scholarly journals Telepharmacy and opportunities for its application in Bulgaria

Pharmacia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-337
Author(s):  
Kristina Kilova ◽  
Lily Peikova ◽  
Nonka Mateva
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Prescription Medicines

The application of telepharmacy opens new perspectives in the provision of health services and contributes to limiting the problem of reduced availability of pharmacists. The aim of the present study is to examine the attitudes towards offering and using telepharmaceutical services in Bulgaria. The study included 379 people, mostly health professionals. The mean age of respondents was 44.38±12.39. Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics v.23. Over 90% of the respondents use the Internet to search for health information. Many of them read the package leaflet before use. For the most part, respondents are distrustful of food supplements sold on the Internet. More than 56% claim they would not buy prescription medicines online or via a mobile app, even if it was allowed by law. Quite a few would consult a pharmacist for a therapy prescribed at a distance as well as use a mobile application to monitor drug therapy. The spread and acceptance of telepharmacy is a challenge involving cooperation between the public and private sectors, as well as scientific institutions and academia, which is essential for achieving appropriate results and effectively improving health services.

scholarly journals Management of jaw fractures in oral surgery in public and private practice: a retrospective study from 2006 to 2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Corentin Buron ◽  
Christian Mounier ◽  
Carine Guiavarc'h ◽  
Cédric Lansonneur ◽  
Matthieu Conan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Jaw Fractures ◽  
The Mean

Introduction: To date, no epidemiological studies on jaw fracture have examined its characteristics according to hospital status (public vs private). The aim of this study was to examine their differences in terms of patient- and injury-related variables. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted using patients' medical records in 2 types of hospital located in the northern area of Brittany (France). All patients hospitalized for jaw fracture between 2006 and 2017 were eligible. Comparisons between centres according to age, gender, anatomic location of fracture, mechanism of injury, and length of stay were undertaken using χ2, Fisher exact test, t-test, and Cochrane-Armitage trend test. Results: A total of 142 patients were included: 45.1% in the public and 54.9% in the private hospitals. Of them, 84.5% were men and the mean age was 32.0. Main causes of fractures were assault (56.3%), fall (30.3%) and road traffic accident (10%). A small number of patients had polytrauma (4.2%). The mean duration of stay was less than 2 days. Compared to patients who were admitted in private hospital, those who were likely to be admitted in public hospital were those: who had a jaw fracture in context of road traffic accident (18.8% vs 2.6%), with polytrauma (9.4% vs 0.0%) and maxilla fracture (9.4% vs 1.3%), and who had a longer stay (2.2 vs 1.1 days). Conclusion: This study showed that differences observed in characteristics of jaw fractures between public and private hospitals may be due to recruitment process: more severely affected patients are likely to be admitted in the public hospital.

Utilization of Primary Health Services in Hong Kong

2015 ◽  
pp. 1159-1176
Author(s):  
Raymond K. H. Chan ◽  
Kang Hu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Private Insurance ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Services

This chapter analyzes the issue of primary health care utilization in Hong Kong and introduces the case of Hong Kong where a special division between public and private sectors has developed in the field of primary health services. The chapter argues that in the foreseeable future, it is likely that the division of health care between the public and private sector will be maintained. In recent years, more and more individuals and families have purchased private health insurance so as to gain more options. The idea of universal health insurance was rejected by the public in recent consultations; the current alternative is government-regulated private insurance. Although private primary health services will continue as usual in the near future, public primary health services should be maintained or even expanded. Given the costliness of private services (especially specialist services), it is recommended that more resources should be invested in corresponding public health services.

Case Study E-Tailing Health Services in India

2016 ◽  
pp. 292-308
Author(s):  
Bobby Kurian
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The World

This case study has been developed to promote understanding the e-tailing of health services. E-health web portal provides a new medium for information dissemination, interaction and collaboration among institutions, health professionals, health providers and the public. This case study provides a founders perspective in setting up and running a medical website that offers online health care services to customers across the world. The case study discusses the challenges and issues faced by the founders and also the promoter's perspective on the lucrativeness of offering e-tailing services. Using this case study an attempt is made to stress the importance of a flexible e-tailing business model specific to the services offered and need of periodic assessments to ensure that the business runs profitable.

Privacy Concerns for Ubiquitous Data Aggregation and Storage

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarrod M. Rifkind ◽  
Seymour E. Goodman
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Business Models ◽  
The United States ◽  
Third Party ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World

Information technology has drastically changed the ways in which individuals are accounted for and monitored in societies. Over the past two decades, the United States and other countries worldwide have seen a tremendous increase in the number of individuals with access to the Internet. Data collected by the World Bank shows that 17.5 of every 100 people in the world had access to the Internet in 2006, and this number increased to 23.2 in 2008, 29.5 in 2010, and 32.8 in 2011 (World Bank 2012). According to the latest Cisco traffic report, Internet traffic exceeded 30 exabytes (1018 bytes) per month in 2011 and is expected to reach a zettabyte (1021 bytes) per month by 2015 (Cisco Systems 2011). Activities on the Web are no longer limited to seemingly noncontroversial practices like e-mail. The sheer growth of the Internet as a medium for communication and information sharing as well as the development of large, high-performance data centers have made it easier and less expensive for companies and governments to aggregate large amounts of data generated by individuals. Today, many people’s personal lives can be pieced together relatively easily according to their search histories and the information that they provide on social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter. Therefore, technological breakthroughs associated with computing raise important questions regarding information security and the role of privacy in society. As individuals begin using the Internet for e-commerce, e-government, and a variety of other services, data about their activities has been collected and stored by entities in both the public and private sectors. For the private sector, consumer activities on the Internet provide lucrative information about user spending habits that can then be used to generate targeted advertisements. Companies have developed business models that rely on the sale of such information to third-party entities, whether they are other companies or the federal government. As for the public sector, data collection occurs through any exchange a government may have with its citizens.

Blockchain Technology and Its Uses in the Tourism Industry

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-42
Author(s):  
Yunus Topsakal
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The public and private sectors will undergo a significant transformation with the use of blockchain technology, and this potential of blockchain technology will be influential in all areas of life. In addition, blockchain technology can help ease the integration of the Internet of Things, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence applications. The question of how such a technology that is in the process of development will be applied in areas such as taxation, notary operations, and banking, arises simultaneously. Studies related to blockchain technology have mainly been carried out in the fields of finance, logistics, banking, and education. However, there is a paucity of studies on blockchain technology in the tourism industry which has an important role in the global economy. Therefore, the potential of using blockchain technology in the tourism industry is evaluated in this chapter. For this purpose, the features, advantages, and disadvantages of blockchain technology are explained. The potential uses of blockchain technology in the tourism industry are then discussed.

Use of the internet by legal guardians of patients from public and private pediatric urology health services in Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 376-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Portocarrero ◽  
Mariana Portocarrero ◽  
Flávia Ribeiro do Prado Valladares ◽  
Ubirajara Barroso
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Pediatric Urology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Legal Guardians ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Regulating Obscenity in Chinese Livestreaming: An Ongoing Mediation between the Private and the Public, the Nation and the Market

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 70-91
Author(s):  
Jingyi Gu
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Neoliberal Governmentality ◽  
Grey Area ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government

Abstract Livestreaming platforms, including Huya, Douyu, Huajiao, and Inke, have become extremely popular in China in recent years, resulting in the formation of new industries and new professions. Livestreaming also forms a ‘grey area’ for the production and circulation of content that can be deemed pornographic and obscene by the government. The challenges for effective regulations come mainly from livestreaming’s real-time feature and its problematization of the distinction between public and private. Using theoretical lenses, including a Foucauldian approach to neoliberal governmentality, this article examines the Chinese government’s major attempts between 2016 and 2018 to regulate obscenity in livestreaming and consider them in the context of the government’s history of regulating media, the internet, and pornography. Based on an analysis of the evolving regulatory regime, the article also discusses how livestreaming users are left to their own devices as they navigate the ongoing mediation between the government’s economic and ideological motives.

scholarly journals VOICES EMPOWERED: IRANIAN WOMEN AND WEBLOGS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tannaz Zargarian
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Identity Transformation ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Iranian Women ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Social Barriers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Masculine Culture

Access to the Internet in 1998 created a unique sphere encompassing both public and private characteristics while offering a new form of communication, identity, and political participation (Rheingold 2000). As a result, access to the Internet provided women with an alternative way of defying the traditional masculine culture through "connection and communication" and "identity transformation" (Nouraei-Simon 2005). The Internet ameliorated Iranian women's ability to contribute to the accelerating development of an online culture that offers a significant change to the definition of empowerment as it shifts the boundaries of the public and private realms, allowing Iranian women to seek self-determination despite Islamic ideology (Jones, 1997). This work shows how the weblog has become one of the key tools to challenge social barriers in the quest for Iranian women's rights (Sreberny & Khiabany, 2010). This paper will critically examine the use of weblogs by some Iranian women to break the gender oriented restrictive rules imposed upon them by the patriarchal elements in higher education by exploring how and in what ways women advocate for their own and others' rights and equality? This paper incorporates a critical textual analysis of primary and secondary academic sources. It integrates a critical feminist approach and have collected data from the work of female scholars, activists, bloggers, and filmmakers and have brought forth the unheard experiences of some Iranian women in higher education.

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