... in only 4,061 personal files. The intersection between two databases yielded 2,569 persons recorded in both. These findings attest to the feasibility of developing computerized automatic surveillance systems for monitoring asthma patients with certain algorithms to assure service quality. Research...

... (Fleishman, 1999a,b). During the identification of the tracer conditions and development of instruments for diagnosis, and surveillance and evaluation of interventions, the operational indicators for each tracer condition are determined. These are used to evaluate the extent to which the patient...

...Rachel Fleishman; Fernando Potel; Dror Walk; Jenny Mandelson; Gad Mizrahi; Fanny Yuz; Miriam Bar‐Giora In Israel, institution staff classify residents’ functional status as part of the routine governmental surveillance of institutions for semi‐independent and frail elderly. However, owing to a lack...

...Rachel Fleishman Explains the conceptual framework behind and the foundation and implementation of the regulation, assessment, follow‐up (RAF) method, and continuous improvement of quality of care in the Israeli Government surveillance of long‐term care institutions. The RAF method has made crucial...

...Rachel Fleishman; Dror Walk; Gad Mizrahi As part of the evaluation of an experimental programme of surveillance of institutions for the semi‐independent and frail elderly using the RAF method, an examination was made of the licensing status, quality of care, and completeness of the surveillance...