QUALITY ISSUE Omitting time-critical medications leads to delays in treatment and may result in patient harm. INITIAL ASSESSMENT Published studies show that omission of prescribed medication doses is common. Although most are inconsequential, up to 86% of omitted medications place patients at some risk of harm. SOLUTION Funding was obtained to develop a medication safety package to facilita...

INTRODUCTION The main mission of hospitals in any health system is to deliver high quality healthcare for patients and meet their needs and expectations. The aim of the current study was to assess the quality of the service of educational hospitals affiliated with Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2015, from the perspective of patients. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, the pe...

results after training, the mean scores of awareness, attitude and practice among patients in the case group were respectively 8.93 ± 2.32, 47.69 ± 2.21, and 66.04 ± 3.44 (p < 0.0001). the mean score difference of attitude in the intervention group was 17.78 ± 7.0, and 3.30 ± 6.85 in the control. the mean score difference of practice in the intervention group was 26.57 ± 6.37, and 2.08 ± 7.16in...

This paper reports on the development and validation of a set of icons designed to communicate fall risk status and tailored interventions to prevent patient falls in hospitals. The icons will populate a fall prevention toolkit to provide actionable alerts to nurses, nursing assistants, and other interdisciplinary health care team members and educational materials for patients and families in a...

This article describes a campaign to eliminate avoidable grade 2-4 pressure ulcers at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust. The 100 Days Free strategy used traditional educational approaches along with ward-based power training and social media to engage staff and update practice. Root cause analysis has been vital in providing feedback to staff and identifying training needs.

BACKGROUND Assessing and evaluating mental health status can provide educational planners valuable information to predict the quality of physicians' performance at work. These data can help physicians to practice in the most desired way. The study aimed to evaluate factors affecting psychological morbidity in Iranian emergency medicine practitioners at educational hospitals of Tehran. METHODS...

OBJECTIVE To compare perceptions among continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treated patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) and healthcare personnel with regard to informational needs, side-effects and their consequences on adherence. METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive design was used including 350 CPAP treated OSAS patients from three Swedish hospitals and 105 healthc...

INTRODUCTION literacy involves a complex set of abilities to understand and use symbolic systems of a culture for personal development and social development in a diverse set of skills required as an adult to exercise behavior are considered in society. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate Comparative investigation of health literacy level of cardiovascular patients hospitalized i...

background and purpose:     method:     results     conclusion     key words     journal of medical education winter and spring 2008; 12 (1,2): 11-15 : dreem, e ducational e nvironment , c linical w ards , c linical s taff . : the overall educational environment score of major clinical wards for undergraduate is excellent. internal medicine ward got the least score in all three subscales that n...