Human Resources Management
Predicting the Demand of Physician Workforce: An International Model Based on "Crowd Behaviors"
To calculate an appropriate number of Physician Density (PD) for a specific country, this study was designed to create a PD prediction model, based on health-related data from many countries. [from abstract]
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Nurse Staffing, Direct Nursing Care Hours and Patient Mortality in Taiwan: The Logitudinal Analysis of Hospital Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcome Study
This study aimed to provide an overview of the research which has clarified the relationship between nurse staffing and patient mortality of acute care hospital wards under a universal health insurance system and attempted to provide explanations for some of the phenomena that are unique in Taiwan. [from abstract]
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Using Staffing Ratios for Workforce Planing: Evidence on Nine Allied Health Professions
The aim of this study was to identify workforce ratios in nine allied health professions and to identify whether these measures are useful for planning allied health workforce requirements. [from abstract]
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Ugandan Health Workers Speak: The Rewards and the Realities
This report is based on the accounts of 90 Ugandan health workers at the front line. The research explored with them the rewards and the challenges, explanations for perceived poor practices and promising solutions. The interim findings focus on the rewards of being a health worker and how low pay affects them. [from introduction]
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Service Targets Staff Projection Tool: User Guide
The Service Target Staffing Projection Tool is designed to estimate the workforce required to deliver an agreed package of health services. The tool helps to set targets for production and recruitment of staff based on assumptions concerning the staff required at each level of the health system. [from author]
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Systematic Review of the Links between Human Resource Management Practices and Performance
This publication assesses the results from a wide-ranging series of systematic reviews of the evidence on human resource management (HRM) and performance. It assesses evidence on use of HRM in the UK and fidelity of practice implemented and considers evidence for the impact of HRM practices on intermediate outcomes, which can impact on final outcomes, such as organisational performance or patient care. [adapted from abstract]
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Strengthening Supportive Supervision at the District Health Level in the Pacific
This brief outlines the need for supportive supervision, the challenges to its implementation in the Pacific, and recommendations to address these. [adapted from author]
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Health Facility Committees and Facility Management: Exploring the Nature and Depth of Their Roles in Coast Province, Kenya
This article explores the nature and depth of managerial engagement of health facility committees at the facility level in two rural districts in Kenya, and how this has contributed to community accountability. [from abstract]
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Review of Health Leadership and Management Capacity in Lao People's Democratic Republic
This review describes the current state of health leadership and management capacity and issues that affect management performance at the district level in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. [from summary]
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Review of Health Leadership and Management Capacity in Solomon Islands
This report describes the current health management and leadership capacity and issues that affect management performance in the Solomon Islands. [from author]
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National Policy on the Management of Public Hospitals
The aims of this policy include: ensuring the appointment of competent and skilled hospital managers; providing for the development of management accountability frameworks; and ensuring the training of managers in leadership, management and governance. [adapated from author]
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Review of Health Leadership and Management Capacity in Timor-Leste
This review describes the current situation of health leadership and management capacity in Timor-Leste. [from summary]
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How Many Doctors Do We Need in Sudan?
The aim of this paper is to propose a scientific estimation of Sudan’s need for doctors in strategic terms by: projecting estimated figures to reach the average standards of doctor-population ratios in the region; projecting annual graduation and postgraduate training rates; proposing estimates of the number of doctors the state economy can support; suggesting meastures to optimize distribution in different speacialties and geographic zones and to manage migration. [adapted from author]
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Review of Health Leadership and Management Capacity in Fiji
This review describes the current situation of health leadership and management capacity at the sub-divisional level in Fiji. [from summary]
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Human Resources Mangement
Human resources management (HRM) focuses on people - how they fit within a health system; how they are hired, trained, paid, and supported; and how they can be most productive. This CapacityPlus Issue Brief focuses on how can we strengthen the systems health workers need to function effectively. [adapted from author]
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Review of Health Leadership and Management Capacity in Papua New Guinea
This review describes the state of health leadership and management capacity in Papua New Guinea. [from summary]
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Development of Modelling Method Selection Tool for Health Services Mangement: from Problem Structuring Methods to Modelling and Simulation Methods
The aim of this study is to provide a mechanism for decision makers in health services planning and management to compare a broad range of modelling and simulation methods so that they can better select and use them or better commission relevant modelling and simulation work that can assist in the process of designing health care policies, strategies and operations. [from abstract]
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Review of Health Leadership and Management Capacity in Cambodia
This review describes the current situation of health leadership and management capacity in Cambodia after its efforts to rebuild its health system following years of conflict that decimated the country’s health infrastructure. [from summary]
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Strengthening Human Resources for Health to Improve Maternal Care in Niger's Tahoua Region
This brief outlines a collaborative to improve health worker performance and improve the quality and efficiency of maternal care services by building the capacity of local management and health workers to implement sustainable improvements in maternal care provided in Tahoua. [adapted from author]
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Staffing in Maternity Units: Getting the Right People in the Right Place at the Right Time
This report considers the available evidence about the relationship between staffing levels and deployment practices and safety of care for mothers and babies. In so doing, the report considers different staffing models and approaches.
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Using Technology for Supportive Supervision for TB in Nigeria
This presentation outlines an intervention that introduced PDAs or Smartphones for data collection in Nigeria to improve the supervision, assessment and creation of action plans for quality improvement in facilities where tuberculosis (TB) is diagnosed and treated. [adapted from author]
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Hospital Management Training: New Ways to Improve Services in Indonesia: a Text Book and Guide
The quality of health services is influenced by the technical and managerial skills of the hospital team. This training curriculum aims to improve the management skills of the hospital teams by focusing on behavioral change and institutionalizing of the culture of quality improvement. [from foreword]
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Strengthening National and Subnational Departments for Human Resources Development
The purpose of this guide is to support the strengthening of existing, or establishing new, human resources for health development departments at the central and subnational levels.
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Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN)
The Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) method is a human resource management tool. It provides health managers a systematic way to make staffing decisions in order to manage their valuable human resources.
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Building Capacity for HIV/AIDS Program Leadership and Management in Uganda through Mentored Fellowship
This article describes an innovative 2-year apprenticeship training program implemented by Makerere University School of Public Health to strengthen capacity for leadership and management of HIV/AIDS programs in Uganda. [from abstract]
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Nursing Human Resources Planning and Management Competencies
This document describes core competencies related to human resources planning and management. It reflects the context of the challenges faced by the health sectors and the nursing workforce globally, and the important role played by nurses in managing and leading teams of highly skilled health professionals, in providing leadership in the provision of service delivery and care, and contributing at the highest levels to the ongoing development of a health care system that can deliver key improvements in health outcomes. [from summary]
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Density of Healthcare Providers and Patient Outcomes: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Multi-Site HIV Treatment Program in Uganda
This article examined the association between density of healthcare providers and patient outcomes using a large nationally representative cohort of patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in Uganda. [from abstract]
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Competencies Tools
This is a digital collection of health competency tools. The Competence Search tool enables you to search the database for specific health worker competencies. The Health Functional Map is another tool to help you find relevant competences based upon the Skills for Health, Health Functional Map, and covers all of the functions that are needed to deliver effective health care services. The Self Assessment tool enables assessment of your own abilities against competences in lists/profiles. The Team Assessment tool enables a skills mix analysis of your team.
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Using Performance and Quality Improvement to Strengthen Skilled Attendance
This report documents how the use of performance and quality improvement (PQI), a technique for achieving desired performance at service delivery sites and within communities, has helped to improve skilled attendance, and shares some lessons learned about how best to use PQI in safe motherhood programs. [adapted from aouthor]
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Revitalizing Public Health Clinics and Their Boards of Directors: the Takamol Model in Egypt
This document outlines the Takamol project in which a corporate training and management methodology was adapted for developing and sustaining quality management teams from governorate to district to clinic levels. [adapted from author]
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