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Η Ευρωπαϊκή προοπτική και εξέλιξη της αγοράς των Ηλεκτρονικών επικοινωνιών.
Το μακρινό 1995, όταν το καθεστώς ήταν το μονοπώλιο του ΟΤΕ, τα αιτήματα των πελατών της παραδοσιακής τηλεφωνίας στον ΟΤΕ που ήταν σε αναμονή ήταν πολλές εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες όπου πολλά από αυτά εκκρεμούσαν για πάνω από 4 χρόνια. Ακόμα και στο Βέλγιο στην καρδιά της Ευρώπης η αναμονή ήταν πάνω από έξι μήνες γα αιτήματα σταθερής τηλεφωνίας.
Για το Ίντερνετ ας μην το συζητήσουμε διότι τότε ήταν ανύπαρκτο από πλευράς ταχυτήτων με τις πενιχρές dialup συνδέσεις των 28 Kbps !
Η απελευθέρωση των τηλεπικοινωνιών σε Ευρωπαϊκό επίπεδο και στην Ελλάδα, παρά τα προσκόμματα και τις καθυστερήσεις που παρατηρήθηκαν στην εφαρμογή της, αναμφίβολα δημιούργησε τεράστια οφέλη για τους Έλληνες καταναλωτές. Οι μειώσεις των τιμών στην παροχή τηλεπικοινωνιακών υπηρεσιών, αλλά και η επιτάχυνση της διάθεσης νέων καινοτομικών τεχνολογιών επικοινωνίας, όπως οι ευρυζωνικές υπηρεσίες, αποτελούν τα δύο πλέον βασικά και απτά οφέλη που αποκόμισε ο Έλληνας πολίτης από την «ελεύθερη» λειτουργία της αγοράς.
Παρόλα αυτά εντείνεται η ανησυχία στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση αναφορικά με την επίτευξη των στόχων της Ψηφιακής Ατζέντας 2020 καθώς σύμφωνα με τον τελευταίο ετήσιο πίνακα αποτελεσμάτων του ψηφιακού θεματολογίου της Επιτροπής, οι Ευρωπαίοι διαθέτουν βασικά ψηφιακά δίκτυα και υπηρεσίες, αλλά υπολείπονται όσον αφορά τα κύρια σημερινά και τα μελλοντικά οφέλη της ψηφιακής επανάστασης.
Άρθρο European Telecom Market στο Communication SolutionsTelco News
Η Ευρωπαϊκή προοπτική και εξέλιξη της αγοράς των Ηλεκτρονικών επικοινωνιών.
Το μακρινό 1995, όταν το καθεστώς ήταν το μονοπώλιο του ΟΤΕ, τα αιτήματα των πελατών της παραδοσιακής τηλεφωνίας στον ΟΤΕ που ήταν σε αναμονή ήταν πολλές εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες όπου πολλά από αυτά εκκρεμούσαν για πάνω από 4 χρόνια. Ακόμα και στο Βέλγιο στην καρδιά της Ευρώπης η αναμονή ήταν πάνω από έξι μήνες γα αιτήματα σταθερής τηλεφωνίας.
Για το Ίντερνετ ας μην το συζητήσουμε διότι τότε ήταν ανύπαρκτο από πλευράς ταχυτήτων με τις πενιχρές dialup συνδέσεις των 28 Kbps !
Η απελευθέρωση των τηλεπικοινωνιών σε Ευρωπαϊκό επίπεδο και στην Ελλάδα, παρά τα προσκόμματα και τις καθυστερήσεις που παρατηρήθηκαν στην εφαρμογή της, αναμφίβολα δημιούργησε τεράστια οφέλη για τους Έλληνες καταναλωτές. Οι μειώσεις των τιμών στην παροχή τηλεπικοινωνιακών υπηρεσιών, αλλά και η επιτάχυνση της διάθεσης νέων καινοτομικών τεχνολογιών επικοινωνίας, όπως οι ευρυζωνικές υπηρεσίες, αποτελούν τα δύο πλέον βασικά και απτά οφέλη που αποκόμισε ο Έλληνας πολίτης από την «ελεύθερη» λειτουργία της αγοράς.
Παρόλα αυτά εντείνεται η ανησυχία στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση αναφορικά με την επίτευξη των στόχων της Ψηφιακής Ατζέντας 2020 καθώς σύμφωνα με τον τελευταίο ετήσιο πίνακα αποτελεσμάτων του ψηφιακού θεματολογίου της Επιτροπής, οι Ευρωπαίοι διαθέτουν βασικά ψηφιακά δίκτυα και υπηρεσίες, αλλά υπολείπονται όσον αφορά τα κύρια σημερινά και τα μελλοντικά οφέλη της ψηφιακής επανάστασης.
The document discusses policies around patient safety and non-punitive error reporting at Veterans Regional Hospital. It establishes a patient safety program in accordance with regulatory standards, makes all employees responsible for understanding the policy, and aims to continuously improve processes and services for patient care. The non-punitive reporting policy provides a supporting environment for employees to report errors and mistakes, except for knowingly intentional harmful acts or cases where repeated errors indicate a lack of competency. Patients and relatives can also file cases against staff for errors.
The document discusses methods for measuring performance and clinical outcomes in healthcare. It describes the major domains of patient safety measurement as harm, mortality, infections, readmissions, patient satisfaction, and safety culture. It then focuses on defining medical errors and adverse events, and explaining why measurement is important for evaluating current systems and improving outcomes. Different methods of data collection are outlined, including direct observation, cohort studies, record review, and incident reporting systems. The Global Trigger Tool for assessing harm using chart review is also summarized.
Sidney Farber is considered the father of modern chemotherapy. The history of chemotherapy began with early experiments using heavy metals and immunostimulants in the 1500s-1800s. Significant developments occurred during World Wars I and II, including the discovery of nitrogen mustard's ability to suppress the bone marrow and lymph nodes. In the post-war decades of the 1950s-1970s, chemotherapy drugs were developed and tested through the National Cancer Institute and Children's Cancer Group. Recent decades saw the growth of targeted therapies, monoclonal antibodies, and other novel agents, while many challenges of chemotherapy discovered by early researchers remain relevant today.
This document discusses tools and methods for identifying and controlling patient safety risks. It describes various systems for risk identification, both informal like claims data and formal like incident reporting. Incident reporting aims to identify risks early through staff reporting any incidents or occurrences. The document outlines the content and categories that should be included in incident reports. It also discusses barriers to staff participation in reporting and ways to improve reporting. Sentinel events represent severe risks and require a root cause analysis to identify underlying systemic issues and prevent recurrence.
This document provides an overview of healthcare risk management and the risk management process. It discusses key topics including:
- The objectives of risk management which are to prevent risks, control risks, finance risks, and analyze risks retrospectively and prospectively.
- The definition of risk management and the important role it plays in protecting healthcare organizations from financial losses.
- The five steps of the risk management process: identify risks, examine techniques to manage risks, select techniques, implement techniques, and monitor/improve the program.
- Methods for identifying risks such as incident reporting systems and occurrence screening to facilitate early risk identification and risk reduction.
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This document discusses various aspects of patient safety, including definitions, challenges, common errors, and strategies to improve safety. It defines patient safety as efforts to reduce unsafe acts in healthcare and describes how both active errors and latent system failures can lead to accidents. The document outlines factors that contribute to errors, such as complexity, limited knowledge, and human factors. It also discusses approaches to improving safety through a culture of safety, disclosure of errors, human factors engineering, and use of checklists and protocols.
This document defines and describes various risk financing techniques, including risk retention and risk transfer. It discusses self-insurance, captive insurers, and insurance. The key differences between first party and third party insurance, and claims-made vs. occurrence policies are explained. Factors to consider when selecting risk financing techniques include the type and size of organization, financial resources, risk control programs, and long-term costs. The document also discusses reinsurance, policy terms and conditions, and the differences between a soft vs. hard insurance market. It defines the cost of risk and its importance for health care organizations.
This document outlines principles for improving patient safety through systems thinking and reliable design. It describes how human errors often stem from systemic issues rather than individual mistakes. Two case examples are presented where patients experienced harm due to miscommunications or lack of safeguards. The document discusses how reliability science focuses on anticipating and containing errors within complex systems. Checklists, standardized processes, and other tools can help reduce risks. Organizational culture and human factors also significantly impact safety. Continuous improvement models like PDCA and Lean are effective approaches to redesigning systems and workflows to prevent future harm.
This document discusses a case involving a patient who received incompatible blood products during treatment for injuries from a car accident and later died. A root cause analysis found the nurse was pressured into administering the wrong blood by a surgeon during a busy period in the emergency department. The document then outlines considerations for addressing accountability and promoting a culture of safety, including defining disruptive behavior, just culture principles, and tools for evaluating safety culture such as leadership rounds. It provides example scripts and guidelines for conducting leadership rounds to openly discuss safety issues with frontline staff.
This document discusses several key topics in medical ethics including:
1. The basic concepts of medical ethics including beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, justice, and informed consent.
2. Historical events that shaped modern medical ethics such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg.
3. The role of Institutional Review Boards in ensuring ethical research and protecting human subjects.
4. Common ethical issues in healthcare like end-of-life care, advance directives, withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, and resolving disagreements between patients/families and physicians.
The document discusses claims management and professional liability. It defines key terms like sentinel event, adverse outcome, potentially compensable event, claim, and lawsuit. It outlines the four elements required for professional liability: duty, breach of duty, harm, and causation. It also describes exposures for different types of organizations like physicians, nurses, and hospitals. Finally, it outlines the critical steps in managing a lawsuit like identification, investigation, documentation, reporting, reserving, and litigation management.
The document discusses policies around patient safety and non-punitive error reporting at Veterans Regional Hospital. It establishes a patient safety program in accordance with regulatory standards, makes all employees responsible for understanding the policy, and aims to continuously improve processes and services for patient care. The non-punitive reporting policy provides a supporting environment for employees to report errors and mistakes, except for knowingly intentional harmful acts or cases where repeated errors indicate a lack of competency. Patients and relatives can also file cases against staff for errors.
The document discusses methods for measuring performance and clinical outcomes in healthcare. It describes the major domains of patient safety measurement as harm, mortality, infections, readmissions, patient satisfaction, and safety culture. It then focuses on defining medical errors and adverse events, and explaining why measurement is important for evaluating current systems and improving outcomes. Different methods of data collection are outlined, including direct observation, cohort studies, record review, and incident reporting systems. The Global Trigger Tool for assessing harm using chart review is also summarized.
Sidney Farber is considered the father of modern chemotherapy. The history of chemotherapy began with early experiments using heavy metals and immunostimulants in the 1500s-1800s. Significant developments occurred during World Wars I and II, including the discovery of nitrogen mustard's ability to suppress the bone marrow and lymph nodes. In the post-war decades of the 1950s-1970s, chemotherapy drugs were developed and tested through the National Cancer Institute and Children's Cancer Group. Recent decades saw the growth of targeted therapies, monoclonal antibodies, and other novel agents, while many challenges of chemotherapy discovered by early researchers remain relevant today.
This document discusses tools and methods for identifying and controlling patient safety risks. It describes various systems for risk identification, both informal like claims data and formal like incident reporting. Incident reporting aims to identify risks early through staff reporting any incidents or occurrences. The document outlines the content and categories that should be included in incident reports. It also discusses barriers to staff participation in reporting and ways to improve reporting. Sentinel events represent severe risks and require a root cause analysis to identify underlying systemic issues and prevent recurrence.
This document provides an overview of healthcare risk management and the risk management process. It discusses key topics including:
- The objectives of risk management which are to prevent risks, control risks, finance risks, and analyze risks retrospectively and prospectively.
- The definition of risk management and the important role it plays in protecting healthcare organizations from financial losses.
- The five steps of the risk management process: identify risks, examine techniques to manage risks, select techniques, implement techniques, and monitor/improve the program.
- Methods for identifying risks such as incident reporting systems and occurrence screening to facilitate early risk identification and risk reduction.
Remove
the catheter and
notify the
physician.
Prevention:
- Secure tubing
and catheter to
prevent snagging
- Use blunt
scissors only near
IV site
- Avoid
reinserting
needles
This document discusses various aspects of patient safety, including definitions, challenges, common errors, and strategies to improve safety. It defines patient safety as efforts to reduce unsafe acts in healthcare and describes how both active errors and latent system failures can lead to accidents. The document outlines factors that contribute to errors, such as complexity, limited knowledge, and human factors. It also discusses approaches to improving safety through a culture of safety, disclosure of errors, human factors engineering, and use of checklists and protocols.
This document defines and describes various risk financing techniques, including risk retention and risk transfer. It discusses self-insurance, captive insurers, and insurance. The key differences between first party and third party insurance, and claims-made vs. occurrence policies are explained. Factors to consider when selecting risk financing techniques include the type and size of organization, financial resources, risk control programs, and long-term costs. The document also discusses reinsurance, policy terms and conditions, and the differences between a soft vs. hard insurance market. It defines the cost of risk and its importance for health care organizations.
This document outlines principles for improving patient safety through systems thinking and reliable design. It describes how human errors often stem from systemic issues rather than individual mistakes. Two case examples are presented where patients experienced harm due to miscommunications or lack of safeguards. The document discusses how reliability science focuses on anticipating and containing errors within complex systems. Checklists, standardized processes, and other tools can help reduce risks. Organizational culture and human factors also significantly impact safety. Continuous improvement models like PDCA and Lean are effective approaches to redesigning systems and workflows to prevent future harm.
This document discusses a case involving a patient who received incompatible blood products during treatment for injuries from a car accident and later died. A root cause analysis found the nurse was pressured into administering the wrong blood by a surgeon during a busy period in the emergency department. The document then outlines considerations for addressing accountability and promoting a culture of safety, including defining disruptive behavior, just culture principles, and tools for evaluating safety culture such as leadership rounds. It provides example scripts and guidelines for conducting leadership rounds to openly discuss safety issues with frontline staff.
This document discusses several key topics in medical ethics including:
1. The basic concepts of medical ethics including beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, justice, and informed consent.
2. Historical events that shaped modern medical ethics such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg.
3. The role of Institutional Review Boards in ensuring ethical research and protecting human subjects.
4. Common ethical issues in healthcare like end-of-life care, advance directives, withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, and resolving disagreements between patients/families and physicians.
The document discusses claims management and professional liability. It defines key terms like sentinel event, adverse outcome, potentially compensable event, claim, and lawsuit. It outlines the four elements required for professional liability: duty, breach of duty, harm, and causation. It also describes exposures for different types of organizations like physicians, nurses, and hospitals. Finally, it outlines the critical steps in managing a lawsuit like identification, investigation, documentation, reporting, reserving, and litigation management.
This document discusses 10 key facts about patient safety:
1) Patient safety is a global public health issue recognized by WHO.
2) As many as 1 in 10 patients are harmed while receiving hospital care in developed countries.
3) Developing countries have an even higher risk of patient harm from issues like healthcare-associated infections which are 20 times more common than in developed nations.
4) WHO and its World Alliance for Patient Safety are working with countries to improve safety practices and reduce risks to patients worldwide.
The document discusses patient safety in healthcare. It defines patient safety and identifies common medical errors. The goals are to establish a culture of safety, minimize errors, and implement standardized practices and reporting. A patient safety committee coordinates these efforts by managing risk, establishing reporting procedures, and collecting/analyzing safety data to identify root causes and implement corrective actions. The leadership role is to create an environment that recognizes safety importance and implements a patient safety program.
The document outlines the policies and procedures of a hospital's patient safety plan. It establishes a patient safety committee to identify risks, prevent medical errors, and improve safety. It defines key terms like adverse events, near misses, and medication errors. It also lists the standard safety policies the hospital has implemented covering areas like clinical care, medication management, infection control, and facility maintenance. The goal is to institutionalize patient safety as a fundamental part of healthcare delivery.
Patient safety is a fundamental principle of healthcare. Adverse events can result from problems in various areas of care and improving safety requires a complex, system-wide effort. Ensuring safety involves assessing risks, preventing harm, reporting and analyzing incidents, learning from mistakes, and implementing solutions. Guidelines include proper identification of patients, hand hygiene, medication reconciliation, and fall prevention.
focusing on one does not ensure the other will go away. Dual diagnosis services integrate assistance for each condition, helping people recover from both in one setting, at the same time.