Biomedical subjects

M H Choudhury

Publications and source records attributed to M H Choudhury.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1984

Social characteristics of newly admitted mental hospital patients--a replication study.

Data were examined on all patients entering the admission wards of a large provincial mental hospital in 1979. Out of a total of 534 admissions, 470 came from permanent addresses, most of the rest from supportive accommodation or transitory addresses, while less than 2% were of no fixed abode. Only 73 of the sample, mostly aged over 60 years remained in hospital after a year: 17 died and 444 were discharged. Of the discharged patients, 45(10.3%) could not return to their original addresses. Comparison is made with the results previously reported from a London mental hospital.

Hospitals, Psychiatric↗

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Kuwait steps into performance improvement.

Faculty of Kuwait University have been active promotors of quality assurance in their host country, yet despite many attempts the concept has failed. Managing the change process seems to be the primary issue and may hold the key to success.

Hospitals, Teaching↗

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PC-based research-oriented clinical information system: a case study of Kuwait.

This paper describes the design and application of a clinical information system (CIS) in a tertiary care facility (Kuwait Center for Cancer Control) using low-cost microcomputers (personal computers). The facility focuses on the collection and use of clinical information for prospective application in clinical trials, individual therapy and research. In order to meet this requirement the patient treatment and follow-up system (PTFS) was developed, based on recent database management technology. The exercise demonstrates that low-cost microcomputer systems can be used effectively in meeting the clinical management information and research needs of care facilities. It is anticipated that the application of the system will be replicated on other health care facilities.

Adult↗