Pharmaceutical services in rural hospitals in Illinois—2001

Pharmaceutical care services in hospitals of Kuwait.

PURPOSE To describe the current pharmacy practice in the general public hospitals based on self-reported practice by pharmacists, explore the awareness of the pharmacists of pharmaceutical care concept, identify their willingness to implement pharmaceutical care practice, and identify the barriers that may limit its implementation. METHODS Eighty hospital pharmacists working in four general p...

Radiological services in rural mission hospitals in Ghana.

The provision of basic radiological services in rural, first-referral hospitals is an essential component of any country's attempt to achieve health for all. We report the results of a review of examination frequency trends, operator training background, and machine operational and safety status in the X-ray facilities in rural mission hospitals in Ghana in 1991-92. The radiological workload at...

Evaluation of rural stroke services: does implementation of coordinators and pathways improve care in rural hospitals?

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The quality of hospital care for stroke varies, particularly in rural areas. In 2007, funding to improve stroke care became available as part of the Rural Stroke Project (RSP) in New South Wales (Australia). The RSP included the employment of clinical coordinators to establish stroke units or pathways and protocols, and more clinical staff. We aimed to describe the effect...

Bioethics activities in rural hospitals.

Identifying maternity services in public hospitals in rural and remote Australia.

OBJECTIVE This paper articulates the importance of accurately identifying maternity services. It describes the process and challenges of identifying the number, level and networks of rural and remote maternity services in public hospitals serving communities of between 1000 and 25000 people across Australia, and presents the findings of this process. METHODS Health departments and the nationa...