Adolescents comprise more than half of the children in child welfare supervised out-of-home care. This article considers the evidence-base for an array of services to adolescents in out-of-home care and evaluates the existing research base for each program. This review advances a framework for considering the critical need to develop, define, and evaluate the essential elements of out-of-home c...

background: in today's competitive world, organizations' survival and success depends on satisfying customer needs and ex­pec­tations. this is particularly important in health care sector where quality of service and customer relations are the key suc­cess factors. the purpose of this research was to determine whether there was a relationship between patient satisfaction and loyalty to the serv...

The use of chemical agents for terrorist attacks or military warfare is a major concern at the present time. Chemical agents can cause significant morbidity, are relatively inexpensive, and are easy to store and use. Weaponization of chemical agents is only limited by the physicochemical properties of some agents. Recent incidents involving toxic industrial chemicals and chemical terrorist atta...

1Regional Trauma Services and Departments of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2Letterkenny University Hospital, Letterkenny, Donegal Ireland 3Regional Trauma Services, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 4Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma — University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil 5Department of Surgery, Foothills Med...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore the psychosocial needs of patients discharged from intensive care, the extent to which they are captured using existing theory on transitions in care and the potential role development of critical care outreach, follow-up and liaison services. BACKGROUND Intensive care patients are at an increased risk of adverse events, deterioration or death following ward tra...

Marla R. Robinson, MSc, OTR/L, BCPR, is Assistant Director, Inpatient Therapy Services, University of ChicagoMedicine, Chicago. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA; Pub. L. No. 111–148) is designed to change the way health care services are delivered and reimbursed in the United States. Health care reform efforts stemming from the ACA will result in critical changes for ...

background: screening of students ´ health problems could lead to timely prevention and control of many health disorders. this study aimed to determine the nationwide prevalence of common disorders through school health screening program in iran methods: this cross-sectional national screening program was conducted in 2007-2008 among first- and third-grade- stu­dents in primary schools, first- ...

Jacqueline M. Kruser and Hallie C. Prescott* Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Health Services Research and Development Service Center of Innovation, Veterans Aff...

Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies in order to provide clinical health care at a distance. These technologies allow communications between patient and medical staff with convenience as well as the transmission of medical, imaging and health informatics data from one site to another. It is also used to save lives in critical care and emergency situations. A...

Demand for critical care services is increasing. Unless the supply of intensivists increases, critically ill patients will not have access to intensivists. Recent critical care society recommendations include increased graduate medical education support and expansion of the J-1 visa waiver program for foreign medical graduates. This article proposes additional recommendations, based on strength...