Pub Date : 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14107-y
Anqi Zhu, Sungwon Yoon, Aysha Almas, Aliya Naheed, H Asita de Silva, Chamini Kanatiwela de Silva, Lathika Athauda, Nantu Chakma, Muhammad Shahid Khan, Noshin Farzana, Tazeen H Jafar
{"title":"Identifying barriers to the acceptability and adoption of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and proposed strategies in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka: a qualitative study.","authors":"Anqi Zhu, Sungwon Yoon, Aysha Almas, Aliya Naheed, H Asita de Silva, Chamini Kanatiwela de Silva, Lathika Athauda, Nantu Chakma, Muhammad Shahid Khan, Noshin Farzana, Tazeen H Jafar","doi":"10.1186/s12913-026-14107-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14107-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146111882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14109-w
Tony Majo, Martha Makwero, Duncan Kwaitana, Robert Mash
{"title":"Evaluation of performance information management in primary health care, Malawi.","authors":"Tony Majo, Martha Makwero, Duncan Kwaitana, Robert Mash","doi":"10.1186/s12913-026-14109-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14109-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146111839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14132-x
Nader Lama, Hanan Saca-Hazboun
{"title":"Nurse compliance with personal protective equipment when handling chemotherapy: a multicenter cross-sectional study in Palestine.","authors":"Nader Lama, Hanan Saca-Hazboun","doi":"10.1186/s12913-026-14132-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14132-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146111847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14145-6
Samuel Baker Obakiro, Ronald Kibuuka, Brenda Nakazibwe, Andrew Marvin Kanyike, Francis Mawejje, Maureen Namugaya, Steven Nsereko Muwanga, Richard Maseruka, Catherine Nabitandikwa, Kenedy Kiyimba, Dan Kibuule, Xinyang Jiang, Congzhou Chen, Paul Waako, Guanqiao Li
{"title":"Essential medicines out of reach: a cross-sectional study of community-level access in Eastern Uganda.","authors":"Samuel Baker Obakiro, Ronald Kibuuka, Brenda Nakazibwe, Andrew Marvin Kanyike, Francis Mawejje, Maureen Namugaya, Steven Nsereko Muwanga, Richard Maseruka, Catherine Nabitandikwa, Kenedy Kiyimba, Dan Kibuule, Xinyang Jiang, Congzhou Chen, Paul Waako, Guanqiao Li","doi":"10.1186/s12913-026-14145-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14145-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146111644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14135-8
Wenwen Liu, Wanzheng Zhao
{"title":"Is wait a hard word for the patient? The impact of waiting time on revisit decisions in patients with respiratory infectious diseases in the post-epidemic era - findings from fever clinics in China.","authors":"Wenwen Liu, Wanzheng Zhao","doi":"10.1186/s12913-026-14135-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14135-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146111851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14068-2
Qing Wang, Leqi Weng, Jingshan Li, Leiyu Shi
{"title":"An analysis and optimization model for healthcare equity of medical resources allocation in an aging community.","authors":"Qing Wang, Leqi Weng, Jingshan Li, Leiyu Shi","doi":"10.1186/s12913-026-14068-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14068-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146111721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14098-w
S Gokul Prasath, Guruprasad Vijayasarathi, Shashank Mehrotra
{"title":"Utilisation of mobile apps in neurological rehabilitation practice among occupational therapists in India: a cross-sectional survey.","authors":"S Gokul Prasath, Guruprasad Vijayasarathi, Shashank Mehrotra","doi":"10.1186/s12913-026-14098-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14098-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146111958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14144-7
Nur Jihan Noris, Pangie Bakit, Intan Syafinaz Saimy, Zalina Libasin, Ili Liyana Khairul Anuar, Wan Nur Adila Wan Alias, Sivarajan Ramasamy
{"title":"Quantifying and understanding the roles of diabetes educators in Malaysian primary health clinics: a mixed-methods study.","authors":"Nur Jihan Noris, Pangie Bakit, Intan Syafinaz Saimy, Zalina Libasin, Ili Liyana Khairul Anuar, Wan Nur Adila Wan Alias, Sivarajan Ramasamy","doi":"10.1186/s12913-026-14144-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14144-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146111977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-02DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14103-2
Helle Mätzke Rasmussen, Anders Løkke, Peter Biesenbach, Annmarie Lassen, Anne Friesgaard Christensen, Eva Hoffmann, Søren Mikkelsen, Mette Elkjaer
Background: Prehospital Assessment Units were recently introduced to emergency medical services in Denmark. These units are designed to assess, triage, and treat patients on-site, and either release, refer to alternative care pathways, or arrange hospital conveyance. The initiative has increased the need for effective collaboration among healthcare professionals in acute care services, including paramedics, nurses, and physicians in emergency medical services, municipalities, emergency departments, and general practice. This study investigates Relational Coordination among healthcare professionals involved in this task for patients triaged by the Prehospital Assessment Units in the Region of Southern Denmark.
Methods: A mixed-methods study, inspired by a convergent parallel design, was conducted based on the framework described in the theory of Relational Coordination. This theory highlights the importance of Communication (Frequent Communication, Timely Communication, Accurate Communication, and Problem-Solving Nature of Communication) and Relationships (Shared Goals, Shared Knowledge, and Mutual Respect). Data were collected between April and August 2024 via online questionnaires and in June 2024 through focus groups.
Results: Questionnaire responses from 138 healthcare professionals were analysed, and 18 participated in the focus groups. Most collaborative ties were classified as moderate and strong. However, weaker ties were identified in Timely Communication and Frequent Communication, and Shared Knowledge, highlighting challenges in both dimensions of Relational Coordination. The qualitative analysis produced four themes: 1) Insufficient communication due to low quality or lack of written communication, 2) Navigating care through phone calls to share information, 3) Multiple objectives with hindered observers, driven by the coexistence of different objectives of the unit and limited insight into the whole care pathway, and 4) Interprofessional tensions in acute care collaboration, based on challenges regarding the competencies, incentives, roles and responsibilities required to achieve the best care pathway for each patient.
Conclusion: The collaboration among healthcare professionals for patients triaged by the Prehospital Assessment Unit was generally classified as moderate to strong. However, critical challenges were identified. Optimising task assignments, enabling municipal correspondence, and addressing discrepancies in objectives, competencies, and roles may improve collaboration. These findings point to broader lessons for strengthening prehospital and inter-organisational coordination internationally, where challenges of information flow, role clarity, and mandate alignment are common.
{"title":"Relational coordination among healthcare professionals in acute care: a mixed-methods study of tasks involving prehospital assessment units.","authors":"Helle Mätzke Rasmussen, Anders Løkke, Peter Biesenbach, Annmarie Lassen, Anne Friesgaard Christensen, Eva Hoffmann, Søren Mikkelsen, Mette Elkjaer","doi":"10.1186/s12913-026-14103-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14103-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Prehospital Assessment Units were recently introduced to emergency medical services in Denmark. These units are designed to assess, triage, and treat patients on-site, and either release, refer to alternative care pathways, or arrange hospital conveyance. The initiative has increased the need for effective collaboration among healthcare professionals in acute care services, including paramedics, nurses, and physicians in emergency medical services, municipalities, emergency departments, and general practice. This study investigates Relational Coordination among healthcare professionals involved in this task for patients triaged by the Prehospital Assessment Units in the Region of Southern Denmark.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A mixed-methods study, inspired by a convergent parallel design, was conducted based on the framework described in the theory of Relational Coordination. This theory highlights the importance of Communication (Frequent Communication, Timely Communication, Accurate Communication, and Problem-Solving Nature of Communication) and Relationships (Shared Goals, Shared Knowledge, and Mutual Respect). Data were collected between April and August 2024 via online questionnaires and in June 2024 through focus groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Questionnaire responses from 138 healthcare professionals were analysed, and 18 participated in the focus groups. Most collaborative ties were classified as moderate and strong. However, weaker ties were identified in Timely Communication and Frequent Communication, and Shared Knowledge, highlighting challenges in both dimensions of Relational Coordination. The qualitative analysis produced four themes: 1) Insufficient communication due to low quality or lack of written communication, 2) Navigating care through phone calls to share information, 3) Multiple objectives with hindered observers, driven by the coexistence of different objectives of the unit and limited insight into the whole care pathway, and 4) Interprofessional tensions in acute care collaboration, based on challenges regarding the competencies, incentives, roles and responsibilities required to achieve the best care pathway for each patient.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The collaboration among healthcare professionals for patients triaged by the Prehospital Assessment Unit was generally classified as moderate to strong. However, critical challenges were identified. Optimising task assignments, enabling municipal correspondence, and addressing discrepancies in objectives, competencies, and roles may improve collaboration. These findings point to broader lessons for strengthening prehospital and inter-organisational coordination internationally, where challenges of information flow, role clarity, and mandate alignment are common.</p>","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146103815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}