OBJECTIVE To assess whether a low level of decision support within a hospital computerized provider order entry system has an observable influence on the medication ordering process on ward-rounds and to assess prescribers' views of the decision support features. METHODS 14 specialty teams (46 doctors) were shadowed by the investigator while on their ward-rounds and 16 prescribers from these ...

Aims: To assess the clinical and biological status of alcohol-dependent patients admitted to a psychiatric or a gastroenterological ward, assessing and comparing dimensions important for prescribing treatment for withdrawal and relapse prevention. Methods: Eighty patients, alcohol-dependent according to international classification of diseases tenth revision and diagnostic and statistical manua...

AIMS To assess the clinical and biological status of alcohol-dependent patients admitted to a psychiatric or a gastroenterological ward, assessing and comparing dimensions important for prescribing treatment for withdrawal and relapse prevention. METHODS Eighty patients, alcohol-dependent according to international classification of diseases tenth revision and diagnostic and statistical manua...

INTRODUCTION Ward rounds are an essential activity for interprofessional teams in hospital settings and represent complex tasks requiring not only medical knowledge but also communication skills, clinical technical skills, patient management skills and team-work skills. The present study aimed to analyse final year students', nurses' as well as physiotherapists' views on a simulation-based inte...

OBJECTIVE To assess delay in clinicians obtaining emergency biochemistry test results when the telephoning of results by laboratory staff is supplanted by installation of computer ward terminals. DESIGN Retrospective observational study. SETTING Accident and emergency department and acute medical admissions ward of a teaching hospital. SAMPLE 3228 emergency requests for biochemistry tests...

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OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of ward or bay closures, specifically, whether prompt closure of an affected ward shortens the duration of norovirus outbreaks and the resulting disruption in hospitals. DESIGN Analysis of summary data from hospitals on outbreaks of norovirus from 2009 to 2012. METHODS Using a large outbreak surveillance dataset, we examined the duration of outbreaks, duration...

This retrospective, comparative survey examined patients who had a discharge diagnosis of chest pain and were admitted to The St. George Hospital between July 1999 to June 2000. The aim was to identify the clinical wards/units to which patients were admitted and the number of intra-ward transfers' patients experienced during their hospitalisation. Patients admitted to the cardiology ward/units ...

background: clinical education with patient-focused learning is very important in medical education. therefore, it is very essential to select an appropriate education method. the current study was conducted to analyze the impact of simultaneous presentation of medical stager and inter in seminars provided with a pre-organizer strategy and from the students' perspective (2012-2013).  metho...