Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Health care

  1. Retention in HIV care is shaped by social and system barriers
    Healthcare providers in Manaus identify socioeconomic and service-level barriers to HIV care retention, emphasizing need for integrated multisectoral strategies.
  2. Private hospital managers back legal regulation of healthcare advertising
    Qualitative study of private hospital managers' perspectives on healthcare advertising bans, regulatory gaps, and ethical concerns in Turkey
  3. Web model improved biomedical equipment planning in two Colombian institutions
    Development and validation of a WHO-aligned management model for evaluating biomedical equipment needs in Colombian healthcare institutions, with 70% reduction in evaluation time.
  4. Brazilian planned home birth care lacks national regulation
    Scoping review of planned home birth care in Brazil provided by nurse-midwives and midwives, identifying barriers to regulation and integration into public health systems.
  5. Ukrainian parents faced barriers in Germany’s pediatric care
    Ukrainian families in Germany navigate cultural differences in pediatric healthcare expectations, appointment access, and treatment approaches during wartime displacement, highlighting need for.
  6. Goma medicine retailers share common professional features
    Qualitative study examining medicine retailers in Goma as an emerging professional group despite diverse backgrounds, revealing how they integrate commercial and healthcare logics to provide.
  7. Total Quality Management in Healthcare: Quality Principles, Implementation and Digitalization
    Narrative review examines TQM implementation in healthcare, finding that Lean and Six Sigma improve safety and efficiency, while Quality 4.0 enables data-driven approaches.
  8. SPIRIT: A Design Framework To Support Technology Interventions for Spiritual Care Within and Beyond the Clinic
    Research presents SPIRIT, a design framework guiding technology interventions for spiritual care in clinical and community settings. Six design dimensions operationalize spiritual support delivery.
  9. Pediatric transplantation in China increased under new allocation rules
    Review of pediatric organ transplantation trends in China from 2015-2024, examining volumes, outcomes, regulatory frameworks, and challenges under reformed donation systems.
  10. Tracking Together: A Robot-and-App-Based Speech Analysis System to Support Shared Meaning-Making Among Dementia Care Partners
    Study examines how people with dementia and care partners want to use tracking technology, revealing needs for autonomy support, actionable insights, and relational understanding.
  11. European respondents trusted health professionals most for app advice
    Cross-sectional survey of 1228 European residents reveals health professionals are most trusted for app recommendations but informal sources are used more often in practice.
  12. Most pharmacy students knew about climate change, but fewer acted
    Pharmacy students in Karachi show climate awareness but lack engagement in mitigation efforts. Curriculum integration could strengthen healthcare resilience.
  13. Justice perceptions were linked to reputation in public hospitals
    Study examines how justice perceptions influence trust, reputation, and patient behaviour in non-competitive public healthcare settings, with recommendations for hospital governance.
  14. Lean palliative care was linked to shorter hospital stays
    Study shows how combining lean health care with palliative care reduced length of stay while maintaining mortality rates and aligning with sustainable development goals in a Brazilian hospital.
  15. Asian nursing service quality research centers on care, systems, and outcomes
    Systematic review of 1,271 articles examining nursing service quality research in Asia from 2004-2024, identifying key themes, antecedents, and future research directions.
  16. Some medical drone payloads are classified as dangerous goods
    Analysis of dangerous goods compliance challenges for drone logistics in healthcare, finding 10% of medicines classified as hazardous and current procedures unscalable.
  17. Five themes shape hospital quality improvement capacity
    Systematic scoping review of hospital quality improvement capacity building identifying five interconnected themes: accountability, strategic management, collaboration, knowledge enhancement, and.
  18. Audit improved compliance with the WHO surgical safety checklist
    WHO Surgical Safety Checklist compliance improved significantly at Sudan hospital through staff education and standardized documentation, with communication-dependent items showing greatest gains.
  19. Online health education improved COVID-19 knowledge and reduced anxiety
    Online health education delivered during prenatal care significantly improves COVID-19 knowledge and reduces pregnancy anxiety in first-time pregnant women during the post-pandemic period.
  20. Study examines green HRM in Nigerian public hospitals
    First integrated study of green HR practices, environmental awareness, sustainable lifestyles, and pro-environmental behavior in Nigerian public hospitals using AMO, SET, and SDT frameworks.