The importance of human resources management in health care: a global context

Kabene, Stefane; Orchard, Carole; Howard, John M.; Soriano, Mark A; Leduc, Raymond

doi:10.1186/1478-4491-4-20

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“…In this study, the other health services including labor and delivery were given first priority over postnatal care. Consequently, postnatal units received less attention which included human and material resource allocation.Another study by Kabene, et al, [14] reported that increased staff work overload led to low quality and productivity of health services, increased waiting times and use of personnel without required skills to perform critical interventions.…”

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Assessment of quality of postnatal care services offered to mothers in Dedza district, Malawi

Chimtembo¹,

Maluwa²,

Chimwaza³

et al. 2013

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This study was conducted to assess quality of postnatal care that midwives provide to women seeking postnatal services in health facilities in Dedza district, the central region of Malawi. The study design was descriptive cross sectional and utilized quantitative data collection and analysis method to determine structural, process and outcome components of postnatal care in two facilities that offer emergency obstetric and neonatal care and five that offer basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care. All 60 midwives who were providing postnatal care during the time of study in the district were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. In addition, the midwives actual practice was observed and compared to a standard checklist on postnatal care practice which was developed by the Malawi Ministry of Health. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16.0. Results show that structure for providing postnatal counseling services was inappropriate and inadequate. Furthermore, the contents of postnatal services were below reproductive health standards because the clients were neither monitored nor examined physically on discharge. On average, all the seven facilities scored 48% on postnatal services rendered which is far below the recommended 80% according to the Reproductive Health Standards. There is a need to provide basic infrastructure in all the basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care facilities. In addition, refresher training courses for midwives in maternal and neonatal health with emphasis on postnatal care are recommended. There is also a need to restructure the maternal and neonatal health departments in the facilities so that the postnatal care units become standalone priority sites to improve the quality of the postnatal care services rendered.

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Section: Structural Quality Attributesmentioning

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Assessment of quality of postnatal care services offered to mothers in Dedza district, Malawi

Chimtembo¹,

Maluwa²,

Chimwaza³

et al. 2013

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“…Human for an organization is considering today as the most valuable asset so an organization should be properly administered him [4]. When employees feel inequality regarding pay difference between their profession and other profession then they got dissatisfied and disappointed with their own profession because their retention based on pay structure or compensation.…”

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The Impact of Teachers Financial Compensation on their Job Satisfaction at Higher Secondary Level

Fatima¹,

Ali²

2016

J Socialomics

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This study was used to find the impact of teachers' financial compensation on their job satisfaction at higher secondary level in both public and private sectors of Islamabad. All the teachers of Higher Secondary level from private and public sector of Islamabad were randomly taken as sample. Total 30 teachers were conveniently taken as sample. A survey design was selected to be used in this study. The questionnaire which was used in this study consisted of three parts. The first part of questionnaire was about the demographic factors. The second part was about compensation practices which include 12 questions that were used to determine the direct and indirect financial compensation of the teachers at higher secondary level in Islamabad while third part covered the teachers' job satisfaction. The measurement of variables such as variety, autonomy, task identity and feedback which were collectively used to determine teachers' job satisfaction. The major findings of this study were that mostly higher secondary schools have fixed pay system while few have variable pay system. Teachers' salary does not link with their productivity while teachers agree that the attraction and retention of employee depend on the compensation. When teachers feel opportunities for recognition; decision power about their work; planning of task; their contribution to productivity; and especially when teachers receive helpful suggestion and guidance from their supervisor then they will be more satisfied. Similarly, the compensation practices and job satisfaction are highly correlated with each other but compensation practice in itself has no significant impact on the job satisfaction. Male and female teacher have no significant difference as well as there is no significant difference between public and private teachers who have different qualification and age groups in higher secondary of Islamabad while teachers who have different teaching experiences have significant difference towards job satisfaction.

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“…Keywords: Interprofessional education; Health sciences; Competencies; Technology Introduction A broad base of recent work has provided new models for exploring the complexity of factors leading to the ineffective articulation of healthcare services [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Worldwide, healthcare services could be improved by providing interprofessional, collaborative, patient-centred care that improves patient outcomes while reducing healthcare costs [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”

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“…The competency matrix was then used as a learning map to define learning resources related to interprofessional education and learning activities associated with such resources to help students develop competencies in interprofessional healthcare planning and delivery. Interactive, computer-based clinical simulations were then developed to portray opportunities in which the learning resources and activities could be explored and to provide more realistic exposure to complexities in healthcare planning and delivery.Keywords: Interprofessional education; Health sciences; Competencies; Technology Introduction A broad base of recent work has provided new models for exploring the complexity of factors leading to the ineffective articulation of healthcare services [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Worldwide, healthcare services could be improved by providing interprofessional, collaborative, patient-centred care that improves patient outcomes while reducing healthcare costs [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”

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The Development of Competencies in Interprofessional Health Care for Use in Health Science Educational Programs

Tashiro¹,

Byrne²,

Kitchen³

et al. 2011

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Background: The Health Education Technology Research Unit (HETRU) at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) has developed an interprofessional framework for use as a learning map to create computer-based simulations that can automatically assess interprofessional competencies of undergraduate health sciences students.Methods: Our interprofessional competency framework was developed through an iterative process of competency mapping. Each iteration involved: 1) a literature review of interprofessional competencies, 2) the mapping of these competencies within a meaningful taxonomy, and 3) the review of the mapping by an expert panel of educators and clinicians. Findings and Conclusions:After three iterations, the research team developed a competency taxonomy that mapped interprofessional competencies from our literature reviews into six competency domains and three cross-cutting themes for each domain. The competency matrix was then used as a learning map to define learning resources related to interprofessional education and learning activities associated with such resources to help students develop competencies in interprofessional healthcare planning and delivery. Interactive, computer-based clinical simulations were then developed to portray opportunities in which the learning resources and activities could be explored and to provide more realistic exposure to complexities in healthcare planning and delivery.Keywords: Interprofessional education; Health sciences; Competencies; Technology Introduction A broad base of recent work has provided new models for exploring the complexity of factors leading to the ineffective articulation of healthcare services [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Worldwide, healthcare services could be improved by providing interprofessional, collaborative, patient-centred care that improves patient outcomes while reducing healthcare costs [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Yet, despite the diverse and extensive literature on change management and human resources management, few empirically based models provide the breadth and depth necessary to deal with the complexities of transforming current healthcare systems into care planning and delivery systems that are interprofessional, evidence-based, and cost-effective.Interestingly, the concept of patient-centered care [15] Exploring new ways of providing care has led to the resurgence of interest in interprofessional healthcare collaboration. This interest is due to health system renewal, emerging health and human resource issues, and continuity and co-ordination of care [10]. The belief underlying the support for interprofessional care is that working with members of other professions will result in the provision of more highly integrated, patient-centred care; in addition, the complexity of most health problems requires a co-ordinated approach to understanding and management [19]. Although advocates for interprofessional education have tried to move forward in implementing this approach, one of the most difficult arenas to estab...

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The importance of human resources management in health care: a global context

Cited by 311 publications

References 7 publications

Assessment of quality of postnatal care services offered to mothers in Dedza district, Malawi

Assessment of quality of postnatal care services offered to mothers in Dedza district, Malawi

The Impact of Teachers Financial Compensation on their Job Satisfaction at Higher Secondary Level

The Development of Competencies in Interprofessional Health Care for Use in Health Science Educational Programs

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