OBJECTIVES In hospitals, the pharmacy information system (PIS) is usually a sub-system of the hospital information system (HIS). The PIS supports the distribution and management of drugs, shows drug and medical device inventory, and facilitates preparing needed reports. In this study, pharmacy information systems implemented in general teaching hospitals affiliated to medical universities in Te...

OBJECTIVES To identify common risk types occurring in emergency departments (EDs). To compare the risks occurring between different emergency departments. DESIGN Application of a typology of risks to a database of critical incidents. Comparison of results of applying typology to group of critical incidents collected in a uniform manner in four different EDs. SETTING EDs in two teaching hosp...

Nowadays, an electronic health information management system (EHIMS) is crucial for patient care in hospitals. This paper explores the aspects and elements that contribute to the success of EHIMS in Nigerian teaching hospitals. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of study comprised 442 health information management personnel in five teaching hospitals that had implemented...

Florence Nightingale's status as a national heroine, her charisma and her excellent sense of public relations led to the popular belief that she and her lady nurses in the Crimea, and later, her school at St Thomas's, miraculously transformed nursing almost overnight. Aside from the fact that this is hardly the way historical processes work, and despite the very convincing studies of revisionis...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Endoscopic interventions require accurate and precise control of the endoscope tip. The endoscope tip response depends on a cable pulling system, which is known to deliver a significantly nonlinear response that eventually reduces control. It is unknown whether the current technique of endoscope tip control is adequate for a future of high precision procedures, steerab...

This study aimedto assess general knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of people towards the use of antibiotics. Individuals referring to the outpatient pharmacies of 2 major teaching hospitals in the north of Jordan completed a self-administered, validated questionnaire. A total of 1091 individuals (56.8% males) participated in the study. Of these, 20.1% of the participants stated that antibiotics...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE As part of the recruitment efforts for the National Institutes of Health Tissue Plasminogen Activator Pilot Study, public education and awareness campaigns were conducted to encourage early hospital arrival. We evaluated the change in arrival times during the course of the study for all stroke patients, including those who were not entered into study. METHODS Data were ...

An accurate knowledge of the existing pattern of clinical practice is essential for the proper assessment of therapy, the design of research, the planning of medical education, the efficient use of medical manpower and the design of and financial provision for new hospitals. In the field of anaesthesia the pattern of practice in large busy hospitals is most easily and accurately revealed by a s...

Background: Morning report is an integral component of medical training programs. It is conducted as "evidence based" or "problem based". It takes an efficient time of all members of the medical team in teaching hospitals, it seems necessary to evaluate its role in the education. Because of the importance of morning report in education, we evaluated the current and ideal conditions of morning r...