OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine factors of working conditions associated with job satisfaction among physicians in Japan. METHODS We sent a questionnaire to all the physicians who graduated from a medical school in Japan. Physicians who were satisfied with their job were determined as those who selected "very satisfied" and "satisfied" in response to the question: "Overall, ...

BACKGROUND An accountability framework is a central feature of managing human and financial resources. One of its primary goals is to improve program performance through close monitoring of selected priority activities. The principal objective of this study was to determine the contribution of a systematic accountability framework to improving the performance of the World Health Organization (W...

Introduction: Computer vision syndrome is a complex of eye and vision problems related to near work experienced during computer use. A cross-sectional study was done to determine the prevalence of computer vision syndrome, knowledge and attitude on visual ergonomics among administrative staff in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Material and Methods: Apre-tested, self-administered questionnaire ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The reliability of diagnostic coding of acute stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) in administrative data is uncertain. The purpose of this study is to determine the agreement between administrative data sources and chart audit for the identification of stroke type, stroke risk factors, and the use of hospital-based diagnostic procedures in patients with stroke or TIA. M...

The objective of this study is to gain an understanding of nurses’ perceptions of the confidentiality of computerized charts and determine if these perceptions influence nursing self-efficacy. A questionnaire was mailed to 600 hospital nursing staff just prior to the implementation of an integrated clinical and administrative hospital-wide information system. One hundred and thirty-nine questio...

(1) Phonoaudiologist; Administrative Technician in Education of the Federal University of the Espírito Santo; Skilled in Dysphagia by CEFAC-RJ. (2) Phonoaudiologist by Federal University of the Rio de Janeiro, Phonoaudiologist in the Clementino Fraga Filho Universitary Hospital CFFUH and in the Getulio Vargas State Hospital; Skilled in dysphagia by CEFAC RJ. (3) Phonoaudiologist; PhD Student in...

INTRODUCTION Hospital patient databases are typically used by administrative staff to estimate loss-profit ratios and to help with the allocation of hospital resources. These databases can also be very useful in following rehospitalization. This paper studies the recurrence of spine surgery patients in our hospital population based on administrative data analysis. METHODS Hospital data on 4,9...

For many reasons acute hospitals appear to be the ideal places to evaluate and develop medical audit in Britain. This is despite the fact that they handle a relatively small and selective proportion of the work load in health care compared with long-term care, general practice, and community health. Most of the pioneering work on audit in North America has focused on hospital care, and many of ...

Suicide is a sentinel event in prison, and preventive efforts reflect the adequacy and comprehensiveness of mental health, psychiatric, custodial, and administrative services in a correctional system. This article reviews the literature on suicide in prison during the past three decades and identifies the pattern and occurrence of risk factors. These risk factors are classified as demographic, ...

KEY FINDINGS (1) Primary care physicians spent significantly more time on administrative tasks than did medical specialists or surgical specialists. (2) All staff in physician practices with one or two physicians spent more time on administrative tasks than did physicians and staff in practices with more than 10 physicians. (3) More than 75 percent of physicians and administrators reported that...