Can patient flow be effectively controlled?

Can patient flow be effectively controlled?

BACKGROUND Emergency department (ED) overcrowding may affect the ability to provide quality care and maximize patient flow. Study objectives To analyse the impact of the control of the patient flow during a conflict on ED overcrowding. METHODS During a recent military conflict in Israel the Ministry of Health issued a directive aimed at redirecting the patient flow to EDs in a metropolitan are...

Can Handguns Be Effectively Regulated ?

Can tuberculosis be controlled?

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is nearly 100% curable. However, the ability of medical and public health interventions to control TB, particularly in developing countries, is often doubted. METHODS We reviewed data for the amenability of TB to control. We considered separately control of deaths, prevalence, rate of infection and incidence. RESULTS Tuberculosis mortality can be reduced by more...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal periprosthetic joint infections can be effectively controlled by systemic and local daptomycin

BACKGROUND Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus remains a serious problem in the treatment of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Higher failure rates were reported when vancomycin was used in 2-stage exchange arthroplasty. Therefore a better therapeutic drug is needed to treat PJI caused by methicillin-resistant organisms. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of d...

Be Patient and Tolerate Imprecision: How Autonomous Agents can Coordinate Effectively

A decentralized mul t iagent system comprises agents who act autonomously based on local knowledge. Achiev ing coordinat ion in such a system is non t r i v ia l , hut is essential in most appl icat ions, where disjointed or incoherent behavior would be undesirable. Coord ina t ion in decentralized systems is a richer phenomenon than previously believed. In par t icu lar , five ma jor a t t r i...