A house divided: cooperative and competitive recruitment in vital industries.

Aim: To propose a theoretical based model approach to address the nursing shortage problem of recruiting qualified applicants.

Background: Vital industries such as nursing and trucking face a large labour shortage.

Methods: A literature review focusing on recruitment and realistic job previews examines relevant theories and an indication of the focus of similar research.

The Impact of Patient-to-Patient Interaction in Health Facility Waiting Rooms on Their Perception of Health Professionals.

Patients have to wait in waiting rooms prior to seeing the physician. But there are few studies that demonstrate what they are actually doing in the waiting room. This exploratory study was designed to investigate the types of discussions that patients in the waiting room typically engage in with other patients and how the conversations affected their opinion on general reputation of the clinic, injections/blocks as treatment procedures, waiting time, time spent with the caregiver, overall patient satisfaction, and the pain medication usage policy.

Rehabilitation centers: marketing analysis and future challenges.

A rehabilitation center is another form of health care organization that specializes in providing care for particular conditions of patients. Patients admitted in rehab centers range from being accident victims to those suffering with a specific illness. These organizations are becoming extremely valuable in providing patient care services.