Journal of health and human resources administration 

About: Journal of health and human resources administration is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Health care & Human services. It has an ISSN identifier of 0160-4198. Over the lifetime, 285 publications have been published receiving 578 citations.

Mental health consequences of rapid community growth: a report from the longitudinal study of boomtown mental health impacts.

Abstract: When communities lose their industries, jobs, and economic vitality, they can be thrust into a situation of crisis which is clear even to the casual observer. [1] Community growth, by contrast, is rarely thought to lead to a condition of "crisis," yet researchers have recently encountered evidence that rapid community growth may be accompanied by significant increases in social problems. Indeed, a recent study of seven growing and seven declining communities found that the growing commu nities "appear to have a more serious problem of substance abuse associated with economic change indicators than do communities suffering sudden economic decline." (Milkman et.al., 1980:1) In particular, a growing body of literature has begun to focus on the social and mental health consequences of rapid growth in "energy boomtowns" of the Western United States (e.g., Lantz and Jones, 1979; Weisz, 1979; for reviews, see Cortese, 1980; Cortese and Jones, 1979; Freudenburg, 1976, 1980a). This article reports on findings from an ongoing study of the mental health consequences of the rapid growth which took place in one of those western energy boomtowns. After a brief literature

Development and acceptance of medical information systems: an historical overview.

Abstract: Computers first were introduced into medicine in the early 1950s at about the same time that they became available for uses in business and science. In the earliest years of medical computing, patient record information was collected primarily in order to conduct research that was expected to improve medical practice. During the 1960s, applications were developed that addressed the basic divisions of institutional medicine, patient care, research, administration, and education. By the end of the 1960s, developers began to integrate separate applications into what came to be called Medical Information Systems (MIS). The move toward integration marked a shift in how computers were viewed?a shift from research to patient care. The development of Medical Information Systems was part of this shift. Medical Information Systems and hospital information systems involve using computers for storing, retrieving, and transmitting information for clinical, administrative, business, and sometimes research purposes. These systems link patient tracking, census, and billing with physicians' orders to and the responses from various ancillary services (e.g., laboratory, pharmacy, dietary) as well as with clinical care information such as nurses' notes. Development of such systems began in the 1950s, both commercially and in academic institutions. Generally, commercial hospital information systems are

The epidemiology of progressive burnout: a primer.

Abstract: Gary M. Andrew (Rand McNally & CO.); Sister Marianna Bauder (St. Mary's Hospital & Medical Center); Leslie S. Boss (Brigham Young University); R. Wayne Boss (University of Colorado at Boulder); Ronald J. Burke (York University); Allan Cahoon (University of Calgary); Diane Carter Carrigan (Smith Kline Clinical Laboratories); Sister Lynn Casey (St. Vincent Hospital & Health Center); James Michael Corbett (Aspenwood Dental Corp.); Rick Daly (Allergan Pharmaceuticals); Gloria J. Deckard (University of Missouri at Columbia); Eugene Deszca (York University); H. Sloane Dugan (University of Calgary); Mark Dundon (Sisters of Providence Health System); Jane Nelson Fine (St. Mary's Hospital & Medical Center); Terry D. Fine (Aspenwood Dental Corp.); Mike Fuller (University of Calgary); Alan M. Glaasman (California State University, Northridge); Roysten Greenwood (University of Alberta); Robert B. Grimm (University of Colorado at Boulder); Alan Guerrie (Aspenwood Dental Corp.); Richard Hilles (Allergan Pharmaceuticals); Keith Hornberger (St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center); Tom Janz (University of Calgary); Brad Leach (Sheriff, Boulder County, Colorado); Joseph Lischeron (University of Calgary); Sister Ann Marita (St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center); Franca Maroino (Tesi Spa Consulting Firm); Marco V. Maroino (Tesi Spa Consulting Firm); Mark L. McConkie (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs); Wayne Montgomery (Personal Improvements Programs); Robert Munzenrider (Penn State University at Middletown); William M. Murray (St. Vincent Hospital & Medical Center); David P. Noffsinger (Aspenwood Dental Corp.); Sue E. Noffsinger (Grand Junction, Colorado); Michael S. Ross (University of Calgary); Benjamin H. Rountree (University of Missouri at Columbia); Julie I.A. Rowney (University of Calgary); Patrick Scott (International Trade Association, U.S. Department of Commerce); Jon Shearer (York University); Jerry G. Stevenson (University of Georgia); Christopher N. Tennis (University of Colorado at Boulder); David J. Voorhis (Voorhis Associates(; and William D. Wilsted (University of Colorado at Boulder).