a case which is observed in the judicial decisions on the patients’ rights is a physician who causes the patient’s death upon his treatment. in a case, the physician doing positional anesthesia observes that the patient is shocked and dies and considering what has been mentioned in the decisions issued by the supreme court, the accused is sentenced to the payment of one complete blood money to ...

Stormwater is often discharged to receiving waters without any treatment. However, treatment facilities are developed and are increasing in frequency but the question how to prioritise which discharges that should be treated still remains. The objective of this paper was to test a multicriteria analysis (MCA) method to be able to prioritise the need of stormwater treatment for different kind of...

Background and Objectives: Patient discharge process starts from the point of the initial order of the physician order and continues to the discharge time of a patient and the release of the bed that was allocated to him/her. Lengthening the patient discharge process is regarded as a negative factor in the management of beds; this lengthy process leads to delay...

The purpose of this case study was to investigate opportunities to electronically enhance the transitions of care for both patients and providers and to describe the process of development and implementation of such tools. We describe the current challenges and fragmentation of care for pediatric patients and families being discharged from inpatient stays, and review barriers to change in pract...

Discharge summaries (DCS) frequently fail to improve the continuity of care. A chart review of 188 DCS was performed to identify specific components that could be improved through health information technology. Medication reconciliations were analyzed for completeness and for medical reasoning. Documentation of pending results and follow-up details were analyzed. Patient preferences, patient go...

The time course of ambient benzene level and benzene discharge was investigated. Data obtained by continuous monitoring and monthly monitoring showed a decreasing trend of ambient benzene level. The rate of decrease was around 22-25% per two years from FY 1997 to FY 1999. The discharge data of benzene reported by several organizations were collected and re-arranged to estimate the total dischar...