Pub Date : 2023-01-08DOI: 10.24083/apjhm.v17i3.1521
Manju Nair
Objective: The study examines Human Resource champion approach in combating the emotional health problems of healthcare workers. The objectives of the study include identifying the different emotional needs of Health care workers; mapping the various Human Resource Champion roles towards each of the identified emotional needs of the healthcare workers and the different levels of emotional well-being. Methods: Based on a mini review the purpose of the paper is to create a unique synthesis and proposal for utility of healthcare organizations The exploration included terms of search in combination and in particular related to emotional fitness of healthcare workers, COVID-19, HR role in managing employee stress, , workplace stress, employee champion and HR champion. The potential chances of subjectivity in selection of the papers cannot be overlooked though the various databases used for review include Google scholar, Web of Science, Semantic Scholar which provides the most cited work. Results: The study reports a negative influence of pandemic on HCW’s mental health. The identified needs of Healthcare workers during the pandemic include caring, protecting, hearing, preparing and supporting them. The identified needs have been mapped towards the various HR champions ie physical, social, financial, emotional, work-life integration and meaning in work champion. The various practices that were available and were considered feasible have also been evaluated. The fulfillment of the specific emotional needs of HCW’s can lead to emotional well- being at different levels including essentials, belonging, purpose and flourishing. Conclusions: The findings of the study reveal that different employee champions can nurture the specific emotional needs of healthcare workers thereby leading to fulfillment of their emotional well-being at different levels. Some champion roles are more visible (Physical and financial champion) as compared to Work- life integration, Social, Emotional, Meaning in work champions in the healthcare organizations.
目的:本研究探讨人力资源冠军方法在对抗卫生保健工作者的情绪健康问题。本研究的目的包括确定卫生保健工作者的不同情感需求;将各种人力资源冠军角色映射到医疗保健工作者的每种确定的情感需求和不同水平的情感健康。方法:本文的目的是在一个小型综述的基础上，为医疗机构的效用创造一个独特的综合和建议。探索包括组合搜索术语，特别是与医护人员的情绪健康、COVID-19、人力资源在管理员工压力中的作用、工作场所压力、员工冠军和人力资源冠军相关的术语。尽管用于审查的各种数据库包括谷歌scholar, Web of Science, Semantic scholar提供了最多的被引作品，但在论文选择中潜在的主观性机会不容忽视。结果:研究报告了流行病对HCW心理健康的负面影响。在大流行期间，卫生保健工作者确定的需求包括照顾、保护、倾听、准备和支持他们。已确定的需求已映射到各种人力资源冠军，即身体，社会，财务，情感，工作生活整合和工作意义冠军。还对现有的和被认为可行的各种做法进行了评价。HCW特定情感需求的满足可以导致不同层次的情感幸福，包括要素、归属感、目的和繁荣。结论:研究发现，不同的员工冠军可以培养医护人员的特定情感需求，从而导致他们在不同程度上实现情绪幸福感。与医疗保健组织中的工作-生活融合、社会、情感、工作意义方面的冠军相比，一些冠军角色更为明显(身体和财务方面的冠军)。
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Pub Date : 2023-01-08DOI: 10.24083/apjhm.v17i3.2367
M. Avery
The final issue of the journal for the year enables the publication of articles that report on research and experience related to opportunities for innovation, quality, workforce, access and consumer understanding. In addition to system and services readiness in relation to the translation of research as well as operational readiness related to incidents and access surge.....
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Pub Date : 2023-01-08DOI: 10.24083/apjhm.v17i3.2371
Neale Fong
The College aims to support your career, however you choose to grow professionally. No stress? We will have a huge variety of free webcasts and low cost networking events not to mention this Journal and Monthly Library Bulletins to keep you up to date. Spend a bit more and get together with your colleagues at our One Day Leadership Conference (March 17th in Melbourne) or our Annual Congress (October 11-13 in Canberra). If you want to achieve something a bit more substantial this year: Are you an Associate Fellow who is not a Certified Health Manager? Consider the Certification Program in 2023 and commit to lifelong learning and recognition for this commitment. Perhaps one of our Facilitated Learning Groups might appeal – we have FLG’s in Project Management and Clinician to Leaders coming up in early 2023. Associate Fellow with sufficient experience to undertake Fellowship? Fellowship is our capstone program and a significant career achievement – applications close February 20th. Perhaps some career support through our free to members Mentoring Program? Or for our more expert health leaders you could choose 2023 as the year to give back by offering to be a Mentor.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-04DOI: 10.24083/apjhm.v17i3.2155
Oktiza Dwi Rianti, Amran Razak, Sukri Palutturi, Alwy Arifin, S. Stang, S. Syamsuar
Introduction: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that is still a global concern, and most sufferers are of productive age. Factors for treatment failure are usually related to treatment supervision and the quality of health services. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the quality of health services and the level of satisfaction of tuberculosis patients at the Palu City Health Center. Methods: This research is quantitative research with cross sectional study conducted on 116 respondents. The instrument used in this research is a questionnaire. The analysis in this study used the Chi-Square and Multiple logistic regression. Results: The results of the analysis showed that availability (p<0.001), respect and caring (p<0.001), safety (p<0.001), timeliness (p<0.001) and tangible (p<0.001) were associated with tuberculosis patient satisfaction. The multivariate analysis found that timeliness (p=0.002; OR=17.692) was the most dominant factor in influencing patient satisfaction. Conclusions: Availability, respect and caring, safety, timeliness, and tangibles are related to the satisfaction of tuberculosis patients. Timeliness service is the most dominant factor influencing the satisfaction of tuberculosis. Palu City Health Center are expected to continue to make efforts to improve health services by health workers in the TB program to increase comfort and improve patient health.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.24083/apjhm.v17i3.1797
R. Yani, A. Khoiri, Taufan Bramantoro
A public health center is at the forefront of breaking the COVID-19 chain. Limiting the number of patients accessing care during the pandemic is thought to affect patient satisfaction with the quality of service at the public health center during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to know the level of satisfaction of patients visiting a health center based on gender, age, education level, and profession criteria during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sumbersari District, Indonesia. This study used an analytical observational study method for visitors of the Sumbersari Public Health Center in February-March 2021. The population was 126,279 people visiting Sumbersari Public Health Center, meaning a purposive sampling requires 100 people to participate. The research variables were gender, age, education level, occupation, and the patient's satisfaction. The measuring instrument used was a questionnaire. The data were analyzed descriptively using logistic regression test. There is no effect of gender and age on patient satisfaction (p> 0.05). There is an effect of the level of education on patient satisfaction (p <0.05) with OR = 3.32. There is an effect of work on patient satisfaction (p <0.05) with OR = 0.054, meaning that respondents who work, the chance to feel dissatisfied is 18.5 times greater than respondents who do not work.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-28DOI: 10.24083/apjhm.v17i3.1899
Ashlea Jones, P. Bowman
The Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service commenced a six-month proof-of-concept to trial speech recognition and self-type software in 2020. This action was taken in response to an ageing medical transcription workforce; an increase in outpatient letters due to population growth and the novel coronavirus pandemic; and more timely transfer of care communication to GPs. The proof-of-concept presented the health service with a unique opportunity as no other public hospital in Queensland had leveraged speech recognition or self-type software for the production and distribution of outpatient letters. The proof-of-concept trial provided 18 clinicians with the choice to type or dictate outpatient letters, electronically sign, and distribute to referring general practitioners (GPs) in one transaction. The results of the proof-of-concept demonstrated a 39% uptake of speech recognition and self-type software, demonstrating an opportunity to supplement the medical transcription workforce to address the rising outpatient activity. The proof-of-concept also demonstrated an average reduction in transaction time of 25% from the baseline measure over the six-month trial period. This finding supports the timely transfer of communication to GPs. However, it will need to be carefully analysed against the participant frustrations of voice to text accuracy to minimise the risk of poor adoption.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-26DOI: 10.24083/apjhm.v17i3.1619
D. Weimann Saks
This study aimed to examine the use of internet as a source of health-related information (HRI), as well as the change in attitudes following the online search for HRI. The current study sample included 88 participants, randomly divided into two experimental groups. One was given the name of an unfamiliar disease and told to search for information about it using various search engines, and the second was given a text about the disease from a credible scientific source. The study findings show a large percentage of participants used the internet as a source of HRI. Likewise, no differences were found in the extent to which the internet was used as a source of HRI when demographic were compared. Those who searched for the HRI on the internet had more negative opinions and believed symptoms of the disease were worse than the average opinion among those who obtained the information about the disease from a credible scientific source. Internet clearly influences the participants’ beliefs, regardless of demographic differences.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-26DOI: 10.24083/apjhm.v17i3.1635
Kanchana Sajeeva Narangoda, J. Park, M. Tennant, E. Kruger
Background / Objectives: The Sri Lankan healthcare system consists of public and private sectors. In terms of capacity, the public sector dominates the provision of care across curative, preventive and outpatient care. The private sector, too, has grown rapidly in recent years but was mainly confined to providing curative, diagnostic and outpatient care. Since, there are little or no studies conducted in Sri Lanka thus far, the objective of this study was to understand the current approaches adopted in determining the base of healthcare payments. This study also investigated the economic and administrative processes involved in determining the level of healthcare pricing in the private sector healthcare industry in Sri Lanka. Method: This qualitative study investigated the rationales adopted in healthcare pricing by healthcare administrators in the private sector. Structured interviews were conducted and thematic analysis were applied to interview data collected and analysis. Results: Five key themes, which influenced pricing, were identified from the interviews. These themes included influence from medical practitioners/clinicians, competitor pricing, price adjustment/profit margins, consumables and staff, and economic demands. There was a consensus that competitor pricing and seniority of the practicing clinicians had an impact on pricing. Conclusion: This study revealed that the base of payment in private sector healthcare is fee for service (FFS). Adopting popular international approaches such as Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGS) was not shown in this study. Further, it was evident that the Sri Lankan private healthcare sector administrators unilaterally fix pricing based on the identified key themes without adequately consulting the healthcare payers and users.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-26DOI: 10.24083/apjhm.v17i3.1779
F. Teymouri, Armin Zareiyan (Corresponding author), A. Pishgooie, H. Bagheri
Background: Chemical incidents are among the most frequent technological disasters that have occurred frequently in recent years. Among the organizations operating in disaster response, hospitals, as the primary unit of care, play the greatest and most critical role. Hence, providing appropriate measures that lead to minimizing the effects of these events is raised as one of the health system's priorities, so this study was carried out with the aim of systematic review on hospital preparedness instruments in chemical incidents Methods: This systematic review was carried out according to the Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines . In this aim, through December 2020, 6 electronic databases were searched in MEDLINE (PubMed, Scopus, ISI Web of Science, ProQuest, Embase, and Cochrane) for the following key words: hospital, preparedness, chemical incidents, instrument. Results: Out of 7794 articles that were screened, 13 articles meet the inclusion criteria for entering the process of final analysis. Most studies were cross-sectional, two were cohort, and three studies were conducted by a qualitative method. The result showed that none of the evaluated checklists and tools included all dimensions required for an appropriate hospital preparedness evaluation in chemical incidents. Conclusion: Based on the results of this investigation, there is no comprehensive tool for assessing hospital preparedness in chemical incidents. The data of this survey can be employed as a guideline for policymakers and managers of medical centers for planning in dealing with chemical incidents.
背景:化学事故是近年来频繁发生的最常见的技术灾害之一。在从事救灾工作的组织中，医院作为初级护理单位，发挥着最大和最关键的作用。因此，提供适当的措施，将这些事件的影响降到最低，是卫生系统的优先事项之一，因此，本研究的目的是对医院在化学事故中的准备工具进行系统评价。为此，截至2020年12月，我们在MEDLINE检索了6个电子数据库(PubMed, Scopus, ISI Web of Science, ProQuest, Embase和Cochrane)，检索了以下关键词:医院，准备，化学事件，仪器。结果:在筛选的7794篇文献中，有13篇符合进入终分析的纳入标准。大多数研究为横断面研究，2项为队列研究，3项研究采用定性方法。结果表明，所评估的清单和工具中没有一个包括适当的医院化学事故准备评估所需的所有方面。结论:基于本调查的结果，没有一个综合的工具来评估医院在化学事故中的准备。本调查的数据可以作为医疗中心的决策者和管理者规划处理化学事故的指导方针。
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Pub Date : 2022-12-26DOI: 10.24083/apjhm.v17i3.1517
D. Hm, Dr Ria Raj, D. M. Manjunath, Nanditha Kumar M
Aim: This study was undertaken to assess the concerns of the parents of dental profession students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and methods: In this survey a structured questionnaire was sent to all the participants through Google Fforms. The questionnaire was designed into five sections. The complete questionnaire consisted of 19 questions. In the first section, participants needed to answer demographic information (five Questions). The second part of the questionnaire (four questions) assessed anxiety of parents and the third part was related to their professional career (three questions), the fourth part asked about effective disinfection practices (four questions) in the college premises and hostel, while the fifth part questioned about learning mode (three questions) during COVID-19 pandemic. Results: The total response rate in this present survey was 78.02%. 52.2% of parents stated that they are really anxious and have disturbed mental health. Significant percentages (more than 80%) of the parents were worried about their son/daughter’s career advancement and dental profession but, 87.7% of the parents were not ready to change their son/daughter’s profession. 53.2 % of the parents believed that their wards were unable to learn efficiently without attending college and 44.9 % of the parents were not satisfied in online assessment during COVID- 19 pandemic. Conclusion: Within the limitations of this present study, it was concluded that majority of the parents expressed fear and anxiety about their children’s profession. Regarding the mode of learning, half of the parents expressed concern that their wards were unable to learn efficiently without attending college and clinics and also, they were unsatisfied with online assessment.
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