With the kind permission of Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), Energy Efficiency Office (EEO) of Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) completed a pilot lighting project in 2002 at Kowloon Bay Indoor Games Hall (KBIGH). The new lighting system made use of the latest T5 lighting technology for illuminating the high ceiling games hall. As compared with the existing hi...

CONTEXT Physicians are embedded in informal networks that result from their sharing of patients, information, and behaviors. OBJECTIVES To identify professional networks among physicians, examine how such networks vary across geographic regions, and determine factors associated with physician connections. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Using methods adopted from social network analysis, ...

Aim: This study was aimed at finding the occurrence rate of prescription errors in the outpatients' prescriptions written by faculty and non-faculty physicians practicing in Shiraz, Iran. Method: In this cross-sectional study 2000 outpatient prescriptions were randomly collected from pharmacies affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) and social security insurance in Shiraz,...

Background: Today, despite the efforts of the medical community and health staff, the rate of dissatisfaction and complaints among patients is increasing and this highlights the importance of evaluating its related factors. The aim of this study was to analytically investigate complaints against ophthalmologists which were referred to the Legal Medicine Organization of Iran in Tehran during 201...

We studied the bias and precision of serum cholesterol analysis by physician's office analyzers. Total imprecision (CV range, %) for analysis of serum pools was: Abbott Vision 1.5%-1.9%; Ames Seralyzer 3.9%-4.5%; BMD Reflotron 2.3%-3.8%; Chrometrics Cholesterol Test System 2.3%-2.8%; Kodak DT-60 1.6%-2.2%. The Ames Seralyzer exhibited an excessive between-run component of variation. We collecte...

OBJECTIVE To describe the characteristics and practice patterns of family physicians who regularly treat long-term care (LTC) residents in order to inform quality improvement strategies. DESIGN Cross-sectional study involving a 2005 province-wide census of LTC residents' charts linked to additional health care administrative databases. SETTING All LTC homes in Ontario. PARTICIPANTS Reside...

BACKGROUND Nearly half of all medical visits are to specialist physicians, yet little is known about patients' outpatient experiences with specialists or how patients' characteristics and experiences are related to trust in specialist physicians. METHODS We surveyed patients who had a new patient visit with a cardiologist, neurologist, nephrologist, gastroenterologist, or rheumatologist pract...

BACKGROUND Data about tobacco and alcohol consumption are essential in many types of studies. These data can be obtained by directly questioning patients or by using the information collected from physicians. Agreement between these two sources varies according to the characteristics of patients but probably also those of physicians. The purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics ...

Aim: This study was aimed at finding the occurrence rate of prescription errors in the outpatients' prescriptions written by faculty and non-faculty physicians practicing in Shiraz, Iran. Method: In this cross-sectional study 2000 outpatient prescriptions were randomly collected from pharmacies affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) and social security insurance in Shiraz,...