{"title":"Planning and designing of hospital laboratory services for a district hospital (200-300 beds).","authors":"S Gupta, R K Sarma","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The hospital Laboratory is a valuable investment and an economic asset to the health services. The average length of hospital stay is reduced by a rapid return of Laboratory results which facilitates early diagnosis, permits a more rapid patient turnover and accurately controls treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":79654,"journal":{"name":"Journal (Academy of Hospital Administration (India))","volume":"7-8 2-1","pages":"23-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21400220","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":"Absenteeism among group-D employers.","authors":"Y P Sharma, S Gupta","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A study of absenteeism and man days lost in one hundred employees belonging to group \"D\" in a hospital at Jammu was conducted to explore the magnitude of problem of absenteeism and its remedy was sought. The study included the study of staffing pattern of the hospital, total group \"D\" employees, their jobs and work load and their attitudes, commencing from Sept. 1992 to Aug. 1995. Information regarding man days lost and man days schedule to work as records available in the hospital was used to calculate the trend, variations and fluctuations in absenteeism. For the purpose of calculations of absenteeism, nature of absence was divided into various headings like casual leave, sick leave, earned leave etc. A questionnaire was prepared and given to each employee and a detailed insight was sought with respect to his personality, social factors like accommodation, religious ceremonies, individual habits like drinking, gambling, job dissatisfaction and finally from the whole data absence rate, frequency rate and severity rate were calculated. From the observations it was concluded that absenteeism was more in females, in the age group of 33-45 years, married, in the months of Sept. to Nov. on Mondays and Saturdays and in Hindu backward classes. Though it seemed unreliable but all the employee opined that they were in harmony with their bosses and seemed satisfied with their jobs.</p>","PeriodicalId":79654,"journal":{"name":"Journal (Academy of Hospital Administration (India))","volume":"7-8 2-1","pages":"43-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21400014","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":"Proceedings of National Symposium on Medical Waste Management held at J.L. Auditorium, AIIMS, New Delhi on 27th & 28th Sept. 1996.","authors":"S Kant","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79654,"journal":{"name":"Journal (Academy of Hospital Administration (India))","volume":"7-8 2-1","pages":"61-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21400023","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":"Hospital management training in the North Eastern Region.","authors":"I B Singh, P C Chaubey","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The article highlights the lack of training facilities for hospital management in the entire North Eastern Region, explores the quantum of need of the training in the region by identifying hospitals, other health institutions and manpower in the region which require, for their qualitative and quantitative improvement, the expertise in hospital management, and recommends suitable courses of hospital management to start with.</p>","PeriodicalId":79654,"journal":{"name":"Journal (Academy of Hospital Administration (India))","volume":"7-8 2-1","pages":"57-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21400024","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":"Medical waste management--issues and perspectives.","authors":"P C Chaubey","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79654,"journal":{"name":"Journal (Academy of Hospital Administration (India))","volume":"7-8 2-1","pages":"73-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21400026","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":"Organisation of emergency services.","authors":"A Roy, R K Sarma","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79654,"journal":{"name":"Journal (Academy of Hospital Administration (India))","volume":"7-8 2-1","pages":"19-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21400219","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":"Issues involved in hospital waste management--an experience from a large teaching institution.","authors":"R N Basu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Experience from a large teaching hospital regarding hospital waste management is presented. The quantum of hospital waste generated is 0.775 kg. per patient per day. Out of this biomedical waste constitute only 6.27 per cent. Though all resources have been provided, a large implementation gap for waste management is seen because of attitudinal problem. A particular difficulty is experienced for disposal of green coconut shells. Incineration has been advocated as a viable method of disposal. Cost of incineration is Rs. 2.71 per patient per day.</p>","PeriodicalId":79654,"journal":{"name":"Journal (Academy of Hospital Administration (India))","volume":"7-8 2-1","pages":"79-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21398855","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":"Continuous quality improvement in health care organisations.","authors":"S A Tabish","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Quality Management has become a major concern in the delivery of health care. The demand of community, economics of medical practice especially due to technological advances, increasing legal action in malpractice cases and concern to protect the interest of clientele have focused the attention on quality management programmes for all hospital administrators, since the quality of health care has infinite number of elements. It is difficult to assess them all, yet we can demonstrate improvements in performed and elements of care, by putting each of these elements through measurable criteria. Quality assessment measures must cover the efficacy, efficiency, cost and outcome of health care technology. An elaborate valuation system should consist of detailed study of structure, process and outcome. This will establish a balanced equation between the performance and the resources. It is necessary to establish sound dependable methods like total quality management/continuous Quality Improvement in healthcare institutions. It is particularly important that quality care be ingrained as philosophy in Hospitals.</p>","PeriodicalId":79654,"journal":{"name":"Journal (Academy of Hospital Administration (India))","volume":"7-8 2-1","pages":"11-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21400218","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}