Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 
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This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.Practices and attitudes of bariatric surgeons in Israel during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic
ConclusionsWe showed in this nation-wide survey that the variance between surgeons, regarding present and future reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic, is high. There were substantial differences between the private and the public sectors. Although the instructions given by the MOH for the public sector were quite clear, the compliance by surgeons and administrators was far from complete. The administrators in the public sector, but more so in the private sector were ambiguous in instructing staff, leading surgeons to a more “personal non-structured” practice in the first phase of the pandemic. These facts must be conside...
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - October 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Numbers, graphs and words – do we really understand the lab test results accessible via the patient portals?
AbstractBackgroundThe heavy reliance on remote patient care (RPC) during the COVID-19 health crisis may have expedited the emergence of digital health tools that can contribute to safely and effectively moving the locus of care from the hospital to the community. Understanding how laypersons interpret the personal health information accessible to them via electronic patient records (EPRs) is crucial to healthcare planning and the design of services. Yet we still know little about how the format in which personal medical information is presented in the EPR (numerically, verbally, or graphically) affects individuals ’ unde...
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - October 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Assisted life termination and truth telling to terminally ill patients – a cross-sectional study of public opinions in Israel
ConclusionsIsraelis are overwhelmingly supportive of truth telling to patients. In contrast, Israeli public opinions on doctor assisted death are divided. For both attitudes, religiousness plays a crucial role as a catalyst for conservatism and opposition to change. Almost a half of the public is also supportive of an autonomist approach that would allow patients to decide on ending their own lives. (Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research)
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - October 26, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
ACTION-IO as a platform to understand differences in perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors of people with obesity and physicians across countries – the Israeli experience
ConclusionsIn line with the ACTION-IO international study, our Israeli dataset reveals a need to improve awareness, primarily among physicians, on the physiologic basis and clinical management of obesity, including how to approach weight and weight management discussions during patient consultations.Trial registrationRegistered atClinicalTrials.gov,NCT03584191. Data first posted onClinicalTrials.gov: 12 July 2018 - ‘Retrospectively registered’. (Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research)
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - October 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Comparison of hospital worker anxiety in COVID-19 treating and non-treating hospitals in the same city during the COVID-19 pandemic
ConclusionsBy multivariable analysis the creation of a NCTH during the COVID-19 pandemic was not found to be associated with a decrease in the number of hospital workers with clinical anxiety. Hospital worker support resources can be focused on the at-risk groups identified in this study. (Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research)
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - October 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The future of telemedicine visits after COVID-19: perceptions of primary care pediatricians
ConclusionsThe study indicates that use of telemedicine technologies by primary care pediatricians increased substantially during the first COVID-19 lockdown. The study also found that pediatricians expected that use levels will recede after the pandemic. As the pandemic continues and evolves, it will be important to continue to monitor the level of telemedicine use as well as expectations regarding post-pandemic use levels. (Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research)
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - October 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Income assurances are a crucial factor in determining public compliance with self-isolation regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak – cohort study in Israel
ConclusionsDespite the effects of threat on people ’s obedience with regulations, this study demonstrates that providing people with assurances about their livelihood during absence from work remains an important component in compliance with public health regulations. (Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research)
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - October 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Attracting Israeli nursing students to community nursing
ConclusionsThe lack of exposure to the various aspects of community nursing during undergraduate studies contributes to a lack of motivation for entering this field. Therefore, a profound change is needed in nursing training programs ’ curricula to prepare graduates to face future challenges in community nursing. Whilst both hospital and community nursing are equally important, nursing leaders and policy makers must be made aware of the various factors that contribute to new registered nurses’ preferences of hospital over co mmunity nursing and build strategies for directing nurses to work in the community in order to ...
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - October 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Differences in substance use by sexual orientation and gender among Jewish young adults in Israel
ConclusionsClose friends and community norms can play an important role in shaping substance usage among young adults, especially among gay men and lesbians. The results of the current study highlight the need for developing prevention and harm reduction drug policies for Israeli young adults, especially for gay men and lesbians. Interventions should also focus on young adult peers and community norms related to substance use by professionals in educational, policy-making, and therapeutic contexts. (Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research)
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - October 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Reflections on the IJHPR ’s article collection on dementia
AbstractAlzheimer ’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD) constitute a worldwide public health crisis. In light of the AD/ADRD epidemic now existing within the global COVID-19 pandemic, the need for global action to improve dementia care is greater than ever. The article collection “Demen tia- an Interdisciplinary Approach,” in the Israeli Journal of Health Policy and Research (IJHPR) highlights the need for interprofessional approaches to improving outcomes for people living with dementia and their care partners, as well as the complexities of conducting dementia care research. (Source: Isra...
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - October 5, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
“Will you hear my voice?”: to engage older patients online, listen to them about their lives offline
AbstractThe scope of health information and health care services available online is rapidly expanding. At the same time, COVID-19 is causing vulnerable elders to reconsider in-person provider visits. In that context, recently published research by Y. Mizrachi et al. examining obstacles to the use of online health services (OHS) among adults age 50 and up takes on new importance. An iconic Israeli song begins, “Will you hear my voice?” (Hebrew Songs. Zemer Nugeh (Hatishmah Koli), 2020). What makes Mizrachi et al.’s findings particularly intriguing, despite several caveats, is the manner in which they demonstrated a c...
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - October 5, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The role of public-private partnerships in
extending public healthcare provision to irregular migrants: stopgap or foot in the
door?
AbstractIn this commentary to the paper “Ensuring HIV care to undocumented
migrants in Israel: a public-private partnership case study” by Chemtob et al. we
discuss the role of public-private partnerships (PPPs) as a mechanism for
integrating previously excluded groups in public healthcare provision. Drawing on PPP case-studies as well as on Israel’s pandemic preparedness policies during the
Covid-19 outbreak, we examine potential implications for the populations in question
and for health systems.In our view, Chemtob et al. describe an exceptional achievement, where a
PPP served as a stepping sto...
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - September 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The role of public-private partnerships in extending public healthcare provision to irregular migrants: stopgap or foot in the door?
AbstractIn this commentary to the paper “Ensuring HIV care to undocumented migrants in Israel: a public-private partnership case study” by Chemtob et al. we discuss the role of public-private partnerships (PPPs) as a mechanism for integrating previously excluded groups in public healthcare provision. Drawing on PPP case-studies as wel l as on Israel’s pandemic preparedness policies during the Covid-19 outbreak, we examine potential implications for the populations in question and for health systems.In our view, Chemtob et al. describe an exceptional achievement, where a PPP served as a stepping stone for the subseq...
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - September 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Promoting patients ’ rights through hospital accreditation
ConclusionsDiscussion of the Israeli case not only demonstrates how regulatory frameworks are instrumental – for broader policy purposes, especially in the area of patients’ rights and the rights of patients’ families – but also calls for a more general examination of the concept of patients’ rights in health policies and its contribution to the quality of health services. Reference to patients ’ rights in accreditation of healthcare institutions may promote and enhance this concept and contribute to the delivery of care, thereby complementing a lacuna in the law. (Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research)
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - September 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Neuropsychological assessment in the Israeli healthcare system: a practitioners ’ survey
ConclusionsTo increase referral rates and create effective neuropsychological services within the Israeli healthcare system, neuropsychologists should work more closely with physicians in integrated care teams. In addition, they should engage in greater advocacy activities that will emphasize the need for publicly funded NPA. (Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research)
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - September 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
