Quality assessment of clinical health care with the programme of quality standard is a method of health management, through which better efficiency and safety of health outcomes can be achieved. In the period from 2002 to 2004, a pilot program of quality has been carried out on the Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Center in Zagreb. Seven internal audit teams of hospital commissi...

This paper describes a trial of the Canterbury GP After-Hours Service (CGPAHS), a GP staffed after-hours service within the Canterbury Hospital Emergency Department. It was decided not to continue the service beyond the twelve-month trial phase because the opportunity cost to do this was greater than existing alternative services. The efficiency of the service might have been improved had great...

AIM To measure the accessibility to healtcare services in order to reveal their quality and to improve the overall coverage, continuity and other features. MATERIAL AND METHODS We used the software ESRI Arc GIS 9.3, the Network Analyst function and data provided by Ambulance Service of Iasi (A.S.I.) with emergencies statistics for the first four months of 2012, processed by Microsoft Office E...

INTRODUCTION It is important to gain a thorough understanding of positive coping methods adopted by medical emergency personnel to manage stressful situations associated with accidents and emergencies. Thus, the purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of positive coping strategies used by emergency medical service providers. METHODS This study was conducted using a qualitativ...

a few numbers of patients admitted to the emergency department due to the lunate dislocation can cause a direct injury to the wrist ligament, which mainly occurs after wrist trauma, and often diagnosis is far from the mind. a 32 years old man due to severe pain and tenderness of the wrist started the previous day during swimming, referred to emergency department of imam reza hospital of mashhad...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the use of emergency and non-urgent ambulance transport services by people aged 65 years and over. SETTING The study was undertaken in Queensland where the Queensland Ambulance Services (QAS) is the sole provider of emergency pre-hospital and non-urgent ambulance services for the entire state. METHODS The age and sex of 351,000 emergency and non-urgent cases treated...

Background. There are not too many studies that deal with the organizational commitment of emergency physicians. This commitment has been shown to impact organizational performance. The aim of this paper is to analyse the degree of commitment of the emergency physicians in Spanish public hospitals and the factors that may influence it. Method. Online survey using SurveyMonkey to emergency physi...

OBJECTIVE To identify the proportion of patients who were taken into the emergency room on the basis of legal regulations and non-urgent medical procedures. METHODS This prospective study was conducted in the Emergency Department, Toros State Hospital, Mersin, Turkey. Data were collected over 4 weeks (January 2011) and then analyzed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Analysis of Variance, and Krus...

INTRODUCTION Children who leave the Emergency Department may be at risk for preventable health problems related to the lack of timely assessment. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate and characterize the cases of children leaving our Emergency Department and to determine their clinical outcome. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective and descriptive review of the patient's medical r...

BACKGROUND Equity of access to appropriate pre-hospital emergency care is a core principle underlying an effective ambulance service. Care must be provided within a timeframe in which it is likely to be effective. A national census of response times to emergency and urgent calls in statutory ambulance services in Ireland was undertaken to assess current service provision. METHODS A prospectiv...