Awareness and Utilisation of Primary Healthcare to Reduce Emergency Department Overcrowding in Saudi Arabia

Background Patients seeking emergency department (ED) care for non-acute conditions are a major contributor to ED overcrowding, which results in longer wait times. Method This was a cross-sectional study, conducted using an online survey among the Saudi population to assess their awareness about primary healthcare clinics (PHCCs) and urgent care clinics (UCCs), their role, and their scope of practice. Results A total of 565 participants were included in this study. Most of the respondents (81.1%) reported lengthy waiting times in the ED. Moreover, most (81.6%) stated that they had never visited a family doctor, yet they (92.6%) favoured having one for follow-up care. Close to half of the participants (50.3%) reported attending PHCCs without an appointment, and the majority of them (69.2%) said that PHCCs were overcrowded. Finally, most participants (92.4%) had not heard aboutUCCs. Conclusion ED overcrowding and prolonged waiting times remain a public concern. PHCCs and UCCs are underutilised, and this is attributed to the lack of awareness about their scope and their services.  

Impact of Psychological Contract on Employee Performance Mediated by Organizational Commitment

This research is conducted on the selected topic of IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE MEDIATED BY ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT. The objective of this study was to find out the existence of psychological contract in the organizations and its impact on the performance of the employees, organizational commitment was taken up as mediating variable and it is used to find out the mediating effect between the two variables. Researcher has used linear regression analysis technique and sobel test for testing hypothesis. Data collection was conducted through questionnaire. For this particular study IT industry was selected due to options available for switch over from one organization to another, sample size was 200 and respondents include IT professionals. Results gives us same aspect of what literature has revealed, along with the existence of psychological contract there is a significant impact on employee performance as well as there is a presence of partial mediation.