... associated pneumonia rate (n=44) 41 25 Central line infection rate (n=44) 37 23 MRI wait times (n=43) 19 23 VRE infection rates (n=44) 48 16 Reducing physical restraints in mental health (n=43) 42 7 Canada Patient care Patient safety Quality...

..., and so this cannot be considered a unique model. Claudia Amar can be contacted at: claudia.amar@cfhi-fcass.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Canada Management Strategies Waiting time Sustainable services Case 1 is a tertiary-care teaching hospital in Atlantic...

... There were 278 physicians from Manitoba, Canada who completed a self‐report questionnaire during 2006. The largest specialty was family medicine, followed by internal medicine and pediatrics. Mean years of practice was 16, and 60 percent of the respondents were male. Respondents indicated the extent to which...

... environment Long‐term care facility Canada Health care Patient care Environmental health and safety Errors rarely occurred according to most respondents (Table II). The commonest medication error occurring somewhat or frequently was missed medication doses (n=18, 33.3 percent). Several...

... Priority setting Homecare Canada Social care Elder care Customer services quality Given the quality problems singled out by stakeholders, intersecting their voices and prioritizing common concerns represented a laborious exercise. Based on two variables, a problem's relative importance...

... Keywords: Cancer care treatment, Ill health prevention,Health professionals, Collaboration, Canada, Kenya Members of Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Centre, Toronto, Oncology Nursing Department participated in an International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care twinning program in Kenya to share...

... Canada Of the questionnaire's 54 items, 22 had the option of selecting “not sure” as a response. The telephone interview had 64 “not sure” responses (mean per item =2.91, range =0‐15). The web‐based version had 165 “not sure” responses (mean per item =7.50, range =0‐43). The means were...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Rehabilitation Patients Canada Article Type: News and views From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 23, Issue 1 Keywords: Rehabilitation, Patients, Canada Two cardiologists...

... market‐driven, and therefore amenable to the increasing trend toward pay‐for‐performance, where health plans and health care purchasers reward individual and institutional performance with financial incentives (Young and Conrad, 2007). In Canada, where the health care system is publicly funded...

... CanadaImproving Inuit health The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, and Mary Simon, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), have agreed to a joint workplan developed by a newly-formed Health Canada/ITK Task Group that aims to improve Inuit health. The Task Group...

... to transfer. All of the other delays were unnecessary and easily correctable. Thomas J. Marrie can be contacted at: tom.marrie@ualberta.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Antibiotics Hospitals Medical diagnosis Patient care Canada As a standard of care timely...

... - cancer surgery, selected cardiac procedures, hip and knee replacements,cataract surgery, and MRI/CT exams. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Health and medicine Rehabilitation Health services Canada Americas Canada Better access to better care Keywords...

... Canada Differences in the way hospital care is organized can affect patient outcomes, including mortality and readmission rates (Mitchell and Shortell, 1997 ; Weisman and Nathanson, 1985 ; Knaus et al., 1986 ; Baggs et al., 1992 ; Shortell et al., 1994)). Although...

... “These investments in Canada’s nurses send a clear signal that we want you to be healthy and we want your work environments to be healthy,”said Minister Dosanjh. “As Canada’s Health Minister, I know that nurses are critical to the future of our health care system. I also know I could not find...

... For more information, see www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpfb-dgpsa/ The Canadian Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Program fully applies to all natural health products licensed for use in Canada. Packaging and labelling rules require any health claims, ingredients,instructions for use and warnings...

... survey of 243 nurses from 13 units of a 300‐bed university‐affiliated hospital in Quebec, Canada, during 2001. Using confirmatory factor analysis, the five sub‐scales were confirmed; three of the sub‐scales had greater ability to discriminate between units. Using hierarchical regression models, “resource...

... to their practice. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Elderly people Emergency services Hospitals Patient care Quality improvement Canada Rates of hospitalization are high among older adults. In 1997/1998, patients aged ≥65 accounted for 35 percent of the 3 million discharges reported...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 --> Government Primary care Canada Canada Investment in primary care Keywords Government, Primary care, Canada In the autumn it was announced that the Government of Canada is investing funds to improve primary health-care...

...Barbara Morris © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Health Canada Canadian heart health trends Keywords: Health, Canada The Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation publishes an annual Report Card on Canadians' Heart Health, which summarises and tracks heart health...

... transcribed interviews with ten seniors from across Canada. Members of the National Advisory Council of Canada, most of whom are themselves seniors, participated in designing the study, carrying out the interviews and interpreting the results. Clusters of values were identified concerning health care services...