Patient outcome audit in ACT health obesity management service

National Health Service Act, 1946

Under Section 20 (2) of the National Health Service Act, Local Authorities are required to serve copies of their Schemes for carrying out the duties imposed on them, to every voluntary organization providing in their areas services of the kind concerned. Copies of the Schemes dealing with the Mental Health Service (Sections 28 and 51) were therefore submitted to the National Association for Men...

The role of surgical audit in improving patient management; nasal haemorrhage: an audit study

BACKGROUND Nasal bleeding remains one of the most common Head & Neck Surgical (Ear Nose and Throat [ENT]/Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery [OMFS]) emergencies resulting in hospital admission. In the majority of cases, no other intervention is required other than nasal packing, and it was felt many cases could ideally be managed at home, without further medical interference. A limited but national te...

Ethical Aspects of Obesity Management in Children

Introduction: Childhood obesity is a growing global health problem, but in the view of medical ethics, obesity management in children is associated with challenges. Method and materials: This study is a comprehensive review in English (Cochrane Library, and PubMed) and Persian literature which pointed to the ethical aspects of pediatrics obesity management with content analysis. Results: In t...

[Energy audit: a management tool in health centers].

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the viability of energy audit as a management tool in primary care to improve the energy efficiency and environmental performance of a health center by reducing its operating costs. METHOD We conducted 55 energy audits in health centers from 2005-2010. The health centers were sized between 500 and 3,500 m(2), were located in health areas with 3,...

Audit and risk management in community child health.