{"title":"Repair for a broken market: the medical service company.","authors":"A Greene","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sky-rocketing costs are fueling debate over whether market mechanisms can work for the healthcare services industry. The market for health care certainly seems to be broken. Value is decreasing, services are fragmented and costly transactions among providers are exacting a great toll in efficiency and service. Perhaps ironically, this situation presents a golden opportunity for providers who understand that the market is merely responding to the combined stimuli of inflated demand and excessive regulation. We believe that Medical Service Companies, which unite physicians and hospitals under one corporate roof, can reduce market friction, improve the responsiveness of providers and provide better value than traditional provider organizations.</p>","PeriodicalId":76826,"journal":{"name":"World hospitals","volume":"29 3","pages":"8-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21004110","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":"The needs and preferences of hospital staff and the scope of design.","authors":"C Xanthopoulos","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The problem of matching the results of hospital design to needs and expectations of its staff has become exceedingly complex. Although it is easy to classify staff needs and preferences, we must go further than that; we must examine if and how they are incorporated in the processes of creating the appropriate hospital environment. All too often these processes--the ever-turning cycle of identifying problems, needs-briefing-designing and evaluating--deviate from the pathways of comprehensive, logical and sensible tactics. The author discusses the reasons for this.</p>","PeriodicalId":76826,"journal":{"name":"World hospitals","volume":"29 3","pages":"20-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21004107","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":"Doctors as managers.","authors":"M Dixon","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In order that a hospital function efficiently, it is imperative that the management use its skills to best effect. On this subject, Dr Dixon discusses 'organizational bonding', a bonding which, among other things, will improve planning, budgetary control and quality control and speed up decision-making, by means of decentralization. '... the vertical divisions between different professional groups and hierarchies', she concludes, 'have to be replaced by horizontally integrated service units.'</p>","PeriodicalId":76826,"journal":{"name":"World hospitals","volume":"29 2","pages":"3-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21032609","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":"Development of a customer service program in a large, multi-site blood bank.","authors":"D A Barnes, R L Goldman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The concepts of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) have been widely applied but not in the unique ambulatory care setting represented by Irwin Memorial Blood Centers (IMBC). The traditional definition of quality for blood banks has been concerned with the products offered to physicians, hospitals and patients. This program expanded the definition to include customer service. A Quality of Service Steering Committee (QSSC) identified the needs and requirements of Irwin's key customer groups as a first step in embarking on its Quality of Service Program (QSP).</p>","PeriodicalId":76826,"journal":{"name":"World hospitals","volume":"28 3","pages":"15-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21037834","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":"The renaissance of excellence: re-establishing good management in a devastated teaching hospital.","authors":"J Shaw","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An institutional development team of four technical advisers has been working at Mulago Hospital, the 1440-bed National Teaching and Referral Hospital, since 1983 to assist the hospital to re-establish working management systems, drug and supplies procurement arrangements and an engineering maintenance service. The hospital was in poor shape at the beginning of the project, but has improved over time. The Team works with counterparts to advise, coach, train, facilitate and support their development. External factors have contributed to the progress made, but the Team's contribution included long term availability in the hospital, the sustainable nature of the counterpart relationship, practical and material assistance, and access to outside charitable funds.</p>","PeriodicalId":76826,"journal":{"name":"World hospitals","volume":"28 1","pages":"29-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20994562","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":"Designing the next generation of American hospitals.","authors":"T E Thomas, K L Saslaw","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Change has always been a part of the hospital's operating environment, but the changes predicted for American Hospitals during the next two decades pose considerable challenge to those who manage health care services and those who design medical facilities. The next generation of American Hospitals are responding to changes in technology, availability of human resources and demand of the public, private and government interest groups. Hospitals and architects that understand the predictable changes and anticipate the unknown, will be able to plan a facility that responds to the needs of future health care delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":76826,"journal":{"name":"World hospitals","volume":"28 1","pages":"33-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21054508","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":"Geriatric planning: planning for our elderly.","authors":"J M Phillips","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of this article is to persuade policy-makers that we can improve planning for our elderly. An alternative model is presented--The Geriatric Centre--with location based upon city neighbourhoods, suburban and rural communities, and having neighbourhood responsibility, accountability and a comprehensive service delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":76826,"journal":{"name":"World hospitals","volume":"28 1","pages":"15-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20994560","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}
A Cuchi, J M Bayas, R Lledó, L Bohigas, J Sentís, M A Asenjo
{"title":"An analysis of the factors affecting the average length of stay in the otolaryngology unit.","authors":"A Cuchi, J M Bayas, R Lledó, L Bohigas, J Sentís, M A Asenjo","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Specific factors which have an influence on the average length of stay in the otolaryngology unit of a University Hospital are studied; the patients are covered by some type of insurance and have no out-of-pocket expenses. The effect of the following variables on the average length of stay is evaluated: age, sex and type of pathology. The periods of hospitalisation are significantly longer (Mann-Whitney test) in males (p < 0.0001), in older patients (p < 0.008) and in the case of tumours, which prolong the period of stay especially of males (p < 0.0001). It is suggested that the shorter stay in the case of females may be conditioned by social and family factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":76826,"journal":{"name":"World hospitals","volume":"28 3","pages":"18-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21037835","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":"Tuberculosis control in hospitals. Technical Panel on Infections within Hospitals, American Hospital Association.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Below is a Technical Briefing on Tuberculosis Control in Hospitals elaborated by the Technical Panel on Infections within Hospitals, in January 1992. Several hospital outbreaks of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis among HIV-infected persons underscore the need for immediate attention to TB infection control measures to prevent transmission in hospitals. This Technical Briefing recommends specific TB control measures that should be implemented in all hospitals.</p>","PeriodicalId":76826,"journal":{"name":"World hospitals","volume":"28 2","pages":"11-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21001690","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}