Regional inter-hospital referral model for acute stroke management systems compared with an intra-hospital referral model

Do referral-management schemes reduce hospital outpatient attendances? Time-series evaluation of primary care referral management.

BACKGROUND Ninety-one per cent of primary care trusts were using some form of referral management in 2009, although evidence for its effectiveness is limited. AIM To assess the impact of three referral-management centres (RMCs) and two internal peer-review approaches to referral management on hospital outpatient attendance rates. DESIGN AND SETTING A retrospective time-series analysis of 37...

Hemoptysis in a referral hospital for pulmonology.

OBJECTIVE To determine the main causes of hemoptysis and to classify this symptom, in terms of the amount of blood expectorated, in patients hospitalized at a referral hospital for pulmonology. METHODS The study included 50 patients with hemoptysis admitted to the pulmonology ward of a general hospital in the city of Recife, Brazil, between July of 2005 and February of 2006. The data of inter...

Pattern of acute renal failure at a referral hospital.

Fifty two children (upto 12 years age) with acute renal failure (ARF) admitted to the Nephrology services between January, 1989 to August, 1992 were studied to determine the cause and outcome. Of these, 39 were boys and 13 girls; 27 (51.9%) patients were below 4 years of age. Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) was the commonest cause of ARF (30.8%) followed by acute tubular necrosis (ATN) in 28.84...

Risk Assessment of Surgical Procedures in a Referral Hospital

Background: Adverse Events (AEs) due to failure in healthcare procedures are common. These procedures are often evaluated independently. The objectives of this study are to investigate the nature of the failures in healthcare procedures of the surgical patients, assessing the frequency of these failures and preventability, and exploring their consequences, underlying causes, and prevention stra...

Referral Tracking Process 1 Running head: REFERRAL-CONSULTATIVE PROCESS AT MONCRIEF ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Graduate Management Project Improving the Referral Tracking Process At Moncrief Army Community Hospital CPT