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BACKGROUND Childhood blindness is a major problem in developing world including Nepal that needs to be addressed. OBJECTIVE The objective of study was to measure the effectiveness of the Bruckner red reflex test for screening of posterior segment opacities in children. METHODS Patients aged less than five years who came to the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Kathmandu from March to Aug...

Objectives. To examine compliance for a newly designed hip protector and reasons for non-compliance among elderly participants with a moderate-to-high risk of falls. Methods. This was a descriptive observational study conducted in acute aged care wards at the Bankstown Hospital, Sydney, Australia. Seventeen in-patients aged between 71 and 95 years in the four aged care wards at the Bankstown Ho...

cause of all hospital-acquired bloodstream infections.1–3 The negative health consequences associated with candidemia are very high.4–7 Previous studies report mortality rates attributable to candidemia ranging from 19% to 49% in adults.4,6,8,9 In addition, length of stay (LOS) in the hospital increases significantly among patients with candidemia. One study estimated a mean LOS increase of 21....

The emerging of wireless computing motivates radical changes of how information is obtained. Our paper discusses a practical realisation of an application using push and pull based mechanism in a wireless ad-hoc environment. We use a hospital information system as a case study scenario for our proposed application. The pull mechanism is initiated from doctors as mobile client to retrieve and up...

OBJECTIVES To describe and evaluate the priority-setting element of a hospital's strategic planning process. METHODS Qualitative case study and evaluation against the conditions of 'accountability for reasonableness' of a strategic planning process at a large urban university-affiliated hospital. RESULTS The hospital's strategic planning process met the conditions of 'accountability for rea...

The Manchester Patient Safety Culture Assessment Tool (MaPSCAT) was used to examine the levels of safety culture maturity in four programs across one large healthcare organization. The MaPSCAT is based on a theoretical framework that was developed in the United Kingdom through extensive literature reviews and expert input. It provides a view of safety culture on 10 dimensions (continuous improv...

BACKGROUND Nurses have a professional duty to respect patients' dignity. There is a dearth of research about patients' dignity in acute hospital settings. OBJECTIVE The study investigated the meaning of patient dignity, threats to patients' dignity, and how patient dignity can be promoted, in acute hospital settings. DESIGN A qualitative, triangulated single case study design (one acute hos...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis of episodes of care. OBJECTIVE To assess the implications of practice setting (hospital outpatient settings versus private practice) on clinical outcomes and efficiency of care in the delivery of physical therapy services. BACKGROUND Many patients with musculoskeletal conditions benefit from care provided by physical therapists. The majority of physical t...

Background: E-learning and telemedicine have become common methods in changing and developing medical education and clinical processes. The purpose of this study was to describe the innovations of blending e-Learning into the educational and medical processes of hospital services Methods: The process of action research included plan, act, observation and reflection was followed. Implementation,...