The importance of health and being medically fit is goal for every human being. Unhealthy situations of human beings are of course very disadvantageous and disastrous to our society. Some public hospitals in Ghana comprising of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), 37 Military Hospital, Ridge Hospital as well as Tema General Hospital are notable hospitals tha...

This study evaluated hospital involvement in pharmacy education. Databases from four U.S. National Clinical Pharmacy Services Studies and the American Hospital Association permitted detailed trend analysis. The study population included acute care general medical surgical hospitals: 1989 n = 1174, 1992 n = 1597, 1995 n = 1102, 1998 n = 950. Clinical pharmacy services offered in 50 percent or mo...

BACKGROUND The commencement of new academic cycle in July is presumed to be associated with poor patient outcomes, although supportive evidence is limited for cardiac surgery patients. We sought to determine if the new academic cycle affected the outcomes of patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed on 10-year nationwide in-hospital da...

background: this study aimed to evaluate the design of emergency departâ­ments regarding to the patients’ and staff's privacy, confidentiality and facilities in genâ­eral teaching hospitals. methods: emergency departments of all the general teaching hospitals of shahid beâ­heshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran were evaluated in 2007 through both direct observation and interview ...

The objective of this study was to determine the effects on independence in older people of having rehabilitation in community hospitals compared with on a ward for elderly people in a district general hospital. The population studied had an average age of 85, had reduced independence before admission and were in receipt of care from social services. The participants had all presented as emerge...

BACKGROUND It is believed that the type of educational environment in teaching hospitals may affect the performance of medical knowledge base among residents, but this has not yet been proven. OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the association between the hospital educational environment and the performance of the medical knowledge base among resident physicians in Japanese teaching hospitals....