Low capacity and lack of resources are the root causes of the functional and organisational failings of health systems that impede progress (1– 4).
For infectious disease surveillance, this is typically achieved through the ability of internet-based surveillance systems to collect data at an earlier time point than is possible for traditional systems or by circumventing bureaucratic structures inherent to traditional systems that impede information flow [ 4].
The vagaries of the environment and multiple stakeholders create uncertainty in the requirements for an information system product that impedes development of a high quality product along common dimensions of efficiency, flexibility and responsiveness.
Conservative politicians on Capitol Hill have repeatedly asserted that it would be unfair for America to take the leap into a system that might impede her economic growth if developing countries such as China were allowed to get away with doing virtually nothing.
While the system supports the education of CFH nurses to work in partnership with families, increased workload and resource shortages create system barriers that impede the CFH nurses implementing this approach [ 16, 63].
There are increasing pressures in the health care system that impede delivery of care to this population.[ 12, 14- 18] Studies have documented deficiencies in the primary care management of arthritis including lack of appropriate referral for non-pharmacologic and specialist care as well as general practitioners' lack of confidence in musculoskeletal examination.
If not acted upon, gender discrimination and inequalities result in systems inefficiencies that impede the development of the robust workforces needed to respond to today's critical health care needs.
So we have to set up a system that doesn't impede people from moving [the work] around".
This domain includes the overall organisation of, and interactions with, the health system that will facilitate or impede effective functioning of general practice services during a pandemic, including adaptation of relevant regulatory and financing systems.
In many traditional free-market models, the wealthiest actors are the most productive, and the system is dragged down by anything that impedes them.
