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The healthcare workforce

This thematic series in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research considers the healthcare workforce. The physicians, nurses, and other professionals who provide direct patient care are vital to the success of the health care systems within which they operate. Accordingly, policymakers around the world are deeply concerned about such issues as whether they have enough professionals, whether they are being adequately trained and their skills used to the fullest, and whether they are appropriately distributed between and within countries. This article collection explores how these and related issues are playing out, both in Israel and internationally.

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  1. Pharmacy prescribing policy in Israel has been negotiated and changed in recent years in order to improve patient treatment and access to medicines, and reduce national health insurance costs by allowing pharm...

    Authors: Hila Yariv

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:49

    Content type: Integrative article

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  3. Disruptive behavior among hospital staff can negatively affect quality of care. Motivated by a standard on disruptive behavior issued by The Joint Commission (LD 3.10), as well as the desire to improve patient...

    Authors: Talia Berman-Kishony and Shifra Shvarts

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:26

    Content type: Original research article

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  4. In recent years, an increasing number of care procedures previously under the physician’s authority have been placed in the hands of registered nurses. The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of...

    Authors: Hana Kerzman, Dina Van Dijk, Limor Eizenberg, Rut Khaikin, Shoshi Phridman, Maya Siman-Tov and Shoshi Goldberg

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:19

    Content type: Original research article

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  6. A 2005 survey led by the Israeli Society of Anesthesiologists (ISA) found that large parts of the Israeli public are not familiar with the profession of anesthesia. The ISA has subsequently been conducting a p...

    Authors: Barak Cohen, Daniel Ogorek, Stanislav Oifa, Anat Cattan and Idit Matot

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:16

    Content type: Original research article

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  7. Israel is experiencing a shortage of both physicians and nurses in a number of specialties, including neonatal intensive care. Inadequate hospital staffing and high patient demand contribute to the blurring of...

    Authors: Sunny G. Hallowell and Barbara Medoff-Cooper

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:24

    Content type: Commentary

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  8. An intersectionality approach that addresses the non-additive influences of social categories and power structures, such as gender and ethnicity, is used as a research paradigm to further understanding the com...

    Authors: Yael Keshet, Ariela Popper-Giveon and Ido Liberman

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:18

    Content type: Original research article

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  9. EMR use during medical visits has been found to distract physicians and negatively influence their ability to deliver patient-centered care. In this issue, Assis-Hassid and colleagues propose a redress of this...

    Authors: Debra L Roter

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:17

    Content type: Commentary

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  10. A collaboration of medical professionals with economists and computer scientists involved in “market design” had led to the redesign of the clearinghouse assigning medical students to internships in Israel. Th...

    Authors: Alvin E Roth and Ran I Shorrer

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:11

    Content type: Commentary

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  11. Physicians in Israel are required to do an internship in an accredited hospital upon completion of the medical studies, and prior to receiving the medical license. For most students, the assignment is determin...

    Authors: Slava Bronfman, Avinatan Hassidim, Arnon Afek, Assaf Romm, Rony Shreberk, Ayal Hassidim and Anda Massler

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:6

    Content type: Original research article

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  12. The traditional dyadic dynamics of the medical encounter has been altered into a triadic relationship by introducing the computer into the examination room. This study defines Patient-Doctor-Computer Communica...

    Authors: Shiri Assis-Hassid, Iris Reychav, Tsipi Heart, Joseph S Pliskin and Shmuel Reis

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:4

    Content type: Original research article

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  16. Medical and technological developments, financial constraints and a shortage of physicians have made it necessary to re-examine professional boundaries between physicians and nurses. Israel’s manpower shortage...

    Authors: Orly Toren, Nurit Nirel, Yehuda Tsur, Michal Lipschuetz and Asaf Toker

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:43

    Content type: Original research article

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  19. In 1995 Clalit Health Services introduced a structured follow-up schedule, by primary care nurses, of diabetic patients. This was supplementary care, given in addition to the family physician’s follow-up care....

    Authors: Michal Shani, Sasson Nakar, Alex Lustman, Amnon Lahad and Shlomo Vinker

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:27

    Content type: Original research article

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  20. Reducing health inequalities and enhancing the social accountability of medical students and physicians is a challenge acknowledged by medical educators and professionals. It is usually perceived as a macro-le...

    Authors: Orit Karnieli-Miller, Yaara Zisman-Ilani, Dafna Meitar and Yoseph Mekori

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:26

    Content type: Commentary

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  21. The State of Israel is preparing to transfer legal responsibility for mental- health care from the government to the country’s four competing, nonprofit health-plans. A prominent feature of this reform is the ...

    Authors: Nurit Nirel and Hadar Samuel

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:25

    Content type: Original research article

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  23. The role of medical schools is in a process of change. The World Health Organization has declared that they can no longer be ivory towers whose primary focus is the production of specialist physicians and cutt...

    Authors: Mary CJ Rudolf, Shmuel Reis, Trevor J Gibbs, Deborah Murdoch Eaton, David Stone, Michael Grady, Anita Berlin, Mitch Blair, Jumanah Essa-Hadad, Sivan Spitzer-Shohat and Michael Weingarten

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:17

    Content type: Integrative article

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  24. Many countries have devoted considerable efforts in an attempt to improve the performance of their health care systems. National Medical Associations (NMAs), along with other stakeholders, play a part in the p...

    Authors: Baruch Levi, Malke Borow and Michelle Glekin

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:14

    Content type: Integrative article

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  25. Since minor surgical and musculoskeletal problems are commonly seen in primary care, primary care physicians are expected to possess the skills required to perform minor surgical procedures (MSP) and musculosk...

    Authors: Sasson Menahem, Andrey Nazarenko and Pesach Shvartzman

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:12

    Content type: Original research article

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  26. Israel has a low density of professional nurses. New evidence suggests less than optimal hospital work environments may undermine efficient and effective delivery of nursing care and contribute to job dissatis...

    Authors: Linda H Aiken and Matthew D McHugh

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:10

    Content type: Commentary

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  30. Female physicians have become an increasing proportion of the medical workforce in Israel. This study investigates this trend and discusses its likely impact on the quantity and quality of medical care available.

    Authors: Ziona Haklai, Yael Applbaum, Orna Tal, Myriam Aburbeh and Nehama F Goldberger

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:37

    Content type: Original research article

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  31. Drawing upon the literature on physicians’ strikes from other OECD countries, the experience with physician strikes in Israel is put into comparative perspective. There are both structural and ideological fact...

    Authors: Gregory P Marchildon

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:34

    Content type: Commentary

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  32. In 2011, a series of physician strikes in Israel followed eight months of unsuccessful negotiations with the government (Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance). Strikes by physicians may be a warning ...

    Authors: Leonora G Weil, Gabi Bin Nun and Martin McKee

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:33

    Content type: Integrative article

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  34. Compassion fatigue among health care professionals has gained interest over the past decade. Compassion fatigue, as well as burnout, has been associated with depersonalization and suboptimal patient care. Prof...

    Authors: Nurit El-bar, Amalia Levy, Hedy S Wald and Aya Biderman

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:31

    Content type: Original research article

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  35. Choosing a medical specialty requires medical students to match their interests and social-cultural situations with their perceptions of the various specialties.

    Authors: Charles Weissman, Howard Tandeter, Rachel Yaffa Zisk-Rony, Yoram G Weiss, Uriel Elchalal, Alex Avidan and Josh E Schroeder

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:19

    Content type: Original research article

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  38. In many countries, NMAs, along with other stakeholders, play a part in the regulation of physicians. The purpose of this paper is to compare and explain the level of involvement of NMAs in physician regulation...

    Authors: Malke Borow, Baruch Levi and Michelle Glekin

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:8

    Content type: Integrative article

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  39. In Hirschman’s classic formulation, physicians can signal discontent with their conditions of work by “exiting” (leaving the profession or not entering it in the first place) or by giving “voice” to their conc...

    Authors: Richard L Kravitz

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012 1:51

    Content type: Commentary

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  42. Obstetric anesthesia workload demand in Israel has increased due to both an increase in the requests for labor analgesia and a marked increase in the cesarean delivery rate. We propose a new workload-driven pe...

    Authors: Yehuda Ginosar, Alex Ioscovich, Charles Weissman, Ronit Calderon-Margalit and Carolyn F Weiniger

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012 1:48

    Content type: Original research article

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  43. National planning and management of the physician workforce is a multifaceted, difficult, and even controversial activity. It is an important subset of overall health workforce planning and management, which c...

    Authors: Stephen C Schoenbaum

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012 1:14

    Content type: Commentary

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  44. Specialty selection by medical students determines the future composition of the physician workforce. Selection of career specialties begins in earnest during the clinical rotations with exposure to the clinic...

    Authors: Charles Weissman, Rachel Yaffa Zisk-Rony, Josh E Schroeder, Yoram G Weiss, Alex Avidan, Uriel Elchalal and Howard Tandeter

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012 1:13

    Content type: Original research article

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  45. This commentary on the article by Nirel, Riba, Reicher and Toren, "Registered nurses in Israel - workforce employment characteristics and projected supply", describes major findings from this important Israeli...

    Authors: Greer Glazer

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012 1:12

    Content type: Commentary

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  46. Surveys of nursing supplies around the world have furnished a better understanding of the structure of the workforce, helped identify shortages, and plan professional training. This study aimed to examine the ...

    Authors: Nurit Nirel, Shoshana Riba, Sima Reicher and Orly Toren

    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012 1:11

    Content type: Original research article

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