State Medicine - Standards
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Review of patient safety incidents submitted from Critical Care Units in England & Wales to the UK National Patient Safety Agency.

30 Oct 2009 We reviewed and classified all patient safety incidents submitted from critical care units in England and Wales to the National Patient Safety Agency for the first quarter of 2008. A total of 6649 incidents were submitted from 141 organisations ... Read more...

An educational programme for end of life care in an acute setting.

30 Jul 2009 End of life care should be incorporated in all stages of nurse training. This article describes the development of a multiprofessional education programme for staff to support them in meeting the recommended standards of end of life care in an acute ... Read more...

Independent sector treatment centres: the first independent evaluation, a Scottish case study.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVES: The pound5 billion English Independent Sector Treatment Centre (ISTC) programme remains unevaluated because of a lack of published contract data and poor quality data returns. Scotland has a three-year pilot ISTC, the Scottish Regional ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'State Medicine - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Review of patient safety incidents submitted from Critical Care Units in England & Wales to the UK National Patient Safety Agency. 30 Oct 2009
• Does improving quality of care save money? 9 Sep 2009
• The Netherlands: regulated competition behind the dykes? 5 Sep 2009
• Applying quality improvement approaches to health care. 31 Aug 2009
• On how to improve drug use to minimise risks to patients. 30 Aug 2009
• The NHS is envied for its principle of caring for all. 30 Aug 2009
• A survey of ENT out-patient department facilities in district general hospitals across England. 30 Jul 2009
• An educational programme for end of life care in an acute setting. 30 Jul 2009
• On planning an NHS that will be stronger after the recession. 30 Jul 2009
• Name and shame. 22 Jul 2009
• Radiology accreditation-towards a safer quality service. 14 Jul 2009
• Improving performance in the NHS. 14 Jul 2009
• Institutional safety problem. Sitting leaders ask you to stand up for safety. 13 Jul 2009
• [The English patient] 5 Jul 2009
• Institutional safety problem. Where is the NHS Macpherson? 4 Jul 2009
• Quality in the community. 29 Jun 2009
• Independent sector treatment centres: the first independent evaluation, a Scottish case study. 29 Jun 2009
• Whistleblowing is crucial for a "world class" NHS. 21 Jun 2009
• Alan Maynard on whether investment in 'quality' saves money. 16 Jun 2009
• Safeguarding NHS standards. Staff satisfaction surveys. 7 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'State Medicine'

Definition: A system of medical care regulated, controlled and financed by the government, in which the government assumes responsibility for the health needs of the population.

Descriptor UI: D013222

Alternative terms: State Medicine; Medicine, State; Socialized Medicine; Medicine, Socialized; National Health Service, British; British National Health Service; Service, British National Health; British Health Service, National;

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

Tree Number: N03.858;

Technical Notes: not for med programs of individual states; compulsory system of personal med care under control of a natl govt paying physicians out of public funds; compulsory: do not confuse with NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; specify country, even GREAT BRITAIN despite X ref below; DF: STATE MED