Hospital Units - Organization & administration
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Impact of a comanaged Geriatric Fracture Center on short-term hip fracture outcomes.

10 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Hip fractures are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality for older adults. Patients sustaining hip fractures usually have comorbid conditions that may benefit from comanagement by geriatricians and orthopedic surgeons. ... Read more...

Ensuring quieter hospital environments.

30 Aug 2009 This is the fourth in a series of articles from Planetree, an international nonprofit organization founded in 1978 that's "committed to improving medical care from the patient's perspective." For more information, go to ... Read more...

Hospital rates of thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke: the influence of organizational culture.

25 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine if organizational culture explains differences in rates of intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke between different hospitals. METHODS: A cohort study was done in 12 ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hospital Units - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Participation of unit nurses: front-line implementation on TCAB pilot units. 30 Oct 2009
• A pod design for nursing assignments: eliminating unnecessary steps and increasing patient satisfaction by reconfiguring care assignments. 30 Oct 2009
• Impact of a comanaged Geriatric Fracture Center on short-term hip fracture outcomes. 10 Oct 2009
• Ensuring quieter hospital environments. 30 Aug 2009
• Hospital rates of thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke: the influence of organizational culture. 25 Aug 2009
• The implementation of an end-of-life integrated care pathway in a Chinese population. 30 Jul 2009
• Negotiating complexities: An ethnographic study of intellectual disability and mental health nursing in New Zealand. 30 Jul 2009
• [Introduction of a bar coding pharmacy stock replenishment system in a prehospital emergency medical unit: economical impact] 30 Jun 2009
• Quality-of-life assessment in a palliative care setting in Germany: an outcome evaluation. 29 Jun 2009
• Implementation of Releasing Time to Care - the productive ward. 29 Jun 2009
• [Individualizing the admission of a chronic vegetative state patient to rehabilitation care] 29 Jun 2009
• Effect of bar-code-assisted medication administration on medication administration errors and accuracy in multiple patient care areas. 29 Jun 2009
• [Mind-body group therapies for persons having difficulty with alcohol] 29 Jun 2009
• [Dual geriatric evaluation in a short-stay geriatric unit] 29 Jun 2009
• Patient and family education for fall prevention: involving patients and families in a fall prevention program on a neuroscience unit. 29 Jun 2009
• Priorities in stroke care. The London stroke strategy. 27 Jun 2009
• Getting the priorities right for stroke care. 2 Jun 2009
• Comparing staff and client perceptions of needs in a British single-sex medium secure unit. 30 May 2009
• Organizational influences on patient perceptions of symptom management. 30 May 2009
• [Observation Unit] 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Hospital Units'

Definition: Those areas of the hospital organization not considered departments which provide specialized patient care. They include various hospital special care wards.

Descriptor UI: D006757

Alternative terms: Hospital Units; Hospital Unit; Unit, Hospital; Units, Hospital;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.388;

Online Note: use HOSPITAL UNITS to search WARDS, HOSPITAL 1974-78

History Note: 74; WARDS, HOSPITAL was see under HOSPITAL UNITS 1974-78

Technical Notes: special care wards go here or specific unit; consider also PATIENTS' ROOMS & see X refs there