International journal of healthcare delivery reform initiatives

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pa., 17033, USA), 2009-
• Subjects: Medical care > Periodicals.; Health care reform > Periodicals.; Medical care > Periodicals. > Quality control; Delivery of Health Care > Periodicals.; Fundamental concepts for healthcare reform; Healthcare management strategies; Integration of business and healthcare delivery processes; Managing reform processes; Managing the demand; Communication, coordination, and cooperation of actors; Evaluation of IS implementation methods; Human-computer interaction and usability issues; Information technology integration; IS developments and implementation processes; Misinterpretation and misuse of healthcare reform programs; Organizational IS characteristics; Performance assessment; Quality assurance and evaluation; Role of information integration on healthcare reforms; Security, privacy, and confidentiality; Technology, process, and people dimensions in healthcare reform; Transfer of reform initiatives lessons from other industries into healthcare; Web services and SOA in healthcare
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Published: Began with Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan./Mar. 2009).
• Physical Description: electronic texts ( v.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Publication Frequency: Quarterly
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• ISSN: 1938-0224; 1938-0216
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

The International Journal of Healthcare Delivery Reform Initiatives (IJHDRI) publishes original papers in all areas of healthcare management reform and information systems initiatives aimed at healthcare delivery improvement. It emphasizes empirical research but may include specialized theoretical, methodological, and review papers from both practitioners and academics working in the healthcare industry. It particularly looks at the analysis of ongoing and future initiatives to promote efficiency and reduce error, continuous increase in cost of healthcare delivery, wider divide in the quality of health service available to different segments of our communities, and the influence of increase use of IT in various healthcare delivery processes. The journal is divided into three independently edited sections: Healthcare Management Reform, Healthcare Delivery Processes, and Patient-Centric Initiatives.