This paper presents findings of an observational study of the Registered Nurse (RN) Medication Administration Process (MAP) conducted on two comparable medical units in a large urban tertiary care medical center in Columbia, South Carolina. A total of 305 individual MAP observations were recorded over a 6-week period with an average of 5 MAP observations per RN participant for both clinical uni...

BACKGROUND As per the "Disaster Management Act, 2005" of India, it is mandatory for government hospitals in India to prepare a disaster plan. This study aimed to prepare a disaster manual of a 1 900 bed tertiary care hospital, in consultation and involvement of all concerned stakeholders. METHODS A committee of members from hospital administration, clinical, diagnostic and supportive departme...

EPI 5126 Introduction to Healthcare Epidemiology (3 units) Applications of epidemiologic and statistical methods within the healthcare setting; issues specific to infection control; roles and administration of infection control, risk management and quality assurance within healthcare facilities; surveillance mechanisms for nosocomial infections; outbreak investigation methods; infection risks i...

EPI 5126 Introduction to Healthcare Epidemiology (3 units) Applications of epidemiologic and statistical methods within the healthcare setting; issues specific to infection control; roles and administration of infection control, risk management and quality assurance within healthcare facilities; surveillance mechanisms for nosocomial infections; outbreak investigation methods; infection risks i...

EPI 5126 Introduction to Healthcare Epidemiology (3 units) Applications of epidemiologic and statistical methods within the healthcare setting; issues specific to infection control; roles and administration of infection control, risk management and quality assurance within healthcare facilities; surveillance mechanisms for nosocomial infections; outbreak investigation methods; infection risks i...

Healthcare is most frequently used by older people and understanding how they feel about the way healthcare administration gives them attention support need, crucial to building a system that effective in meeting their needs. This study determined seniors' opinions on employing SurveyMonkey, robust online survey tool as an opinion miner. The Orange application, which made data processing simple...

EPI 5126 Introduction to Healthcare Epidemiology (3 units) Applications of epidemiologic and statistical methods within the healthcare setting; issues specific to infection control; roles and administration of infection control, risk management and quality assurance within healthcare facilities; surveillance mechanisms for nosocomial infections; outbreak investigation methods; infection risks i...

Recent progress in cancer treatment has increased the use of oral antineoplastic agents. It is now estimated that at least 25% of the existing antineoplastic agents are planned to be used as oral agents and this mode of administration is likely to increase in the coming years. The use of oral anti- neoplastic agents affects many aspects of cancer treatment, and despite advantages, it also poses...

Healthcare providers have been rolling up their sleeves along with other adults age 65 and older to get Covid-19 vaccines. Currently, there are three vaccines that authorized for use by the US Food Drug Administration (FDA). This update provides information help healthcare allay some of fears surrounding vaccination answer questions patients asking.

OBJECTIVES A healthcare decision-making support model and rule management system is proposed based on a personalized rule-based intelligent concept, to effectively manage chronic diseases. METHODS A Web service was built using a standard message transfer protocol for interoperability of personal health records among healthcare institutions. An intelligent decision service is provided that ana...