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Public reporting of HAI rates
Tập 17 Số 2 - Trang 124-133 - 2012
PurposeHealth‐care associated infections (HAIs) kill about 100,000 people
annually; many are preventable. In response, 18 states currently require
hospitals to publicly report their infection rates and national reporting is
planned. Yet there is limited evidence on the effects of public reporting on HAI
rates, and none on what elements of a reporting plan affect its impact on HAI
rates. The author...
Differentiating clinical governance, clinical management and clinical practice
Tập 18 Số 2 - Trang 114-131 - 2013
PurposeThis paper seeks to review prior definitions of the umbrella term
“clinical governance”. The research question is: do clinical governance
definitions adequately distinguish between governance, management and practice
functions? Three definitions are introduced to replace that umbrella
term.Design/methodology/approachContent analysis is applied to analyse 29
definitions of clinical governanc...
Clinical audit and the implementation of the Ottawa Ankle Rules
Tập 10 Số 1 - Trang 59-61 - 2005
PurposeTo implement the research‐based Ottawa Ankle Rules in a district hospital
and audit their impact on the number and appropriateness of X‐rays for ankle
injuries in A&E.Design/methodology/approachThe method used was retrospective
data collection, followed by education and prospective data collection on the
management of subsequent ankle injuries. The computer records of the first 150
people p...
Cancellation of urology operations
- 2006
PurposeTo establish the reasons for surgical cancellations in a urology
department and to provide suggestions for their
reduction.Design/methodology/approachData for all patients who were cancelled
between September 2004 and February 2005 were collected to determine the reasons
for cancellations and the number of procedures cancelled on the day of
surgery.FindingsA total of 175 procedures were can...