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BMC Health Services Research Editor's Pick 2018

2018 was an exciting year for BMC Health Services Research, which published a wide range of interesting articles. Read the Editor's Pick 2018 blog to find a few of the Editor’s favorite articles published over the last year.

International Women's Day - #BalanceforBetter

BMC Health Services Research and all of BMC is proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2019. We invite you to read our blog post about the theme of #BalanceforBetter and to browse our journals to read about recent research in gender equality, women's health, and women's rights.

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Call for Papers: Health Services Research for Opioid Use Disorders

The aim of this series is to illustrate the current applications of tools, treatments, medication and programs in the fight against opioid use disorders.
Submissions are now open and the deadline is the 30th of April 2019.

We are recruiting new Editorial Board members

We are now recruiting Associate Editors for our Editorial Board to join our team of academic editors in assessing manuscripts in the field of health services research.

Webinar series by BioMed Central and Health Systems Global

Publishing is an important part of sharing the outcomes of research, but the publication process and requirements may sometimes feel like a closed book. Health Systems Global (HSG) and BioMed Central, publisher of BMC Health Services Research which is affiliated with HSG, have partnered to deliver a series of five webinars to open up the peer review and publication processes. Aimed at researchers at a variety of career stages, the series covers how to prepare an article and choose the right journal, what happens during peer review, publishing models and open access, research and publication ethics and how to be a peer reviewer.

Content type: Research article
| 20 March 2019

Understanding determinants of acute stroke thrombolysis using the tailored implementation for chronic diseases framework: a qualitative study

Authors: Lesli E. Skolarus, Gina M. Neshewat, Lacey Evans, Molly Green, Narmeen Rehman, Zach Landis-Lewis, Jillian Welsh Schrader and Anne E. Sales
Content type: Research article
| 20 March 2019

Barriers to and facilitators of the development and utilization of context appropriate evidence based clinical algorithms to optimize clinical care and patient outcomes in the Tikur Anbessa emergency department: a multi-component qualitative study

Authors: Lisa M. Puchalski Ritchie, Finot Debebe and Aklilu Azazh
Content type: Research article
| 20 March 2019

Process evaluation of a behaviour change approach to improving clinical practice for detecting hereditary cancer

Authors: Janet C. Long, Teresa Winata, Deborah Debono, Kim-Chi Phan-Thien, Christine Zhu and Natalie Taylor
Content type: Research article
| 19 March 2019

A qualitative exploration of factors influencing medical staffs’ decision-making around nutrition prescription after colorectal surgery

Authors: Megan Rattray, Shelley Roberts, Ben Desbrow, Martin Wullschleger, Tayla Robertson, Ingrid Hickman and Andrea P. Marshall
Content type: Research article
| 19 March 2019

Errors in packaging surgical instruments based on a surgical instrument tracking system: an observational study

Authors: Xiaolian Zhu, Lan Yuan, Tianyi Li and Ping Cheng

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Content type: Research article
| 14 May 2011

Relationship between Organizational Culture, Leadership Behavior and Job Satisfaction

Authors: Yafang Tsai
Content type: Research article
| 13 June 2014

How nurses and their work environment affect patient experiences of the quality of care: a qualitative study

Authors: Renate AMM Kieft, Brigitte BJM de Brouwer, Anneke L Francke and Diana MJ Delnoij
Content type: Research article
| 15 December 2012

Equity of access to reproductive health services among youths in resource-limited suburban communities of Mandalay City, Myanmar

Authors: Phyu Phyu Thin Zaw, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Thien Thien Htay and Edward McNeil
Content type: Research article
| 8 February 2014

Investigating preferences for support with life after stroke: a discrete choice experiment

Authors: Christopher R Burton, Emily Fargher, Catrin Plumpton, Gwerfyl W Roberts, Heledd Owen and Eryl Roberts
Content type: Research article
| 6 August 2010

Barriers to the acceptance of electronic medical records by physicians from systematic review to taxonomy and interventions

Authors: Albert Boonstra and Manda Broekhuis

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Visit our page dedicated to all content Health Services Research, as selected by our Editors. Find relevant journals and articles, blogs, themed content, information on recent and upcoming events and more.

Aims and scope

BMC Health Services Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of health services research, including delivery of care, management of health services, assessment of healthcare needs, measurement of outcomes, allocation of healthcare resources, evaluation of different health markets and health services organizations, international comparative analysis of health systems, health economics and the impact of health policies and regulations.

Editor

Maria Zalm, BioMed Central, UK

Assistant Editors

Joseph Minus, BioMed Central, UK
Shona Reeves, BioMed Central, UK

Section Editors

Onyebuchi A Arah, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Dina Balabanova, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Stefano Bonacina, Karolinska Institutet
Kostuv Dalal, Örebro University
Howard Degenholtz, University of Pittsburgh
Hengjin Dong, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Michael Donnelly, Queen's University Belfast
Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Laval University
David Hotchkiss, Tulane University
Holly Lanham, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Evelina Pappa, Hellenic Open University
Milena Pavlova, Maastricht University
Antoni Plasencia, ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Fabrizio Tediosi, University of Basel
Kaspar Wyss, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

Organization information

Health Systems Global is a unique organization driven by a diverse, global membership of researchers, decision-makers and implementers who are dedicated to promoting health systems research and knowledge translation. The activities of Health Systems Global span across three broad areas of work: 1) foster the creation of new knowledge; 2) support knowledge translation focusing on bridging knowledge creation with practical application; and 3) foster research on the application of new knowledge in real world settings. Members of Health Systems Global will receive a discount on BMC Health Systems Research's article-processing charge when they provide a discount code (which members can obtain by contacting the society) during the submission process.

David Hotchkiss

David Hotchkiss is Vice Chair and Professor in the Department of Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

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2017

Thematic series
Exploration of disinvestment in the local healthcare setting
Edited by: Dr Milena Pavlova
Collection published: 4 May 2017

2015

Cross-journal collection
The Many Meanings of 'Quality' in Healthcare: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Edited by: Dr Deborah Swinglehurst
Collection published: 23 April 2015

2013

Cross-journal collection
Medical tourism - concepts, ethics and practices
Edited by: Dr Tulsi Patel and Prof Silke Schicktanz
Collection published: 20 August 2013

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