Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to E Friedman.
Lobbying is rapidly becoming an accepted role for trustees, but it is not an easy one. Learning to communicate effectively with elected officials requires thorough knowledge of the issues under discussion, close liaison with hospital administration and hospital associations, and an understanding that diplomacy is critical.
Excessive preoperative ordering of cross-matched blood that is not transfused has been shown to increase outdating of blood; several programs, including blood ordering guidelines, "type and screen" procedures, and direct physician education are achieving some success in reducing unnecessary ordering and cross-matching.
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After years of what seemed to be a single minded concentration on cost issues, the public press in 1979 showed interest in clinical innovations and advances in hospital care.
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The SHARE program brings administrators, state hospital association officers, and others together in an effort to strengthen association work.
The concept of multidisciplinary staff members grew out of the manpower needs and financial limitations of rural hospitals, but the idea is now sparking new interest.
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The dream of high-quality health care for the Navajo began in Ganado, AZ, some 70 years ago. Now it has gone a step further through the work of the only hospital and clinic system in the United States that is owned and operated by American Indians.
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Yellowstone National Park is served by a unique hospital and clinic system that includes primary care, inpatient stabilization, and professional education for health care professionals.
Health Systems Research Institute, a Utah-based hospital and clinic system, is successfully recruiting physicians for rural areas through creation of 'a dispersed group practice'.
Sheltering Arms Hospital, Richmond, VA, is probably the last free private general hospital in the United States/Now, after 90 years, the forces of change have claimed it.
In this second and final article on the provisions and impact of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-484), the law's effects and recommendations on what can be done to cope with them are discussed.
In this first of two articles, the origins and provisions of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-484), which restricts entry into the United States by foreign graduates, are examined.
As executive director of New York's Bellevue Hospital Center, Madeline Bohman has a deep commitment to the concept of community. She sees a need for hospitals to assume responsibility for teaching patients and for providing community outreach services.