OBJECTIVES To evaluate user satisfaction, correlates of satisfaction, and self-reported usage patterns regarding physician order entry (POE) in one hospital. DESIGN Surveys were sent to physician and nurse POE users from medical and surgical services. RESULTS The users were generally satisfied with POE (mean = 5.07 on a 1 to 7 scale). The physicians were more satisfied than the nurses, and ...

Neo-symbiosis is an updating and elaboration of the notion of symbiosis advanced by Licklider in 1960. Licklider argued that new levels of cognition could be reached by promoting a partnership between human brains and computing machines. Recent developments in both computer technology and theoretical psychology have advanced to the point where the level of symbiosis envisioned by Licklider coul...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of workplace incivility (WPI) on staff nurses related to cost and productivity. BACKGROUND Healthful practice environments are one of the goals of the American Organization of Nurse Executives 2010 to 2012 Strategic Plan. Healthy work environments are linked to patient safety and quality. METHODS A postal survey was sent to ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this qualitative study was to characterize the adequacy, effectiveness, and barriers related to research mentorship among junior pediatric hospitalists and general pediatricians at a large academic institution. METHODS Junior faculty and staff physicians in hospital medicine and general pediatrics at a large academic institution were invited to participate in this qua...

The purpose of hand hygiene is to break the chain of healthcare-associated infection. In many countries hand hygiene is regularly audited as part of quality assurance based on recommendations from the World Health Organization. Direct observation is the recommended audit method but is associated with disadvantages, including potential for being observed to alter usual behaviour. The Hawthorne e...

BACKGROUND Although health care reforms may improve efficiency at the macro level, less is known regarding their effects on the utilization of health care personnel. Following the 2002 Norwegian hospital reform, we studied the productivity of the physician workforce and the effect of personnel mix on this measure in all nineteen Norwegian hospitals from 2001 to 2013. METHODS We used panel ana...

We employed a pyramidal training model (PTM) to teach staff to correctly implement and collect data for trial-based functional analysis (TBFA) in simulated situations. First, we trained four behavioral consultants (BCs) in a group format, who each trained one behavior technician (BT) in an individual format. We utilized a non-concurrent multiple baseline design to evaluate the effect of the tra...

Introduction: Specific ventilation (SV) is defined as a dimensionless quantity of inhaled gas ventilation that occurs during tidal breathing and is calculated as tidal volume divided by functional residual capacity [1]. 1H MRI was previously proposed to regionally quantify SV, using inhaled O2 as a contrast agent [2]. Our objective was to develop a novel and rapid way to measure whole lung and ...

Research suggests that inexperienced individuals cannot accurately implement stimulus preference assessments given written instructions alone. Training that includes written instructions supplemented with feedback from a professional with expertise in conducting preference assessments has proven effective; unfortunately, expert-facilitated direct training may not be widely available. In the cur...

The study analyzed the effect of non-monetary rewards on the productivity of employees among selected Government parastatals in Abia State, Nigeria. A total of 78 civil servants were selected across the parastatal in Abia state using simple random sampling technique from which data and information were elicited from the questionnaire. Analytically, the study employed descriptive statistics, mul...