The evolution of postgraduate medical education has been a most interesting one. If one remembers that before 1900 it was quite possible for a person of average intelligence with a diligent attitude toward his work to encompass rather completely the known field of medicine and that since then increasing specialization has been necessary because of the rapidly broadening horizon of medicine, man...

Background: Appointment scheduling system is a critical component in controlling patients’ waiting time, so can increase the efficiency and timely access to health services. It is also an important determinant of patient satisfaction. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship of using a scheduling system and outpatients’ waiting time in a general teaching hospital in Tehran, Iran. M...

Many studies have analyzed current data on outcomes at teaching vs non-teaching hospitals, and the results been found to be dissimilar in certain hospitalizations United States. this study set out examine differences healthcare between hospitals patients who were admitted for myxedema coma using a nationally representative sample. We reviewed from National Inpatient Sample (NIS) of 2016-2019. U...

BACKGROUND The commencement of new academic cycle in July is presumed to be associated with poor patient outcomes, although supportive evidence is limited for cardiac surgery patients. We sought to determine if the new academic cycle affected the outcomes of patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed on 10-year nationwide in-hospital da...

OBJECTIVE To investigate systematically participation in audit of NHS hospital pharmacists in the United Kingdom. DESIGN Questionnaire census survey. SETTING All NHS hospital pharmacies in the UK providing clinical pharmacy services. SUBJECTS 462 hospital pharmacies. MAIN MEASURES Extent and nature of participation in medical, clinical, and pharmacy audits according to hospital manageme...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether 1) a dedicated, multispecialty service, 2) a distinct hospital ward, 3) protocols, and 4) a specialist are associated with reduced mortality among patients with stroke. METHODS The authors reviewed data (1998 and 1999) from all acute, non-federal hospitals in California, including administrative discharge databases for patient and hospital-level information, mort...

The objectives of this study were to analyze the morbidity and mortality profile in elderly patients hospitalized in two teaching and two non-teaching hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Municipal Planning Area 2.2) in 1999, and to compare in-hospital mortality rates adjusted for differences in profile. Data were obtained from the National Hospital Database of the Unified National Health Syste...

conclusions overall, two hospitals had high levels of readiness in the assessment (above 80%). given that iran, and particularly its neighbor azerbaijan, is a crisis-prone country, adherence to non-structural security protocols of the who has had a significant effect on the non-structural readiness and safety of hospitals. results the lowest level of performance was observed in communication an...

Albumin is an expensive drug which imposes relatively high cost on the health care system. Doing ABC analysis in Shahid Motahari Hospital, it was revealed that albumin is categorized in class A. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the pattern of albumin use and the physicians' adherence to evidenced-based albumin guidelines in this large general non-teaching hospital in Shiraz, Iran....