1 Ophthalmology Unit, Chiangkhum Hospital, Phayao, Thailand 2 International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand 3 Ophthalmology Department, Chiangmai University, Chiangmai, Thailand 4 Ophthalmology Unit, Priest Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand 5 School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England 6 Health Intervention and Tec...

A tobacco-free hospital environment sends an important signal to patients and visitors with regard to both safety and a healthy lifestyle. Today patients, staff and visitors increasingly expect an antismoking policy to be in place in hospitals and other venues where sick people are treated. Health care staff can play an important role in the implementation of an antismoking policy in their hosp...

BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated absconding from forensic hospitals and there are no published studies of interventions aimed at reducing these incidents in forensic settings. We present a study of the impact of a new policy using structured professional judgment and an interdisciplinary team-based approach to granting privileges to forensic patients. We assess the impact of this policy...

BACKGROUND Medicare ceased payment for some hospital-acquired infections beginning October 1, 2008, following provisions in the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. OBJECTIVE We examined the association of this policy with declines in rates of vascular catheter-associated infections (VCAI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). DATA Dis...

This study examined how one US hospital implemented a mobile communication app to improve workplace communication. The hospital did not provide the technology, instead they asked their workers to use their own personal mobiles at work, through a permissive bring your own device to work (BYOD) policy. Using boundary theory, we conducted a constant-comparative analysis to examine the layers of bo...

We describe the antibiotic control policy at the Faculty Hospital in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Practical examples of successful implementation of the policy are provided.

 Background and Objectives: Hospital bed utilization is influenced by various factors, which may be categorized into patient-related, physician-related, and administration-related issues. It could be argued that the causes of inappropriate hospital bed utilization would be perceived differently by the clinicians and the patients. Given the unique role of clinical practitioners in quality of car...

BACKGROUND Health in All Policies (HiAP) is a form of intersectoral action that aims to include the promotion of health in government initiatives across sectors. To date, there has been little study of economic considerations within the implementation of HiAP. METHODS As part of an ongoing program of research on the implementation of HiAP around the world, we examined how economic considerati...