BACKGROUND There is a continuing trend to have more elective surgical operations performed on an outpatient basis. OBJECTIVE To determine the proportional distribution of anesthetic procedures performed in ambulatory elective surgery at different levels of hospitals across Thailand. MATERIAL AND METHOD A prospective and descriptive study was conducted at 20 hospitals comprising seven univer...

OBJECTIVES To assess the implementation and evaluation phases of strategic plans in selected hospitals. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study of implementation and evaluation of strategic plan in 24 hospitals in 2015, using a questionnaire which consisted of two separate sections for strategic implementation and strategic evaluation. Data were analyzed with SPSS version 18. RESULTS N...

Objective: This study is intended to advance patient safety by demonstrating the effectiveness of coupling surveillance report performance feedback with evidence-based educational materials and other communications that help hospitals identify priorities and methods for medical injury prevention. Methods: Medical injury surveillance findings are reported semiannually to hospitals to support the...

drug utilization evaluation (due) is an effective program to identify variability in drug use and to support interventions that will improve patient outcomes. the appropriate use of enoxaparin, a low molecular weight heparin (lmwh), which is widely used as curative or preventive treatment of thromboembolic disorders was assessed in the study. a prospective due was carried out at masih daneshvar...

The Task Force on Competencies and Best Training Practices in Pediatric Psychology recently proposed pediatric psychology training competencies organized into 6 cluster areas and a cross-cutting group. This blueprint allows programs to evaluate their training models and identify areas for improvement. The Georgia State University (GSU) pediatric psychology program provides training at the unive...

BACKGROUND Evidence-based medicine (EBM), a comprehensive method to support clinical decision making by using evidence, has been instrumental in clinical specialties but not yet in insurance medicine. AIMS We developed and evaluated a workshop on EBM for Dutch social insurance physicians who perform disability evaluations. METHODS Sixty-six social insurance physicians followed a 1-day intro...