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Encryptionâs Importance to Economic and Infrastructure Security
Det övergripande syftet med den hĂ€r avhandlingen var att utreda om network coopetition, samarbete mellan konkurrerande aktörer, kan öka vĂ€rdeskapandet inom hĂ€lso- och sjukvĂ„rden. Inom hĂ€lso- och sjukvĂ„rden Ă€r network coopetition ett Ă€mne som fĂ„tt liten uppmĂ€rksamhet i tidigare studier. För att besvara syftet utvecklades en modell för network coopetition inom hĂ€lso- och sjukvĂ„rden. Modellen applicerades sedan pĂ„ en del av vĂ„rdkedjan för patienter i behov av neurokirurgisk vĂ„rd. Resultaten frĂ„n avhandlingen visar att: (1) FörutsĂ€ttningarna för network coopetition i vĂ„rdkedjan för patienter i behov av neurokirurgisk vĂ„rd Ă€r uppfyllda. (2) Det finns exempel pĂ„ horisontell network coopetition i den studerade vĂ„rdkedjan. (3) Det existerar en diskrepans mellan hur aktörerna ser pĂ„Â sitt eget och de andra aktörernas vĂ€rdeskapande. (4) VĂ€rdeskapandet bör utvĂ€rderas som ett gemensamt system dĂ€r hĂ€nsyn tas till alla aktörer och utvĂ€rderas pĂ„ process- nivĂ„ dĂ€r hĂ€nsyn tas till alla intressenter. Dessa resultat leder fram till den övergripande slutsatsen Ă€r att network coopetition bör kunna öka vĂ€rdeskapandet för högspecialiserade vĂ„rdkedjor med en stor andel inomlĂ€nspatienter.The overall purpose of this thesis was to investigate whether network coopetition, cooperation between competitive actors, can increase the value creation within the health care system. Within health care, network coopetition is a subject granted little attention in previous research. To fulfil the purpose a model for network coopetition within the health care system was developed. The model was the applied to one part of the chain of care for patients in need of neurosurgery. The results from this thesis show: (1) The conditions for network coopetition in the chain of care for patients in need of neurosurgery are fulfilled. (2) Examples of horizontal network coopetition have been found in the studied chain of care. (3) There is an existing discrepancy between how each actor recognizes its own and the other actorsâ value creation. (4) The value creation ought to be evaluated as a common system where all actors are taken into account and at a process level where all stakeholders are considered. These results supports the final conclusion that network coopetition ought to be able to increase the value creation for highly specialized chain of cares with a large share of within-county patients
Waiting time information in the Italian NHS: A citizen perspective
Public involvement in the management and communication of waiting times is known to support initiatives to reduce waiting times, as well as increase fairness and promote transparency and accountability. In order to improve transparency and communication to citizens, Italy recently updated the National Regulatory Plan for Waiting Lists (2019â2021), which calls for the disclosure of waiting time information on healthcare provider webpages. This study analyses waiting time information for outpatient visits and digital services available on the institutional website pages of 144 public healthcare organisations in nine regions and two autonomous provinces of Italy. Web pages were analysed both in terms of the available information/services, using a grid, and in terms of the quality of the text using an advanced readability assessment tool (READ-IT). This information was complemented and validated by regional healthcare key informants during research-specific workshops. Waiting time information disclosure, digital services and text readability varied both within and between the regional healthcare systems and organisations. The types and characteristics of waiting time information and statistics vary considerably with a negative impact on their use for benchmarking and their readability and usability for booking purposes. Overall, communication weaknesses due to low harmonization and clarity of information can undermine efforts in effectively informing and involving the public through online waiting time data disclosure
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EGovernance implementation model: Case study of the federal government agencies of Pakistan
Copyright @ 2013 EMCIS.This study examines the eGovernance potential to bring about structural changes in the way in which government agencies operate, interact and communicate internally and externally with its citizens. Public sector needs to adopt eGovernance that is focused on the citizen satisfaction. In many developed countries, the types and quality of public services provided by a Government to its citizens have evolved over time, due to their change in thinking regarding the role of Government, from being a traditional government to that of being a modern service provider. Thus, this study will focus on the complaint management information systems of the selected federal government agencies in Pakistan. Authors were able to derive the implementation model of eGovernance only after doing analysis of all of the data obtained from questionnaires, interviews and observations at the federal government level in Pakistan. Authors found that the overall outcome of the validation process indicated that the model is highly satisfactory to improve the overall eGovernance system to provide modern services to its citizens
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