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2025
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Dilipraj Dongre, Prateek Kanchan
THE FUTURE OF HIRING: IMPACT OF SKILL-BASED HIRING ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LIFELONG LEARNING
This paper explores the transformative potential of skill-based hiring as a strategic response to the evolving demands of the global labour market. By shifting the focus from traditional credential-based assessments to dynamic competency evaluations, organizations can foster greater agility, inclusivity,...
2025
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Yosri A. Fahim, Ibrahim W. Hasani, Samer Kabba, Waleed Mahmoud Ragab
Artificial intelligence in healthcare and medicine: clinical applications, therapeutic advances, and future perspectives
Healthcare systems worldwide face growing challenges, including rising costs, workforce shortages, and disparities in access and quality, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool capable of addressing these issues by enhancing diagnostics,...
2025
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Samuel Mesfin, Tsion Hiwot, Nanati Jemal Aliye, Elham Yimam, Selmy Awad
Equity in the cardiothoracic surgical workforce: addressing training gaps and workforce distribution in Africa– a narrative review
Cardiothoracic surgery (CTS) remains one of the least diverse surgical specialties, marked by significant gender and racial disparities. Despite increased medical school enrollment and the inclusion of more women and underrepresented minorities in the medical workforce, the number of locally...
2025
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Haopeng Liu, Chengyu Ma, Yanbin Yang, Weizhen Liao, Yi Wang
Strategies for enhancing PHC accessibility through mobile and capsule clinics: a spatial location allocation study in China
BACKGROUND: Shortages in the Primary Health Care (PHC) workforce, especially in remote areas, pose a major challenge to achieving universal health coverage. Traditional strategies focused solely on hiring village doctors face limitations due to recruitment challenges in these regions. This...
2025
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Yosri A. Fahim, Ibrahim W. Hasani, Samer Kabba, Waleed Mahmoud Ragab
Artificial intelligence in healthcare and medicine: clinical applications, therapeutic advances, and future perspectives
Healthcare systems worldwide face growing challenges, including rising costs, workforce shortages, and disparities in access and quality, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool capable of addressing these issues by enhancing diagnostics,...
2025
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Christy Nishita, Kevin Kawamoto
Strategies for Building a Dementia-Capable Workforce in Hawaiʻi
Health care workers with specialized knowledge and skills to work with people living with symptoms of dementia are needed in all sectors of the health care industry in Hawai’i as the number of people in the population diagnosed with Alzheimer’s...
2025
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Ambareen Main Thompson, Sheikh Mohd Saleem
Closing the mental health gap: transforming Pakistan’s mental health landscape
Pakistan confronts a severe mental health crisis that compels urgent action. Mental disorders constitute a burgeoning global burden, with depression alone accounting for a staggering 4.4% of worldwide Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) [1]. A stark inequity persists, with over 90%...
2025
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Jonas Schoo, Frank Schüssler
Spatial and temporal disparities in general practitioner provision: a 21-year longitudinal analysis from Lower Saxony, Germany
BACKGROUND: Equitable access to general practitioner services remains a persistent challenge for health systems and is critical for reducing health inequalities, particularly between urban and rural regions. Understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of primary care provision is vital for...
2025
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Simant Pratap Singh, S. P. Singh
Workforce 2030 and Beyond: Rethinking HR Strategies for Jobs That Haven’t Been Invented Yet
As we approach the year 2030, the nature of work is undergoing a profound transformation fueled by automation, artificial intelligence, demographic evolution, and shifting organizational priorities. Many of the jobs that will exist in the next decade are yet to...
2025
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Zainab Lal, Mayuri Gogoi, Irtiza Qureshi, Amani Al‐Oraibi, Jonathan Chaloner, Padmasayee Papineni, Susie Lagrata, Laura B Nellums, Christopher A. Martin, Katherine Woolf, Manish Pareek, on behalf of the UK-REACH Study Collaborative Group, Laura J. Gray, Laura B Nellums, Anna L. Guyatt, Catherine John, I. C. McManus, Ibrahim Abubakar, Amit Gupta, Avinash Aujayeb, Bindu Gregary, Rubina Reza, Sandra Simpson, Stephen Zingwe, Keith R. Abrams, Martin D. Tobin, Louise V. Wain, Sue Carr, Edward S. Dove, Kamlesh Khunti, David Ford, Robert C. Free
Redeployment and changes in working patterns of healthcare workers during COVID-19 in the UK: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Redeployment was critical in addressing the increased demands of COVID-19 on the healthcare system. Previous research indicates that ethnic minority healthcare workers (HCWs), those on visas, and in junior roles, were more likely to be redeployed to COVID-19 duties...
2024
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Aklilu Endalamaw, Resham B. Khatri, Daniel Erku, Anteneh Zewdie, Eskinder Wolka, Frehiwot Nigatu, Yibeltal Assefa
Barriers and strategies for primary health care workforce development: synthesis of evidence
BACKGROUND: Having a sufficient and well-functioning health workforce is crucial for reducing the burden of disease and premature death. Health workforce development, focusing on availability, recruitment, retention, and education, is inseparable from acceptability, motivation, burnout, role and responsibility, and performance....
2024
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Ronald W. Manderscheid, Amy Ward
Looking Toward the Future of Integrated Care: History, Developments, and Opportunities
For almost five decades, the development and implementation of integrated care-the simultaneous combination of primary care with mental health and substance use care-has been a major challenge for the behavioral health care field. Integrated care is exceptionally important because many...
2024
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Xinyu Cai, Xiang Hua, Інна Нескородєва, Акмал Дурманов
Interrelation between human capital management and ESG engagement: evidence from S&P 500 firms
This study investigates the relationship between human capital management strategies and corporate sustainability commitments while also examining the moderating role of CEO tenure in shaping this relationship. Drawing on a panel dataset of 413 S&P 500 companies spanning 2011 to...
2024
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Gonçalo Sítima, Carlos Galhardo-Branco, Paulo Reis-Pina
Equity of access to palliative care: a scoping review
BACKGROUND: Palliative care (PC) has the potential to alleviate suffering and enhance quality of life for patients with serious progressive diseases; however, access to PC remains unequal across different populations. OBJECTIVE: This scoping review aimed to systematically examine the literature...
2024
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Ngozi F. Anachebe, Leila Amiri, Kristen Goodell, Demondes Haynes, Remo Panaccione, Aaron Saguil, Carol A. Terregino, Mike Woodson, Kenneth D. Royal
Approaches to ensure an equitable and fair admissions process for medical training
There has been considerable discussion of how best to address racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes, both globally and specifically in the United States. Increasing diversity among future clinicians and physician-scientists has been identified as a key strategy for...
2024
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Jenna Pinchbeck, Karen Johnston, Alison Farrington, Steven McPhail, Sarah Larkins
The Australian clinical trial landscape: Perceptions of rural, regional and remote health service capacity and capability
BACKGROUND: Access to clinical trials is limited for rural, regional and remote Australians, adding to the current health inequity between rural and metropolitan populations. The Australasian Teletrial Model was developed to bring clinical trials “closer to home”. In 2020, the...
2024
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Omar Faruqi Marzuki, Ellie Teo Yi Lih, Wan Nor Zanariah Zainol Abdullah, Nozieana Khairuddin, Nor Hanifawati Inai, Juniza Binti Md Saad, Mohd Hamim Abdul Aziz
Innovating Education: A Comprehensive Review of STEM Education Approaches
This comprehensive paper delves into the evolving realm of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education, a critical component in the modern educational landscape. The review highlights how STEM education has transcended the mere combination of four subjects into an...
2024
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Doreen Mucheru, Éilish McAuliffe, Anosisye Mwandulusya Kesale, Brynne Gilmore
A rapid realist review on leadership and career advancement interventions for women in healthcare
Women represent 70% of the global health workforce but only occupy 25% of health and social care leadership positions. Gender-based stereotypes, discrimination, family responsibilities, and self-perceived deficiencies in efficacy and confidence inhibit the seniority and leadership of women. The leadership...
2024
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Margaret W. Gichane, Ida Griesemer, Leah Cubanski, Blessing Egbuogu, D. Keith McInnes, Lynn Garvin
Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Health and Health Services Research Workforce: A Systematic Scoping Review
Health and health services research institutions seek to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) to overcome structural bias. The objective of this review is to identify, characterize, and evaluate programs aimed to strengthen DEI in the health and health services...
2024
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Jane Osareme Ogugua, Tolulope O Olorunsogo, Muridzo Muonde, Chinedu Paschal Maduka, Olufunke Omotayo
Developing countries’ health policy: A critical review and pathway to effective healthcare systems
This paper provides a concise overview of a comprehensive review exploring the health policies of developing countries, critically assessing their strengths, weaknesses, and proposing pathways towards building effective healthcare systems. In developing countries, health policies play a pivotal role in...