Uptake and implementation of Nature-Based Solutions: An analysis of barriers using Interpretive Structural Modeling.

Cities increasingly have to find innovative ways to address challenges arising from climate change and urbanization. Nature-based solutions (NBS) have been gaining attention as multifunctional solutions that may help cities to address these challenges. However, the adoption and implementation of these solutions have been limited due to various barriers.

From theory to practice: what drives the core business of public health?

In 1994, the Public Health Functions Steering Committee proffered a description of the Essential Public Health Services (Essential Services). Questions remain, however, about the relationship between the roles defined therein and current public health practice at state and local levels. This case study describes the core business of public health in Georgia relative to the theoretical ideal and elucidates the primary drivers of the core business, thus providing data to inform future efforts to strengthen practice in the state.

Effects of a nursing information system in 5 Dutch hospitals.

Two studies of the effects of components of the integrated Nursing Information System VISION, involving five Dutch hospitals, were concluded in 1996. This paper summarises these studies and their results. The studies assessed effects on workload, quality of co-ordination, job satisfaction, patient satisfaction and quality of information supply.

Costs and effects of a nursing information system in three Dutch hospitals.

VISION is an integrated nursing information system developed in the Netherlands. In mid-1992, a technology assessment of this system was started: the VISTA project. Its aim is to assess the costs and effects of VISION in three different types of hospitals: a University Hospital, a General Hospital, and a Psychiatric Hospital.