Structured pediatric training Compared to our neighbors, Singapore is small, with a population of around five million. The pediatric training is a sixyear program, which began in mid-1980s, and has been funded by a combination of the Ministry of Health, and the two pediatric teaching and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education International (ACGME-I) accredited hospitals to produce...

Sammelweis first introduced the concept of infection control in hospitals in the mid-1800s but i t was not until about 20 years ago that the control of hospital infection has become such an important issue. In the United States, i t is estimated that approximately 5% of all hospital admissions acquire hospital infection.' The financial expense related to the management of these infections is es...

 John Chambers (British Society of Echocardiography)  Cardiothoracic Centre, Guy's and St Thomas Hospitals, London  Ahmet Fuat (Primary Care Cardiovascular Society)  Strat Liddiard (CHD collaborative) Poole PCT  Theresa McDonagh (British Heart Failure Society) Cardiology Department, Western Infirmary, Glasgow  Mark Monaghan (BSE) Cardiac Department, King's College Hospital, London  Petro...

This overview is intended to summarize the challenges and decisions that impacted the development and testing of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) heart failure (HF) and community acquired pneumonia (CAP) hospital core measures, as well as to provide the clinical rationale that supported the measures that were originally contained within the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organ...

BACKGROUND Breastfeeding in the first hour after birth is important for the success of breastfeeding and in reducing neonatal mortality. Government policies are being developed in this direction, highlighting the accreditation of hospitals in the Baby-Friendly Hospital (BFH) initiative. The aim of this study was to analyze the association between delivery in a BFH (main exposure), compared to n...