treatments, covering the general, medical, and methodological context of each paper. Our structured search identified 492 relevant publications that have been included in our analysis. The results found a literature largely dominated by cost analysis applications, typically utilising Markov models or decision trees. Key gaps identified in this review include the lack of holistic modelling of orthopaedic systems and pathways, and limited applications to resource and capacity planning. The implications of our review are that researchers, healthcare professionals and managers can develop a research agenda to address these gaps, and enhance decision support in orthopaedics.","PeriodicalId":44699,"journal":{"name":"Health Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135146913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health SystemsPub Date : 2023-07-18eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1080/20476965.2023.2237745
William R Hersh, Robert E Hoyt, Steven Chamberlin, Jessica S Ancker, Aditi Gupta, Tara B Borlawsky-Payne
{"title":"Beyond mathematics, statistics, and programming: data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence competencies and curricula for clinicians, informaticians, science journalists, and researchers.","authors":"William R Hersh, Robert E Hoyt, Steven Chamberlin, Jessica S Ancker, Aditi Gupta, Tara B Borlawsky-Payne","doi":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2237745","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2237745","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence applications impact clinicians, informaticians, science journalists, and researchers. Most biomedical data science training focuses on learning a programming language in addition to higher mathematics and advanced statistics. This approach is appropriate for graduate students but greatly reduces the number of individuals in healthcare who can be involved in data science. To serve these four stakeholder audiences, we describe several curricular strategies focusing on solving real problems of interest to these audiences. Relevant competencies for these audiences include using intuitive programming tools that facilitate data exploration with minimal programming background, creating data models, evaluating results of data analyses, and assessing data science research reports, among others. Offering the curricula described here more broadly could broaden the stakeholder groups knowledgeable about and engaged in data science.</p>","PeriodicalId":44699,"journal":{"name":"Health Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10583607/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45332312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health SystemsPub Date : 2023-07-11eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1080/20476965.2023.2230632
Emmanuel A Akinluyi, Anne Greenough, Keith Ison, P John Clarkson
{"title":"Applying a participatory systems and value approach in a transdisciplinary exercise: on assessing the impact of training and education initiatives.","authors":"Emmanuel A Akinluyi, Anne Greenough, Keith Ison, P John Clarkson","doi":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2230632","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2230632","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Participatory systems approaches are readily used in multi- and inter-disciplinary exploration of shared processes, but are less-commonly applied in <i>trans</i>-disciplinary efforts eliciting principles that generalise across contexts. The authors were charged with developing a transdisciplinary framework for prospectively or retrospectively assessing initiatives to improve education and training within a multifaceted organisation. A common System Impact Model (SIM) was developed in a series of workshops involving thirty participants from different disciplines, clinical specialisms, and organisations. The model provided a greater understanding of the interrelationships between factors influencing the benefits of education and training and development as seen from various stakeholder perspectives. It was used to create a system for assessing the impact of initiatives on service-users/patients, trainees, and organisations. It was shown to enable a range of participants to connect on common challenges, to maximise cross-, multi-, and inter-disciplinary learning, and to uncover new strategies for delivering value, as system designers.</p>","PeriodicalId":44699,"journal":{"name":"Health Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10791087/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44394311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health SystemsPub Date : 2023-06-27eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1080/20476965.2023.2229391
Alexander Komashie, Sarah Rae, P John Clarkson
{"title":"Towards a better understanding of mental health care delivery systems: From stories to system components.","authors":"Alexander Komashie, Sarah Rae, P John Clarkson","doi":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2229391","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2229391","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The growing demand for better quality of care, together with an increasing awareness of limited resources, is bringing attention to the need for design in healthcare. In mental health, considered the largest single cause of disability in the UK, the need is great. Existing services often fail to meet current levels of demand and do not consistently deliver good quality care for all service users. The design of better delivery systems has the potential to improve service user experience and care outcomes. This paper reports how through the interactive and participatory method of storytelling, the key components of a mental health delivery system were identified. We explain each of the ten components and discuss their implications for system understanding and service design. A model of a mental health delivery system has also been proposed.</p>","PeriodicalId":44699,"journal":{"name":"Health Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10791083/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44768566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health SystemsPub Date : 2023-06-12DOI: 10.1080/20476965.2023.2215848
Ekin Koker, H. Balasubramanian, Rebecca Castonguay, Aliecia Bottali, A. Truchil
{"title":"Estimating the workload of a multi-disciplinary care team using patient-level encounter histories","authors":"Ekin Koker, H. Balasubramanian, Rebecca Castonguay, Aliecia Bottali, A. Truchil","doi":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2215848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20476965.2023.2215848","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44699,"journal":{"name":"Health Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47549141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health SystemsPub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1080/20476965.2023.2219293
T. Tagimacruz, Monica Cepoiu-Martin, D. Marshall
{"title":"Exploratory analysis using discrete event simulation modelling of the wait times and service costs associated with the maximum wait time guarantee policy applied in a rheumatology central intake clinic","authors":"T. Tagimacruz, Monica Cepoiu-Martin, D. Marshall","doi":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2219293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20476965.2023.2219293","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44699,"journal":{"name":"Health Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47741236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health SystemsPub Date : 2023-05-27eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1080/20476965.2023.2216749
Sheela Tripathee, Sara Jane MacLennan, Amudha Poobalan, Muhammad Imran Omar, Aravinda Meera Guntupalli
{"title":"The role of Hospital-Based Cancer Registries (HBCRs) as information systems in the delivery of evidence-based integrated cancer care: a scoping review.","authors":"Sheela Tripathee, Sara Jane MacLennan, Amudha Poobalan, Muhammad Imran Omar, Aravinda Meera Guntupalli","doi":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2216749","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2216749","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cancer is a leading cause of mortality, with 10 million deaths in 2020. With the number of people impacted by cancer projected to increase, a better-integrated cancer care is needed. Evidence suggests that Hospital-Based Cancer Registries (HBCRs) that collect administrative and clinical data could improve integrated and equitable evidence-based care. However, the state and HBCR's role in the delivery of integrated cancer care for improved health outcomes, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), is poorly understood and is assessed in this scoping review. A systematic search was conducted in April 2020. Thirty articles were included. This review found that while HBCRs have been implemented in several countries, few studies have evaluated the quality and effectiveness of registries, especially in LMICs. HBCRs in LMICs function more as data collection tools than information systems to influence clinical care decisions and monitoring, missing the opportunity to guide cancer care priorities and policies.</p>","PeriodicalId":44699,"journal":{"name":"Health Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11338207/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44326593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health SystemsPub Date : 2023-05-23eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1080/20476965.2023.2206446
Sudhanshu Joshi, Manu Sharma
{"title":"Assessment of implementation barriers of blockchain technology in public healthcare: evidences from developing countries.","authors":"Sudhanshu Joshi, Manu Sharma","doi":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2206446","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20476965.2023.2206446","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The widespread use of Blockchain technology (BT) in nations that are developing remains in its early stages, necessitating a more comprehensive evaluation using efficient and adaptable approaches. The need for digitalization to boost operational effectiveness is growing in the healthcare sector. Despite BT's potential as a competitive option for the healthcare sector, insufficient research has prevented it being fully utilised. This study intends to identify the main sociological, economical, and infrastructure obstacles to BT adoption in developing nations' public health systems. To accomplish this goal, the study employs a multi-level analysis of blockchain hurdles using hybrid approach. The study's findings provide decision- makers with guidance on how to proceed, as well as insight into implementation challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":44699,"journal":{"name":"Health Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10208170/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9523970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}