ObjectiveTo evaluate the evidence of the experience with medical sewage treatment procedures in medical institutions in China. MethodsDatabases including CNKI, WanFang Data, PubMed, Web of Science, and EBSCO were electronically searched to collect studies on the medical sewage treatment process, flow, and specifications in medical institutions in China. We used the quality evaluation system to classify and grade the experiences based on the principles and methods of evidence-based science and performed a descriptive analysis. ResultsAfter the SARS pandemic in 2003, China systematically established and standardized the technical criteria of medical sewage treatment and discharge. Moreover, a prevention system for the epidemic using medical sewage was constructed, which guaranteed that the quality of medical sewage treatment and discharge would meet the criteria and protect the citizens, and the technical specifications of medical sewage treatment would progress and increase strictly. At present, medical sewage treatment in medical institutions in China was based on mechanical and biological methods, and disinfection was mainly performed using chlorine and its compounds, ozone, and ultraviolet light. ConclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic requires a higher quality of medical sewage treatment and discharge criteria for medical institutions in China. To meet these criteria, all medical institutions in China should check, replace, and update their old facilities; strengthen personnel training and effectively ensure the quality of medical sewage treatment.
The advanced management is the foundation of the long-term development of hospital. How to break the barriers between institutions, explore and set up formal management system and operating mechanism is a headache faced by many public hospitals. By bringing in Project Management (PM) theory to establish up the management reform will be a smart way. This study reported the examples of the PMs of West China Hospital of Sichuan University, summarized the management experiences, revealed the great value of PM, and provided references for the managers of hospitals.
ObjectiveVideo electroencephalography (VEEG) monitoring for health education of elderly patients based on a process-based communication model, and explore the impact of this model on the success rate, negative emotions, nursing satisfaction, and active cooperation rate of such patients.MethodsFrom September 2017 to September 2019, 118 patients with suspected epilepsy, encephalitis and other diseases who required VEEG monitoring in Suining Central Hospital were selected for this study (patients aged 61 to 73 years; 54 males and 64 females). Patients were divided into 2 groups using a random number table method, 59 patients in each group.A group received routine nursing, and B group received health education based on the process communication model. The monitoring success rate, negative emotion, active cooperation rate, and nursing satisfaction were compared between the two groups.ResultsThe total effective rate in the B group was 86.44%, which was significantly higher than 76.27% in the A group (P<0.05). After nursing intervention, the scores of anxiety and depression in the two groups were significantly decreased, but the decline was greater in the B group (P<0.05). The active cooperation rate and nursing satisfaction of the B group were significantly higher than those of the A group (P<0.05).ConclusionCompared with conventional nursing, health education based on process communication mode can significantly improve the success rate of VEEG monitoring in elderly patients, alleviate the negative emotions of patients, improve the active cooperation rate and nursing satisfaction.
The concept of clinical trial transparency has been promoted for more than 40 years. The act of clinical trial registration, report guidelines development, and data sharing has has been strongly pushed forward and become a common practice. The clinical trial process being the key procedure of trial operation and quality control, determines the accuracy of the results. However, the process report of clinical trials is insufficient. In this article, we summarize the importance of clinical trial process report and provide corresponding suggestions. We propose that medical journals, reporting guidelines developers and clinical trial registration platforms should work together to strengthen the process report of clinical trials and promote full transparency of clinical trials.
Regarding the working hours generated by clinical trial project services under the guidance of good clinical practice (GCP), taking the standard process of a cancer project screening period as an example, and relying on a standardized management model, this paper uses standard time measurement methods to calculate the standard time of the 12 regular tasks in the GCP project. On this basis, it analyzes the GCP project process in detail to find out the reasons for wasted performance hours, and proposes a series of improvement methods and suggestions, such as formulating and implementing a target assessment mechanism, developing standard format cards, using double-line operations research to carry out parallel operations, using quadrant method to divide tasks, using site management organization and resources of hospital departments to reduce coordination loss, and introducing big data management systems, so as to make the work process of clinical research coordinators more refined and professional.
After 38 years of development, the procedure of selection and evaluation of the World Health Organization Essential Medicine List (WHO EML) is increasingly scientific and formal. However, peer review for the applications of WHO EML is always required in a short period. It is necessary to build up a set of methods and processes for rapid review. The most important items for the rapid review of WHO EML peer reviewers are: 1) to confirm the requirements and identify the purposes; 2) to establish the research questions and translate the questions into the ‘Participants, Interventions, Comparators, Outcomes, Study design' (PICOS) format; 3) to search and screen available evidence, for which high-level evidence is preferred, such as systematic reviews or meta-analyses, health technology assessment (HTA), clinical guidelines; 4) to extract data, where we extract primary information based on the purposes; 5) to synthesize data by qualitative methods, assess the quality of evidence, and compare the results; 6) to provide the answers to the applications, quality of evidences and strength of recommendations. Our study established a set of methods and processes for the rapid review of WHO EML peer review, and our findings were used to guide the reviewers to fulfill the 19th WHO EML peer review. The methods and processes were feasible and met the necessary requirements in terms of time and quality. Continuous improvement and evaluation in practice are warranted.
ObjectiveGiven the relatively limited resources available for tumor radiotherapy, the reengineering theory to the tumor radiotherapy process of a tertiary hospital is applied to improve the efficiency of medical service, shorten patient waiting time and improve patient satisfaction. MethodsThe tumor radiotherapy process of a tertiary hospital was studied from January 2017 to September 2018. The indicators such as efficiency and satisfaction were analyzed before reconstruction (from January to December 2017) and after reconstruction (from January to September 2018). ResultsAfter radiotherapy process reengineering, on the one hand, the medical efficiency was improved: the number of new patients for radiotherapy per month rose by 16.58% (P<0.05), and the number of daily radiotherapy increased by 5.80% (P<0.05). On the other hand, the patient treatment process became more concise: the preparation time was shortened from 2-3 days to 1 day, while the waiting time for radiotherapy was shortened by nearly 10 days, and the overall satisfaction of patients increased from 64.17% to 83.55%. ConclusionIt can improve the operation efficiency of tumor radiotherapy and improve patient satisfaction under the condition of relatively fixed resources through the reconstruction of the information-based tumor radiotherapy process.
Unprocessed red meat and processed meat consumption: dietary guideline recommendations from the NutriRECS consortium is based on five high quality systematic reviews that were developed using the nutritional recommendations guideline development process. The guideline develop recommendations primarily focus on participant important health outcomes (such as the incidence of cancer, cardiovascular disease and mortality) related to the consumption of red and processed meats. Based on the estimated average weekly intake of these meats (3 to 4 servings/week) in North America and Western Europe, the panel suggests that adults continue their current unprocessed red meat and processed meat consumption. The present paper interprets the guideline.
ObjectiveTo improve the quality of clinical teaching by restructuring the clinical teaching process with Six Sigma management theory.
MethodsBased on the Six Sigma management theory, this paper explored the key causes of the quality of clinical teaching in the respiratory department by using scientific tools including Brainstorming, Fishbone Diagram and Pareto Principle. The problem of teaching of professional clinical skills was the key factor that affected the quality of department's clinical teaching. This paper improved the quality of clinical teaching by restructuring the clinical teaching process including drawing up and carrying out The Manual of Clinical Skills Teaching in respiratory department and introducing the scientific teaching method.
ResultsAbout the survey on the satisfaction of clinical teaching process, the score of the control group was much higher than that of the experimental group (P < 0.05). And the score of the skill test of the control group was much higher than that of the experimental group (P < 0.05).
ConclusionThe application of Six Sigma management and process restructuration to improve the clinical teaching is significantly effective.
Hospital-based health technology assessment (HB-HTA) is an indispensable method and measure to improve the level of fine management and establish a value-based medical service system. This paper introduces the differences between HB-HTA and HTA, four organizational management models, assessment process, assessment steps and HB-HTA reporting standardization, which provides a reference for evaluating organizations.
