The history of psychiatric hospitals find its origins in classical workhouses and houses of correction. From the 18th to 20th century‚ there was a transformation of workhouses into insane asylums and finally into psychiatric hospitals and along with this transformation of institutions came a shift to medical understandings of mental illness. Ultimately‚ the barbarous practices that occurred within asylums caused another shift in psychiatric care towards deinstitutionalization‚ psychology outside
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the Albacore community and Hospital Bass. First‚ there are the patients‚ whose interests are to be treated with the best possible care by the hospital staff. Therefore‚ it is important to understand that the patients are considered to be the primary stakeholders (Community Toolbox‚ n.d.). Without patients Hospital Bass would not exist because patients create revenue‚ which allow hospitals to stay open. The interests of the patients are the number one concern for Hospital Bass. The patients’ interests
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Saying psychiatric hospital facility policies need to improve significantly is an understatement. During my eight-day stay at Clarion Psychiatric Center‚ located in western Pennsylvania‚ was one of the worst experiences in my life. I know staying in a psychiatric center wasn’t a life or death situation but‚ the horrid experience was certainly a catalyst to my reoccurring nightmares. Hitherto‚ I still have nightmares of being sent back to the psychiatric center. While I was there‚ I could have almost
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SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OF HOSPITALS IN KATHMANDU By: Ramesh Kaphle I. INTRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL problems are at top priority since last few decades as these are directly vulnerable to human beings‚ animals‚ crops and surrounding environment as well. These issues are so vital to discuss and are not ignorable at any cost. Hospitals are the places of health care and if waste will be not disposed off properly then most of the stakeholders may get infected especially employees working in the
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Colour coding hospital cleaning materials and equipment Reference number 0429 Central Alert System (CAS) reference NPSA/2007/15 Issue date10 January 2007 Action date (if applicable) (date field)31 March 2008 DH Gateway reference 7469 TypeAlert This Safer Practice Notice introduced the National Colour Coding Scheme for hospital cleaning materials and equipment. This ensured that these items are not used in multiple areas‚ therefore reducing the risk of cross-infection. Most hospitals already had a
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Name of Journal: Improving Hong Kong Title of article: The Hospital Authority Drug Formulary (HADF) Name: Ng Ka Lok (Peony) UID: 2009504279 Email: peony11@hku.hk Introduction The Hospital Authority (HA) has introduced the Drug Formulary in the fall of 2005. It is a list of drugs that are 1) prescribed freely (HA standard)‚ 2)not prescribed freely but the Samaritan Funds will provide financial assistance if needed(Non-HA standard I)and 3)not prescribed freely and are not protected by a safety
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Readmissions to the hospital has been projected to cost the U.S. approximately 17 billion dollars annually‚ of which 90% of those readmitted were unplanned (Weiss‚ Yakusheva‚ and Bobay‚ 2011). For those patients who have a primary care provider and actually follow up as instructed within 1-2 weeks‚ 2/3 of those primary care providers will have not received a written discharge summary of the patient’s stay. On the other hand‚ a large percentage of patients either do not have access to primary care
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State Hospital affects its services? If so‚ how?” According to the administrative staff’s answers to the interview questions and the researcher’s interpretation of the primary data‚ yes‚ the lack of funding for the MSH did affect its services. As stated earlier‚ the researcher hypothesized‚ that resource insufficiency would cause programs‚ as well as jobs to be eliminated. The researcher also assumed that downsizing the program by cutting the number of beds in operation would cause the hospital to admit
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important as the arrival.” My journey began during my visit to the hospital at the age of eleven. I recall my visit was due my involvement in a car accident and was rushed to the hospital for care. I recall during my first couple of hours‚ I felt anxious and scared‚ but I left the hospital feeling happy and complete. I felt complete because it was through this visit that I knew what profession I wanted and that was to work in a hospital. At that time‚ I was not sure of what type of doctors there were
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Case 2: Project Management at Arnold Palmer Hospital 1- Develop the network for planning and construction of the new hospital at Arnold Palmer. 2- What is the critical path and how long is the project expected to take? The critical path is Activities 1-3-5-6-8-10-11-12-14-16-17-19- 20-21. The project will take around 47 months (4 years). 3- Why is the construction of this 11-story building any more complex than construction of an equivalent office
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