A PROPOSED PRIVATE HOSPITAL.

Comparison of Outpatient Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Private Nonteaching Hospital versus a Private Teaching Community Hospital

The development of laparoscopic cholecystectomy has allowed the introduction of outpatient surgery for biliary tract disease. However, there appears to be a wide variation of the interpretation of "outpatient surgery," ranging from discharge the same day to keeping patients for overnight observation. We prospectively reviewed the last 50 chole-cystectomies performed at Spartanburg Regional Medi...

Organizational culture of a private hospital.

Objective To assess the values and practices that characterize the organizational culture of a private hospital in the state of São Paulo in the perspective of nursing professionals. Methods Quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study. Data collection was conducted between January and March 2013 using the Brazilian Instrument for Assessing Organizational Culture. Twenty-one nurses and sixt...

Nursing Time Allocation: A Wok Sampling Survey in a Turkish Private Hospital

Background and Objectives: Work sampling is a useful technique to characterize how employees allocate their work time to various activities. Given the value of nurses’ time for quality health care delivery, characterization of nursing time distribution may provide useful information for optimal use of nursing staff. The purpose of the present study was to explore time allocatio...

CMS issues proposed hospital inpatient payment rule.

The Proposed Bengal Hospital for the Insane

The new hospital for the insane is intended for a daily average number of from 050 to 700 males and 175 to 200 female patients, and will be so situated and constructed that, as is not improbable, it will be capable of considerable extension in several directions. The area of land taken up is extensive, 'lhis is important, because it is fairly certain that a modern well-managed hospital of this ...