Safety activities have been initiated at many hospitals in Taiwan, but little is known about the safety culture these hospitals. The aims of this study were to verify a survey instrument Chinese and assess hospital Taiwan.The Taiwan Patient Culture Survey was conducted 2008, using adapted Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ-C). Hospitals their healthcare workers participated on voluntary basis. psychometric properties five SAQ-C dimensions examined, including teamwork climate, job satisfaction,...

Background: Social media advertising has become increasingly influential in recent years. Because Facebook the most active users worldwide, many hospitals Taiwan have created official fan pages. Our study was to present an overview of pages Taiwan. Methods: All 417 were surveyed about their use December 2017. The last update time, posts past 30 days, number “Likes”, and other features analyzed stratified according accreditation statuses hospitals. Results: In Taiwan, only 51.1%...

Covid-19 caught the West by surprise, but legacy of Ebola, MERS, and SARS meant that several Asian African nations had systems in place to mitigate severity pandemic. Experts explain what Hong Kong, Liberia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan learnt how they have made a difference.

No study to date has systematically examined use, expenditure, and outcomes associated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) use in Taiwan. The aim of this was examine ECMO during an 11-year period Taiwan.Claims data were collected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database for patients who received ≥1 treatment between January 2000 December 2010. Measurements included demographics, indications length hospital stay, outcome, expenditure.A total 3969 (median age:...

Missed appointments mean neither attended nor canceled by patients. belong to one of the important subjects hospital management because they would incur inactivity medical professionals and devices, occupy health resources for other patients, thus impair quality healthcare services. The aim this study was explore factors missed at outpatient department an academic center in Taiwan.This a cross-sectional based on registration records Northern Taiwan 2015. Fifteen variables appointments,...

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had spread rapidly since late December 2019. Personal protective equipment was essential to prevent transmission. Owing shortage of face masks, Taiwan government began implement quasi rationing on February 6, 2020, by allowing each resident purchase two masks in seven days. National Health Insurance Administration offered online data with real-time updates mask availability all contracted pharmacies and selected local health centers. Based...

Objective: Hyperamylasemia with a presumptive diagnosis of acute pancreatitis has been reported following organophosphate poisoning but there are no large-scale studies incorporating more specific diagnostic criteria. Methods; Retrospective review the medical records 159 patients over 3 years. Serum amylase, pancreatic salivary lipase and cholinesterase levels, clinical manifestations were analyzed. Results; amylase data was available for 121 study patients. (amylase ≥ 360 U/L) found in 44...

Background: Over the last decade, use of mobile phone apps in health care industry has grown rapidly. Owing to high penetration rate Internet Taiwan, hospitals are eager provide their own improve accessibility medical for patients.

Background: While migrants in Taiwan are entitled to universal health care, barriers care services exist. We aimed explore challenges encountered by when accessing and potential strategies overcome these barriers. Methods: Invitations participate the study were sent all hospitals, 12 migrant organizations, one language school, service company Taiwan, convenience sampling was used recruit participants. Focus group interviews held with 111 migrants, clinicians, organization coordinators,...

Only a small proportion of patients with end-stage renal disease can receive kidney transplants because insufficiency donors in Taiwan. Hospitals compete each other for transplant surgeries. This study examined the association between hospital surgical volume and patients' outcomes utilizations.Claims data all 1996 2003 were retrieved from National Health Insurance Research Database analysis. Every recipient was followed up 3 years until end 2006. classified as high-surgical-volume hospitals...

<h3>BACKGROUND:</h3> Safety attitude surveys have been widely conducted in various disciplines, but not among respiratory therapists (RTs), to assess clinician9s awareness of patient safety. We a nationwide survey Taiwan RTs9 safety attitudes several hospital settings. <h3>METHODS:</h3> adapted the Attitude Questionnaire for RTs, and, via union, invited all RTs take survey. The questionnaire assessed 6 domains: teamwork climate, job satisfaction, stress recognition, perception management,...

Abstract Background Competition and education are intimately related can be combined in many ways. The role of competition medical evidence-based medicine (EBM) has not been investigated. In order to enhance the dissemination implementation EBM Taiwan, competitions have established among healthcare professionals. This study was evaluate impact learning. Methods used PICO (patient, intervention, comparison, outcome) queries examine participants’ skills framing an answerable question,...

The Adjusted Clinical Group (ACG) system has been used in measuring an individual's and a population's morbidities. Although all required inputs for running the ACG are readily available, patients' morbidities their associations to health care utilizations have rarely studied Taiwan. Therefore, objective of this study was using quantify Taiwanese population examine relationship ambulatory costs. This secondary analysis examined claims data services provided 2.71 million representative 2002...

Patient safety culture is important in preventing medical errors. Thus, many instruments have been developed to measure it. Yet, few studies focus on the data processing step. This study, by analyzing Chinese version of Safety Attitudes Questionnaire dataset that contained 37,163 questionnaires collected Taiwan, found critical issues related currently used mean scoring method: The instrument, like other popular ones, uses a 5-point Likert scale, and because it an ordinal scores cannot be...

In Taiwan, migrants come mostly for marriage and work. Several researchers have conducted health-related studies of marital migrant workers, but the access two groups to healthcare has not been studied. Therefore, our study investigated factors associated with migrants' healthcare, main foci being workers in Taiwan. A structured cross-sectional questionnaire was anonymously self-administered by recruited participate this survey on a voluntary basis from 11 medical centers migrant-helping...

Despite the suppression of glucagon release, an adaptive response aimed at maintaining vasodilatation after octreotide treatment may exist in portal hypertension. The present study was undertaken to evaluate possible interaction between endothelium and non-endothelium-derived vasodilators 1-wk administration cirrhotic rats. Rats were allocated receive either vehicle or (30 100 μg/kg every 12 h subcutaneously). Hemodynamic values, plasma levels, endothelium-related vasodilatory activities,...

Aim: That geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) is associated with better quality of care for elderly patients has been reported by previous studies, but evidence supporting that GEM can reduce the burden morbidity (BOM) was lacking. The aim this study to evaluate benefits outpatient on reducing BOM medical utilization in Taiwan. Methods: Data retrospective case–control were obtained from 2004–2006 Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). Patients who attended program...

Abstract Background and Aim: The level of plasma erythropoietin (EPO) in patients with cirrhosis is controversial. It known that overproduction nitric oxide (NO) plays, part, a role for the development peripheral arterial vasodilatation portal hypertension. has also been hypothesized possible interaction noted between endogenous EPO NO production. current study was undertaken to evaluate relationship levels severity liver disease, hemodynamic values, renal functions, nitrate/nitrite...

Background: The adjusted clinical group (ACG) is a diagnosis-based case-mix adjustment system, which has been widely evaluated in several countries other than Taiwan. aim of this study was to assess the performance ACG system on National Health Insurance (NHI) population Methods: We conducted longitudinal data analysis using claims 1% randomly sampled NHI enrollees from 2000 2004. software used assign each individual 1 category based age, gender and aggre-gating diagnoses year 2004,...

Understanding the topography of hospital safety culture is vital for developing, implementing, and monitoring effectiveness tailored programs. Since 2009, Chinese version Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ-C) has been introduced administered to providers in many Taiwanese hospitals. The percentage SAQ respondents who demonstrate attitudinal agreement within each domains, percent (PA) score, used worldwide as main parameter surveys. However, several limitations PA scoring have identified....

Terlipressin reduces portal pressure in cirrhotic patients mainly through intense splanchnic vasoconstriction that decrease venous inflow. Hepatic blood flow may also be reduced by terlipressin. Prazosin (an alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonist) has been proposed to possibly a the intrahepatic vascular resistance. The current study was aimed evaluate whether combination of prazosin and terlipressin exerts more beneficial effects than alone.Patients were randomly assigned receive either placebo (n...

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread all over the world in 2020. In face of sudden pandemic, workforce mobilization has been critical concern to medical institutions. During public’s behaviors seeking assistance have also changed. Using real-world data a large center Taiwan, this study aimed analyze fluctuations outpatient visits among various departments and divisions early phase COVID-19 pandemic provide suggestions for staff allocation similar future events. Methods:...