study the performance of nurses communication with patients in special education and non- teaching hospital, urmia     hemmati maslakpak m [1] * , sheikhbaklu m [2] , baghaei r [3] , sheikhi n [4]     received: 21 dec, 2011 accepted: 4 feb, 2012     abstract   background & aims : acceptable communication performance is essential for safe, effective, and suitable care . proper communication is e...

A survey of community hospitals suggests a need for improving medical records and communications and introducing review procedures. A new and extended system based on an A4 size unit record is described. The benefits of a medical audit procedure in which all general practitioners and senior nurses participate are discussed.

diagnosis-related group (drg) systems across europe are very heterogeneous, in particular because of different classification variables and algorithms as well as costing methodologies. but, given the challenge of increasing patient mobility within europe, health systems are forced to incorporate a common patient classification language in order to compare and identify similar patients e.g. for ...

This article examines the role characteristics, responsibilities, and anticipated career patterns of first-line nurse administrators employed in university-based nursing education programs throughout the nation. First-line administration is the first level on the administrative ladder, and these administrators are most frequently entitled department chairpersons; division, program, and level di...

AIM This paper reports on structures and processes of hospital care influencing 30-day mortality for acute medical patients. BACKGROUND Wide variation in risk-adjusted 30-day hospital mortality rates for acute medical patients indicates that hospital structures and processes of care affect patient death. Because nurses provide the majority of care to hospitalized patients, we propose that str...

Expert nurse clinicians who are transitioning into academic positions after successful clinical careers often find they are unprepared to assume their new educator roles. Although nursing clinical expertise may be a necessary expectation, this knowledge is not sufficient to assume a nurse educator position. The purpose of this study was to identify essential entry-level nurse educator competenc...

BACKGROUND Studies on critical pathway use have demonstrated decreased length of stay and cost without compromise in quality of care. However, pathway effectiveness is difficult to determine given methodological flaws, such as small or single center cohorts. We studied the effect of critical pathways on total knee replacement outcomes in a large population-based study. METHODS We identified h...

PREAMBLE We seek to understand and control the forces that govern our lives, to participate in shaping our futures. We are no longer confident that specialists and administrators-the staff of our social institutions-will govern them wisely and justly without our participation. Health services cannot be excluded from the demand for greater public accountability and participation. Health is too i...

The main objective of this research paper is to ascertain the problems and causes related to the failure of health care equipment and devices in Hyderabad public sector hospitals and to recommend policies and strategies to develop a procedure or mechanism for better management of health care equipment to improve health care delivery and to minimize wastage of scarce public resources. A structur...

PURPOSE To investigate the present status of diabetic care provided by ophthalmologists working in hospitals and private clinics in Japan. METHODS Questionnaires were mailed to 315 ophthalmologists. There was a return rate of 73%. RESULTS Problems identified in the clinics were: (1) many diabetic patients who complain chiefly of ophthalmological symptoms voluntarily request their first opht...