As the levels of both psychological and physiological stress are tuned up and down, a non-linear effect on workload is evident [6].
Ironically, the focus of user-fee removal on rural districts, intended to target access improvements in rural areas, has had a disproportionate effect on workloads in rural areas, which were already significantly greater than in urban areas.
This study aims to demonstrate one hospital's experience of the rationalisation of emergency care and its effect on workload.
There are more reports about the effect on workload and workflow, though largely on the interrelationship between providing online access to records, email (or messaging via a portal), telephone use and face-to-face consulting.
The effect on workload was debated both by patients, who were concerned that their GP was already too busy, and professionals who raised concerns that offering a GPwSI service might not just meet existing need but actually create demand.
New production milking systems may alter the physical workload and thus have an effect on the development of musculoskeletal disorders.
"As we are in the midst of a baby boom, these factors together with the increasing social complexity of care needs for all mothers have a dramatic effect on the workload heaped on already overstretched midwives".
Furthermore, regulatory changes might have a significant effect on administrative workload and costs of purchaser and providers.
The CHEX had a detrimental effect on subjective workload as participants judged that their tasks were more demanding and complex and required more mental and perceptual activities in the presence of the tool than in its absence.
Despite positive effects on workload and quicker turnaround times, outsourcing in particular is associated with significant concerns such as quality, legal issues, and reducing the clinical role of radiologists.
