{"title":"Designing for patient comfort: a renovation at the Perley Hospital.","authors":"P Moy","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75807,"journal":{"name":"Dimensions in health service","volume":"68 6","pages":"20-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13094425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New technology, physical facilities and the environment.","authors":"G Hollins, D W Juzwishin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Technology assessment is already a powerful tool for dealing with issues of appropriateness and effectiveness of clinical technology; it can be significantly enhanced as a valuable process if it is extended to deal with issues of how best to integrate the considered technology with the physical environment and facilities in which it will be used. These issues include: staff and patient safety and comfort; code compliance; effective accommodation of work flow; staff training; and ongoing operational costs. The methodology of technology assessment can effectively assist health facility administrators in evaluating the appropriateness and effectiveness of energy conservation projects and in addressing environmental concerns. The constraints in funding available to the health care system will continue to challenge the creative energies of our managers to encourage them to develop innovative ways, using technology assessment, to make the physical facilities and environment safe, economical and comfortable for patients and staff.</p>","PeriodicalId":75807,"journal":{"name":"Dimensions in health service","volume":"68 6","pages":"18-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13094424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Botwood: Newfoundland's health care centre--a rural success.","authors":"H J Warrick","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75807,"journal":{"name":"Dimensions in health service","volume":"68 6","pages":"10-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13094422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[A total program of emergency measures in a hospital setting].","authors":"M LeBoutillier","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A seven-step approach to structure emergency planning has helped Montfort Hospital in Ottawa to promote prevention and achieve a higher degree of preparedness. The seven steps include: using the mission statement to form goals and objectives; creating an organizational structure to delegate responsibilities; upgrading systems to comply with existing codes and standards and to include their costs in annual budgets; compiling main, secondary and condensed emergency plan manuals for different levels of staff; planning activities to stimulate staff interest and promote the program; training staff and evaluating the process. A collective approach to emergency planning and a prepared facility should result from the implementation of a comprehensive emergency measures program.</p>","PeriodicalId":75807,"journal":{"name":"Dimensions in health service","volume":"68 6","pages":"14-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13094423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investment practices at acute care institutions: a survey.","authors":"M Quinn, B Louie","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75807,"journal":{"name":"Dimensions in health service","volume":"68 6","pages":"24-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13094426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An alternative to cost containment.","authors":"R I Mitchell","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75807,"journal":{"name":"Dimensions in health service","volume":"68 6","pages":"29-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12996079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A hospital capital price index.","authors":"E M Hall, P Jacobs","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper describes the development of a price index for hospital equipment. Based on 10 years of hospital capital acquisition data from a large teaching hospital, equipment acquisitions were categorized and weights derived for each category. Using national producer price indexes for each of these categories, a national hospital equipment index was derived for 1981 to 1991. Forecasts for 1991 and 1992 were then made. The resulting index indicated that price movements of our hospital capital equipment index were very similar to the Implicit Gross Domestic Product Deflator, an index that measures price changes for the nation's Gross Domestic Product. However, because of the relative importance of several categories of equipment (scientific instruments, computers), more widespread data on hospital equipment expenditure patterns would be desirable in order to validate these results.</p>","PeriodicalId":75807,"journal":{"name":"Dimensions in health service","volume":"68 6","pages":"31-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13094427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Home care unites for a new decade.","authors":"M Walsh","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75807,"journal":{"name":"Dimensions in health service","volume":"68 5","pages":"31-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13016380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A simplified approach to facility accreditation.","authors":"D Fraser-Simmons, M Colton","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75807,"journal":{"name":"Dimensions in health service","volume":"68 5","pages":"33-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13066171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coding difficulties in behavioral observation.","authors":"E Kuelker","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75807,"journal":{"name":"Dimensions in health service","volume":"68 5","pages":"22-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13066168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}