HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS - R. Howard‚ R. Lata‚ T. Tennekoon‚ R. Mirza & K.Yang Figure 1: Selected hospital acquired infections in Queensland‚ July-December 200814 • Introduction Hospital acquired infections‚ (HAI) also known as nosocomial infections refer to those infections that occur within 48 hours of hospital admission‚ 30 days of an operation‚ or 3 days of discharge10. Nosocomial infections can be quite traumatic and can have significant consequences to the patients16
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Safety Initiatives in the Hospital Setting Introduction Patient safety is described by the US Institute of Medicine as “the freedom from accidental injury due to medical care or from medical error” (Mansour‚ 2012). With that being said‚ patient safety has long been a major issue for hospitals. In the past many patients have been injured during hospital stays‚ some being injured severely with death being the result. With the growing trend of lawsuits‚ hospitals were becoming more and
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2007‚ page 95-115 DETERMINANTS OF COST EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS OF KARNATAKA STATE IN INDIA MAATHAI K. MATHIYAZHAGAN1 Abstract The main objective of this paper is to analyze the determinants of cost efficiency of public and private hospitals of Karnataka State in India. This is estimated through the parametric (stochastic frontier) and nonparametric (data envelopment) methods by using the Hospitals Facility Survey (2004) in Karnataka. The findings indicate that the choice of
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multi-criteria assessment of available treatment technologies for infectious hospital waste: A case study for Southeast Asia Abstract Over the course of time various treatment technologies have evolved and are used to treat infectious hospital waste all over the world. The implemented and future treatment practices for infectious hospital wastes are discussed in current paper. It presents a review of the total hospital waste generated‚ and the percentage of infectious waste to be disinfected on a
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Mother Teresa Rural Hospital (MTH ) Filling the gaps of unequal healthcare Mother Teresa Hospital‚ situated amongst the beautiful and quiet villages of Devanahalli Taluk‚ is close to the hearts of people living in that area. . People here hesitate to go hospitals in Bangalore town‚ they get intimated by the complexity of the hospitals” says Dr. Luke. “Muithayamma‚ from Illthore who I had referred to a hospital in the city‚ came back and said‚ “I was lost inside the hospital‚ ‚ trying to find a
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certain amount of time. Great amount of time is being consumed by information storage‚ retrieval and the billing process of most local hospitals and clinics. To be able to provide the medical needs of the rapidly growing population‚ local hospitals must be flexible to the current trends and innovation in today ’s changes in technology. One of the concerns of local hospitals nowadays is how to reduce the number of paper works in having a transaction with the patient that could fasten the process of admission
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Case Study Shouldice Hospital Limited 09. November 2011 1. How does Shouldice compete? Identify at least three characteristics of Shouldice´s operations that contribute to its competitiveness. The four most important influences on competiveness in a company are cost‚ time (speed)‚ flexibility and quality. Cost and time should be held as small as possible‚ flexibility and quality as high as possible. In the Shouldice case we added another category: customer service. For the categories
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Account about : A National response to Winterbourne View Hospital Department of Health Review: Final Report In the Ministerial forward to the report care services minister Norman Lamb says that he “like many ‚ felt shock‚ anger‚ dismay and deep regret that vulnerable people were able to be treated in such an unacceptable way‚ and that the serious concern raised by their families were ignored by the authorities for so long” . The report goes on to describe the lessons that must be learned and
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concerning government hospitals in Lahore. We would like to appreciate Ms. Rameeza Aslam for her guidance throughout the research. We are also thankful to the 20 people who spared their precious time to answer our survey questions. Also we would like to acknowledge the interviewee who cooperated and shared his personal experience with us Abstract This study is intended to evaluate the level of performance of healthcare services delivered to patients by the public hospitals in Lahore‚ Pakistan.
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Jackson Memorial Hospital is the main centerpiece of an integrated healthcare delivery system located in the heart Miami. Jackson has been providing care to the residents of Miami-Dade for almost a decade. However‚ Jackson has been experiencing profit loss in various areas. Therefore‚ a research was conducted to inquire into Jackson’s financial problem. Based on the findings‚ Jackson’s financial trouble is due to a lack of internal control. This internal weakness has exposed the hospital to several threats
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