Background Factors of IT adoption have largely been discussed in the literature. However,
existing frameworks (such as TAM or TTF) are failing to include one important aspect, the …

PURPOSE Hospitalizations for ambulatory care–sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are seen as
potentially avoidable with optimal primary care. Little is known, however, about how primary …

Objectives Patients' self‐report of medicine taking is a feasible method of assessing their
adherence to prescribed pharmacological treatment. Aim of this study was to assess whether …

Traditional hierarchies and structures in healthcare, as well as traditional professional
socialization practices, continue to create barriers to effective interprofessional collaboration. …

Objective Self‐efficacy – the confidence to carry out certain behaviour in order to achieve a
specific goal – has increasingly been recognized as an essential prerequisite of effective self‐…

Reliable instruments are vital to measure interprofessional education (IPE) and to assure
quality. Globally, the interprofessional field has, for the past 20 years or so, been designing and …

Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is highly prevalent and has substantial impact on quality of
life as well as on healthcare costs. The general practitioner (GP) often is the first care provider …

The discussion about new forms of cooperation and competencies in the health professions
need not primarily take place from the perspective of the occupational groups, but rather on …

Objectives The aim of this study was to explore patients' beliefs about medicines by administering
the German version of the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ) in a primary …

Background The increasing nursing shortages worldwide has focused attention on the need
to find more effective ways to recruit and retain nurses. The aim of this study was to gain …