Ke Xu, Lin Lei, Zhuang Guo, Xiaoying Liu, Yu Shi, Guiyuan Han, Kaihao Lin, Weicong Cai, Chenxi Lu, Xinying Li, Yichong Li, Ke Peng
{"title":"Turnover intention among healthcare workers in Shenzhen, China: the mediating effect of job satisfaction and work engagement.","authors":"Ke Xu, Lin Lei, Zhuang Guo, Xiaoying Liu, Yu Shi, Guiyuan Han, Kaihao Lin, Weicong Cai, Chenxi Lu, Xinying Li, Yichong Li, Ke Peng","doi":"10.1186/s12913-024-11872-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12913-024-11872-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To ensure workforce stability in China's healthcare system and maintain high-quality care, it is essential to comprehensively understand the interplay of factors contributing to turnover intention of healthcare workers. This study aims to examine the associations between potential factors and turnover intention in healthcare workers and explore the mediating effect of job satisfaction and work engagement in the association between them.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this cross-sectional study, a random sample of 1060 healthcare workers working in 98 public medical institutions were recruited to rate their turnover intention in 2018 in Shenzhen, China. Information on socio-demographic characteristics, job-related factors, turnover intention, job satisfaction, work engagement, work stress and doctor-patient relationship of participants were collected. Pearson's chi-squared tests and binary logistic regression analyses were performed to explore the association between these factor and turnover intention. Mediation analysis was used to explore the roles of potential mediators and moderators.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed that age (OR: 0.35, 95%CI: 0.16 to 0.72), tenure (OR: 0.98, 95%CI: 0.96 to 0.99), administrative positions (OR: 0.33, 95%CI: 0.16 to 0.63), and night shift frequency (OR: 1.84, 95%CI: 1.26 to 2.67) were significantly associated with turnover intention. We identified the mediating effect of job satisfaction and work engagement in the relationship between administrative positions and turnover intention, while the suppressing effect in the relationship between professional titles and turnover intention. Additionally, we found that monthly income plays a moderating role in the relationship between work engagement and turnover intention, and in the association between professional titles and turnover intention.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Greater job satisfaction and engagement, along with reasonable remuneration, were found to be associated with lower turnover intention among healthcare workers. Employers should proactively monitor the dynamic interactions among these factors and then develop more tailored interventions in order to alleviate the ongoing loss of healthcare workers.</p>","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":"24 1","pages":"1413"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11568684/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142643454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors associated with access and utilization of sexual abuse emergency healthcare services among street children in Zomba, Malawi: a qualitative study.","authors":"Susan Mphatso Kacheyo, Lot Nyirenda","doi":"10.1186/s12913-024-11902-3","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12913-024-11902-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sexual abuse among street children is a problem that renders a burden of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV infection, and early pregnancy. Literature shows that globally 95 million children experience sexual abuse with 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 7 boys exposed to sexual abuse before 18 years of age in Malawi. Malawi adopted the World Health Organization guidelines for providing emergency health services for victims of sexual abuse, which include HIV Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and Emergency Contraceptive Pills (ECP) within 72 h of exposure, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) treatment, and psychosocial services. However, there are challenges associated with the services that limit access and utilization among street children. This study explored the factors associated with access and utilization of sexual abuse emergency healthcare services among street children in Zomba.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>This was a cross-sectional phenomenological qualitative study conducted in Zomba City from 2022 to 2023 using in-depth and key informant interviews. We purposively selected street children between 10 to 17 years who have been exposed to sexual abuse on the streets and social actors working with street children. The study employed a thematic analysis approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study found that street children did not utilize sexual abuse emergency health services. The major factors associated with utilization included the knowledge of sexual abuse, its associated health risks and sexual abuse emergency health services, and perceptions of utilizing sexual abuse emergency health services. The barriers to utilization of sexual abuse emergency health services included perceived shame, fear, discrimination, prolonged treatment process, and attitude of the health service providers.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Sexual abuse and its health risks continue to be a challenge among street children. The absence of adequate connections and secure environments for street children to report sexual abuse and seek help without facing judgment has created significant obstacles for them in accessing sexual abuse emergency health services. To curb this challenge it is crucial for successful interventions to specifically address the health needs of street children and involve them in the decision-making processes related to their interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":"24 1","pages":"1410"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11566255/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142643395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new normal in primary care: the rapid normalization of a major eHealth program in public health centers.","authors":"Karl Maack, Nanna Gillberg, Ewa Wikström","doi":"10.1186/s12913-024-11913-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12913-024-11913-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study aimed to contribute to a better understanding of the context, mechanisms and outcomes in the implementation process of an eHealth video consultation program in primary care. The study focused on how the program is normalized in the primary care setting. The primary research question for this study is \"in what ways is the implementation of video consultation normalized in primary care?\".</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The qualitative design and content analysis of primary data from the transcripts were based on in-depth interviews, complemented with free-text answers to open-ended survey questions and various documents. The study focuses on the large-scale implementation of the public eHealth program Närhälsan Online, which represents more than 100 health centers in Sweden's largest region of Västra Götaland. Multiagent perspectives on how the program is normalized were drawn from expressed perceptions by professions directly linked to both strategic and functional implementation, as well as administration and clinical operation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study both confirms and enhances the field with a theoretical contribution in six ways to the reviewed previous research, as well as showing practical implications. It also provides multi-agent perspectives on the rapid normalization of the implementation program studied.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In relation to the rapid progression of different initiatives in eHealth, this study contributes to perspectives on specific challenges as expressed by professions directly linked to both strategic and functional implementation as well as administration and clinical operation.</p>","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":"24 1","pages":"1409"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11566830/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142643341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Financial implications of unpaid clinical placements for allied health, dentistry, medical, and nursing students in Australia: a scoping review with recommendations for policy, research, and practice.","authors":"Hannah Beks, Sandra Walsh, Suzanne Clayden, Lucinda Watson, Joyti Zwar, Laura Alston","doi":"10.1186/s12913-024-11888-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12913-024-11888-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Investing in allied health, dentistry, medical, and nursing undergraduate and postgraduate qualifying education is critical to meet a growing demand on global health care systems. Clinical placements are an integral component of qualifying training and are conventionally unpaid. Widespread economic challenges, attributed to a post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery era and global unrest, have led to growing economic hardship for populations, even in high-income countries like Australia. Allied health, dentistry, medical, and nursing undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking unpaid clinical placements are not immune from these stressors, which has implications for education providers, ageing populations, the future health care system, and policy-makers. The purpose of this review was to better understand these stressors by scoping the financial implications of unpaid clinical placements for allied health, dentistry, medical, and nursing students in Australian research.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Joanna Briggs Institute's scoping review methodology was used. This involved a search of academic databases and an extensive search of grey literature sources. Literature published from 1 January 2014 was included. Citations were independently screened by two reviewers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-three research studies were included. Most studies focused on allied health students (n = 12), followed by nursing (n = 11), and medical students (n = 5), with an additional five studies focused on multiple disciplines, including dentistry. One study had an interventional component. Findings were grouped around four concepts: reliance on self-reported measures of financial implications, costs of unpaid clinical placements for students, implications of costs for students, and an urgent need for targeted strategies to redress.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The financial implications of unpaid clinical placements for allied health, dentistry, medical, and nursing students in Australia are well-established in research. Impacts are significant for the future of Australia's health workforce and health system. Research findings have been consistent over the past decade in advocating for greater financial support for students undertaking unpaid clinical placements and flexibility of placement models to mitigate the indirect costs of placements. Collaboration between state and federal government, universities, peak professional bodies, and placement host organisations is imperative to implement a suite of strategies to redress the financial burden experienced by students and secure the future of Australia's health workforce.</p>","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":"24 1","pages":"1407"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11566465/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142614347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chiara Morlotti, Mattia Cattaneo, Stefano Paleari, Filippo Manelli, Francesco Locati
{"title":"The digitalization of emergency department triage: the perspectives of health professionals and patients.","authors":"Chiara Morlotti, Mattia Cattaneo, Stefano Paleari, Filippo Manelli, Francesco Locati","doi":"10.1186/s12913-024-11862-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12913-024-11862-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Digitalization in the healthcare sector offers several organizational advantages, ranging from enhanced service quality to cost savings. However, its adoption often progresses slowly and faces challenges, especially in critical settings like emergency departments, requiring prompt, clear, and efficient communication. As such, this study aims to comprehensively assess the factors influencing the preference for digitalized tools over traditional methods from the perspectives of both service providers and users.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We employ two ad hoc stated preference surveys in which we ask respondents to reveal their preference in simulated triage scenarios. Three main alternatives are proposed: traditional procedures, a fully digitalized solution with no direct patient-professional interaction, and a hybrid option that combines traditional and digital aspects. Scenarios and alternatives vary according to predetermined attributes, selected among the features acknowledged to impact the triage efficiency and efficacy: the possibility to communicate in a known language, the completeness of information retrieved from the patient, the time dedicated to triage activity, and the level of privacy. Responses are analyzed by means of discrete choice models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our findings reveal a preference for the hybrid approach, wherein patients use digital tools to input relevant information, followed by an interview with healthcare professionals. Nevertheless, distinct alternative- and case-specific features can favor the preference toward other kinds of triage. Respondents prefer shorter triage times and the opportunity to interact in a known language, while the level of privacy does not significantly impact their choices. Interestingly, the presence of an algorithm assigning urgency code diminishes the probability that healthcare professionals select the fully digitalized option.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study provides important insight into the utilization of digital tools in emergency departments. The results can be used by hospital managers and policy makers to develop digital tools that meet the needs of both users and healthcare professionals. This, in turn, may result in cost savings and improved quality of service.</p>","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":"24 1","pages":"1406"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11566660/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abdulkareem Ali Hussein Nassar, Abdulwahed Abduljabar Al Serouri, Ahmed Hamod Al-Shahethi, Khaled Abdullah Almoayed
{"title":"Effectiveness of training on health care workers' knowledge, attitude and practice regarding COVID-19 infection prevention and control, Yemen, 2021.","authors":"Abdulkareem Ali Hussein Nassar, Abdulwahed Abduljabar Al Serouri, Ahmed Hamod Al-Shahethi, Khaled Abdullah Almoayed","doi":"10.1186/s12913-024-11927-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12913-024-11927-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although several training courses for Health Care Workers (HCWs) on COVID-19 were conducted in Yemen, no evaluation has been done to assess the effectiveness of such training on the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of HCWs. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the effectiveness of training on the KAP of HCWs toward infection prevention and control (IPC) for COVID-19, determine the relationship between the change in the KAP of HCWs, and identify the associated factors with the change in KAP.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted from April to December 2021. It was conducted among 186 HCWs working at COVID-19 isolation centers and caring for COVID-19 patients, in all Yemen's governorates. The data were collected one week before and immediately after the training session. SPSS version 26 was used for data entry and analysis. The median, interquartile range (IQR) and median difference were calculated. The Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was used to estimate the significant difference between KAP pre- and post-training scores. Kurskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to assess the associated factors. Spearman's correlation coefficient test was used to assess the statistical relationship between the change in KAP. A P value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 186 HCWs, 181 HCWs filled the pre- and post-assessment, with a response rate of 97.3%. The median difference (IQR) in the KAP scores were 3.0 (1.0 and 6.0), 1.0 (-1.0 and 4.0) and 2.0 (-1.0 and 5.0), respectively. However, there are statistical difference in the KAP scores between the pre- and post-training (p value = 0.000, 0.004 and 0.000, respectively). There are significant positive correlations between the change in knowledge, attitude and practice (all p values < 0.01). A significantly change in knowledge was found among those working in epidemiological surveillance (p value = 0.031).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This evaluation concludes that the training program is effective in improving the KAP of HCWs toward IPC for COVID-19. It provides scientific evidence about the importance of training courses for HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further study is recommended to evaluate the retention of the KAP after a period of training.</p>","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":"24 1","pages":"1411"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11566734/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142643383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine by patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis for chronic kidney disease in Taiwan: a descriptive investigation.","authors":"Ming-Yen Tsai, Chieh-Ying Chin, Wen-Chin Lee, Yu-Chuen Huang, Yu-Chen Cheng","doi":"10.1186/s12913-024-11912-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12913-024-11912-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite the paucity of scientific evidence, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used for the prevention and treatment of chronic illness, holistic care, and counteracting the adverse effects of conventional therapies. This study aims to determine the prevalence of CAM use and its associated factors among patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) in Taiwan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This quantitative study was conducted from August 2022 to July 2024 in the HD unit at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan. Face-to-face questionnaire-based interviews were held with 154 of 163 eligible patients (response rate, 94.5%) at the bedside during HD. The completed questionnaires were entered into a secure computer database. Data was performed by descriptive analysis, Chi-square, and Fisher tests.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>More than half of the patients were CAM users (n = 86; 56%), and women was associated with significantly more usage of CAM. Fifty-six CAM users took Chinese herbal medicine (CHM), 52.3% (n = 45) used dietary supplements, and 19.8% (n = 17) used acupuncture. The benefit in the effectiveness of CAM was the main reason for use, the need of CAM to improve the well-being and HD-related complication was high. 32.7% of patients had used CAM based on recommendation from their family and friends. More than one-third (33.7%) of patients did not disclose their use of CAM to their doctors, most of them think it is unnecessary.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The use of CAM by patients with maintenance HD was relatively frequent. Of these, most used CHM, of which are shown to the trend into routine HD care is inevitable by high coverage and utilization in Taiwanese national health insurance system. These findings indicate that it is important for health care providers working in dialysis to assess CAM use.</p>","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":"24 1","pages":"1412"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11568637/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142643458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lesley Dunleavy, Ruth Board, Seamus Coyle, Andrew Dickman, John Ellershaw, Amy Gadoud, Jaime Halvorsen, Nick Hulbert-Williams, Liz Lightbody, Stephen Mason, Amara Callistus Nwosu, Andrea Partridge, Sheila Payne, Nancy Preston, Brooke Swash, Vanessa Taylor, Catherine Walshe
{"title":"Why are organisational approvals needed for low-risk staff studies in the UK? Procedures, barriers, and burdens.","authors":"Lesley Dunleavy, Ruth Board, Seamus Coyle, Andrew Dickman, John Ellershaw, Amy Gadoud, Jaime Halvorsen, Nick Hulbert-Williams, Liz Lightbody, Stephen Mason, Amara Callistus Nwosu, Andrea Partridge, Sheila Payne, Nancy Preston, Brooke Swash, Vanessa Taylor, Catherine Walshe","doi":"10.1186/s12913-024-11886-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12913-024-11886-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Health care staff should be given the opportunity to participate in research, but recruiting clinicians via their employing organisation is not always straightforward or quick in the UK. Unlike many countries outside the UK, very low-risk survey, interview or focus group studies can be subject to some of the same governance approval procedures as interventional studies. An exemplar study carried out by the NIHR funded Palliative Care Research Partnership North West Coast is used to highlight the challenges still faced by researchers and health care organisations when setting up a low-risk staff study across multiple NHS and non-NHS sites.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A study database was created and information was collected on the first point of contact with the clinical site, Health Research Authority (HRA) and local organisational approval times, time from trust or hospice agreement to the first survey participant recruited and overall site survey recruitment numbers. Descriptive statistics (median, range) were used to analyse these data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Across participating NHS trusts, it took a median of 147.5 days (range 99-195) from initial contact with the local collaborator to recruitment of the first survey participant and hospice sites mirrored these lengthy timescales (median 142 days, range 110-202). The lengthiest delays in the HRA approval process were the period between asking NHS trusts to assess whether they had capacity and capability to support the research and them granting local agreement. Local approval times varied between trusts and settings which may indicate organisations are applying national complex guidance differently.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There is the potential for HRA processes to use more NHS resources than the research study itself when recruiting to a low-risk staff study across multiple organisations. There is a need to reduce unnecessary administrative burden and bureaucracy to give clinicians and research staff more opportunities to participate in research, and to free up NHS R&D departments, research nurses and clinicians to focus on more demanding and patient focused research studies. Hospices need standardised guidance on how to assess the risk of being involved in low-risk research without adopting the unnecessarily complex systems that are currently used within the NHS.</p>","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":"24 1","pages":"1408"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11566500/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142643464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soo Jeong Choi, Sooin Choi, Songhyeon Park, Ki Chang Nam, Hye Jung Jang, Jin Kuk Kim, You Kyoung Lee, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Eric Woo
{"title":"The application study of harmonization code in medical device adverse event reporting.","authors":"Soo Jeong Choi, Sooin Choi, Songhyeon Park, Ki Chang Nam, Hye Jung Jang, Jin Kuk Kim, You Kyoung Lee, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Eric Woo","doi":"10.1186/s12913-024-11885-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12913-024-11885-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The reporting of adverse events in medical devices (MD) is a starting point of post-market surveillance and the most common source of initial safety signals. Because MD adverse events (AE) occur globally and involve high-profile international public health crises, international regulators implanted standard codes for MDAE reporting. This study aimed to assess the application of MDAE terminology and codes by providing examples of virtual events.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An online survey was conducted among participants of the MD Training Program for Regulatory Authorities which provide International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) adverse event terminology and codes, and six virtual MDAE cases.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All 29 of the 72 participants were regulators. In all cases, most participants selected the broad (level 1) codes rather than the detailed (level 2 or level 3) codes. While responders selected a variety of codes for all annexes in case 1, over 50% of responders selected the intended codes in case 6. The codes for cause investigation were chosen more frequently than other annexes for device problem, components, and health effect. No differences were observed in code selection amongst different stakeholders.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We identified the diversification in terminology and code selection for reporting MDAEs.</p>","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":"24 1","pages":"1402"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11562707/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The interactive effect of the application of accreditation standards (JCIs) and the practice of administrative control in improving the quality of health services: a study on Yemeni hospitals.","authors":"Ammar Ali Alraimi, Murad Mohammed Al-Nashmi","doi":"10.1186/s12913-024-11894-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12913-024-11894-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study aimed to examine the interactive effect of applying JCI accreditation standards and administrative control in improving the quality of health services in Yemeni hospitals. By examining the synergistic relationship between these two components, this study sought to shed light on how hospitals can improve their performance and achieve sustainable advancements in healthcare quality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study utilized a quantitative research design and collected data from Yemeni hospitals. The sample size was determined via the Krejcie and Morgan table, which provides a recommended sample size on the basis of the population. A total of 310 healthcare professionals were selected through a random sampling technique. Hypotheses were formulated to examine the impact of JCI accreditation standards and administrative control on healthcare quality. Statistical analyses were also conducted to test these hypotheses and determine the interaction effect between the two variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results confirmed that applying JCI accreditation standards has a statistically significant positive effect on improving the quality of health services in hospitals. Additionally, the practice of administrative control had a statistically significant effect on healthcare quality. Furthermore, there was an interactive effect between the application of JCI accreditation standards and administrative control, indicating that their combined implementation led to even greater improvements in healthcare quality.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The significance of this study lies in its potential to inform healthcare policymakers, administrators, and practitioners about the importance of integrating accreditation standards with robust administrative control measures. The findings emphasize the need for hospitals to prioritize both the implementation of accreditation standards and the establishment of effective administrative control systems to ensure the delivery of high-quality healthcare services. This study contributes to the literature by highlighting the interactive impact of these factors and providing insights into their synergistic relationship.</p>","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":"24 1","pages":"1403"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11562695/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}